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Military Range Legacy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5172
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Chemical warfare
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Death
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental technology
Executive reorganization
Explosions
Explosives
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hazardous wastes
Land transfers
Military base closures
Military bases
Ordnance
Planning-programming-budgeting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology assessment
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Military Range Legacy Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should fully implement, as soon as possible, Department of Defense (DOD) requirements regarding unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munitions constituents (substances) at defense sites.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a program assessing formerly used defense sites that are known or suspected to contain such substances; (2) establish a program for the research, development, testing, and evaluation of unexploded ordnance detection instrument technology; (3) establish a program manager for DOD policy and budgeting issues involving the characterization, remediation, research, and management of military munitions response at defense sites; (4) develop an inventory of defense sites known or suspected to contain such substances; (5) establish and maintain a database of incidents and accidents involving unexploded ordnance or discarded military munitions; and (5) report to Congress on DOD strategy to complete environmental remediation of all military installations approved for closure or realignment.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct studies assessing the: (1) adequacy of the funding, staffing, and organization of the Military Munitions Response Program; and (2) effectiveness of current procedures and institutions for the management and transfer of former defense land.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to military procurement and use of munitions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E598)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Suspension of Medicare Prescription Drug Late Enrollment Penalty Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5173
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Suspension of Medicare Prescription Drug Late Enrollment Penalty Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to suspend the Medicare prescription drug late enrollment penalty during calendar 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
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: 2006-04-25
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: 2006-04-25
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: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Equity in Education Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5174
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Military pay
Scholarships
Student aid
Student loan funds
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Veterans' Equity in Education Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to calculation of financial assistance for which a student receiving veterans' education benefits may be eligible. Reduces the factor in the eligibility formula representing estimated educational financial assistance already received by the student by the amount of military pay deductions for such benefits made by or on behalf of the student while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in the Selective Reserve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E579-580)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
IRS Refund Accessibility Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5175
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Identification devices
Income tax
Mass media
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
IRS Refund Accessibility Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to use any means of mass communication to disclose taxpayer identity information for purposes of notifying persons entitled to tax refunds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds.

Bill: 109-hr-5177
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Economics and Public Finance
Federal home loan banks
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow bonds guaranteed by the federal home loan banks to be treated as tax-exempt state or local bonds (thus excluding interest on such bonds from gross income).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5178
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: California
Confidential communications
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Law
Metropolitan areas
Michigan
New York City
Terrorism
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to conduct jointly, or contract with an entity to conduct, a study of the operations of federal, state, and local government entities to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants for the establishment and operation of three centers (in New York City, Detroit, and Los Angeles) to implement the best practices for the processing, analysis, and dissemination of terrorist threat information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program.

Bill: 109-hr-5179
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer discounts
Drugs
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the average sales price methodology for payment for drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase the payment amount for a drug or biological to the extent necessary to ensure that it is in no case less than the widely available market price. 
 
Limits the prompt pay discounts included in the calculation of the manufacturer's average sales price to those discounts furnished to physicians. Excludes such discounts from the average sales price calculation for years after 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-25
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: 2006-04-25
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: 2006-04-25
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: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act

Bill: 109-hr-5180
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Arizona
California
Civil actions and liability
Colorado River development
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Law
Legal fees
Nevada
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Water use
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage and implement the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to enter into an agreement with Arizona, California, and Nevada providing for the use of water from the Lower Colorado River for habitat creation and maintenance, in accordance with the Habitat Conservation Plan, Biological Assessment and Biological and Conference Opinion, Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, Funding and Management Agreement, Implementing Agreement.
 
Permits any party to an agreement entered into with the United States pursuant to the Program to commence a civil action in U.S. district court to enforce the agreement or to declare the rights and obligations of the parties under the program documents. Grants the district court jurisdiction over any such action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Contract Transparency Act

Bill: 109-hr-5181
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Federal Contract Transparency Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require any contract awarded by an executive agency to: (1) prohibit the contractor from having more than three tiers of subcontracts under the contract, subject to stated exceptions; and (2) require the contractor to track and report to the agency all subcontracts, at any tier, awarded by the contractor. Requires the information in such reports to be made available upon request to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Social Security for Adopted Disabled Adult Children Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5183
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Disabled
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Social Security for Adopted Disabled Adult Children Act of 2006 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to exclude the monthly OASDI benefits of adopted disabled children from determinations of the family maximum of OASDI benefits for the month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Cancellation Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-5184
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Customer service
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Consumer Cancellation Fairness Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require subscription service providers to allow subscribers to cancel service the same way they subscribed to such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E595)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5185
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Afghanistan
Authorization
Child abuse
Child health
Child labor
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Democracy
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Forced labor
Government Operations and Politics
Heads of households
Health
Human rights
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law
Literacy programs
Married people
Maternal health services
Mathematics
Nongovernmental organizations
Nonprofit organizations
Orphans
Police training
Prostitution
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Sex discrimination
Slavery
Social Welfare
South Asia
Technical education
Vaccination
Vocational and technical education
Voting rights
Widows
Women
Women in government
Women in public life
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the protection of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and their full participation in the reestablishment of democracy are essential to Afghanistan's reconstruction, and to achieve such reconstruction the U.S. government must commit resources to advance the rights of women throughout Afghanistan. 
 
Amends the Afghan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to revise the provisions respecting assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan. Extends funding authority. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) condition the provision of such assistance on the recipient adhering to international standards for women's rights and human rights; and (2) ensure that Afghan women-led nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in delivering services to Afghan women and children receive grants without ethnic, religious, or any other discrimination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E589)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Tax Incentives Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5186
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Building construction
Buildings
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depressed areas
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Local finance
Local taxation
Partnerships
Small business
State taxation
Stocks
Tax credits
Tax rates
Tax-exempt securities
Unemployment
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
District of Columbia Tax Incentives Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish until December 31, 2009, a DC Development Target Area and a DC Employment Target Area as empowerment zones to provide tax incentives for investment and economic development in the District of Columbia.

Reinstates with modified provisions the exclusion from gross income of all gain from the sale or exchanges of an expanded DC Zone asset held for more than five years. Includes as an expanded DC Zone asset certain business stock, partnership interests, and business property purchased or acquired in a District of Columbia enterprise zone after December 31, 1997, and before January 1, 2010.

Increases the amount of the tax credit for first-time District of Columbia homebuyers to $10,000 and extends such credit through 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E592)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Jane's Law

Bill: 109-hr-5188
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Divorce
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Separation (Law)
Support of dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Jane's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to two years on any person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce to evade compliance with a court-ordered property distribution in a divorce proceeding involving more than $5,000. Requires payment of restitution equal to the total unpaid property distribution from any person convicted of evading payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5189
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Death
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 2006 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) an individual's entitlement to any OASDI benefit shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month); and (2) the benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in the month preceding the date of death. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House