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To create an additional judgeship for the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6320
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
California
Congress
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Judicial districts
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Directs the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the eastern district of California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain public land near the City of Douglas, Arizona, for use as a shooting range.

Bill: 109-hr-6321
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Crime and Law Enforcement
Firearms
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
National Guard
Police training
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Water Resources Development
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Douglas, Arizona, specified land for use by the: (1) city for a shooting range and for water tanks; and (2) Arizona Army National Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
ACT for Schools Act

Bill: 109-hr-6322
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
Accurate Crime Trends for Schools Act or the ACT for Schools Act - Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information on the occurrence of school-related crime in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Requires the study to identify and evaluate methods for collecting and reporting such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Auto Loan Limit Adjustment Act

Bill: 109-hr-6323
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank loans
Lease and rental services
Motor vehicles
Savings and loan associations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
Auto Loan Limit Adjustment Act - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit a federal savings association to invest in, sell, or otherwise deal in auto loans and leases acquired for personal, family, or household purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide a new effective date for the applicability of certain provisions of law to Public Law 105-331.

Bill: 109-hr-6324
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Coins and coinage
Financial statements
Fund raising
Intellectual property
Inventors
Museums
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
Extends, until June 30, 2007, the deadline for the Edison Memorial Tower in Edison, New Jersey, to file a specified audited financial statement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide a new effective date for the applicability of certain provisions of law to Public Law 105-331.

Bill: 109-hr-6325
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Coins and coinage
Financial statements
Fund raising
Intellectual property
Inventors
Museums

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Revises the nonfederal matching requirements conditioning payment to a designated recipient organization of certain proceeds from any surcharges on the sale of Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coins.
 
Makes July 1, 2007, the end of the two year period after which there must be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts any amounts deriving from such surcharge proceeds which have not been paid to a designated recipient organization solely because of the organization's failure to submit an audited financial statement demonstrating that all matching requirements have been met.

action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 

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

 
Revises the nonfederal matching requirements conditioning payment to a designated recipient organization of certain proceeds from any surcharges on the sale of Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coins.
 
Makes July 1, 2007, the end of the two year period after which there must be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts any amounts deriving from such surcharge proceeds which have not been paid to a designated recipient organization solely because of the organization's failure to submit an audited financial statement demonstrating that all matching requirements have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8649)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8649)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6325.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8649-8650)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Mr. Baker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Free File Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6327
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advertising
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Earned income tax credit
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Income tax
Marketing
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
State taxation
Tax preparers
Tax returns
Taxpayers
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Free File Reform Act of 2006 - Requires the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to ensure that: (1) all services presented through the Free File program (free electronic filing of tax returns) are made available to all eligible taxpayers, particularly low-income, disadvantaged, and underserved taxpayers; and (2) companies participating in the Free File program protect taxpayer privacy rights and provide free tax return preparation services to state Free File programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office".

Bill: 109-hr-6330
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities
Senate
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to active agricultural producers for the construction of reservoirs as part of their agricultural operations for the storage of water, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6331
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Groundwater
Irrigation
Reservoirs
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize assistance under the environmental quality incentives program for water reservoir construction to be used for water storage in agricultural operations.
 
States that the producer: (1) may not be required to use irrigation for a commodity as a precondition for such reservoir assistance; and (2) shall agree to maintain the lands to be served by a reservoir in agricultural production for at least five years after the reservoir's completion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2052)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Sandra Day O'Connor and William H. Rehnquist Law Centers Establishment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6332
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arizona
California
Commemorations
Congressional tributes
Constitutional law
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Law
Legal education
Supreme Court justices

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Sandra Day O'Connor and William H. Rehnquist Law Centers Establishment Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant to: (1) Stanford Law School to establish the Sandra Day O'Connor Center on Constitutional Law; and (2) the University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law to establish the William H. Rehnquist Center on Constitutional Structures of Government.
 
Requires such Law Schools to provide specified nonfederal contributions toward the establishment of such Law Centers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6333
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorations
Federal employees
Flags
Fringe benefits
Government publicity
Military operations
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2006 - Requires executive agencies to furnish a U.S. flag to drape the casket of a civilian federal employee who dies in a combat zone, upon request of the deceased's next of kin or a close associate of the deceased. 
 
Requires notification of federal civilian employees who are located or stationed in a combat zone to perform one or more functions in support of military operations of the flag ceremony benefit provided for under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6334
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Charter schools
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Law
Licenses
Retired military personnel
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect to the Troops-to-Teachers program (which provides armed forces veterans with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in a high-need local educational agency (LEA) or public charter school).
 
Allows a program participant, if a high-need LEA or public charter school is not located within 50 miles of his or her residence, to teach within an LEA or at a public charter school: (1) experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers, especially in science, mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical education; or (2) receiving grant funds because of concentrations of children from low-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-11-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2054-2055)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for official travel after Election Day of members of Congress who will not serve as members during the next Congress.

Bill: 109-hr-6335
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional travel
Members of Congress
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for official travel of defeated or retiring Members of Congress. Excludes from such prohibition travel: (1) within a Member's district or state; (2) between a Member's district or state and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area; or (3) within the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 4, United States Code, with respect to the flying of the National flag at half-staff pursuant to the order of a Governor of a State, territory, or possession.

Bill: 109-hr-6336
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Governors
Military personnel
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Amends federal law with regard to the flying of the national flag at half-staff to: (1) allow a governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States (governor) to proclaim that the national flag be flown at half-staff upon the death of a member of the Armed Forces from the governor's state, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty; and (2) require, when a governor issues such a proclamation, the national flag flown at any federal installation or facility in that state, territory, or possession to be flown at half-staff consistent with that proclamation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6337
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Indian claims
Indigenous peoples
Land transfers
Minorities
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
Declares that the Cape Fox Corporation (Cape Fox) of Saxman, Alaska, shall not be required to select or receive conveyance of specified unconveyed federal land.
 
Allows Cape Fox to select, and requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, on receiving written notice of the selection, the approximately 99 acres of the surface estate of Tongass National Forest land located outside the exterior selection boundary of Cape Fox.
 
Requires the Secretary, on conveyance to Cape Fox of the surface estate to such land, to convey its subsurface estate to Sealaska Corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To clarify provisions relating to statutory copyright licenses for satellite carriers.

Bill: 109-hr-6340
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2006-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Copyright
Direct broadcast satellites
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Subscription television
Television programs
Television relay systems
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: 
Grants a statutory license to provide a secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station to a satellite carrier found to have engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of delivering such a primary transmission to subscribers who are not eligible to receive it, notwithstanding any injunction that has been issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6341
Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]
Introduced: 2006-12-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Auditing
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: 
Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006 - Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to change the date for termination of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (Office). Provides that the Office shall terminate 10 months after 80% of the funds appropriated or made available for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been expended. 
 
Requires the Special Inspector General, prior to the termination date of the Office, to prepare a final forensic audit report on all funds appropriated or made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House