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Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3489
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to health facilities
Fire prevention
Government lending
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing homes
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-09
text: 
Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish programs of direct loans and grants for retrofitting nursing facilities with automatic fire sprinkler systems. Gives priority to grant applications that demonstrate a need or hardship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5685)
action_date: 2006-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3489)
action_date: 2006-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Study Act

Bill: 109-s-3490
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Boundaries
Citizen participation
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Habitat conservation
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Land transfers
Maps
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Pennsylvania
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Treaties
Water Resources Development
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: 
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to evaluate specified fish and wildlife habitat and aquatic and terrestrial communities in northeastern Pennsylvania for potential acquisition and subsequent inclusion in a future Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Prohibits the Secretary from acquiring more than 30,000 total acres of land, water, and interests in the study area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5718-5719)
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing America's Future Economy Commission Act

Bill: 109-s-3491
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Balance of payments
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economic growth
Economic impact statements
Entitlements
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budget process
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Fiscal policy
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Government spending reductions
House Budget
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Public meetings
Saving and investment
Senate Budget
Senate rules and procedure
Social Welfare
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: 
Securing America's Future Economy Commission Act, or SAFE Commission Act - Establishes the Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission to develop legislation designed to address: (1) the unsustainable imbalance between long-term federal spending commitments and projected revenues; (2) increases in net national savings to provide for domestic investment and economic growth; and (3) revision of the budget process to place greater emphasis on long-term fiscal issues.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) develop one or two methods for estimating the cost of legislation as an alternative to the current Congressional Budget Office (CBO) method; and (2) hold at least one town-hall style public hearing within each federal reserve district.
 
Requires the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to Congress and the President. Authorizes the President to submit to Congress an alternative proposal. Authorizes the Committee on the Budget of either Chamber to publish its own alternative proposal in the Congressional Record.
 
Sets forth procedures for consideration of such legislation.
 
Requires CBO to prepare a long-term cost estimate and have it published in the Congressional Record as expeditiously as possible whenever requested to do so by the Commission, the President, or the chairman of Committee on the Budget of either Chamber.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5719-5721)
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5719)
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Workforce Performance Appraisal and Management Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3492
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal employees
Federal officials
Labor and Employment
Law
Office of Personnel Management
Personnel management
Planning-programming-budgeting
Position classification
Rating of employees
Salaries
Supervisors

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Federal Workforce Performance Appraisal and Management Improvement Act of 2006 - Revises provisions relating to the establishment of performance appraisal systems by certain federal agencies.
 
Requires agencies to establish one or more new performance appraisal systems to promote high performance. 
 
Revises provisions relating to the responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for the development of performance appraisal systems.
 
Revises provisions relating to specific mandatory training programs for supervisors. 
 
Revises provisions relating to federal employee pay rates and systems with respect to employees whose performance rating is below the fully successful level to, among other things, prohibit a pay increase for such employees.
 
Revises provisions concerning senior-level positions.
 

 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-02
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: 2006-06-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia. Hearings held.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5782-5785)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5781-5782)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that quantitative restrictions shall not apply with respect to certain knit performance outerwear pants.

Bill: 109-s-3493
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Clothing
Import restrictions
Sports and Recreation
Synthetic fabrics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Provides that certain quantitative restrictions shall not apply to specified imports of knit performance outerwear pants classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to the extent entry of such pants is claimed under the column one general rate of duty of the HTSUS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that quantitative restrictions shall not apply with respect to woven performance outerwear pants.

Bill: 109-s-3494
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Clothing
Import restrictions
Sports and Recreation
Synthetic fabrics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Provides that certain quantitative restrictions shall not apply to specified imports of woven performance outerwear pants classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to the extent entry of such pants is claimed under the column one general rate of duty of the HTSUS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.

Bill: 109-s-3495
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: East Asia
Government Operations and Politics
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
President and foreign policy
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.

action_date: 2006-07-31
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-30
text: By Senator Grassley from Committee on Finance filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/04/2006. Report No. 109-321.
action_date: 2006-08-30
text: By Senator Grassley from Committee on Finance filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/04/2006. Report No. 109-321.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-940.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5785)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5785)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Working American Competitiveness Act

Bill: 109-s-3496
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Earnings
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Working American Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayers to elect to exclude from gross income, without limitation, earned income (i.e., income for services performed) from sources within a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Las Cienegas Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-s-3497
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Environmental Protection
Forest roads
Land transfers
Landfills
Leases
National forests
Natural areas
Right-of-way
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
 Las Cienegas Enhancement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC offers to convey to the Secretary title to the Empirita-Simonson parcel of land (the non-federal land), to accept the offer and simultaneously convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC the Sahuarita parcel of land (the federal land). 
 
Requires the values of the federal and non-federal lands exchanged to be equal, as determined by appraisals. 
 
Requires Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, to: (1) pay the costs of carrying out the exchange of such lands; (2) enter into an agreement with Pima County, Arizona, to convey to Pima County a certain well site; and (3) relinquish to Pima County any water rights to such well site held by Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC. 
 
Makes the exchange of federal and non-federal land subject to any easements, rights-of-way, and other valid encumbrances in existence on enactment of this Act. 
 
Requires the non-federal land, upon acquisition by the Secretary, to become part of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. 
 
Modifies the boundary of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area to exclude the 40-acre tract that is leased by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the town of Elgin, Arizona, for a sanitary landfill. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to provide to the Secretary of Agriculture a right-of-way through the non-federal land for motorized public road access to the boundary of the Coronado National Forest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5786)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain thin fiberglass sheets.

Bill: 109-s-3498
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain thin fiberglass sheets.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Internet Safety (Stop Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Youth) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3499
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child abuse
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Computer crimes
Conspiracy
Consumer education
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information
Deceptive advertising
Department of Justice
Electronic mail systems
Ex-offenders
Executive reorganization
Extraterritoriality
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Guardian and ward
Identification of criminals
Independent regulatory commissions
Indictments
Internet
Labeling
Law
Life imprisonment
Limitation of actions
Money laundering
Murder
Names
Organized crime
Prosecution
Prostitution
Public prosecutors
Recidivists
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Sex-oriented businesses
Smuggling
Warning labels
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Internet Safety (Stop Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Youth) Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) financial transactions that facilitate access to, or the possession of, child pornography; (2) the operation of a child pornography enterprise; and (3) the use of deceptive wording or images to deceive persons, including minors, into viewing obscene material on the Internet.

Increases criminal penalties for: (1) registered sex offenders who commit a felony offense involving a child; (2) the sexual exploitation of children; (3) child pornography; and (4) child sex trafficking and sexual abuse.

Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) increase monetary penalties for willful failure of electronic communication service providers to report child pornography; and (2) impose new penalties for negligent failure to report.

Requires commercial website operators to place warning marks prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission on web pages that contain sexually explicit material.

Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes against Children.

Authorizes additional (not less than 200) U.S. attorneys in FY2007 to prosecute crimes relating to the sexual exploitation of children. 

Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to increase the number of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces. 

Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations to establish and maintain programs for the prevention of sexual offenses against minors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8025-8026)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5786-5789)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (HoPE) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3500
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulances
Ambulatory care
Clinics
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Counseling
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Health planning
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical technology
Medical tests
Medicare
Mental health services
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Psychotherapy
Revolving funds
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telemedicine
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (HoPE) Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals; (2) extension of the temporary increase in payments to certain rural hospitals (Medicare hold harmless provision) under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services; (3) the definition of low-volume hospital for purposes of the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment; (4) critical access hospitals; (5) extension of the Medicare incentive payment program for physician scarcity areas; (6) extension of the 1.00 floor on Medicare work geographic adjustment to payments for physician services; (7) Medicare home health care planning; (8) rural health clinics; (9) use of medical conditions for coding ambulance services; (10) extension of increased Medicare payments for ground ambulance services in rural areas; and (11) coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 with respect to the extension of: (1) Medicare wage index reclassifications for certain hospitals; and (2) Medicare reasonable costs payments for certain clinical diagnostic laboratory tests furnished to hospital patients in certain rural areas.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to: (1) a capital infrastructure revolving loan program; and (2) community health center collaborative access.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct pilot projects to provide incentives to home health agencies to utilize remote home monitoring and communications technologies; and (2) facilitate the provision of telehealth services across state lines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5790-5793)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5789-5790)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Toxic Clean-up Polluter Pays Renewal Act

Bill: 109-s-3503
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Petroleum
Pollution taxes
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Toxic Clean-up Polluter Pays Renewal Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2017, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Konstantinos Ritos.

Bill: 109-s-3505
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Provides for the relief of Konstantinos Ritos.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Data Theft Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3506
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer crimes
Data banks
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health information systems
Identification devices
Identity theft
Larceny
Medical records
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Data Theft Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) the unauthorized viewing, use, downloading, or removal of any means of identification or individually identifiable health information contained in a federal database or the transfer of such information to another database; and (2) the use of such information to violate federal or state criminal law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5810)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5810)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
National Commission on Entitlement Solvency Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3507
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Entitlements
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Senate rules and procedure
Social Welfare
Social security finance

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
National Commission on Entitlement Solvency Act of 2006 - Establishes the National Commission on Entitlement Solvency to review and report to Congress on the Social Security and Medicare programs with respect to: (1) their current and long-term actuarial financial condition; (2) problems that may threaten their long-term solvency, and potential solutions; and (3) recommendations that will ensure their long-term solvency and the provision of appropriate benefits.
 

 
Provides for expedited congressional consideration of Commission recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate