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Permanent Protection for Florida Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2239
Sponsor: Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Continental shelf
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Florida
Gas in submerged lands
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum in submerged lands
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Submarine oil well drilling
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
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: 2006-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8422-8423)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S453)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Part D Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2240
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Cost control
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug industry
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health care fraud
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: 
Medicare Part D Reform Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the prescription drug plan sponsor of a prescription drug plan from removing a covered part D drug from the plan formulary or changing the preferred or tiered cost-sharing status of such a drug, except between September 1 and October 31 of any year, effective only as of January 1 of the following year.
 
Amends SSA title XI to exempt from certain criminal penalties any waiver or reduction of patient cost-sharing by pharmacies under pharmaceutical patient assistance programs.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII part D with respect to the reduction in cost-sharing below the out-of-pocket threshold for individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line. Requires waiver of such copayments in the case of a full-benefit dual eligible individual who is unable to pay the applicable copayment.
 
Gives the Secretary the authority to negotiate prescription drug prices with manufacturers of covered part D drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S512-513)
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S512)
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Carmen Shahrzad Kulcsar.

Bill: 109-s-2241
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: 
Declares Carmen Shahrzad Kulcsar to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S513)
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S513)
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense Against Regional Threats Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2242
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2006-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ballistic missile defenses
Collective security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Defense burdensharing
East Asia
International Affairs
Israel
Japan
Middle East and North Africa
Military agreements
NATO countries
Negotiations
South Korea
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: 
Defense Against Regional Threats Act of 2005 - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) provide for deployment as soon as technologically possible of missile defense systems capable of defending Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against ballistic missile attack; and (2) seek continued negotiated burdensharing agreements with such countries to share the costs of development and deployment of ballistic missile defense systems. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
College Access and Affordability Act

Bill: 109-s-2243
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Access to health care
Bilingualism
Child welfare
College costs
Community colleges
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Depressed areas
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government lending
Health
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest rates
Law enforcement officers
Mathematics
Medical personnel
Mentoring
Minorities
Nurses
Nursing education
Paramedical personnel
Police
Poverty
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social work
Special education
Student loan funds
Tax credits
Taxation
Teacher education
Teachers
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: 
College Access and Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) rename &quot;qualified tuition and related expenses&quot; as &quot;qualified higher education expenses&quot; for purposes of the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits and to include as qualified expenses tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or dependents for enrollment or attendance at an eligible institution of higher learning; (2) increase to $4,000 (with annual inflation adjustments after 2006) the dollar limitation on the Hope Scholarship tax credit; (3) increase to $58,000 the modified adjusted gross income threshold for reducing the allowable amount of Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits; and (4) increase from two to four the number of years a Hope Scholarship tax credit may be claimed.
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) grant forgiveness of student loan indebtedness up to $17,500 for individuals working in certain public service positions, including math and science teachers, emergency workers, and nurses in low-income communities; (2) require the Secretary of Education (formerly, discretionary on a case-by-case basis) to award Pell Grants to certain full-time students enrolled in college degree programs; (3) establish a special transition assistance plan for certain student loan borrowers; (4) establish a grant program to encourage transfers of academic credits between institutions of higher learning; and (5) expand the discretionary authority of student financial aid administrators in regulating student loan terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
CARE Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2244
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Caregivers
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Cost of living adjustments
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Minorities
Native Americans
Respite care
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: 
Caregiver Assistance and Relief Effort Act of 2006 or the CARE Act of 2006 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase and extend, through FY2006, the authorization of appropriations for the national family caregiver support program, including caregiver support programs for Native Americans. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow caregivers a tax credit for family members with long-term care needs; (2) allow a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; and (3) apply certain consumer protection provisions to long-term care insurance contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S513-514)
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Witness Security and Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2246
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Homicide
Law
Murder
Public prosecutors
Violence
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: 
Witness Security and Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish in the U.S. Marshals Service a Short Term State Witness Protection Program to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or other major violent crimes pursuant to cooperative agreements with state and local criminal prosecutor's offices and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible prosecutor's offices for the purpose of providing short term protection to witnesses in trials involving homicide or serious violent felony.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Efficiency Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2247
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional investigations
Electronic data interchange
Federal employees
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Health information systems
Internet
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Efficiency Act of 2006 - Directs each carrier entering into a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to offer a health benefits plan to implement an electronic system for efficient and effective adjudication of all medical claims. Requires that such system be used to monitor for fraud and abuse as part of such adjudication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S730-731)
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Mathematics and Science Teaching Corps Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2248
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College costs
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Mentoring
Overhead costs
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Teaching
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: 
Mathematics and Science Teaching Corps Act of 2006 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create a Math and Science Teaching Corps to significantly improve mathematics and science achievement among secondary school students in the United States. 
 
Requires the Director of the Corps to carry out a program that awards: (1) Math and Science Teaching Corps Fellowships for Prospective Teachers (MSTC Fellowships) who possess comprehensive subject area knowledge; (2) grants to partner institutions to pay the tuition, fees, and overhead costs of the fellows; and (3) grants to participating local educational agencies to pay the expenses associated with facilitating the induction and professional development services for the fellows. Requires MSTC Fellowship recipients to: (1) receive specified pedagogical training; and (2) teach mathematics or science in a secondary school, for which they shall receive a stipend, and participate in induction programs of participating local educational agencies, for four years.
 
Requires the Director to carry out a program that awards Math and Science Teaching Corps Fellowships for Experienced Teachers (MSTC Master Fellowships). Requires an MSTC Master Fellowship recipient to: (1) continue to teach mathematics or science in a secondary school of a participating agency for at least five of the seven years after receiving such fellowship, for which he or she shall receive a stipend; (2) serve as a leader within the individual's department and school; (3) mentor other recipients; and (4) attend subject or pedagogy workshops offered by the participating local educational agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Sportsmen's Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-2249
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Families
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hunting
Law
Licenses
Recreation
Social security numbers
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: 
Sportmen's Privacy Protection Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that states collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S770)
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Withdraw Energy Addicting New Subsidies Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2251
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2006-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Continental shelf
Energy research
Energy supplies
Gas in submerged lands
Gas industry
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Petroleum in submerged lands
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: 
Withdraw Energy Addicting New Subsidies Act of 2006, or the WEANS Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the program for Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.

Bill: 109-s-2252
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2006-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Animals
Art
Museums
Names
Painting
Wildlife
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: 
Designates the National Museum of Wildlife Art located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, as the &quot;National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-447.
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S771-772)
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing.

Bill: 109-s-2253
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Continental shelf
Florida
Gas in submerged lands
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from offering for oil and gas leasing: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line, unless the Secretary of Defense agrees in writing before the area is offered for lease that it can be developed in a manner that will not interfere with military activities; or (2) any area within 100 miles of the coastline of Florida.
 


action_date: 2006-04-20
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
 Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Mineral Management Service, to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing within one year after enactment of this Act.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from offering for oil and gas leasing: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line, unless the Secretary of Defense agrees in writing before the area is offered for lease that it can be developed in a manner that will not interfere with military activities; or (2) any area within 100 miles of the coastline of Florida.
 
States that the 181 Area shall be offered for lease even though it is omitted from any outer Continental Shelf leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402.
action_date: 2006-04-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 04/07/2006 without amendment. With written report No. 109-240.
action_date: 2006-04-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 04/07/2006 without amendment. With written report No. 109-240.
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-381.
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S772-773)
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S772)
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande.

Bill: 109-s-2254
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Hydrology
New Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Rivers
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) carry out restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico, from Cochiti Dam to the headwaters of the Elephant Butte Dam; and (2) consult with certain local environmental groups in carrying out such projects. Requires non-federal interests to pay 25% of total project costs and 100% of operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs. Prohibits recreational features of a project from comprising more than 30% of the total project cost. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S773-774)
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S773)
action_date: 2006-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-2255
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Drugs
Generic drugs
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit removal of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs from a prescription drug plan formulary, or imposition of a restriction or limitation on the coverage of such a drug, during the plan year: (1) except at the beginning; or (2) for an individual enrollee, from the date of enrollment until December 31 of the immediately succeeding plan year. Specifies exceptions to such prohibition. Requires an annual notice to enrollees of changes in formulary and other restrictions or limitations on coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S865-866)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate