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A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain filament yarns.

Bill: 109-s-2329
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Synthetic fibers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on certain filament yarns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain R-core transformers.

Bill: 109-s-2330
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on certain R-core transformers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the period for which the designation of an area as an empowerment zone is in effect.

Bill: 109-s-2331
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Enterprise zones
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Tax incentives
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to to extend until December 31, 2016, the designation period for certain tax-favored empowerment zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1472-1473)
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
American Broadband for Communities Act

Bill: 109-s-2332
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Planning
Television broadcasting
Television frequency allocation
Television stations
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
American Broadband for Communities Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the use of any unused broadcast television spectrum in the band between 72 and 698 megaHertz, other than between 608 and 614 megaHertz, by unlicensed devices, including wireless broadband devices. 
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) adopt minimal technical and device rules to develop the use of such spectrum by such unlicensed devices; and (2) establish specified rules and procedures, including to protect incumbent licensed services from harmful interference from such unlicensed devices, and to address complaints from licensed broadcast stations that an unlicensed device using such spectrum causes harmful interference.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2333
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Congressional-executive relations
Corporate divestiture
Corporate mergers
Corporation directors
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government ownership
Governmental investigations
Identification of criminals
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislative resolutions
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Middle East and North Africa
Personnel records
President and foreign policy
Private police
Security measures
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
United Arab Emirates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-27
text: 
Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act of 2006 - Directs the President (or the President's designee) to investigate, under the Defense Production Act of 1950, the acquisition by Dubai Ports World (DP World), an entity owned or controlled by the Emirate of Dubai, of the Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company, a national of the United Kingdom. Requires such investigation to be completed within 45 days after enactment of this Act.
 
Directs the President to suspend any decision, under provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 permitting the President to stop the acquisition because it will impair national security, with respect to such acquisition made before the completion of the investigation, including any decision made before enactment of this Act.
 
Specifies requirements for the investigation.
 
Requires the President to: (1) report to Congress within 15 days after completion of the investigation; and (2) provide certain Members of Congress a detailed briefing on the contents of the report.
 
Requires the President to take action necessary to prohibit the acquisition if the President does not stop the acquisition under the provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 permitting the President to stop the acquisition because it will impair national security if a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law within 30 days after Congress receives a report from the President that an acquisition will not be stopped. Requires, if such acquisition has been already been completed, the President to direct the Attorney General to seek divestment or other appropriate relief in US district courts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1507-1508)
action_date: 2006-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1506-1507)
action_date: 2006-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Port Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2334
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alien property
Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate mergers
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Federal-state relations
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government ownership
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Leases
Legislation
Marine terminals
President and foreign policy
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
Port Security Act of 2006 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit a merger, acquisition, or takeover that will result in a foreign government-owned entity leasing, operating, managing, or owning real property or facilities at a U.S. port. Requires the President to: (1) report to Congress on the leasing, operating, managing, or owning of real property or facilities at U.S. ports by entities that are foreign government-owned; (2) provide notice to Congress and relevant public officials of the required mandatory investigation into whether a proposed merger, acquisition, or takeover could affect U.S. national security; and (3) provide for public comment with respect to such transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1542-1543)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1541-1542)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Smart and Secure Foreign Investment Act

Bill: 109-s-2335
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alien property
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate mergers
Defense industries
Director of National Intelligence
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Energy
Energy facilities
Energy industries
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government ownership
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
President and foreign policy
Public meetings

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
Smart and Secure Foreign Investment Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the Director of National Intelligence to: (1) assist the President in conducting investigations in instances in which an entity controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government seeks to engage in any merger, acquisition, or takeover (&quot;takeover,&quot; for purposes of this Act) which could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the United States that could affect national security; (2) serve as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); and (3) certify to the President and CFIUS, before review by CFIUS, that there are no national security implications of such proposed action.
 
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require an entity controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government to notify the President at least 60 days before a proposed takeover of an entity that has energy assets valued at $1 billion or more or that operates a critical infrastructure if the action could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce that could affect national security.
 
Requires the President to: (1) transmit to the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House, and appropriate state officials written notification as soon as the President receives a notification described in this Act; and (2) hold public hearings on any proposed takeover action described in this Act.
 
Adds to the factors considered, when the President takes into account national security requirements, the following: (1) the defense capabilities of the country in which the acquiring entity is located; and (2) the nature of the relationship of the United States with such country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
South Park National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-s-2336
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Commemorations
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Housing and Community Development
Land use
Landscape protection
Maps
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Regional economic development
Right of property
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
West (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
South Park National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the South Park National Heritage Area in South Park, Colorado. 
 
Designates the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office, in conjunction with the South Park National Heritage Area Board of Directors, as the management entity for the Area.
 
Prohibits the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office from using federal funds made available under this Act to acquire real property or any interest in real property.
 
Requires the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office to submit a management plan for the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
College Pathway Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2337
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Data banks
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
English language
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Identification devices
Infrastructure
Mathematics
Minorities
Minority education
Reading
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Social Welfare
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
College Pathway Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to establish preschool through postsecondary (P-16) education stewardship commissions or systems consisting of such commissions and P-16 education data systems.
 
Tasks each commission with reaching a consensus among statewide education stakeholders on the skills, knowledge, and patterns of coursework needed to successfully transition to and complete postsecondary education.
 
Requires that state-level longitudinal P-16 data systems track the academic performance of each student so that the factors which correlate with such success may be identified and publicized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1544-1546)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1543-1544)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits.

Bill: 109-s-2338
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Licenses

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to extend from March 31, 2006, through December 31, 2006, the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits for water projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2339
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Affordable housing
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health counseling
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health planning
Health surveys
Hepatitis
Housing and Community Development
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Infants
Insurance premiums
Intravenous drug abuse
Local laws
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Mental health services
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
State laws
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for HIV health care services programs. Requires recipients of HIV-related grants to expend not less than 75 percent of such funds on primary medical care.
 
Amends the formula for awarding grant funds to consider the number of HIV (currently, AIDS) cases. 
 
Makes ineligible for funding any state or locality that imposes significant barriers to partner notification programs or routine testing.
 
Provides for treatment for hepatitis B or hepatitis C for HIV-positive individuals who are co-infected.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require: (1) rapid routine testing of each client at any entity receiving funding from certain federal programs; and (2) federally funded health facilities to offer routine testing for pregnant women and newborns. 
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to annually purchase and distribute rapid HIV tests.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines for therapeutics to be included in state formularies.
 
Allows states to use grant funds to provide services to Medicaid-eligible individuals with HIV.
 
Amends the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to make grant allocations based on the number of HIV (currently, AIDS) cases. Requires the Secretary to ensure that not less than 75 percent of grant amounts are used for the provision, construction, maintenance, or development of housing assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide state AIDS officials with the authority to request and obtain all necessary information in order to coordinate HIV care and treatment with other federally funded projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10576-10578)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2340
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Chemotherapy
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Medical fees
Medical research
Medicare
Overhead costs
Performance measurement
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject to quarterly reconciliation any payments to physicians for drugs or biologicals made according to average sales price payment methodology in order to assure that they do not exceed or fall short of the actual average sales price during any preceding period.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review all such payments in the preceding quarter and compare them to the verified average sales price reported by the manufacturer for such quarter.
 
Removes prompt pay discounts from the calculation of the manufacturer's average sales price.

Extends through December 31, 2006, the current demonstration project to identify and assess oncology services that positively affect cancer outcomes.

Requires the Secretary to make an additional 2% drug administration services payment to physicians for overhead and related costs.

Directs the Secretary to develop indicators for the evaluation of the quality of oncology services provided in the physician office setting.

Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to develop a strategic plan to increase the number of cancer patients who enroll in clinical trials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1547-1548)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the merger, acquisition, or takeover of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company by Dubai Ports World.

Bill: 109-s-2341
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2006-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alien property
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Corporate mergers
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government ownership
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Marine terminals
Middle East and North Africa
President and foreign policy
Transportation and Public Works
United Arab Emirates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: 
Directs the President pursuant to specified authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the merger, acquisition, or takeover of P&O Ports, North America by Dubai Ports World.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1548-1550)
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare-Guaranteed Prescription Drug Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2342
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Medicare-Guaranteed Prescription Drug Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare-guaranteed prescription drug plan option that offers standard prescription drug coverage and access to negotiated prices. 
 
Revises requirements for part D standard prescription drug coverage. Provides for an annual deductible equal to the deductible for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and for reduced coinsurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Hope Housing Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2343
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commerce
Emergency housing
Floodplains
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Law
Liability (Law)
Mobile homes
Products liability
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Hope Housing Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to place a manufactured home purchased by FEMA between August 1, 2005, and this Act's enactment date in a floodway or costal high hazard area or in a flood plain (without elevating such home up to the base flood level or without complying with specified decision-making processes and mitigation requirements) to house an individual displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
 
Bars civil actions against the federal government for damages related to the flooding of a home that is the subject of such placement. Requires the Director to provide any person provided such a home with written notice of the potential risks associated with such placement and such limitations on liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1580-1581)
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate