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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the allocation of the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit to patrons of agricultural cooperatives.

Bill: 109-s-3600
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural cooperatives
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Compressed natural gas
Diesel motor
Energy
Hydrogen
Income tax
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Natural gas
Oils and fats
Service stations
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an agricultural producer cooperative to elect to allocate among its patrons the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6790-6791)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3601
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural estimating and reporting
Animals
Business records
Cattle
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Food industry
Food safety
Fraud
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Identification devices
Livestock
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require that each person, firm, or corporation required to identify livestock maintain accurate records.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide duty-free treatment for certain parts of motor vehicles.

Bill: 109-s-3602
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for certain axles with differential and parts for power trains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6791)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Paul Coverdell Homestead Open Space Preservation and Conservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3603
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Environmental protection groups
Farm lands
Forest conservation
Habitat conservation
Income tax
Land transfers
Nature conservation
Open space lands
Partnerships
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations
Unrelated business income tax

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Paul Coverdell Homestead Open Space Preservation and Conservation Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain tax-exempt conservation organizations a tax credit for expenditures to acquire and maintain real property interests exclusively for conservation purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-3604
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Insulin
Medical supplies
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2005 (sic) - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage (as supplies associated with the injection of insulin) of home needle destruction devices and disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Lakes Migratory Bird Research and Management Act

Bill: 109-s-3605
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Canada
Fisheries
Fishery management
Fishing
Great Lakes
International Affairs
International agencies
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Migratory bird conservation
Research
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Treaties
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Great Lakes Migratory Bird Research and Management Act - Amends the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to authorize the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to carry out activities relating to the investigation of migratory bird depredation on commercial and sport fisheries in the Great Lakes. 
 
Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to require the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to issue a permit to a cooperating federal, state, or tribal agency of the United States, or federal, provincial, or first nation agency of Canada that is signatory to a Memorandum of Understanding with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to manage and take migratory birds for the purpose of controlling migratory bird depredation on commercial fisheries and sport fisheries in the Great Lakes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6791)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-3606
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payment to a physician of an additional 10% for emergency department visits.
 
Prescribes special rules for calculating the Medicare hospital outpatient department (OPD) fee schedule amounts for clinic and emergency department visits.
 
Extends from temporary to permanent the current adjustment to payments (hold harmless provisions) for certain small rural and sole community hospitals under the OPD prospective payment system (PPS).
 
Eliminates the cap on the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for payments to rural hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6792-6793)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6791-6792)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3608
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Colorado
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
History
Land transfers
National parks
Plants

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified land adjacent to the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado or an interest in such land for addition to the Park. Revises the boundary of the Park to reflect the acquisition of such land. Requires the Secretary to administer any land or interest in land acquired under this Act as part of the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6794)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3609
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain Giardiniera prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations less than 0.5 percent.

Bill: 109-s-3610
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain Giardiniera prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations less than 0.5 percent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3611
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Construction costs
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water resources development
Habitat conservation
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Nebraska
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Watersheds
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in cooperation with the Governance Committee established under the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement, to: (1) participate in such Program; (2) carry out any projects or activities that are designated for implementation during the Program's first 13 years (First Increment); (3) acquire interests in land, water, and facilities from willing sellers; (4) transfer acquired interests; and (5) accept or provide grants.
 
Allows the Program to be modified before the completion of the First Increment if the Secretary and the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado determine that the modifications are consistent with program purposes. Terminates the Secretary's authority to implement the First Increment on September 30, 2020.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to: (1) modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir; and (2) enter one or more agreements with the state of Wyoming to implement the Pathfinder Modification Project. Authorizes the capacity of the Pathfinder Reservoir to be used for municipal, environmental, and other purposes, as described in Appendix F to the final settlement stipulation in 
Nebraska v. Wyoming
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3612
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Damages
Injunctions
Law
Railroad freight operations
Railroad mergers
Railroad rates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends the Clayton Act to grant the United States exclusive authority to bring suit for injunctive relief against a common carrier that is not a rail common carrier subject to the jurisdiction the Surface Transportation Board (STB).
 
Revises the declaration that prohibitions against mergers and acquisitions that tend to create monopolies shall not apply to certain transactions duly consummated pursuant to specified federal authority. Excepts specified rate agreements between two or more rail carriers (collective rate agreements) and certain transactions, including railroad mergers and acquisitions, from specified antitrust exemptions.
 
Provides that, in any civil action against a rail common carrier, the U.S. district court shall not be required to defer to the primary jurisdiction of the STB.
 
Empowers the Federal Trade Commission to regulate, and engage in antitrust enforcement regarding, collective rate agreements and certain transactions, including railroad mergers and acquisitions.
 
Applies to rail common carriers subject to STB jurisdiction requirements governing the amount of recovery or prejudgment interest (treble damages) by injured persons, without regard to whether: (1) such railroads have filed rates; or (2) a complaint has been filed that challenges a rate.
 
Amends federal transportation law to terminate the exemptions from antitrust laws for collective ratemaking agreements.
 
Requires the STB, and other reviewing agencies, when reviewing a proposed agreement, to take into account its impact upon shippers, consumers, and affected communities.
 
Revises STB authority to provide that a rail carrier, corporation, or a person participating in an approved transaction is not exempt from specified antitrust laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6795-6796)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6794-6795)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3615
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animals
Business records
Cattle
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer education
Defective products
Department of Agriculture
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Livestock
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006
 
or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006
 
- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and (3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6801-6802)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3616
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Affordable housing
Apartment houses
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Residential rehabilitation
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of certain multifamily housing property to a housing agency or related organization (preservation entity) that agrees to maintain certain affordability and use restrictions for such property. Limits the excludable amount of such gain to the depreciation adjustments for such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6802-6803)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3617
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Authorization
Canada
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Migratory bird conservation
Nature conservation
North America
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act for FY2007-FY2012. 

action_date: 2006-09-20
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act for FY2007-FY2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 109-340.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 109-340.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3618
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Inland water transportation
Interstate commissions
Lakes
Navigation
New York City
New York State
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rivers
Ships
Strategic planning
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Vermont
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish: (1) the Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission to plan and execute programs and activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain (the first European to discover and explore Lake Champlain); and (2) the Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission to plan and execute programs and activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson (the first European to sail up the Hudson River) and the 200th anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton (the first person to use steam navigation on a commercial basis).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6803)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the District.

Bill: 109-s-3619
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Lakes
Oklahoma
Water districts
Water storage
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservatory District and cities served by the District.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-s-3620
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Block grants
Brownfields
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal aid to Indians
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Infrastructure
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Mines and mineral resources
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate development
Refuse and refuse disposal
Social Welfare
Strip mining
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make competitive grants only to eligible public entities and Indian tribes for carrying out projects and activities to assist the development and redevelopment of brownfield sites, including mine-scarred lands.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6804)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6804)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate