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Los Angeles River Revitalization Act

Bill: 109-hr-5244
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Congressional reporting requirements
Dams
Dredging
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-city relations
Flood control
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Land transfers
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Relocation
Restoration ecology
Right-of-way
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Sports and Recreation
Urban affairs
Urban economic development
Water conservation
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Los Angeles River Revitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, in coordination with the City of Los Angeles, to submit a project-specific plan for the revitalization of the Los Angeles River that is consistent with the goals of the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan. Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into a binding agreement with the City and any other non-federal sponsor to carry out the plan and to pay at least 50% of the costs.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to recommend any locally-preferred project as an alternative to a measure proposed in the plan. Requires each such project to be included in the feasibility report or in an environmental impact statement or analysis.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to construct a pilot project to provide information to develop the plan. Directs the Secretary to: (1) offer to enter into a binding agreement with the City and any other non-federal sponsor to carry out each such pilot project and to pay at least 35% of the costs; and (2) assign a priority to each project.
 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for a Los Angeles River water reuse project, including measures for environmental restoration and revitalization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5246
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Anesthetics
Education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical residents
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to set forth a special payment rule of 100% of the fee schedule amount for teaching anesthesiologists involved in the training of physician residents, if certain presence and availability requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5247
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Economic assistance
Europe
History
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Jews
Museums
Poland
Religion
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2006 - Requires assistance provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural affairs of the Department of State to be made available to assist in the development of the permanent collection of Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Authorizes the Secretary of State to provide a specified amount to the Museum to carry out such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5248
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Coal
Commerce
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity exchanges
Commodity prices
Crime and Law Enforcement
Derivative securities
Diesel motor
Electricity
Embezzlement
Energy prices
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Futures trading
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Larceny
Law
Market manipulation
Natural gas
Petroleum
Propane
Restrictive trade practices
Securities fraud
Securities industry
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2006 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to extend its jurisdiction to certain: (1) &quot;included energy transactions&quot; traded on an electronic trading facility; and (2) energy commodities involved in over-the-counter transactions.
 
Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements for: (1) certain contract participants that enter into or execute &quot;included energy transactions;&quot; and (2) electronic trading facilities for energy commodities.
 

 
Extends prohibitions against fraudulent transactions to: (1) filling an order by offset against the other person's order; and (2) knowingly and willfully becoming the buyer in respect to another person's selling order, or the seller in respect to another person's buying order, without the other person's prior consent.
 
Empowers the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to impose civil and criminal penalties for price manipulation and other violations of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2343)
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1923-1924)
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require recipients of United States foreign assistance to certify that the assistance will not be used to intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5249
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Commerce
Copyright
Counterfeiting
Economic assistance
Emblems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Intellectual property
International agencies
Labeling
Nongovernmental organizations
Packaging
Product counterfeiting
Sanctions (International law)
Signs and symbols
Trade secrets
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Amends the the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that U.S. foreign assistance to a nongovernmental organization or contributions to an international organization may be provided only if the organization and each subrecipient submits to the U.S. government a certification that the assistance or contributions will not be used to: (1) intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks; and (2) provide goods or services that are unauthorized by the owner or holder of the intellectual property rights (including trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets) in such goods or services. 
 
Directs the President to suspend or terminate assistance or contributions for violations of such prohibitions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5250
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Authorization
Child health
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Deaf
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Hearing
Language and languages
Medical personnel
Medical records
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Quality of care
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the newborns and infants hearing loss program to: (1) provide services for young children (currently, limited to infants and newborns); and (2) include diagnostic services among services provided.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to assist in the recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified personnel and health care providers.
 
Includes within the purposes of such program: (1) developing efficient models to ensure that newborns, infants, and young children who are identified with a hearing loss through screening are not lost to follow-up by a qualified health care provider; and (2) ensuring an adequate supply of qualified personnel to meet the screening, evaluation, and early intervention needs of children.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, to establish a postdoctoral fellowship program to foster research and development in the area of early hearing detection and intervention.
 
Amends the definition of &quot;early intervention&quot; to require that families be given the opportunity to obtain the full range of early intervention services, educational and program placements, and other options for their child from highly qualified providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Efficient Vehicle Tax Incentive Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5251
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: All terrain vehicles
Alternative energy sources
Automobiles
Commerce
Compressed natural gas
Depreciation and amortization
Electric vehicles
Energy
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Hydrogen
Income tax
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Natural gas vehicles
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Fuel Efficient Vehicle Tax Incentive Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) triple the passenger automobile depreciation allowance for alternative fuel vehicles; and (2) apply the limitation on depreciation for certain luxury automobiles to sports utility vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
American Flag Display Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5255
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Clothing
Colleges
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Secondary education
Students' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
American Flag Display Protection Act - Prohibits an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education from receiving federal funds by grant or contract if the school has a policy or practice preventing students from respectfully displaying or wearing a representation of the U.S. flag in a manner at least equal in quality and scope to their right to respectfully display or wear any other representation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Marine Preservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5256
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Boats and boating
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Damages
Equipment and supplies
Limitation of actions
Manufacturing industries
Marine safety
Products liability
Sports and Recreation
Torts
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Recreational Marine Preservation Act of 2006 - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, a civil action from being filed against the manufacturer of a recreational vessel or manufacturer of associated equipment for damages for death or personal injury or damage to property arising out of an accident involving the recreational vessel if such accident occurs more than 10 years after: (1) the delivery date of the vessel to the first purchaser or lessee or a person engaged in the business of selling or leasing such vessel; or (2) the completion date for the replacement or addition of such equipment on or to such vessel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Tax Cut for the Rest of Us Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5257
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Married people
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Tax Cut for the Rest of Us Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who do not itemize tax deductions a $2,000 refundable tax credit, adjusted for inflation. Allows additional credit amounts of $2,000 for the taxpayer's spouse and $1,000 for each qualified dependent. Requires the basic standard deduction and the personal exemption amount for a taxpayer allowed such credit to be zero for that taxable year. Disallows such credit to an individual for whom a taxpayer is allowed a deduction as a dependent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E688-689)
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain plasma flat panel displays.

Bill: 109-hr-5258
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Equipment and supplies
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television
Video display terminals

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend the duty on certain plasma flat panel displays.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Biobased Fuel Action Plan Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5259
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Congressional reporting requirements
Diesel motor
Energy crops
Energy research
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Gasoline
Grain
Methane
Natural gas
Oils and fats
Planning
Propane
Refuse as fuel
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Biobased Fuel Action Plan Act of 2006 - Directs the Biomass Research and Development Board to report to Congress on an action plan to increase the use of biobased fuel as a ground transportation fuel. Defines &quot;biobased fuel&quot; as a motor vehicle fuel that is produced from grain, starch, or other biomass or biogas source and is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel in a fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To provide that any reduction in the hours of operation of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center emergency rooms may be implemented only after notice is provided to Congress and a period of 180 days has elapsed.

Bill: 109-hr-5260
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital care
Law
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from implementing a reduction in the hours of operation at any Department of Veterans Affairs emergency room until 180 days after notifying Congress of the proposed change, together with an explanation of the reasons therefor.
 
Requires that, if access to emergency care at a Department medical center is curtailed, the Secretary shall ensure than an alternative is available to veterans served by that center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Ethanol Import Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-5261
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Energy
Free trade
Imports
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Ethanol Import Fairness Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to repeal the permanent tariff and the temporary duty on ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5262
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Excise tax
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Married people
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Right of privacy
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for high deductible health plan premiums, a tax credit for employment taxes related to the payment of such premiums, and a refundable tax credit for the coverage costs under a high deductible health plan: (2) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for advance payments of tax credit amounts to providers of high deductible health plans; (3) increase the tax deduction for contributions to health savings accounts; (4) allow health savings accounts to incorporate flexible spending arrangements or health reimbursement arrangements, or both; (5) allow payment of high deductible health plan premiums from health savings accounts; and (6) exempt employers from health savings account contribution requirements for certain employees with high levels of medical expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House