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Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3584
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Employee training
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
Office of Personnel Management
Personnel management
Rating of employees
Standards
Supervisors

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: 
Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2006 - Revises provisions relating to specific training programs for managers of federal agencies. Specifies that the head of each federal agency shall establish: (1) a program to provide training to supervisors on prohibited personnel practices; and (2) a program under which experienced supervisors mentor new supervisors. 
 
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to issue guidance to federal agencies on standards supervisors are expected to meet in order to effectively manage, and be accountable for managing, the performance of employees. Requires each agency to: (1) develop standards to assess the performance of each supervisor and, in developing such standards, to consider such guidance developed by OPM and any other qualifications or factors determined by the agency; (2) assess the overall capacity of the supervisors in the agency to meet such guidance; and (3) develop and implement a supervisor training program to strengthen issues identified during such assessment. Instructs each agency, every year, or on any basis requested by the Director of OPM, to submit a report to OPM on the progress of such agency in implementing the requirements specified above with respect to developing those standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia. Hearings held.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6579-6580)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6579)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
HSA Improvement and Expansion Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3585
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coinsurance
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Married people
Medical savings accounts
Medicare
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: 
HSA Improvement and Expansion Act of 2006 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs) to: (1) allow a one-time, tax-free transfer of balances in employer flexible spending arrangements, health reimbursement arrangements, and individual retirement accounts to HSAs; (2) revise HSA eligibility criteria for spouses covered by flexible spending arrangements, individuals over age 65 automatically enrolled in Medicare part A, and veterans receiving medical benefits; (3) increase contribution limits for HSAs; (4) allow payment of high deductible health insurance premiums from HSAs; and (5) allow payment from an HSA of certain medical expenses incurred before the establishment of such HSA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6581-6583)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6580-6581)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts.

Bill: 109-s-3586
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commerce
Funeral industry
Income tax
Law
Tax deductions
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the $7,000 limitation on contributions to funeral trusts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6584)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6584)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain footwear with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Bill: 109-s-3587
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain footwear with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3588
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational planning
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Educational tests
Federal aid to education
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Higher education
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
Medical education
Medical residents
Minorities
Minority education
Nurses
Nursing education
Recruiting of employees
Salaries
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award a grant to each eligible school of nursing to increase the number of nursing faculty and students.
 
Requires such schools to formulate and implement a plan to accomplish at least two of specified goals, which include: (1) establishing or significantly expanding an accelerated baccalaureate degree nursing program designed to graduate new nurses in 12 to 18 months; (2) establishing cooperative interdisciplinary training between schools of nursing and other specified health related fields; (3) increasing admissions, enrollment, and retention of qualified individuals who are financially disadvantaged; (4) increasing enrollment of minority and diverse student populations; (5) increasing enrollment of new graduate baccalaureate nursing students in graduate programs that educate nurse faculty members; (6) developing post-baccalaureate residency programs to prepare nurses for practice in specialty areas where nursing shortages are more severe; and (7) increasing integration of geriatric content into the core curriculum.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study ways to increase participation in the nurse faculty profession and to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a discussion of the master's degree and doctoral degree programs that are successful in placing graduates as faculty in schools of nursing; and (2) an examination of compensation disparities throughout the nursing profession and between higher education instructional faculty generally and higher education instructional nursing faculty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6636-6637)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6635-6636)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the effective date of the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under the Medicaid program.

Bill: 109-s-3590
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Citizenship
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Immigration
Medicaid
Passports
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to delay from July 1, 2006, until January 31, 2007, the effective date of the amendments made by such Act requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 510.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to appropriate $160,500,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve security for personal data of veterans and other persons held by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to provide remedial assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 109-s-3592
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer security measures
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Identity theft
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for FY2006 for general operating expenses, specifically to improve the security for personal data of veterans held by the VA and to provide remedial assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data stolen from the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Debt Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3593
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative fees
Appropriations
Authorization
Collection of accounts
College costs
Colleges
Cost effectiveness
Cost of living adjustments
Debtor and creditor
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Graduate education
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Student Debt Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase yearly maximum Pell grant amounts. Authorizes and appropriates specified additional annual funding for such grants if discretionary appropriations for such year are sufficient to fund a specified maximum Pell grant award of $4,050. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to provide institutions of higher education Student Aid Reward Payments for participating in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or Direct Loan (DL) program most cost-effective for taxpayers.
 
Cuts interest rates under the FFEL and DL programs. Allows students to consolidate loans under the FFEL program while still in school. Reduces DL origination fees. Eliminates exceptional performer status for lenders, servicers, and guaranty agencies, which rewards such entities for high due diligence in FFEL collection. Imposes certain requirements regarding federal fund supplementation and lender trustees on schools which act as FFEL lenders. Sets limits on funds available for administrative expenses under the FFEL and DL programs for FY2007-FY2012.
 
Directs the Secretary to forgive the balance due on DLs and direct consolidation loans by individuals who have been public sector employees for 10 years and have made 120 income contingent payments on such loans. 
 
Defers FFEL principal and Perkins loan principal and interest repayments when borrowers are suffering economic hardship, redefined to include borrowers whose full-time earnings do not exceed 150% of the poverty line. Defers student loan repayments to the extent they would exceed 15% of the amount a borrower's adjusted gross income exceeds the poverty line. Includes such deferral periods in calculating the maximum period an income contingent repayment plan may be in effect for a non-defaulting borrower.
 
Increases consolidation loan lender fees.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for higher education expenses and make it permanent. Establishes a tax credit for student loan interest payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6644-6647)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6643-6644)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Nuclear Facilities Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3594
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Energy
Evacuation of civilians
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire departments
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Hospitals
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear power plants
Radiation victims
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
Secure Nuclear Facilities Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to award competitive grants to any state in which a nuclear power plant is located, and to local governments, local law enforcement agencies, local fire departments, and hospitals that are located within 20 miles of a nuclear power plant.
 
Requires the use of such funds: (1) to assist in purchasing or improving communication systems to allow for real-time, interoperable communication between sate and local first responders and nuclear power plant representatives; or (2) for expenditures to improve the ability of communities to facilitate evacuations and provide medical treatment in the event of an emergency at a nuclear power plant.
 
Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations requiring all nuclear power plants to comply with a certain design basis threat level under the Code of Federal Regulations, applicable to facilities designated by the Secretary as Threat Level 1(b) facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7926-7927)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6717)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Emergency Management Authority Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3595
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Decision making
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Evacuation of civilians
Executive reorganization
Explosives
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal advisory bodies
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health surveys
Interstate compacts
Labor and Employment
Medical supplies
Metropolitan areas
Nuclear terrorism
Occupational health and safety
Presidential appointments
Rescue work
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: 
United States Emergency Management Authority Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to replace provisions concerning the Directorate of, and the Under Secretary for, Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with provisions establishing a United States Emergency Management Authority to lead the nation's efforts to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the risks of natural and man-made disasters, including catastrophic incidents.
 
 Directs the Authority's Administrator to: (1) provide federal leadership necessary to prepare for and respond to disasters; (2) develop a National Emergency Management System capable of responding to catastrophic incidents; (3) establish 10 Regional Offices; and (4) promote public and community preparedness.
 
Transfers functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Directorate to the Authority. Requires the Authority to be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS. Establishes within the Authority a Director for Preparedness and a Director for Response and Recovery.
 
Requires: (1) each Regional Administrator to establish multi-agency strike teams; and (2) the Secretary of DHS to establish the National Advisory Council on Emergency Preparedness and Response.
 
Establishes within the Authority a National Incident Management System Integration Center, a Chief Medical Officer, a National Search and Rescue Response System, and a Metropolitan Medical Response System. Establishes within DHS a National Operations Center, a System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders Program, an Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, and an Office for the Prevention of Terrorism.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to make grants to administer and improve the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6717-6721)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
CAFO Tax Credit Act

Bill: 109-s-3596
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural pollution
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Livestock
Tax credits
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
CAFO Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow owners or operators of a concentrated animal feeding operation a business-related tax credit, up to $500,000 in a taxable year, for the cost of compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Terminates such credit after 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to increase public access to the Statue of Liberty.

Bill: 109-s-3597
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
National monuments
New Jersey
New York City
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that all persons who satisfy reasonable and appropriate security measures shall have full access to the public areas of the Statue of Liberty, including the crown and the stairs leading thereto.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the effective date of the modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service before April 7, 1986, of certain Department of Veterans Affairs health-care professionals.

Bill: 109-s-3598
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Dental care
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Nurses
Paramedical personnel
Part-time employment
Physicians' assistants
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Makes January 23, 2002, the effective date of the modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service performed before April 7, 1986, by certain health-care professionals of the Veterans Health Administration pursuant to the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6788-6789)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument Establishment Act

Bill: 109-s-3599
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
National monuments
New Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Paleontology
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument Establishment Act - Establishes the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in New Mexico in order to conserve, protect, and enhance the unique and nationally important paleontological, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational resources and values of specified public land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop a comprehensive management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Monument; and (2) provide for public interpretation of, and education and scientific research on, the paleontological resources of the Monument, with priority given to exhibiting and curating the resources in Dona Ana County.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-778.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6789-6790)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6789)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate