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Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2698
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Commemorations
Concentration camps
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2006 - Establishes the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of parts of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado, as an affiliated site of the National Park System. Designates the &quot;Friends of Amache&quot; as the management entity for the Site.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general management plan for the Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3900)
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Elimination of Neglected Diseases Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2699
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Antibiotics
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Intellectual property
Malaria
Patents
Tuberculosis
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Elimination of Neglected Diseases Act of 2006 - Provides for the extension and restoration of the patent term for a certified tropical disease product: (1) that is used to treat neglected or tropical diseases such as HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, or other infectious disease that disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations; and (2) the patent for which claims an approved new molecular entity standard review drug or the process of making such a drug or the drug's active ingredient.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to: (1) designate as a new molecular entity standard review drug a drug that has a new molecular entity chemical type classification and standard review drug treatment potential classifications and is not a drug developed to treat serious or life-threatening diseases; and (2) maintain and annually update a classification list of serious and life-threatening diseases. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to remove the designation of a drug as a new molecular entity standard review drug.
 
Requires the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to study the effect of patent extension and restoration on the ability of pharmaceutical companies to develop and distribute tropical disease products for poor and marginalized populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3900)
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2700
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diesel motor
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Law
Legislation
Motor vehicle pollution control
Ozone
Reformulated gasoline
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for high deductible health plans for uninsured individuals.

Bill: 109-s-2701
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Medically uninsured
Names
Poverty
Signs and symbols
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow low and moderate income taxpayers without health insurance a refundable tax credit for 90% of the cost of high deductible health insurance (up to $3,000) to provide coverage for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents. 

 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payment of tax credit amounts to health insurance providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Family Assistance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2702
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Charities
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Grants-in-aid
Iraq compilation
Military dependents
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Military Family Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program awarding grants to non-federal entities to provide assistance to families of members of the Armed Forces who live more than 180 miles from a military installation where members on active duty are stationed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2704
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Civics education
Conferences
Crime prevention
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Ethics
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Leadership
Names
Police-community relations
Sports and Recreation
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Amends the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 to: (1) rename the Police Athletic League the Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL); (2) reauthorize grants under the Act through 2010; (3) decrease the number of programs that PAL chapters receiving grant funds are required to create or expand from four to two; and (4) allow PAL chapters to use grants funds for programs to provide character development and leadership training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3989)
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3988-3989)
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Hexythiazox Technical.

Bill: 109-s-2705
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on trans-5-(4-Chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-2-oxothiazolidine-3-carboxamide (Hexythiazox Technical).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Dimethyl Disulfide (DMDS).

Bill: 109-s-2706
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on Dimethyl Disulfide (DMDS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act

Bill: 109-s-2707
Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Housing authorities
Housing discrimination
Housing management
Landlord and tenant
Planning
Public housing
Public meetings

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a qualified public housing agency from the requirement to prepare an annual public agency plan if the agency: (1) administers 500 or fewer public housing dwelling units, or section 8 vouchers; and (2) is not designated as a troubled agency. 
 
Requires an agency to: (1) continue to make an annual civil rights certification and establish, and consult with, one or more resident advisory boards; and (2) conduct a public hearing to discuss changes to agency goals and policies and make the information available to the public at the agency's principal office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4045)
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide an enrollment priority for veterans, who are recipients of certain medals for valor, in health care services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 109-s-2708
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Health
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Provides an enrollment priority, for the provision of hospital care and medical services provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs, for veterans who were awarded: (1) the Medal of Honor; (2) the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross; (3) the Silver Star; or (4) any other medal for valor or heroism accorded a position in the order of precedence of military awards that is equal to or higher than that accorded to the Silver Star.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3989)
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on muzzles for dogs.

Bill: 109-s-2709
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Dogs
Leather industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on muzzles for dogs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on dog leashes.

Bill: 109-s-2710
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Dogs
Leather industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on dog leashes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on harnesses for dogs.

Bill: 109-s-2711
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Dogs
Leather industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on harnesses for dogs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on collars for dogs.

Bill: 109-s-2712
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Dogs
Leather industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on collars for dogs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain reception apparatus.

Bill: 109-s-2713
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Radio
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain reception apparatus not containing a clock or clock timer, incorporating FM or AM/FM radio only.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain reception apparatus.

Bill: 109-s-2714
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Radio
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain reception apparatus not containing a clock or clock timer, incorporating only AM radio.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain clock radio combos.

Bill: 109-s-2715
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Clocks and watches
Radio
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on clock radio combos.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily reduce the duty on floor coverings and mats of vulcanized rubber.

Bill: 109-s-2716
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on floor coverings and mats of vulcanized rubber.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily reduce the duty on manicure and pedicure sets.

Bill: 109-s-2717
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on manicure and pedicure sets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
WATCHDOGS Act

Bill: 109-s-2718
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cost accounting
Data banks
Federal aid programs
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial disclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Law
Office of Management and Budget
Science, Technology, Communications
Subcontractors
Waste in government spending
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 

 

 

 
Website for American Taxpayers to Check and Help Deter Out-of-control Government Spending Act or WATCHDOGS Act - Defines: (1) a &quot;contractor entity&quot; as any entity that receives federal funds as a general contractor or subcontractor at any tier in connection with a federal contract; and (2) &quot;covered entity&quot; as any entity that receives federal funds through a grant or loan, with exceptions. Requires each contractor entity and covered entity to: (1) apply to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a federal funds application number; and (2) annually provide OMB with specified information.
 
Directs OMB to: (1) issue a federal funds application number to each covered entity or contractor entity that applies for such number; (2) develop and establish a publicly accessible searchable database website of information on each covered entity and contractor entity; (3) promulgate regulations to designate, as specified, loan programs not covered by this Act; and (4) provide for information disclosure exemptions in the interest of national defense or national security.
 
Requires each federal agency to: (1) use the federal funds application number with respect to any document relating to a covered entity or contractor entity receiving federal funds; and (2) make such information relating to covered entities or contractor entities available to OMB as OMB may require.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4053-4054)
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 West Jordan Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the "Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-s-2719
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 West Jordan Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the "Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building."
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: 

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

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 West Jordan Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the "Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 567.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4054)
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Research Competitiveness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2720
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of the Treasury
Education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Income tax
Intellectual property
Investment tax credit
Law
Patents
Research and development
Research and development tax credit
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
Tax-exempt securities
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Research Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the tax credit for increasing research expenses to establish a standard 20% credit rate for research expenses exceeding 50% of average expenses over the preceding three year period; (2) establish a uniform 80% reimbursement rate for all contract research expenses (100% for basic research payments); (3) make such tax credit permanent; (4) allow a tax credit for equity investments in small business innovation companies; and (5) allow the issuance of tax exempt facility bonds for research park facilities used in connection with research and experimentation.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations on the application of private activity bond rules to the funding of federal research agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9638)
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4054-4056)
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate