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National Archives 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-hr-6300
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Bill of Rights
Coins and coinage
Declaration of Independence
Government Operations and Politics
History
Law
National Archives and Records Administration
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
National Archives 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins whose design: (1) is emblematic of the National Archives Building; and (2) honors the National Archives and Records Administration as a public trust on which American democracy depends and of the Charters of Freedom that the Administration enshrines for posterity.
 
Requires the obverse of the coins to be representative of the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives Building.
 
Requires such coins to feature an image of: (1) the Declaration of Independence; (2) the Constitution of the United States; and (3) the Bill of Rights.
 
Declares that: (1) only one U.S. Mint facility may be used to strike any particular combination of denomination and quality of such coins; and (2) the coins may be issued only during calendar 2010.
 
Prescribes guidelines for coin sales and a coin surcharge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6301
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Community development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-Indian relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Indian economic development
Indian housing
Infrastructure
Minorities
Poverty
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize Indian tribes to issue notes and other obligations (guarantee loans) to finance community and economic development activities; and (2) require at least 70% of the aggregate funds received by an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity as a result of a guarantee under such Act to be used for the support of activities that benefit low-income Indian families on Indian reservations and other Indian areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To remove the frequency limitation on Medicare coverage for intermittent catheterization.

Bill: 109-hr-6302
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in making coverage determinations respecting intermittent catheterization under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, from denying coverage of a replacement catheter on the basis of frequency of use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS Act

Bill: 109-hr-6303
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Clinical trials
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Employee training
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Human experimentation in medicine
Law
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Patients' rights
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Access, Compassion, Care, and Ethics for Seriously Ill Patients Act or the ACCESS Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to replace the current fast track product approval process with a multi-tiered approval process for any investigational drug, biological product, or device. Provides for expedited approval for a drug, biological product, or device for a serious or life-threatening condition, with additional conditions such as additional studies, limits on advertising and promotional materials, and expedited withdrawal procedures.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Accelerated Approval Advisory Committee to issue recommendations to the Secretary on applications submitted by a sponsor of such a drug, product, or device; (2) prohibit placebo-only or no-treat-only concurrent controls in clinical investigations with respect to any life-threatening condition or disease where reasonably effective, approved, alternative therapies exist for the specific indication; (3) establish a program to encourage the development of surrogate endpoints and biomarkers that are reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit for serious or life-threatening conditions for which there exist significant unmet medical needs; (4) request that the Institute of Medicine undertake a study to identify validated surrogate endpoints and biomarkers, and recommend research to validate surrogate endpoints and biomarkers, that may support approvals for products intended for the treatment of serious or life-threatening conditions or diseases; and (5) give equal weight to clinical judgment and statistical analysis in the evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of new products and not disapprove a product application solely on the basis of a statistical analysis or the rigid use of the 95% confidence level convention.
 
Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a new program to expand access to investigation treatments for individuals with serious or life-threatening conditions and diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Claire Collier Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-6304
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Nervous system diseases
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Claire Collier Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the eligibility requirement for disability insurance benefits under which an individual must have 20 quarters of Social Security coverage in the 40 quarters preceding a disability shall not apply in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a covered terminal disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6308
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
New Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. 
 
Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority on or after October 1, 2003, for System development.
 
Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Secretary to consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2220)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1959)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit for the purchase of energy efficient tires.

Bill: 109-hr-6310
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile tires
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labeling
Law
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a nonrefundable tax credit for the purchase of tires certified by the Department of Transportation as energy efficient. 

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a system for the permanent labeling of tires as energy efficient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the USEC Privatization Act to provide an extension of the period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain violations of employee protection provisions under such Act.

Bill: 109-hr-6311
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Employee rights
Energy
Government contractors
Industrial relations
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Privatization
Unfair labor practices
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Amends the USEC Privatization Act to permit a contractor employee to bring suit in federal district court on or before June 30, 2008, for a violation of an agreement between an employer and a labor organization that occurred on or before December 31, 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
New Mexico Rivers Feasibility Studies Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6312
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
New Mexico
Rivers
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
New Mexico Rivers Feasibility Studies Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to conduct feasibility studies to identify opportunities to increase the surface flows of the Rio Grande, Canadian, and Pecos Rivers in New Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To expand the oversight and accounting authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction over funds appropriated for the Iraq Security Forces Fund and to restore a termination date for the Office based on the percentage of expenditures from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund.

Bill: 109-hr-6313
Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Military operations
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Provides that, for purposes of carrying out the duties of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (Inspector General), any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for FY2007 for the Iraq Security Forces Fund shall be treated as amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
 
Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 to terminate the Office of the Inspector General ten months after the date on which 80 percent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to both the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund have been expended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Student Privacy Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6315
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Injunctions
Law
Punitive damages
Right of privacy
Secondary education
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Student Privacy Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to establish private civil remedies for educational institutions' or agencies' violations of certain rights of privacy of and access to student educational records. 
 
Allows students and applicants, and their parents, to bring civil actions in U.S. district courts to enjoin such violations and recover court-determined damages. Allows a court, in its discretion, to award treble damages for willful or knowing violations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on any tax-exempt organization which accepts any contribution which may be used to relocate property held by the organization if the relocation is contrary to the intent of the donor of the property.

Bill: 109-hr-6317
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Excise tax
Nonprofit organizations
Property
Relocation
Social Welfare
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax penalty on contributions received by a tax-exempt charitable organization used to relocate donated property contrary to the intent of the donor of such property. Allows an exemption from such penalty if a court determines that the relocation is the only viable alternative to preserve and protect the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Weapons Accountability Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6318
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Conventional weapons
Defense procurement
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
International Affairs
Inventories
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Maintenance and repair
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military assistance
Military operations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Iraq Weapons Accountability Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to direct the Commanding General of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq to implement the recommendations of the report prepared by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction entitled &quot;Iraqi Security Forces: Weapons Provided by U.S. Department of Defense Using the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Amputee and Rehabilitation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6319
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Iraq compilation
Medical laboratories
Medical personnel
Prosthesis
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Veterans Amputee and Rehabilitation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish not less than five centers to provide enhanced rehabilitation services to veterans with amputations or prosthetic devices. Requires each center to be designated as an Amputation and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in House