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Existing Drug Coverage Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2344
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Existing Drug Coverage Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply to State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs, and the states offering such programs, the special rules for subsidy payments by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sponsors of qualified retiree prescription drug plans for each qualified covered retiree. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
America's Business Choice Act

Bill: 109-s-2345
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobile engines
Automobiles
Depreciation and amortization
Electric vehicles
Energy
Fuel cells
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
America's Business Choice Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain electric motor vehicles and alternative fuel motor vehicles eligible for tax credits from depreciation limitations applicable to luxury automobiles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1581)
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Ojito Wilderness Act to make a technical correction.

Bill: 109-s-2346
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Maps
New Mexico
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Amends the Ojito Wilderness Act to change the date of the Ojito Wilderness map from October 1, 2004, to January 24, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the tax credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds.

Bill: 109-s-2347
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Construction costs
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
School buildings
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit allowed to holders of qualified zone academy bonds to: (1) extend through 2007 the authority for issuing such bonds and the national limitation amounts for such bonds; (2) allocate, after 2005, the bond limitation among states based upon grant amounts received by such states for disadvantaged students under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) permit the use of such bonds for constructing public school facilities and for the acquisition of land for such facilities; (4) permit all taxpayers to qualify for the tax credit (currently restricted to banks, finance and insurance companies); and (5) allow the ownership of such bonds and the credit entitlement for holding such bonds to be separate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1581)
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2348
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Environmental Protection
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fissionable materials
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear power plants
Potable water
Radiation
Radioactive pollution
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to condition the issuance of a license for a utilization facility on a requirement that, in the event of any unplanned release of either fission products or other radioactive substances, the licensee immediately notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state and county in which the facility is located.

action_date: 2006-09-25
text: 
Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to promulgate regulations requiring certain civilian nuclear power facilities to provide notice of any release to the environment of fission products or other radioactive substances.
 
Directs the NRC to consider requiring licensees of such facilities to give notice of any release: (1) within 24 hours after it happens; (2) to the NRC and state and county governments in which the facility is located if an unplanned release exceeds allowable limits for normal operation, is not subject to more stringent NRC requirements or enters into the environment, and may cause drinking water sources to exceed a maximum radioactive contaminant level; and (3) to such state and county governments if the unplanned release reaches the environment by a path otherwise not allowed or recognized by the facility's operating license but falls within the allowable limits for normal operation.
 
Declares that this Act does not provide to any state or county that receives such notice regulatory jurisdiction over a licensee of such a facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-347. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-347. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1581-1582)
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2350
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Citizen participation
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional powers
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Gerrymandering
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Judicial review
Law
Public meetings
State courts
State laws
State legislatures
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2006 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission; (2) development of a redistricting plan; (3) its submission to the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide additional funding for mental health care for veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-2351
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Health
Health planning
Iraq compilation
Mental health services
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Strategic planning
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration for Medical Services for mental health care for veterans.
 
Requires an annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the congressional veterans' committees describing progress in meeting each milestone specified in the Department's national mental health strategic plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1582)
action_date: 2006-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-s-2352
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Machinery
Tariff
Tire industry
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on certain manufacturing equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain integrated machines for manufacturing pneumatic tires.

Bill: 109-s-2353
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Machinery
Tariff
Tire industry
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain integrated machines for molding or forming pneumatic tires, and containing in a single housing components for processing rubber, as well as components for positioning and assembling other tire components (including but not limited to belts, cords and other reinforcing materials) and of curing materials, to produce finished pneumatic tires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S2341-2376)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2354
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reduce the coverage gap in prescription drug coverage under SSA part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program), based on savings to the Medicare program resulting from the negotiation of prescription drug prices.
 
Grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority similar to that of other federal entities that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs.
 
States that the Secretary shall be required to: (1) negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan; and (2) participate in negotiation of contracts of any covered part D drug upon request of an approved prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D drugs in order to carry out, and promote competition, under part D.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1645-1646)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1645)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Border Tunnel Prevention Act

Bill: 109-s-2355
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Boundaries
Canada
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Illegal aliens
Immigration
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Tunnels
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Border Tunnel Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the construction or financing of an unauthorized tunnel or subterranean passage that crosses the international border between the United States and another country. Imposes a 20-year prison term for such offense. 
 
Imposes a 10-year prison term on any person who recklessly permits the construction or use of such a tunnel or passage on land that such person owns or controls. 
 
Doubles penalties for persons who use such a tunnel or passage to unlawfully smuggle an alien, illegal goods, controlled substances, weapons of mass destruction, or members of a terrorist organization.
 
Subjects to forfeiture any property involved in, or traceable to, the construction or financing of such a tunnel or passage. 
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for persons convicted of criminal offenses related to the construction or financing of such a tunnel or passage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1646-1647)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1646)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2356
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
International Affairs
International relief
Iraq compilation
Military assistance
Military civic action
Military construction operations
Military intervention
Military occupation
Military operations
Profit
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit profiteering and fraud involving a contract or the provision of goods or services in connection with a war, military action, or relief or reconstruction activities within U.S. jurisdiction (including making materially false statements or representations or materially overvaluing any good or service with the specific intent to make excessive profit). Sets penalties for violations, including up to 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of the greater of $1 million or twice the gross profits or other proceeds. Subjects: (1) any property which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a violation to civil and criminal forfeiture; and (2) transactions involving such property or proceeds to money laundering provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1647-1648)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1647)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
VA Hospital Quality Report Card Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2358
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health information systems
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Quality of care
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
VA Hospital Quality Report Card Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and implement a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. Requires the Secretary, at least semiannually, to publish reports on VA hospital quality, including assessments of effectiveness, safety, timeliness, and efficiency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1651)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Quality Report Card Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2359
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Electronic government information
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health information systems
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Medical records
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health services
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telemedicine
Translating and interpreting

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Hospital Quality Report Card Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative under the Medicare program to report on health care quality in subsection (d) hospitals.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish the Hospital Quality Advisory Committee to advise on the submission, collection, and reporting of quality measures data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1651)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Internet Non-Discrimination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2360
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Broadband
Commerce
Computer viruses
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Direct mail advertising
Electronic mail systems
Federal Communications Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Interactive media
Internet
Judicial review
Law
Parties to actions
Pornography
Restrictive trade practices
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication rates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Internet Non-Discrimination Act of 2006 - Prohibits a network operator (an entity that owns, controls, or resells any facility that provides communications services to subscribers) from, among other things: (1) interfering with any bits, content, application, or service transmitted over the operator's network; (2) discriminating in allocating bandwidth and transmitting content, applications, or services to or from a subscriber; or (3) assessing a charge to any application or service provider not on the operator's network for the delivery of traffic to any subscriber to the operator's network. Preserves authority of network operators to: (1) protect subscribers from adware, viruses, spam, content deemed inappropriate for minors, and other applications or service that harms the Internet experience of subscribers; and (2) support an application or service intended to prevent such adware, viruses, content, etc.
 
Allows an aggrieved party to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with respect to alleged network operator violations of such requirements. Provides deadlines with respect to complaint consideration and rulings.
 
Provides violator penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5642-5643)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1652-1653)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1652)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Surveillance Activities Commission Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2362
Sponsor: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive relations
Constitutional law
Courts of special jurisdiction
Criminal investigation
Due process of law
Electronic surveillance
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Law
Legislation
Misconduct in office
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Separation of powers
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Surveillance Activities Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Surveillance Activities and the Rights of Americans to conduct an investigation and to study governmental operations with respect to warrantless surveillance conducted inside the United States and intelligence activities, and the extent, if any, to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities were engaged in by any federal, state, or local government agency or employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1653-1655)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate