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United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

Bill: 109-hr-5679
Sponsor: Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2006-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Collection of accounts
Commercialization
Department of Energy
Economics and Public Finance
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
Israel
Joint ventures
Middle East and North Africa
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: 
United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD), or the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), to establish a grant program for joint ventures, composed of both Israeli and U.S. private business entities or of U.S. and Israeli academic persons, to implement projects to encourage cooperation between the United States and Israel on research, development, or commercialization of alternative energy, improved energy efficiency, or renewable energy sources.
 
Establishes in the Department of Energy an International Energy Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the grant program and grant recipients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 Front Street in Patterson, New York, as the "D. Mallory Stephens Post Office".

Bill: 109-hr-5685
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2006-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
New York State
Postal facilities
State legislators

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 Front Street in Patterson, New York, as the "D. Mallory Stephens Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Prostate Cancer Coverage Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5686
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Prostate cancer
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: 
Medicaid Prostate Cancer Coverage Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for optional Medicaid coverage of certain prostate cancer patients. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1275)
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Alpena, Michigan, Community Based Outpatient Clinic Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5687
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Health
Michigan
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: 
Alpena, Michigan, Community Based Outpatient Clinic Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate a community-based outpatient clinic for veterans at a location selected by the Secretary in Alpena, Michigan.
 
Requires clinic operation within one year after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5688
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Dentists
Education
Governmental investigations
Health care fraud
Higher education
Medical education
Medical personnel
Osteopathy and osteopaths
Physicians
Restrictive trade practices
Surgeons

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: 
Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2006 - Prohibits any person who is a licensed health care service provider but who is not a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathic medicine, dental surgery, or dental medicine from making any statement or engaging in any act that deceives or misleads the public or a prospective or current patient into believing that such person is a doctor or has the same or equivalent education, skills, or training. 
 
Treats such statements or acts as unfair or deceptive acts or practices prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct an investigation of health care providers engaging in such acts to: (1) identify specific acts and practices constituting a violation of this Act; (2) determine the frequency of such acts and practices; (3) identify instances of harm or injury resulting from such acts and practices; and (4) identify instances where any state public policy has permitted such acts and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare prescription drug special enrollment period in 2006 for all part D eligible individuals and to waive the late enrollment penalty for low-income individuals who enroll during such period.

Bill: 109-hr-5691
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2006-06-27 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: 2006-06-27
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare prescription drug special enrollment period between the date of enactment of this Act and November 14, 2006, for all part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) eligible individuals.
 
Waives the late enrollment penalty for low-income individuals who enroll during such period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-27
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: 2006-06-27
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: 2006-06-27
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: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-5692
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
National parks
Space activities
Space shuttles
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: 

 
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing, as a unit or units of the National Park System, memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia, to be located on the four specified parcels of land in Texas on which large debris from the Space Shuttle was recovered. 

action_date: 2006-09-27
text: 
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a memorial as a unit or units of the National Park System to the Space Shuttle Columbia on the four specified parcels of land in Texas on which large debris from the Space Shuttle was recovered. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to recommend to Congress additional sites in Texas relating to the Space Shuttle Columbia for establishment as memorials to the Space Shuttle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7656)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7656)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5692.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7656-7657)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Mr. Gohmert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-07-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-07-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Emergency Responder Fair Mileage Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5693
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Emergency Management
Expense accounts
Fire fighters
Health
Income tax
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Volunteer Emergency Responder Fair Mileage Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross income of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders reimbursements of automobile operating expenses incurred for the benefit of a volunteer fire department; and (2) allow such volunteers to deduct such automobile operating expenses using the higher business mileage rate instead of the standard rate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4688)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act

Bill: 109-hr-5694
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Consumer education
Day care
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Liability insurance
Licenses
Signs and signboards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a state to include as part of its regulatory process for issuance and renewal of licenses to providers of child care services, a recommendation to each provider that it carry current liability insurance. Requires state plans for the use of child care and development block grant funds to certify that there are in effect state or local health and safety requirements that each child care provider: (1) post publicly and conspicuously in the service area of its premises a notice specifying whether it carries current liability insurance; and (2) give written notice to parents about whether it carries such insurance, obtain the signature of at least one parent per child acknowledging receipt of such notice, and maintain records of such signed notice while a child receives services and for one year thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To respond to the unreasonable and unnecessary Japanese prohibition on the importation of United States beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-5696
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
East Asia
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Japan
Meat
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Requires the United States Trade Representative (UTSR), in cooperation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Commerce, to take all necessary actions to prohibit the importation into the United States of beef products produced or processed in, or exported from, Japan until such time as the Japanese government permits the entry into Japan of U.S. beef.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act

Bill: 109-hr-5697
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Emergency Management
Federal employees
Fire fighters
Forest fires
Personnel management
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in the administration of current law governing the classification of certain positions in the federal government, to ensure that the official title assigned to any class or other category of positions that consists primarily or exclusively of forest technician positions, range technician positions, or any other category of positions the duties and responsibilities of which may include significant wildland fire suppression activities (as determined by OPM), shall include the designation of &quot;Wildland Firefighter&quot; or words to that effect. 

action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 

 
Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in the administration of federal law governing the classification of certain positions in the federal government, to ensure that the official title assigned to any class or other category of positions that consists primarily or exclusively of forest technician positions, range technician positions, or any other category of positions the duties and responsibilities of which include significant wildland fire suppression activities shall include the designation of &quot;Wildland Firefighter&quot; or words to that effect. 
 
Entitles an employee in an occupational series covering positions for which the primary duties are wildland firefighting, as determined by OPM, to the hazardous duty pay differential.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8966)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8966)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5697.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8966-8967)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Mr. Souder moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5700
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy shortages
Energy supplies
Energy transportation
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Reformulated gasoline
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to add as &quot;extreme and unusual circumstances that prevent the distribution of an adequate supply of fuel or fuel additives to consumers&quot; under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may temporarily waive a control or prohibition on the use of a fuel or fuel additive circumstances that are the result of unexpected problems with equipment necessary for transportation and delivery of fuel or fuel additives. 
 
States that EPA shall have no authority, when considering a state implementation plan (SIP) or SIP revision, to approve any fuel included in such plan or revision if the effect of such approval increases the total number of fuels set forth on the published list of approved fuels (currently EPA does not have the authority to approve a fuel if it increases the total number of fuels approved as of September 1, 2004, in all SIPs).
 
Requires notice and opportunity for comment before EPA removes a fuel from the list. Requires EPA to remove a fuel from the list if such fuel has ceased to be included in an SIP or is identical to a federal fuel control or prohibition. Repeals provisions prohibiting EPA from reducing the total number of authorized fuels. Requires EPA to publish a revised list reflecting the reduction in the number of fuels. 
 
 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to change the deadline for a report by the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy concerning motor vehicle fuels (currently, June 1, 2008) to the earlier of: (1) nine months after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) June 1, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Financial Readiness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5701
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Student Financial Readiness Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from $2,000 to $5,000 the annual contribution limit to Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) adjust such contribution limit for inflation after 2006; and (3) prohibit contributions by individuals whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $150,000 ($300,000 for married couples filing joint tax returns). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1309)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Industry Tax Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5702
Sponsor: Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation fuels
Commerce
Energy
Excise tax
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Aviation Industry Tax Equity Act of 2006 - Suspends the excise tax on commercial aviation fuel between the day after enactment of this Act and September 30, 2007 (suspension period). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in House