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Ban it All, Ban it Now Act

Bill: 109-hr-5374
Sponsor: Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Business and politics
Campaign funds
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Corporations
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Legal fees
Office buildings
Political parties
Presidential elections
Soft money
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Voter registration
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Ban it All, Ban it Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to the ban on the use of soft money by political parties and candidates. 
 
Applies the ban to all activities of a national committee of a political party and its officers and agents, including the construction or purchase of an office building of facility, the influencing of a state's reapportionment decisions, and the financing of litigation relating to such reapportionment decisions.
 
Reduces from $20,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of donations by an individual to a tax-exempt organization for voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities.
 
Subjects to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of such Act the use of soft money: (1) by corporations and labor organizations for nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the vote activities; (2) by certain tax-exempt or 527 political organizations for get-out-the-vote activities; and (3) for any partisan voter registration activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
TRUTH Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5376
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
American investments
Armed Forces and National Security
Business ethics
Business records
Chemicals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Conservation of natural resources
Contractors
Corporate accountability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Employee rights
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Health
Hours of labor
Human rights
International corporations
Joint ventures
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Occupational health and safety
Paramilitary forces
Partnerships
Police
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Security measures
Soil pollution
Subcontractors
Subsidiary corporations
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Transparency and Responsibility for United States Trade Health Act of 2006 or Truth Act of 2006 - Requires a U.S. national that employs one or more individuals in a foreign country, either directly or through subsidiaries, subcontractors, affiliates, joint ventures, partners, or licensees (including any security forces of such national), to take necessary steps to provide transparency and public disclosure in all its operations. 
 
Sets forth disclosure information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Welfare Reduction and Job Preservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5378
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: American investments
Corporate downsizing
Corporation taxes
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Export finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Income tax
Interest rates
Investment guaranty insurance
Profit
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Corporate Welfare Reduction and Job Preservation Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a 50% reduction in tax benefits for certain large profitable corporations that reduce their employee workforce by 15% or more. Defines &quot;large profitable corporation&quot; as a corporation or partnership that is not defined as a small business concern under the Small Business Act and which has a taxable income that exceeds net operating losses during a specified five-year period.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Export-Import Act of 1945 to require large profitable corporations (as defined by this Act) that reduce their employee workforce by 15% or more to immediately repay loans and forfeit insurance benefits and credit lines provided by such Acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial 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: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial 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: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial 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: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial 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: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land for expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, subject to certain conditions.

Bill: 109-hr-5379
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
Military bases
Military maneuvers
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 

 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire land near Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for the purpose of expanding the Site.
 
Prohibits any acquisition that would require the condemnation of property, the federal seizure of private property, or the exercise of eminent domain by a federal or state entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5383
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Counseling
Credit cards
Education
Families
Fees
Finance charges
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Liability (Law)
Nonprofit organizations
Parent and child
Personal budgets
Social Welfare
Students
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2006, or the Credit CARD Act of 2006 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require advance notice of any increase in the annual percentage rate (APR) of interest pertaining a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan.
 
Imposes a freeze on interest rate terms and fees on canceled cards.
 
Prohibits: (1) penalties for on-time payments; and (2) over-the-limit fees for creditor-approved transactions.
 
Requires disclosure of: (1) the repayment information applicable to the outstanding balance; and (2) late payment deadlines, postmark dates, and any increase in interest rates for late payments.
 
Increases the civil penalty against any creditor who fails to comply with specified requirements in the case of an individual action relating to an open end credit plan that is not secured by real property or a dwelling.
 
Prohibits issuance of: (1) a credit card under an open end credit plan on behalf of a consumer who has not attained the age of 21, unless the consumer has submitted a written application meeting specified requirements; or (2) certain affinity cards to students unless certain requirements have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6023, E1585)
action_date: 2006-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E817)
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
One More Chance to Sign Up Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5387
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
One More Chance to Sign Up Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for an additional two-month period from June 15 through August 15, 2006, for enrollments in Medicare Advantage plans and in the Medicare prescription drug benefit without any late enrollment penalty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5390
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Cancer
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nonprofit organizations
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
Quality of care
Quality of life
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)) to establish and support demonstration, education, and other programs for cancer survivorship.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) expand and coordinate NIH cancer survivorship research activities; (2) establish a Division of Cancer Survivorship within NCI; and (3) provide for the expansion of cancer survivorship research activities at NCI-designated cancer centers.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) expand the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program; (2) study the unique health challenges associated with cancer survivorship; and (3) carry out projects and interventions to improve the long-term health status of cancer survivors. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish programs that demonstrate how to prevent and control cancer and improve access to quality cancer care among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations with disproportionate incidence of, or death from, cancer; (2) promote cancer education, prevention, and early detection of cancer; (3) award grants for cancer control and prevention; and (4) establish the National Commission on Cancer Survivorship.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Directors of CDC and NCI, to make grants to monitor and evaluate the quality of cancer care, develop information concerning the quality of care, and monitor cancer survivorship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Benjamin Moore Surviving Military Spouses' and Children's Equitable Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-5391
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
Benjamin Moore Surviving Military Spouses' and Children's Equitable Relief Act - Provides for the payment of a Survivor Benefit Plan annuity to the dependent children, instead of the surviving spouse, of a member of the Armed Forces who dies after October 7, 2001 (currently, November 23, 2003).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to extend the availability of unemployment assistance made available in connection with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.

Bill: 109-hr-5392
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Dislocated workers
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Directs the President to make unemployment assistance available to eligible individuals under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of a disaster declaration for Hurricane Katrina or Rita for 52 weeks after the date of such declaration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in Oregon, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5394
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
Waives application of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specified parcel of real property transferred by the United States to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Prohibits Class II and Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on such real property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Energy Freedom Bonds Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5395
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy development
Energy research
Finance and Financial Sector
Geothermal resources
Heating
Lighting
Research and development
Savings bonds
Science, Technology, Communications
Solar energy
Technological innovations
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
Energy Freedom Bonds Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Energy Freedom Bonds.
 
Requires the proceeds from such bonds to be used exclusively for research, development, or deployment of technologies utilizing solar heat, solar light, wind, geothermal energy, and biomass. 
 
Prohibits the use of such proceeds, however, for any technologies utilizing heat from: (1) the burning of municipal solid waste; or (2) a dry steam geothermal reservoir that has no mobile liquid in its natural state, is a fluid composed of at least 95% water vapor; and has an enthalpy for the total produced fluid greater than or equal to 2.791 megajoules per kilogram (1200 British thermal units per pound).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental Health Care Access Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5396
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education
Employee selection
Families
Family services
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Health
Higher education
Law
Licenses
Marriage counseling
Mental health services
Psychiatric personnel
Psychotherapy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Care Access Improvement Act of 2006 - Modifies requirements for appointment to positions in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by establishing eligibility requirements for licensed mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5397
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Authorization
Birth defects
Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Demography
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Genetic counseling
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Hereditary diseases
Higher education
Hospitals
Indian medical care
Infants
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Medical technology
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing education
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Research grants
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technological innovations
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to awards grants to eligible entities to: (1) provide education and training in newborn screening and congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders to health care professionals and newborn screening laboratory personnel; (2) develop educational programs about newborn screening for parents, families, and patient advocacy and support groups; and (3) establish, maintain, and operate a system to assess and coordinate treatment relating to congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders.
 
Requires the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children to: (1) recommend a uniform screening panel for newborn screening programs that includes the heritable disorders for which all newborns should be screened; and (2) develop a model decision-matrix for newborn screening program expansion.
 
Directs the Secretary to adopt or reject any new or pending recommendations by the Advisory Committee.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) provide for quality assurance for screening laboratories; (2) provide for population-based pilot testing for evaluating use of new screening tools on a mass scale; (3) collect, analyze, and make available data on certain heritable disorders; and (4) operate regional centers for the conduct of applied epidemiological research on the prevention of such disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2600)
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House