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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.

Bill: 109-s-3523
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Divorce
Families
Income tax
Jurisdiction
Law
Separation (Law)
Tax administration
Tax courts
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant jurisdiction to the U.S. Tax Court to review taxpayer petitions for equitable relief from joint and several tax liability (i.e., innocent spouse relief).

action_date: 2006-09-30
text: 

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

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant jurisdiction to the U.S. Tax Court to review taxpayer petitions for equitable relief from joint and several tax liability (i.e., innocent spouse relief).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 9/29/2006 S10795)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 9/29/2006 S10795)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10795)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10795)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5963)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5962-5963)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Blue Collar Computing and Business Assistance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3527
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Commercialization
Computer software
Computers
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Manufacturing industries
Nonprofit organizations
Small business
Social Welfare
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Blue Collar Computing and Business Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Under Secretary of Technology of the Department of Commerce to award grants to establish up to five Advanced Multidisciplinary Computing Software Centers at eligible entities (any nonprofit, consortia of nonprofits, or partnership between a for-profit and a nonprofit) throughout the United States. 
 
Requires each Center to conduct: (1) general outreach to small businesses and manufacturers in all industry sectors within a geographic region assigned by the Under Secretary; and (2) technology transfer, development, and utilization programs related to a specific industry sector for all firms in that sector nationwide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5964-5965)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act

Bill: 109-s-3529
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case management
Childbirth
Communication in medicine
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Fathers
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health planning
Home care services
Maternal health services
Medical research
Medical screening
Mental depression
Mental health services
Mothers
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the MOTHERS Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to: (1) states to provide to women who have recently given birth and their families, before such women leave their birthing centers, education concerning postpartum depression, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis and to screen new mothers for such postpartum conditions during their first year of postnatal checkup visits; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities to provide for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such postpartum conditions and their families. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the heads of other federal agencies that administer federal health programs, to organize a series of national meetings that are designed to develop a research plan for postpartum depression and psychosis. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to expand and intensify research relating to postpartum conditions to carry out such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5966)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Impact Aid Update Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3530
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Impact aid
Public Lands and Natural Resources
School districts
Secondary education
Service academies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Impact Aid Update Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the formula for the limitation on Impact Aid program special payments made to local educational agencies which serve school districts in which at least 60% of the real property is federally owned and there is a U.S. military academy.
 
Changes from 1996 to 2002 and from 1997 to 2003 certain fiscal year components of such formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to appropriate $430,000,000 for medical care for veterans and $70,000,000 to improve the security for personal data of veterans held by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3531
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer security measures
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Identity theft
Mental health services
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY2006 for: (1) medical services, specifically to address servicemember needs for mental health care, including post-traumatic stress disorder; and (2) general operating expenses, specifically to improve the security for personal data of veterans held by the Department.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Higher Education Study Abroad Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3532
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2006-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International Affairs
International education
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: 
Higher Education Study Abroad Act of 2006 - Urges the federal government to endorse the goals outlined by the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program regarding expanding the opportunity for students at institutions of higher education to study abroad. Requires the Secretary of Education to review Commission recommendations and report to Congress on the feasibility of their implementation, including the feasibility of the recommended national scholarship program for study abroad.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Response System Initiative Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3533
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2006-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire departments
Health
Health education
Hospitals
Medical statistics
Nurses
School health programs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: 
Community Response System Initiative Act of 2006 or the CRSI Act - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Chief Medical Officer, to enter into an agreement with an organization which shall provide funds to local governmental agencies that provide emergency response or similar medical services or training for education and training in life supporting first aid to children. Requires the selected organization to give priority to emergency medical services, fire departments, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and school nurses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3535
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2006-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting
Condominium (Housing)
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Hawaiians
Home equity conversion
Housing for the aged
Indian housing
Indian lands
Insurance premiums
Minorities
Mobile homes
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: 
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006 - FHA Modernization Act of 2006 - Amends the National Housing Act to: (1) modify guidelines governing the maximum principal housing loan obligation; (2) extend the mortgage term to 40 years; and (3) revise requirements for cash payment by the mortgagor in the eligibility criteria for mortgage insurance.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a mortgage insurance premium structure involving a single premium payment collected prior to the insurance of the mortgage that may vary during the mortgage term.
 
Requires the Secretary to notify specified entities whenever the Secretary takes discretionary action to suspend or revoke approval of a mortgagee to participate in any mortgage insurance program.
 
Permits the Secretary to insure any mortgage covering a one-family unit in a condominium project if the project has a certain blanket mortgage insured by the Secretary.
 
Revises requirements for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund. Limits the Secretary's authority to enter into commitments for loan guarantees. Requires annual independent actuarial studies of the Fund.
 
Declares that insurance of a Native Hawaiian or Indian reservation mortgage is the obligation of the MMI Fund (instead of the General Insurance Fund).
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) insure a home equity conversion mortgage for specified elderly mortgagors; and (2) enter into agreements to insure temporarily certain mortgages for a single family residence located within a presidentially declared major disaster area.
 
Federal Housing Administration Manufactured Housing Loan Act of 2006 - Exempts a manufactured home (including its appurtenant lot) from the limitation placed upon federal insurance of financial institutions.
 
Makes any mortgage insurance contract related to a manufactured housing loan conclusive evidence of the eligibility for such insurance of the financial institution involved.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a mortgage insurance single premium structure for manufactured homes.
 
Increases the maximum dollar amounts of loan limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Iran Intelligence Oversight Act

Bill: 109-s-3536
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2006-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Classified defense information
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Diplomacy
Director of National Intelligence
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International cooperation
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Plutonium
President and foreign policy
Sanctions (International law)
Uranium enrichment
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: 
Iran Intelligence Oversight Act - Requires the Director of National Intelligence, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress an updated National Intelligence Estimate on Iran.
 
Directs, within the same time frame: (1) the President to report on the objectives of U.S. policy on Iran, as well as the strategy for achieving such objectives; and (2) the Director to report on the process for vetting and clearing statements of Administration officials that are drawn from or rely upon intelligence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6063-6064)
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6063)
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3537
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biological warfare
Curricula
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Mental health services
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Terrorism
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Public Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Center for Public Mental Health Emergency Preparedness to address mental health concerns and coordinate and implement the development and delivery of mental health services in the event of bioterrorism or other public health emergency. 
 
Requires the Director of the Center to: (1) develop a mechanism to appoint a panel of experts for the Center; (2) convene a Training Curricula Working Group to review and approve training curricula for emergency health professionals; (3) develop a mechanism through which individuals trained through approved curricula return to their communities to recruit and train others and provide expertise to state and local government agencies; (4) coordinate the use of existing emergency registries established to track medical and mental health volunteers for use by the Secretary, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Governor of each state to recruit and deploy trained emergency health professionals; (5) establish and maintain a central clearinghouse of educational materials, guidelines, information, strategies, resources, and research on public mental health emergency preparedness and service delivery; (6) convene a Clearinghouse Working Group; (7) organize an annual national forum to address public mental health emergency preparedness and service delivery; and (8) convene an Assessment Working Group to evaluate the effectiveness of the Center's efforts and those across the federal government in building the nation's public mental health emergency preparedness and service delivery capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6157-6159)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6157)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on unbleached printcloth.

Bill: 109-s-3538
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on unbleached printcloth.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on unbleached sheeting.

Bill: 109-s-3539
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on unbleached sheeting.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on unbleached cheesecloth.

Bill: 109-s-3540
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on unbleached cheesecloth.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain unbleached printcloth.

Bill: 109-s-3541
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain unbleached printcloth.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Project SeaHawk Implementation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3542
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Freight
Harbors
Intermodal transportation
International Affairs
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Project SeaHawk Implementation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to establish or designate an interagency operational center for maritime and port security in each region designated by the Commandant as a Coast Guard sector. Declares that the purpose of each center is to facilitate day-to-day operational coordination, interagency cooperation, unity of command, and the sharing of intelligence information in a common mission to provide greater protection for port and intermodal transportation systems against acts of terrorism. Sets forth certain center requirements, including that each center be modeled on the Charleston Harbor Operations Center (popularly known as Project SeaHawk) administered by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina for the Port of Charleston located in Charleston, South Carolina.
 
Requires the head of each center to: (1) assist in the implementation of maritime transportation security plans and transportation security incident response plans; (2) conduct short- and long-range vessel tracking and other maritime intelligence activities; and (3) be incorporated into the screening and high-risk cargo inspection programs carried out by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6159)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate