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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Commission Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5190
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional investigations
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Labor and Employment
Refugees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Commission which shall: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of immigration reform policies that affect family reunification, employment-based immigration, refugee protection, and diversity of admissions by country of origin; and (2) submit a final report to Congress and the President. 
 
Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5191
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) require homeland security grant recipients to submit quarterly reports on each expenditure made using grant funds; and (2) publish and make publicly available on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Internet website a description of each such expenditure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Reclamation Water Conservation, Efficiency, and Management Improvement Act

Bill: 109-hr-5192
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
Colorado
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Idaho
Infrastructure
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington State
Water conservation
Water supply
Water use
Watersheds
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Bureau of Reclamation Water Conservation, Efficiency, and Management Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, nonfederal entities with water delivery authority to pay the federal share of the cost of a project to conserve water, increase water use efficiency, facilitate water markets, enhance water management, or implement other actions to prevent water-related crises or conflicts in watersheds that have a nexus to federal water projects within reclamation states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Directs the Secretary to publish assistance eligibility and priority criteria. Limits the federal cost share of the project to 50%. Sets the nonfederal cost share for project operation and maintenance at 100%. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions, or organizations with water or power delivery authority to fund research to conserve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance water management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, Virginia, as the "Harry J. Parrish Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-hr-5194
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities
State legislators
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, Virginia, as the "Harry J. Parrish Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E584)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5195
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2006-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
Landowners
Law
Maps
Maryland
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Pennsylvania
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Regional economic development
Right of property
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Sunset legislation
Tourism
Traffic signs and signals
Transportation and Public Works
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: 
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act of 2006 - Establishes the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area comprising the 175 miles of historic transportation routes through Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Designates the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership as the management entity for the Area. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a compact with the Partnership to carry out this Act's purposes. Requires the Partnership to develop a management plan for the Area that presents strategies and recommendations for conservation, funding, management, and development of the Area. Prohibits the Partnership from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property or any interest in real property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E591-592)
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Trade Promotion Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5196
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Authorization
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Export finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Federal officials
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Strategic planning
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Small Business Trade Promotion Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Trade Promotion. (Currently, there exists a Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), which the Office shall replace.)
 
Requires the Office to perform duties currently assigned to the TPCC, as well as advise the President and others within the Executive Office on matters relating to trade promotion policies and programs of the U.S. Government.
 
Requires the President to appoint an Office Director. Authorizes the President to appoint up to two Associate Directors.
 
Directs the President to establish the Advisory Board on Trade Promotion to advise the Office Director.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Associate Administrator for International Trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the aviation war risk insurance program.

Bill: 109-hr-5197
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airlines
Aviation insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
International Affairs
Terrorism
War risk insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to authorize through December 31, 2011, the extension of the Secretary of Transportation's authority to: (1) issue war risk insurance policies to air carriers; and (2) certify that an air carrier is a victim of an act of terrorism and not liable for losses suffered by third parties that exceed $100 million, as well as immunity from punitive damages (with the federal government responsible for any liability above $100 million). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E609-610)
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5198
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Investments
Small business
Stocks
Tax credits
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain investors a business tax credit for 25% of equity investments made in small businesses, up to an annual limit of $500,000. Terminates such credit after 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
National Defense Enhancement and National Guard Empowerment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5200
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Armed forces reserves
Army
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Military and naval supplies
Military civic action
Military command and control
Military promotions
Military training
National Guard
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
National Defense Enhancement and National Guard Empowerment Act of 2006 - Expands the: (1) authority of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Bureau) to include membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (and raises the grade of the Chief from lieutenant general to general); and (2) functions of the Bureau to include facilitating and coordinating, with other federal agencies and the states, the use of Guard personnel and resources for, and in, contingency operations, military operations other than war, natural disasters, and support of civil authorities.
 
Directs the Chief to: (1) identify gaps between federal and state capabilities to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and (2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on Guard programs and activities to address such gaps.
 
Requires annual Department of Defense (DOD) budget justification documents to include separate amounts for Guard training and equipment for military assistance to civil authorities and other domestic operations.
 
Establishes within the JCS an Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress calling for consideration of eligible reserve officers for promotion to the grades of lieutenant general or vice admiral on the active duty list.
 
Requires the position of Deputy Commander of the U.S. Northern Command to be filled by a qualified Guard officer eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E613-615)
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Health Centers Renewal Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5201
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Authorization
Clinics
Community health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Health Centers Renewal Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 for health centers to meet the health care needs of medically underserved populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4360-4361)
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Bill: 109-hr-5202
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chiropractic and chiropractors
Health
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and services to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and clinics to be carried out at: (1) no fewer than 75 medical centers by December 31, 2008; and (2) all medical centers by December 31, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Gasoline Price Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5203
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diesel motor
Energy
Energy prices
Gasoline
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Petroleum
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Gasoline Price Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who own a highway vehicle fueled in whole or in part by gasoline or diesel fuel a nonrefundable income tax credit of $500 ($1,000 if filing jointly) in 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5204
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Commerce
Dams
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Maintenance and repair
Privatization
Transportation and Public Works
Waterways

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006 - Declares that: (1) water and navigational resource projects and facilities are national critical infrastructures and the operation and maintenance of locks and lock and dam facilities constitute inherently governmental functions that require performance by federal employees; and (2) the transfer of such functions to a different agency shall not change such determination.
 
Permits the Army Corps of Engineers to continue to contract: (1) for private sector performance of such functions that were performed under contracts with the private sector in effect on March 1, 2006, but permits the Corps to use federal employees to perform such functions in the future; and (2) with the private sector to construct new locks and lock and dam facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Securing America's Energy Independence Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5206
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Fuel cells
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Minimum tax
Solar energy
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Securing America's Energy Independence Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015: (1) the investment tax credit for solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property; and (2) the tax credit for residential photovoltaic, solar water heating, and fuel cell property expenditures. Modifies the maximum amounts for such residential credits based upon kilowatt of capacity. 
 
Allows such credits to be taken against the alternative minimum tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Children's Development Commission Act (Kiddie Mac)

Bill: 109-hr-5207
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Aid to dependent children
Building laws
Cash welfare block grants
Child development
Child safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Day care
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy conservation
Equipment and supplies
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire prevention
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publicity
Home repair and improvement
Law
Liability insurance
Liens
Local laws
Mortgage banks
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Poor children
Preschool education
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Quality of care
Residential rehabilitation
Secondary mortgage market
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Standards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: 
Children's Development Commission Act (Kiddie Mac) - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including mortgage insurance for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) purchase or refinance of existing child care and development facilities. 
 
Establishes the Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac) which shall: (1) issue facility standards and compliance certifications; and (2) make loans not in excess of $50,000 for facility rehabilitation or renovation. Authorizes appropriations. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study of the availability of child care facility secondary mortgage markets. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E615)
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Introduced in House