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To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4776
Sponsor: Rep. Sodrel, Michael E. [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional law
District courts
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Privileges and immunities
State laws
State legislators
State legislatures
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to provide that no court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation or the validity, under the Constitution, of the content of speech of any member of a state legislative body or any individual invited to speak before that body, when such speech occurs during the legislative session.
 
Declares that any person who is a member of a state legislative body, or who is invited to speak before that body, other than as a witness, shall be immune from suit in any federal court, and shall not be held liable under any federal law, on account of the content of speech occurring during the legislative session, unless such speech constitutes treason, breach of peace, or an admission of guilt of a crime.
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to enforce any court order relating to the content of speech occurring during the legislative session of a state legislative body, with the same exceptions.
 
Prohibits a federal court from imposing a fine on any state, state legislative body, member of a state legislative body, or individual invited to speak before that body (other than as a witness), on account of the content of speech occurring during the legislative session, with the same exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E194)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4778
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chemical warfare
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental research
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes
Health
Labor and Employment
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Marine safety
Medical research
Navigational aids
Occupational health and safety
Pollution measurement
Public health
Research grants
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Surveying
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) conduct a survey of all Hawaiian underwater sites where chemical munitions are known to have been disposed of by the Armed Forces between 1941 and 1972; and (2) identify on Hawaiian coastal nautical charts and other navigational materials navigational hazards to private activities and commercial shipping or fishing operations as identified in the survey. Requires the Secretary to implement appropriate monitoring mechanisms to recognize and track the potential release of hazardous chemical agents into the marine environment from such disposal sites.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to conduct research and provide research grants to study the long-term effects of seawater exposure on chemical munitions, including the potential public health risks associated with, and the environmental impact of, ocean disposal of chemical munitions. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility and cost of implementing multiple remediation measures at the disposal sites covered by the survey, including an analysis of the public health and environmental safety risks of such sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 109-hr-4779
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Athletes
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Golf
Government Operations and Politics
Reporters and reporting
Sports and Recreation
Sports personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Byron Nelson in recognition of his contributions to the game of golf as a player, teacher, and commentator. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Rural Information Technology Investment Act

Bill: 109-hr-4781
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Industry-university relations
Information technology
Internet
Nonprofit organizations
Research and development
Rural economic development
Small business
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Rural Information Technology Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to small businesses or not-for-profit organziations operating in rural areas to establish information technology centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-4782
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Pacific Ocean
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from the waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf whose oil and natural gas resources the Secretary of Energy is required to inventory and analyze.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Protection for Florida Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4783
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Continental shelf
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Florida
Gas in submerged lands
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining leases
Ocean mining
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum in submerged lands
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Permanent Protection for Florida Act of 2006 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Florida exclusion zone.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged not to issue a permit or lease for new oil and natural gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under any of the Great Lakes.
 
Declares this Act applicable to non-producing leases. 
 
Withdraws the Florida exclusion zone from: (1) any Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram prepared by the Minerals Management Service; and (2) consideration for inclusion in any five-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing program of the Department of the Interior.
 

 Declares that any non-producing or similar lease that is suspended as of the enactment of this Act in the Eastern planning area of the Gulf of Mexico (with a specified exception), and that is also active, non-producing, or in suspension as of such date, is relinquished and abandoned in exchange for royalty forgiveness for revenue streams owed by oil and gas lessees producing on that date in the Central and Western planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Specifies the characteristics of any relinquished and abandoned lease whose lessee is ineligible for royalty forgiveness.
 

 Extends until June 30, 2020, the expiration date for the withdrawal of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf described in a specified Memorandum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Eugene Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 109-hr-4784
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Land transfers
Oregon
Wildlife

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Eugene Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified Bureau of Land Management land to Eugene, Oregon, to: (1) establish a wildlife viewing area; and (2) construct and operate an environmental education center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-02-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4785
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Government Operations and Politics
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
 Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to: (1) advance from FY2007 to FY2006 the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and (2) repeal the limitation on such funds as a one-time only obligation and expenditure.
 
Accelerates the termination of such appropriation and related allocations and conditions from September 30, 2007, to September 30, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Truth-in-Lobbying Disclosure Act

Bill: 109-hr-4787
Sponsor: Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Lobbying
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Truth-in-Lobbying Disclosure Act - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1985 to require a registered lobbyist's semiannual report to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to include any federal funds received by the client (other than a state), through grants, contracts, or otherwise, during such reporting period, including funds received by reason of a provision in an appropriations Act that specifies: (1) an entity to receive funds and their amount; or (2) a project to be carried out in the district that a Representative in Congress, or the state that a Senator, represents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Expensing Permanency Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4790
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Computer software
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Small Business Expensing Permanency Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase and make permanent the taxpayer election to expense (i.e., deduct all costs in current taxable year) depreciable business property, including computer software; (2) increase the investment threshold amount used to calculate reductions in the amount of such expensing allowance; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the amount of the expensing allowance and the investment threshold amount; and (4) make permanent the taxpayer's right to revoke an election to expense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act

Bill: 109-hr-4791
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Construction costs
Cost of living adjustments
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing for the disabled
Indexing (Economic policy)
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act - Increases from: (1) $50,000 to $60,000 the maximum amount authorized to be provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain disabled veterans for the construction of specially adapted housing; and (2) $10,000 to $12,000 the maximum amount authorized for specially adapted features in a home.
 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to annually increase such amounts to reflect increases in the cost of residential home construction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4793
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Government Operations and Politics
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
 Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to: (1) advance from FY2007 to FY2006 the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and (2) repeal the limitation on such funds as a one-time only obligation and expenditure. 
 
Bars use of the funds for certain state planning and administration purposes.
 
Accelerates the termination of such appropriation and related allocations and conditions from September 30, 2007, to September 30, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Support Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4794
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Child Support Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibited federal matching funds to a state for expenditures from federal amounts paid to the state for child support and establishment of paternity to carry out an agreement for services of the Federal Parent Locator Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require accrediting agencies and associations to comply with due process throughout the accreditation process, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4795
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accreditation (Education)
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution
College administration
Colleges
Conflict of interests
Department of Education
Due process of law
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Law
Legal fees
Public meetings
School boards
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise due process standards governing the accreditation process of educational institutions.
 
 Requires accrediting agencies and associations to provide educational institutions with: (1) written notice of deficiencies and a reasonable time period to correct such deficiencies; (2) advance notice of any adverse action and an opportunity for a hearing; and (3) a right to appeal an adverse action to an independent and impartial arbitration panel.
 
Requires accrediting agencies and associations to: (1) ensure consistent application of accreditation standards to an educational institution's governing board in receivership; and (2) allow public access to meetings involving accreditation recommendations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to issue regulations to further define due process requirements for the accreditation process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E177-178)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House