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Stop Attempted Fraud Against Everyone's Cell and Land Line (SAFE CALL) Act

Bill: 109-hr-4678
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer protection
Counterfeiting
Forgery
Fraud
Larceny
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
 Stop Attempted Fraud Against Everyone's Cell and Land Line (SAFE CALL) Act - Prohibits any person from obtaining or causing the disclosure of, or from requesting a person to obtain, customer proprietary network information relating to another person by: (1) making a false statement to a telecommunications carrier; or (2) providing a carrier any information knowing that it is counterfeit, was fraudulently obtained, or contains a false statement. Prohibits a person from selling or disclosing customer information relating to any other person knowing it was obtained in such manner.
 
Treats a violation of the above prohibitions as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Gives all the functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under that Act to the Commission to enforce compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
FARA Sunshine Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4679
Sponsor: Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Electronic government information
Foreign agents
Government publicity
International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
FARA Sunshine Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to require the Attorney General to publish on the Department of Justice website all foreign agent registrations, informational materials, and other documents filed with the Attorney General under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Sri Lanka Tsunami Temporary Economic Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4680
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative remedies
American investments
Bribery
Child labor
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clothing
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Commerce
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Employee rights
Equality before the law
Families
Forced labor
Foreign investments
Free enterprise
Free trade
Freedom of association
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Hours of labor
Human rights
Imports
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International competitiveness
Labor and Employment
Law
Minimum wages
Misconduct in office
Nontariff trade barriers
Occupational health and safety
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Poverty
President and foreign policy
Public corruption
Right of property
Rule of law
Social Welfare
South Asia
Sri Lanka
State-sponsored terrorism
Tariff
Tariff preferences
Terrorism
Textile fabrics
Textile industry
Trade agreements
Treaties
Tsunamis

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Sri Lanka Tsunami Temporary Economic Relief Act of 2006 - Declares Sri Lanka eligible for duty-free treatment for any article that is the growth, product, or manufacture of such country meeting specified requirements if the President certifies to Congress that Sri Lanka: (1) has established or is progressing toward specified political, economic, and social reforms; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. security or foreign policy; (3) does not engage in gross violations of human rights or activities in support of international terrorism; and (4) Sri Lanka otherwise meets the eligibility requirements set forth in the Trade Act of 1974.
 
Applies such provisions until the earlier of five years or the date on which a free trade agreement between the United States and Sri Lanka enters into force with respect to the United States under the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for an increase in the amount of awards under the first and second phases of the Small Business Innovation Research program.

Bill: 109-hr-4684
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Commercialization
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial research
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act relating to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (a program under which a portion of a federal agency's research or research and development funds are reserved for award to small businesses) to require certain program directives issued for the general conduct of SBIR programs within the federal government to provide, among other things, that an agency may increase to specified levels amounts awarded in the first and second phases of the SBIR Program. Requires such amounts be adjusted once every five years to reflect economic adjustments and programmatic considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To ease the transition of National Guard and Reserve members adversely affected by the closure or realignment of reserve component facilities by authorizing their temporary detail to duty with other reserve component units.

Bill: 109-hr-4687
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Military base closures
Military personnel
National Guard
Relocation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to detail National Guard and Reserve members assigned to duty at reserve component facilities approved for closure or realignment, or with units relocated more than 100 miles from a member's residence pursuant to a base closure law, to duty for up to two years with another unit of the same or a different reserve component under that Secretary's jurisdiction, at their request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4689
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Commerce
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Grading (Agricultural products)
Imports
Labeling
Meat
Meat inspection
Sheep

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Truth in Quality Grading Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to define "beef," "lamb," "imported beef," "imported lamb," "United States beef," and "United States lamb." (Excludes from inclusion as &quot;United States beef&quot; or &quot;United States lamb&quot; beef or lamb produced from imported animals.) 
Deems misbranded imported beef or imported lamb that bears a label indicating a quality grade issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (thereby prohibiting the use of such labels on such imported products).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4690
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional officers
Ex-Members of Congress
Ex-presidents
Federal officials
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
International Affairs
Law
Lawyers
Legal ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose: (1) a permanent restriction (currently, one year) on certain officers and employees of the federal government who have terminated their service or employment from advising or representing for compensation foreign governments or political parties in matters in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest; and (2) a five-year restriction on such officers and employees from similarly advising or representing foreign individuals, corporations, or other business entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H302-303)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Coast Region Redevelopment Commission Act

Bill: 109-hr-4691
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Citizen participation
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Interstate relations
Louisiana
Mississippi
Presidential commissions
Public meetings
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Texas
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Gulf Coast Region Redevelopment Commission Act - Establishes the Gulf Coast Region Redevelopment Commission to: (1) coordinate the federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by developing comprehensive and coordinated plans and programs for the region; (2) develop an inventory of the region's major redevelopment needs; (3) analyze the region's resources; (4) provide a forum for the discussion of needs confronting the region; (5) identify government programs suitable for application with the cooperation of federal, state, and local governments and public and private entities and recommend modifications to enhance effectiveness; (6) aid interstate cooperation; (7) aid in rebuilding or creating community development corporations; (8) provide investment in commercial industrial and recreational projects; and (9) manage and oversee the federally-funded consolidated budget for the region's redevelopment.
 
Authorizes the Commission to make recommendations to the President and appropriate federal, state, and local officials regarding: (1) the expenditure of funds by federal, state, and local agencies in the region; and (2) necessary additional federal, state, and local legislation or administrative actions.
 
Directs the Commission to report to Congress and to the governors of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas on the activities carried out under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4692
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aliens
Campaign funds
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional elections
Congressional hearings
Congressional information resources
Congressional witnesses
Data banks
Decision making
Executive reorganization
Federal Election Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign agents
Foreign corporations
Fraud
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Lobbying
Political action committees
Presidential elections
Public records
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures in federal elections by multicandidate political committees or separate segregated funds sponsored by foreign-controlled corporations and associations (at least 50% owned by a non-U.S. citizen or foreign national). Sets forth ownership and operating fund reporting requirements. 
 
Prohibits a foreign national from participating in the decision-making process of any person's election-related activities (such as those of a corporation, labor organization, or political committee).
 
Establishes within the Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse of existing public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals and agents of foreign principals. 

Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to: (1) revise foreign agents' supplemental reporting requirements; and (2) provide civil penalties for specified reporting violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H302-303)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
University of the District of Columbia Graduate Programs Act

Bill: 109-hr-4693
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Black colleges
Colleges
Department of Education
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
University of the District of Columbia Graduate Programs Act - Amends the Higher Education Act to: (1) include the University of the District of Columbia as an institution eligible for federal grants for postgraduate programs that the Secretary of Education determines are substantially contributing to the legal, medical, dental, veterinary, or other graduate education opportunities in mathematics, engineering, or the physical or natural sciences for black Americans; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY2006-FY2011 for such grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E62)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Relief Volunteer Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4698
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Employers' liability
Evidence (Law)
Good samaritan laws
Government liability
Labor and Employment
Liability (Law)
Nonprofit organizations
Punitive damages
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Disaster Relief Volunteer Protection Act of 2006 - Provides liability protection for individuals who volunteer to assist victims of national disasters for any injury (including personal injury, property damage or loss, and death) caused by an act or omission in connection with disaster relief services provided or facilitated by the volunteer, if: (1) the injury was not caused by willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct; and (2) the injury was not caused by the volunteer's operating a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other vehicle for which the state requires the operator or the owner to possess an operator's license or maintain insurance.
 
Extends such liability protection to: (1) the volunteer's employer, host, or enabling person, entity, or organization; (2) nonprofit organizations providing or facilitating disaster relief services; or (3) governmental or intergovernmental entity that donates disaster relief goods to a U.S. agency or instrumentality for any injury caused by such donated goods.
 
Prohibits the award of punitive damages in any civil action against a disaster relief volunteer or governmental or intergovernmental entity, unless willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct is established by clear and convincing evidence.
 
Provides for proportionate liability for noneconomic damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 9.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Stimulating Leadership in Cutting Expenditures Act (or SLICE Act) of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4699
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Presidential messages
Presidential powers
Rescission of appropriated funds
Senate rules and procedure
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Stimulating Leadership in Cutting Expenditures Act or SLICE Act of 2006 - Amends the Congressional and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions in budget authority provided in Public Law 109-59 or in an appropriation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in House