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Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6175
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Medigap
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for guaranteed issue of replacement Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies for beneficiaries under age 65 upon first enrolling under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental appropriation bills.

Bill: 109-hr-6176
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Authorization
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure
Supplemental appropriations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure making supplemental appropriations for two or more unrelated emergencies.
 
Prohibits any provisions containing spending that is not designated as emergency spending from being reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations.
 
Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider: (1) the conference report on a measure making supplemental appropriations if such measure contains such spending; or (2) any bill, joint resolution, or conference report if the accompanying report or joint statement of managers does not comply with this Act.
 
Requires the Committee on Appropriations or any other House or Senate committee that reports any bill or joint resolution that provides budget authority for any emergency, the accompanying report, or the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the measure to: (1) identify all provisions that provide budget authority and the resulting outlays for such emergency; (2) state the reasons why such budget authority meets the definition of an emergency; and (3) justify why such funding is in a supplemental appropriation and not the regular appropriation for the next fiscal year.
 
Prohibits a provision containing an earmark from being reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations.
 
Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making supplemental appropriations containing earmarks.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
To establish the United States Postal Service Memorial Fund for the benefit of the families of Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. of the United States Postal Service.

Bill: 109-hr-6177
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal employees
Government trust funds
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Taxation
United States Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Establishes in the Treasury the United States Postal Service Memorial Fund to be administered and managed by the U.S. Postal Service.

 Directs that amounts in such Fund be paid to the families of Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. of the U.S. Postal Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Victim-Activated Landmine Abolition Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6178
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense procurement
Government Operations and Politics
Land mines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Victim-Activated Landmine Abolition Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the government should continue to set an example for other countries by banning procurement of victim-activated landmines and other weapons designed to be victim-activated.
 
Prohibits the federal government from procuring such landmines or weapons in any circumstance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7678)
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6179
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bail
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Criminal justice information
Criminal liability
Detention of persons
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Employment tests
Ex-offenders
Federal-state relations
Fingerprints
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Private police
Standards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2006 - Declares that a surety on a bail bond, an employee of such surety, or any bounty hunter seeking to obtain or exercise custody over a person admitted to bail under state law is acting under color of law for purposes of establishing civil or criminal liability for the deprivation of federally protected rights.
 
States that a bounty hunter acting as an independent contractor with a surety is not an employee of the surety.
 
Requires each surety on a bail bond, agent of such surety, and bounty hunter to inform the local law enforcement agency of the presence of such agent, surety, and bounty hunter and of that individual's intention to seek to obtain or exercise custody over a person admitted to bail outside that state, before commencing activities in the state.
 
Directs the Attorney General to publish model guidelines for state control and regulation of persons employed or applying for employment as bounty hunters, which shall include recommendations as to whether a person seeking employment as a bounty hunter should be: (1) allowed to obtain such employment if that person has been convicted of a felony; (2) required to complete a basic certification course in the criminal justice system or a handgun training course; or (3) required to submit to a criminal background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Older Kids Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6180
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Child welfare
Families
Income tax
Tax credits
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Older Kids Act of 2006 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax credit for adoption expenses to increase: (1) the dollar limitation on the amount of adoption expenses eligible for the credit for children with special needs or children age nine or older; and (2) the adjusted gross income limitation applicable to such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
National Infrastructure Corps Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6181
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alabama
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Corporation for National and Community Service
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Employee training
Energy
Energy facilities
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inland water transportation
Job creation
Louisiana
Marine terminals
Minimum wages
Mississippi
National service
Nonprofit organizations
Potable water
Public service employment
Railroad engineering
Social Welfare
Texas
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Unemployment
Wages
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
National Infrastructure Corps Act of 2006 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a National Infrastructure Corps of up to 40,000 eligible individuals, to be operated by the Corporation for National and Community Service, in order to address: (1) the economic infrastructure needs of the Nation through the performance of eligible projects; and (2) high rates of unemployment in urban and rural areas by providing employment opportunities to eligible individuals.
 

 
Directs the Corporation to: (1) select, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, eligible projects based on proposals submitted by federal, state, and local entities; (2) provide financial assistance; and (3) give priority to disaster relief projects to repair vital infrastructure facilities damaged by natural disasters and emergencies, including projects to address damages resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2006-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
No Match Immigration Enforcement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6183
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alien labor
Business records
Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Public records
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
No Match Immigration Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish by regulation a program providing for employer data sharing by the Commissioner of Social Security with the Secretary regarding employers of employees with mismatched Social Security numbers.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require disclosure of certain tax return information, upon written request by the Secretary, for purposes of the employer data-sharing program regarding mismatched Social Security account numbers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6186
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
College teachers
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Population
Teacher education
Teacher salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to qualifying states to increase the number of faculty at collegiate schools of nursing to alleviate the shortage of nurses. Sets forth conditions to be a qualifying state, including that the state: (1) has a population increase of more than 50% between 1995 and 2005; (2) is projected to have fewer than 555 nurses per 100,000 residents by 2020; and (3) has a program in place, as of January 1, 2006, to assist in increasing the number of faculty at such schools of nursing. Allows such a grant to be used for collegiate school of nursing salaries, benefits, training, and related expenses. Prohibits such a grant from being expended for any capital expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Confidence in Voting Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6187
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Economics and Public Finance
Election Assistance Commission
Election administration
Grants-in-aid
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Confidence in Voting Act of 2006 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to pay to each jurisdiction that conducts a general election on November 7, 2006, and uses a voting system other than an optical scan or other paper ballot voting system, an amount equal to the documented costs it pays or incurs for the preparation, production, and use of contingency paper ballots for such election.
 
Sets a maximum payment of 75 cents for each contingency paper ballot printed. 
 
Sets forth conditions for payment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6188
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-26
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: 2006-09-26
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: 2006-09-26
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: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Protection From Telemarketers Act

Bill: 109-hr-6189
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Protection From Telemarketers Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices a requirement that telemarketers not make any calls during the hours of 5 to 7 p.m.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6190
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Confidential communications
Consultants
Consumer protection
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Damages
Deceptive advertising
Federal preemption
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Informers
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Legal services
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Punitive damages
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and signboards
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006 - Makes specified immigration-related acts (including advertisements) of immigration consultants unlawful. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for such violations. 
Directs the Attorney General to establish specified district task forces to enforce such provisions. 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish related outreach programs, including a toll-free hotline. 
Provides for confidentiality of related information and criminal penalties for violations of such confidentiality.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a one-year extension of the program under such title, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6191
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Authorization
Child health
Dental care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Medical education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 to carry out title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act). Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining the amounts of formula grants for FY2007, from using a methodology for counting the number of AIDS or HIV cases that is different than the methodology used by the Secretary for FY2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6192
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Cultural property
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Infrastructure
Land transfers
National parks
New Jersey
Public-private partnerships
Sports and Recreation
Stadiums

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: 
Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 2006 - Establishes in Paterson, New Jersey, the Paterson Great Falls National Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Requires the Park to be administered in partnership by the Secretary of the Interior, the state of New Jersey, the city of Paterson and its applicable subdivisions, and others.
 
Establishes the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Partnership to coordinate the activities of federal, state, and local authorities and the private sector in the development, for the Secretary's approval, and implementation of an integrated resource management plan.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish a Paterson Great Falls National Park Advisory Council.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land or interests within the boundaries of the Park by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1831)
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on bath and shower cleaning appliances.

Bill: 109-hr-6194
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on bath and shower cleaning appliances.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Introduced in House