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A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-s-2222
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: 
Permits the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain manufacturing equipment used for working iron or steel.

Bill: 109-s-2223
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile tires
Commerce
Iron
Machinery
Steel
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-30
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 used for working iron or steel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain mold press machines.

Bill: 109-s-2224
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: 
Permits the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain mold press machines only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-s-2225
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 90 days after the receipt of the request for liquidation or reliquidation is made, to liquidate or reliquidate as free of duty certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-s-2226
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: 
Permits the liquidation or reliquidation of certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove the 100 percent tariff imposed on roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes.

Bill: 109-s-2227
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Beverages
Herbs
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate the 100% tariff imposed on roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2404 Race Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the "Hattie W. Caraway Post Office".

Bill: 109-s-2228
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arkansas
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities
Senate
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2404 Race Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the "Hattie W. Caraway Post Office.&quot;
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2404 Race Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the "Hattie W. Caraway Post Office.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare for All Act

Bill: 109-s-2229
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case mix (Medical care)
Coinsurance
Community health services
Comprehensive health care
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government trust funds
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Home care services
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Identification devices
Immigrant health
Immigration
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical records
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Mental health services
National health insurance
Prescription pricing
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Medicare for All Act - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medicare for All) under which: (1) each eligible individual is entitled to benefits which include the full range and scope of benefits available under the original fee-for-service program under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare), with parity in coverage of mental health benefits, subject to appropriate cost sharing; (2) each enrollee is free to choose his or her own doctor and private health plan; and (3) benefits are not less than the benefits offered to Members of Congress and Federal employees under FEHBP (Federal Employees Health Benefits Program).
 
Establishes the Medicare for All Trust Fund.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose: (1) on the income of every individual a tax equal to 1.7% of wages received; (2) on every employer an excise tax equal to 7% of the wages paid to each employee; and (3) on the self-employment income of every individual, a tax equal to the applicable percentage of the self-employment income for such taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S371-373)
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Servicemember Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2230
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Iraq compilation
Military and naval supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Servicemember Safety Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of each military department to ensure that each Armed Forces member who is ordered, assigned, or deployed to a combat zone or a combat operation (covered member) is provided with interceptor body armor and such other appropriate protective gear so as to provide such covered member with complete personal armored protection. Sets forth an exception to such requirement if a unit commander of a covered member certifies that the provision of complete personal armored protection to the covered member would impose a greater risk of injury or death than if the member were provided with less than complete personal armored protection. Requires each relevant Secretary to provide an amount to a covered member for the purchase, or for the reimbursement of purchases made by others on behalf of the covered member, of such interceptor body armor and other appropriate protective gear. Limits the total payment to a covered member to no more than the lesser of $1,100 or the amount incurred by or on behalf of the covered member to purchase the body armor and other gear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Louisiana Emergency Needs Corps of Engineers Authorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2232
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Canals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Eminent domain
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law
Louisiana
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Louisiana Emergency Needs Corps of Engineers Authorization Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to report to Congress identifying: (1) activities to reconstruct hurricane and flood protection measures relating to canals adjacent to Lake Pontchartrain in the Jefferson and Orleans parishes in accordance with federally authorized levels of hurricane and flood protection; (2) activities to protect, restore, and reduce the risk of storm damage in Louisiana coastal areas in which a major disaster relating to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita was declared by the President on or after August 29, 2005; (3) activities to fortify, strengthen, and improve hurricane protection and flood control infrastructure in existence on or before August 28, 2005; and (4) any activity included in the Chief's report dated August 23, 2002, that the Secretary determines to be integral to the protection of life and property in the disaster area.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to implement such activities at full federal cost, absent a resolution of congressional disapproval, 30 days after the report is submitted.
 
Directs the Secretary, in acquiring property to improve, reconstruct, or develop hurricane and flood protection measures relating to Hurricane Katrina or Rita, to compensate the owner without taking into consideration damage caused by the hurricane. Allows the Secretary to reduce the amount of compensation paid by the amount of any other payment received by the owner, including from an insurance claim or from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Lobbyist Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2233
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Charities
Conflict of interests
Congressional employees
Congressional officers
Congressional travel
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ex-Members of Congress
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Lobbying
Political action committees
Senate rules and procedure
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Lobbyist Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to extend from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of Congress, elected officers of either chamber, or a congressional employee with a Member, officer, congressional employee, and employee of any other congressional legislative office.
 
Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to: (1) exclude gifts from lobbyists from the gift ban exceptions; and (2) prohibit reimbursement from individuals for travel by a Member, officer, or employee. Allows travel reimbursement only from charitable organizations not affiliated with any group that lobbies before Congress.
 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a political committee from being designated as an authorized committee if a registered lobbyist is formally affiliated with it.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S452-453)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S452)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2234
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Community health services
Congregate housing
Disabled
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line who: (1) reside in an assisted living facility, a resident care program facility, or any other appropriate licenced facility, including a psychiatric health facility, a mental health rehabilitation center, and a mental retardation developmental disability facility; or (2) receive home and community-based services in a home setting under a home and community-based waiver.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1542-1543)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2235
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Congressional tributes
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Law
Lawyers
Local officials
Minorities
Minorities in government
New York City
New York State
State legislators
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2006 - Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Bill: 109-s-2236
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disabled
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Extends through October 24, 2015, the authority of the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish in the District of Columbia or its environs a memorial to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces. Requires any unobligated balance of funds for such memorial to be used for the costs of its perpetual maintenance and preservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Palestinian Compliance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2237
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Islamic fundamentalism
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
Political violence
President and foreign policy
Prosecution
Religion
Religious liberty
Sovereignty
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Palestinian Compliance Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 to withhold financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until presidential certification that the PA has: (1) denounced terrorism and expressed a commitment to combating terrorism; (2) committed to disarming terrorists and disarming and dismantling terrorist networks, groups, and entities; (3) committed to eliminating the incitement of terrorism and the commemoration of terrorists in Palestinian society; (4) pledged to uphold the human rights, civil liberties, and religious liberties of the Palestinian people; (5) recognized Israel's right to exist and taken appropriate steps to amend &quot;The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement&quot; (August 18, 1988) to delete statements that are hostile to Israel and that support the use of violence; (6) renounced the use of violence as a means to resolve disputes between entities; and (7) committed to prosecuting those individuals, entities, and organizations that have committed acts of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Emergency Guarantee Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2238
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2006-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Coinsurance
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Law
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Emergency Guarantee Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to assure uninterrupted access to medicines under the Medicare prescription drug program.
 
Requires each prescription drug plan sponsor offering a prescription drug plan, and each Medicare Advantage organization offering an Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plan (MA-PD plan), to: (1) provide minimum standard transition coverage; (2) furnish each enrollee with annual notices of any changes in formulary or other restrictions or drug coverage limitations; and (3) require application of intermediate sanctions to protect against fraud and abuse. 
 
Amends SSA: (1) title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to allow changes of enrollment in prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans to be made once each year outside the annual coordinated election period, or twice a year; and (2) title XIX (Medicaid) to prohibit conditioning Medicaid eligibility on enrollment in Medicare part D or any other creditable coverage.
 
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on the extent to which full-benefit dual eligible individuals were enrolled (by assignment or otherwise) in the most appropriate part D prescription drug plans.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse covered third parties during 2006 for 100% of covered part D drugs which a prescription drug plan or MA-PD plan enrollee reasonably expected would have been covered but were not because the enrollee was unable to access on a timely basis prescription drug benefits to which he or she was entitled. Directs the Secretary to establish a process for recovering such reimbursed costs from prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans if they should have incurred them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate