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Health Partnership Act

Bill: 109-s-2772
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health planning
Housing and Community Development
Legislation
Medical economics
Medical records
Medically uninsured
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Rural health
State-local relations
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: 
Health Partnership Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a State Health Innovation Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide states with reform options for state health care expansion and improvement programs; (2) establish minimum performance measures and goals with respect to coverage, quality, and cost of state programs; (3) review state applications and determine whether to submit a state proposal to Congress; and (4) submit to Congress a list of state applications that the Commission recommends for approval. Deems such proposals to be approved unless a joint resolution has been enacted disapproving such proposal. Sets forth rules for congressional consideration of such proposals.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide a grant to a state that has an application approved to enable such state to carry out an innovative state health program; (2) give priority to those state programs that the Commission determines have the greatest opportunity to succeed in providing expanded health insurance coverage and improving health access; and (3) link state allocations to the meeting of the goals and performance measures established under this Act.
 
Prohibits states from: (1) failing to maintain the same level of expenditures for health care coverage; (2) changing eligibility criteria for state medical assistance programs; or (3) permitting the imposition of any preexisting condition exclusion for covered benefits, with exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4216-4219)
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4215-4216)
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Fleet Fuel Economy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2773
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Energy
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: 
Government Fleet Fuel Economy Act of 2006 - Amends provisions relating to standards for executive agency automobiles to require each passenger vehicle purchased, or leased for at least 60 consecutive days, by an executive agency after enactment of this Act to be as fuel efficient as possible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Disaster Contracting Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2774
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Refuse and refuse disposal
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Local Disaster Contracting Fairness Act of 2006 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into an agreement for debris removal or demolition services in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts unless the agreement specifies that: (1) all of the work under the contract will be performed by the prime contractor or one or more subcontractors at one tier under the contract; (2) any work performed under the contract by subcontractors will be performed by local subcontractors, except to the extent that local subcontractors are not available to perform any such work; (3) the prime contractor will act as the project manager or construction manager for the contract; and (4) the prime contractor has primary responsibility for managing all work under the contract and is to be paid a certain percentage of the overall value of the contract as sole compensation for assuming the risk associated with such responsibility. 
 
Requires the agency head, in entering into an agreement for debris removal or demolition services in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts, to give preference in the source selection process to each offeror who certifies that any work that is to be performed under the contract by subcontractors will be performed by local subcontractors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on electrical radio broadcast receivers not combined with a clock.

Bill: 109-s-2775
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on electrical radio broadcast receivers not combined with a clock.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on electrical radio broadcast receivers combined with a clock.

Bill: 109-s-2776
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on electrical radio broadcast receivers combined with a clock.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on hand-held radio scanners.

Bill: 109-s-2777
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on hand-held radio scanners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Ethanol Fuel Supply Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2778
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Energy
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Ethanol Fuel Supply Act of 2006 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act

Bill: 109-s-2779
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Picketing
Public demonstrations
State laws
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act - Prohibits a person from carrying out a demonstration: (1) at a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration or at Arlington National Cemetery, unless the demonstration has been approved by the cemetery superintendent or director; or (2) within 500 feet of a cemetery at which a funeral or memorial service is to be held, for a period beginning 60 minutes before and ending 60 minutes after the funeral or service, if such demonstration includes any individual making noise or a diversion that disturbs the peace or good order of the funeral or service.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for violations of such prohibitions.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that each state should enact legislation to restrict demonstrations near any military funeral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act

Bill: 109-s-2780
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental assessment
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water pollution control
Fines (Penalties)
Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Indian lands
Injunctions
Judicial review
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Mine wastes
Mine water
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or Indian tribe with an approved remediation program to issue a permit to a Good Samaritan to remediate inactive or abandoned mines. Defines &quot;Good Samaritan&quot; as a person that: (1) did not cause the historic mine residue at the inactive or abandoned mines; (2) is not liable or responsible under federal, state, or tribal law for remediation of such residue; and (3) does not have an ownership interest in such site during or since the creation of the residue.
 
States that to be eligible for a remediation permit, projects: (1) shall have the purpose of mitigating the effects of historic mine residue to improve the environment; and (2) are not in mines that are included on the National Priorities List of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or mines that are subject to enforcement or response actions.
 

 
Provides conditions for permit issuance, including environmental improvement and financial resources requirements and consideration of objections by land management agencies and public trustees.
 
Deems permit activities to be compliant with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act or CWA) and CERCLA. Precludes the imposition of costs or damages under CWA and CERCLA related to the permit activities, except where the permittee's actions exacerbate the pollution as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
 
 
 
Provides for the transfer, modification, or termination of permits and the role of the permitting authority.
 
Requires the permitting authority to provide notice of the application for remediation of a mine site to: (1) designated lead state or tribal agencies; (2) local governments within a 20-mile radius of the project site; (3) federal, state, and tribal agencies that may have an interest in the application; and (4) the public.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to enforce this Act and prescribes civil monetary penalties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2782
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2006-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural education
Agricultural innovations
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Alternative energy sources
Biological warfare
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Farm produce
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Food safety
Food supply
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Hunger
International competitiveness
Obesity
Presidential appointments
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Sustainable agriculture
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which shall be an agency composed of a Director (who shall be a scientist) and a Standing Council of Advisors.
 
Authorizes the Director to establish standing committees. Requires the Director to establish: (1) an Office of Advanced Science and Application which shall monitor national needs and advances in research to identify problems for which solutions are realistically achievable through research; (2) an Office of Scientific Assessment and Liaison which shall monitor programs and expenditures; (3) an Office of Scientific Personnel which shall assess the number of, and need for additional, agricultural scientists in the United States.
 
Directs the Institute to provide grants to support and promote the highest quality of fundamental agricultural research, including grants to fund research proposals submitted by: (1) individual scientists; (2) research centers composed of a single institution or multiple institutions; and (3) other individuals and entities from the private and public sectors, including Department and other federal researchers. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-2783
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animals
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat conservation
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Latin America
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine pollution
Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage disposal
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; and (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA.
 
Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4522)
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2785
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Families
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Parents
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel button as a parent of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-2786
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Evacuation of civilians
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Government paperwork
Law
Liability (Law)
Nongovernmental organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to authorize the disclosure to government agencies of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) records on assistance provided to individuals in connection with a major disaster or emergency for purposes of complying with a federal or state sex offender registry or notification law. 
 
Conditions receipt of federal funds by non-governmental organizations under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on the organization providing assurances satisfactory to the President that it will disclose its records for the purpose of permitting a requesting jurisdiction to comply with a federal or state sex offender registry or notification law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2787
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: American investments
Americans in foreign countries
Caribbean area
Cuba
Energy
Export controls
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gas in submerged lands
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Sanctions (International law)
Submarine oil well drilling
Territorial waters
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 - Authorizes U.S. persons to: (1) explore and extract hydrocarbon resources from any portion of the foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone; and (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon resources.
 
Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to allow under a general license employees of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers to travel to, from, or within Cuba to explore for and extract hydrocarbon resources from such zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9862-9863)
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2788
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commemorations
Environmental Protection
Grazing
Land transfers
Landscape protection
National monuments
Natural areas
Real estate appraisal
Recreation areas
Sports and Recreation
Utah
Water Resources Development
Water rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal land to the State of Utah in exchange for specified non-federal land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah. 
 
Sets forth provisions regarding the administration of the land after the exchange, including mineral leasing and occupancy, grazing permits, and hazardous materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-582.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Physicians Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2789
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Mental health services
Physicians
Rural health
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Rural Physicians Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain primary health services providers (i.e., physicians and licensed mental health care practitioners) a tax credit of $1,000 for each month such providers provide medical care to rural patients in certain sparsely populated areas of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4472-4473)
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4472)
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the fossil fuel energy tax incentives contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Bill: 109-s-2790
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Commerce
Cooperative societies
Corporation taxes
Depletion allowances
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Fossil fuels
Gas industry
Gas pipelines
Geology
Geophysical prediction
Income tax
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Securities
Sulphur
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal energy tax incentives for producing fossil fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate