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To provide additional security for nuclear facilities under certain circumstances.

Bill: 109-hr-6005
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air routes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Energy
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Private aviation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit any commercial or private aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet: (1) within a ten-mile radius (no-fly zone) of any nuclear facility if the threat alert level determined by the Homeland Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange or code red for the nation (national alert); or (2) within the no-fly zone of any nuclear facility located within a 50-mile radius of a specific area for which the threat alert level is elevated to code orange or code red (local alert).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an increased exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain widows and widowers.

Bill: 109-hr-6006
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Families
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Tax exclusion
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250,000 to $500,000 the maximum exclusion from gross income of the gain from the sale or exchange of a principal residence by a widow or widower within one year of a spouse's death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To address critical needs for additional resources, coordination between Federal, State, and local law enforcement, and supplemental funding, to support border security activities of State and local law enforcement agencies, including sheriffs, in regions near an international land border of the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-6007
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border patrols
Boundaries
Cameras
Canada
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hours of labor
Illegal aliens
Immigration
International Affairs
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Police
Prisons
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Smuggling
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate a high-threat area (five-year designation period) adjacent to a U.S. international land border for a border area security initiative in order to provide state and local agencies, including sheriffs, with resources and capabilities to: (1) assist the Secretary in gaining operational border control in the area; (2) address increased cross-border criminal activity in the area; and (3) reduce national security threats posed by terrorists entering the United States at an international land border.
 
Sets forth high-threat area designation criteria.
 
States that upon designation the Secretary shall: (1) establish a border area security initiative executive committee comprised of senior executives from local, state, and federal domestic security and law enforcement agencies, including sheriffs, to develop multi-agency enforcement strategies and activities to support federal border security missions; (2) provide for additional federal resources to be sent to the area, including personnel, equipment, and technology; (3) provide for the construction or acquisition of temporary detention facilities; and (4) provide funds to state and local law enforcement entities, including sheriffs, for personnel, operational, and equipment expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6009
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Advertising
Arts, Culture, Religion
Cable television
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Federal-state relations
Gambling
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Mass media
Medical research
Mental health
Mental health services
Mental illness
Motion pictures
Newspapers
Periodicals
Preventive medicine
Professional associations
Public service advertising
Radio broadcasting
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
State finance
Television broadcasting of sports

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to raise awareness of problem gambling issues.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting existing national campaigns to provide national strategies for dissemination of information intended to address problem gambling; (2) encourage media outlets throughout the country to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling; and (3) target radio and television audiences of sporting events and gambling.
 
Requires the President: (1) to establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; (2) to appoint an advisory commission to coordinate the activities of federal agencies relating to such research; (3) to consider the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's recommendations; and (4) acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to develop a Treatment Improvement Protocol for problem gambling.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit agencies to provide comprehensive services with respect to treatment and prevention of, and education about, problem gambling issues.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that every state should contribute a percentage of its revenue from gambling towards prevention and treatment of, and services and education about, problem gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Accurate Great Lakes Flood Estimate Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6010
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster insurance
Emergency Management
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Great Lakes
Hydrology
Lakes
Maps
Risk
Rivers
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Accurate Great Lakes Flood Estimate Act of 2006 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to set a deadline by which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall request the Corps of Engineers to complete an updated analysis of flood levels for areas surrounding the Great Lakes and their interconnecting channels in order to assist the Director in the development of maps identifying 100- and 500-year flood inundation areas.
 
Prohibits the Director from increasing the base flood elevation in any community in areas surrounding the Great Lakes and their interconnecting channels until the Corps of Engineers completes the first updated flood level analysis.
 
Identifies such channels as the St. Mary's River, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, the Niagara River, and the St. Lawrence River.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Coordinated Youth Education, Employment Training, and Residential Treatment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6011
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child health
Child psychology
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Family services
Grants-in-aid
Group homes
Health
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Nonprofit organizations
Problem children
Social Welfare
Special education
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Coordinated Youth Education, Employment Training, and Residential Treatment Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor to make grants to Boys and Girls Home and Family Services, Inc., to establish programs and facilities for residential treatment, specialized education, and employment training and other appropriate levels of service to youth with serious mental, psychological, behavioral, and emotional problems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Border Patrol Agent Recruitment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6012
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Age and employment
Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Border patrols
Civil service retirement
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal employees
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Mandatory retirement
Retired military personnel
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Border Patrol Agent Recruitment Act of 2006 - Amends federal employee provisions to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to fix at 45 the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a border patrol position (position) for any individual who is a retired member of the Armed Forces at the time of appointment.
 
Makes eligible for retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) any such individual who serves in the position for 15 years after such appointment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for the National Park System Advisory Board, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6013
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Modifies provisions concerning the membership of the National Park System Advisory Board. Extends the authorization for the Board to January 1, 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to improve California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and water supply.

Bill: 109-hr-6014
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Authorization
California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Government trust funds
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Overhead costs
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to deposit specified funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act into the Delta Flood Protection Fund to be used for reimbursement for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta project, California.

action_date: 2006-09-27
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to deposit specified funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act for FY2007-FY2012 into the Delta Flood Protection Fund to be used for reimbursement for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta project, California. Prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation from using more than 1% of appropriated funds to cover administrative and overhead costs. Directs that any amounts expended under this Act be considered nonreimbursable federal expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922-1923)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7643)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7643)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6014.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7643)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Secure the Border Now Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6015
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Arizona
Border patrols
Boundaries
California
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Drug abuse
Drug testing
Drugs and employment
Economics and Public Finance
Employee selection
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Government service contracts
Governmental investigations
Health
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Medical screening
Medical tests
Pay equity
Private police
Privatization
Recruiting of employees
Temporary employment
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Secure the Border Now Act of 2006 - Directs the the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a plan applicable to pay, recruitment, relocation, and retention of federal law enforcement officers, which shall include Border Patrol recruitment, retention, salary, and transfer incentives; (2) take steps to control the costs of hiring, training, and deploying new Border Patrol agents, including FY2007 per-agent training cost limits; (3) enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement training academies, universities, nonprofit organizations, and private companies to replicate the initial training provided to new Border Patrol agents; and (4) enter into contracts with private entities to provide temporary administrative and other support to Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection Officers deployed at U.S. ports of entry or along the international land and maritime borders of the United States. 
 
Amends the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States to: (1) extend Federal Law Enforcement Training Center authority to appoint and maintain a cadre of federal annuitants; and (2) increase the maximum number of such annuitants from 250 to 350.
 
Authorizes the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to appoint and employ (for up to five years) up to 500 federal annuitants for CBP border-related positions.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to use specified security and terrorism prevention grant funds for border security activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the sales of certain defense articles and defense services to Pakistan unless the President adheres to long-standing practice and procedures relating to congressional review of proposed sales of defense articles and defense services.

Bill: 109-hr-6016
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Congressional-executive relations
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Pakistan
President and foreign policy
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Prohibits specified certifications transmitted by the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on June 28, 2006, relating to the proposed sales of defense articles and defense services to Pakistan from being effective for purposes of complying with the congressional notification requirements of the Arms Export Control Act.
 
Declares that: (1) any letter of offer with respect to such proposed sales of defense articles and defense services to Pakistan issued before the date of the enactment of this Act null and void; and (2) any subsequent letter of offer with respect to such proposed sales of defense articles and defense services to Pakistan issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be issued only in accordance with the congressional notification requirements of the Arms Export Control Act.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, if the President desires to proceed with such proposed sales of defense articles and defense services to Pakistan, the President should only proceed with such sales in accordance with long-standing practice and procedures relating to congressional review of proposed sales of defense articles and defense services, including by providing specified advance notification to and consultation with Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6018
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Clothing
Commerce
Cotton
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Import restrictions
Law
Licenses
Tariff
Textile fabrics
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to reduce, through December 31, 2008 , the duty on certain cotton shirting fabrics.
 
Limits the quantity of imported cotton woven fabric entered by or on behalf of each manufacturer of men's and boy's shirts. Provides for the issuance of import licenses subject to such limitation.
 
Establishes the Pima Cotton Trust Fund within the Treasury, consisting of transfers from the general fund in amounts attributable to the duty received since January 1, 1994, on woven fabrics of cotten under specified HTSUS headings.
 
Provides for annual distribution of amounts from such Fund to a nationally recognized association of shirting manufacturers for the promotion of U.S.-grown pima cotton, and to yarn spinners of such cotton.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House