Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007

Bill: 109-hr-5672
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2006-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Abortion
Aeronautics
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Alaska
Alcohol and youth
Alternative energy sources
Ammunition
Animals
Antitrust law
Appropriations
Arab countries
Arctic and polar regions
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arms control
Arrest
Artificial satellites
Arts, Culture, Religion
Australia
Awards, medals, prizes
Block grants
Bombings
Bonds
Boundaries
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Building construction
Buy American
Cable television
California
Canada
Caribbean area
Census
Child abuse
China
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil service retirement
Claims
Cloning
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Commerce
Commission on Civil Rights
Community policing
Compensation for victims of crime
Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Correctional personnel
Counterintelligence
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against the elderly
Crimes against women
Criminal aliens
Criminal investigation
Cuba
Cultural relations
Customs administration
DNA
Data banks
Delegation of powers
Democracy
Demography
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice
Department of State
Disabled
Disaster loans
Discrimination in employment
Dogs
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug courts
Drug law enforcement
Drugs
East Asia
Economic development
Economic statistics
Education
Educational exchanges
Electronics
Elementary and secondary education
Embassies
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Energy
Energy conservation
Engineering
Entrepreneurs
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equipment and supplies
Evacuation of civilians
Ex-offenders
Executive reorganization
Expert witnesses
Explosives
Export controls
Exports
Families
Family violence
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal aid to housing
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal office buildings
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Firearms
Firearms control
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Foreign trade promotion
Forfeiture
Fraud
Free trade
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government corporations
Government ethics
Government lending
Government officials
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government travel
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Habitat conservation
Haiti
Hawaii
Health
Higher education
Historic sites
History
Homicide
Housing and Community Development
Human rights
Idaho
Identification of criminals
Immigration
Independent regulatory commissions
Indian law enforcement
Industrial engineering
Information technology
Informers
Infrastructure
Inspectors general
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International agencies
International broadcasting
International claims
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Israel
Judicial officers
Juvenile delinquency
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Legal Services Corporation
Legal aid
Legal education
Legal services
Libya
Licenses
Marine Mammal Commission
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Methamphetamine
Mexico
Middle East and North Africa
Military agreements
Military bases
Military command and control
Military pensions
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Money laundering
Morocco
Murder
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Native Americans
Nuclear nonproliferation
Oceania
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Oregon
Organized crime
Palestinians
Paramedical personnel
Parole
Patents
Peace
Peacekeeping forces
Police
Police communication systems
Police training
President and foreign policy
Prison labor
Prisoners
Prisons
Private police
Privatization
Prosecution
Prostitution
Protection of officials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public housing
Radio broadcasting
Rape
Religion
Religious liberty
Relocation
Remote sensing
Repatriation
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Rescission of appropriated funds
Research centers
Restoration ecology
Revolving funds
Salaries
Salmon
Scholarships
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: 
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for science-related programs, the Departments of State, of Justice and of Commerce, and related agencies. 
 
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY2007 for: (1) general administration (including transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) the U.S. Marshals Service; (5) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (7) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (8) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (9) the federal prison system; (10) Office on Violence Against Women; and (10) Office of Justice Programs.
 
Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) the International Trade Administration; (4) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (5) the Economic Development Administration; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (12) the Under Secretary for Technology; (13) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); (14) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including transfers of funds; (15) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (16) the fisheries finance program account; and (17) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General. 
 
Science Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General. 
 
Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY2007 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) the Office of Inspector General; (3) international organizations and commissions; (4) the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund; and (5) the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 
 
Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission; (2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (8) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including transfer of funds; (9) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe Commission (HELP Commission); (11) the Legal Services Corporation; (12) the Marine Mammal Commission; (13) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (14) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General, including the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund; (15) the State Justice Institute; (16) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and (17) the United States Institute of Peace. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; (2) general administration (Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund); (3) legal activities (Assets Forfeiture Fund); and (4) the Office of Justice programs for state and local law enforcement assistance and community oriented policing services. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the: (1) Department of Commerce for the Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program Account; and (2) the Department of State for the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund.
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the SBA for: (1) the business loans program account; and (2) the disaster loans program account.

action_date: 2006-06-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - 
Title I: Department of Justice
 - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY2007 for: (1) general administration, including for Department information sharing technology, conversion to narrowband communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee (including transfer of funds), and the Department of Justice Inspector General; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for carrying out the activities of the National Security Division and for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (4) the U.S. Marshals Service (including for courthouse security equipment), fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and for certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (5) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (7) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (8) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATFE); (9) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (10) Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (11) Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, community-oriented policing services, juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion. 
 
(Sec. 104) Declares that nothing in the prohibition against the use of funds for abortions shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside of a Federal facility. 
 
(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2008 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for certain positions of the ATFE Bureau without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered. 
 
(Sec. 107) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under state or federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. 
 
(Sec. 108) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used by federal prisons to purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes. Excludes from such prohibition the renting, maintaining, or purchasing of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 
 
(Sec. 109) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under &quot;Department of Justice&quot; used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 110) Prohibits any of the funds under this title from being obligated or expended for SENTINEL, or for any other major new or enhanced information technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of $100 million, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations that the information technology program has appropriate program management and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
 

Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies 
- Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) the International Trade Administration; (4) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (5) the Economic Development Administration; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (12) the Under Secretary for Technology; (13) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST and for construction of new research facilities; (14) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including transfers of funds and an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (15) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (16) the Coastal Zone Management Fund (including transfer of funds); (17) the fisheries finance program account; and (18) departmental management, including for the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 205) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program. 
 
(Sec. 206) Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out provisions relating to establishment of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program. Repeals the provision specifying the purpose of such Program. 
 
(Sec. 207) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "Department of Commerce" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 

Title III: Science 
- Science Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General. 
 

Title IV: Department of State and Related Agency 
- Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY2007 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, diplomatic and consular programs; (2) the Capital Investment Fund; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) educational and cultural exchange programs; (5) representation allowances; (6) protection of foreign missions and officials; (7) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (8) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (9) the repatriation loans program account; (10) the American Institute in Taiwan; (11) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (12) international organizations, peacekeeping, and commissions; (13 ) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (14) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; (15) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada; (16) international fisheries commissions; (17) the Asia Foundation; (18) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; (19) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; (20) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii; (21) the National Endowment for Democracy; and (22) the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 403) Bars the use of funds under this title by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 
 
(Sec. 404) Directs the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons to coordinate policies related to international trafficking in persons, including traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 
 
(Sec. 405) Prohibits the use of any of the funds by this title for any United Nations (UN) undertaking when it is made known to the federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the UN undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) such undertaking will involve U.S. armed forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national; and (3) the President's military advisors have not submitted to the President a recommendation that such involvement is in U.S. national security interests and the President has not submitted to Congress such a recommendation. 
 
(Sec. 406) Prohibits the expenditure of any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this title for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 for: (1) opening, operating, or expanding any U.S. diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995 or increasing the number of personnel assigned in that country; and (2) the issuance of visas to any individuals named or implicated in certain killings or murders in Haiti. 
 
(Sec. 408) Prohibits a project to construct a U.S. diplomatic facility from including office space or other accommodations for an employee of a federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of advanced funding for its share of the costs for such facility. Excludes the Marine Corps from such prohibition. 
 
(Sec. 409) Bars ceilings and earmarks contained in this title from being applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs. Provides that earmarks or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this title. 
 
(Sec. 410) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "Department of State" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 411) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to an officer or employee of a foreign government (or any entity thereof) who, while in the performance of his or her official duties, furnishes information leading to certain actions being taken with respect to international terrorism or narcotics-related offenses, including trafficking, if such payment: (1) is appropriate in light of the exceptional or high-profile nature of the information furnished; (2) may aid in furnishing further information; and (3) is formally requested by such agency. 
 

Title V: Related Agencies 
- Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission; (2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (8) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including transfer of funds; (9) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe Commission (HELP Commission); (11) the Legal Services Corporation; (12) the Marine Mammal Commission; (13) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (14) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General; (15) the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, the Business Loans Program Account, and the Disaster Loans Program Account; (16) the State Justice Institute; (17) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and (18) the United States Institute of Peace. 
 

Title VI: General Provisions 
- Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 601) Prohibits the use of any part of any appropriation contained in this Act for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress. 
 
(Sec. 602) Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation or expenditure beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
 
 (Sec. 605) Prohibits the reprogramming of funds as specified, including any reprogramming that either creates a new program or eliminates an existing program, unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in advance. 
 
(Sec. 606) Prohibits, hereafter, the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the EEOC covering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the EEOC on October 1, 1993. 
 
(Sec. 607) Provides that, if it has been finally determined by a court of federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to prescribed debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures. 
 
(Sec. 608) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, Broadcasting Board of Governors, NSF, NASA, FCC, SEC, and SBA to provide the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by such agency during any previous fiscal year. 
 
(Sec. 609) Requires any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act to be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency. 
 
(Sec. 610) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (except for the reduction or removal of restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type). 
 
(Sec. 612) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to obligate more than $625 million during FY2007 from the Crime Victims Fund for paying the salaries and expenses of Department of Justice personnel. 
 
(Sec. 613) Prohibits any of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act from being used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 
 
(Sec. 615) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, NASA, NSF, SEC, and SBA to certify that telecommuting opportunities have increased over levels certified to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for FY2006, to make quarterly reports on the status of telecommuting programs, and to maintain a Telework Coordinator. 
 
(Sec. 616) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "National Science Foundation" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 617) Requires the ATFE Bureau to include certain disclaimers in data releases on the limitations of data in firearms tracing studies with respect to firearms-related crime. 
 
(Sec. 618) Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. 
 
(Sec. 619) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the support or justification of the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the United States. 
 
(Sec. 620) Provides for a specified additional amount under the heading &quot;Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses&quot; to be used for initiatives related to small business development and entrepreneurship, including programmatic and construction activities. 
 
(Sec. 621) Earmarks (out of amounts made available in this Act for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, NASA, and the NSF) funds to implement the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program. 
 
(Sec. 622) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act or any other Act from being spent to pay administrative expenses or to compensate a U.S. officer or employee in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories, or attachments for certain firearms with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that specified conditions are met by the exporting party. Requires the District Directors of Customs and postmasters to permit the export without a license of any such unclassified articles to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen. Allows the President to require export licenses on a temporary basis under this section if, the Government of Canada has inadequate import controls for the articles specified in this section, such that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. 
 
(Sec. 623) Bars any department, agency, or U.S. instrumentality receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act from obligating or spending such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any U.S. officer or employee to deny any application for a permit to import U.S. origin "curios or relics" firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
 
(Sec. 624) Prohibits the use of any of the funds under this Act to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement specified text of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
 
(Sec. 625) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to pay expenses for any U.S. delegation to any specialized agency, body, or UN commission if such commission is chaired or presided over by a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of the exercise of certain foreign policy controls on the export of goods or technology to countries that have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, has provided support for such acts. 
 
(Sec. 626) Prohibits the use of any of the funds under this Act to carry out any diplomatic operations in Libya or accept the credentials of any representative of the Government of Libya until such time as the President certifies to Congress that Libya: (1) has taken irrevocable steps to pay the total amount of the settlement commitment of $10 million to the surviving families of each decedent of Pan Am Flight 103; and (2) will continue to work in good faith to resolve the outstanding cases of U.S. victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya, including the settlement of La Belle Discotheque bombing. 
 
(Sec. 627) Prohibits the use of any of the funds under this Act in contravention of specified federal buildings performance and reporting requirements. 
 
(Sec. 628) Prohibits the use of any of the funds under this Act by the U.S. to enter into a basing rights agreement between the United States and Iraq. 
 

Title VII: Rescissions
 - Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; (2) general administration (Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund); (3) legal activities (Assets Forfeiture Fund); and (4) the Office of Justice programs for state and local law enforcement assistance and community oriented policing services. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the: (1) Department of Commerce (departmental management) for the Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program Account; and (2) the Department of State for the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the SBA for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the business loans program account; and (3) the disaster loans program account. 

action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - 
Title I: Department of Justice
 - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY2007 for: (1) general administration, including for Department information sharing technology, conversion to narrowband communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee (including transfer of funds), and the Department of Justice Inspector General; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for carrying out the activities of the National Security Division and for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (4) the U.S. Marshals Service (including for courthouse security equipment), fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and for certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (5) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (7) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (8) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); (9) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (10) Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (11) Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, community-oriented policing services, juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion. 
 
(Sec. 104) Declares that nothing in the prohibition against the use of funds for abortions shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside of a Federal facility. 
 
(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2008 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for certain positions of ATF without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered. 
 
(Sec. 107) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under state or federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. 
 
(Sec. 108) Prohibits the use of funds by federal prisons to purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes. Excludes from such prohibition the renting, maintaining, or purchasing of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 
 
(Sec. 109) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under &quot;Department of Justice&quot; used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds for SENTINEL, or for any other major new or enhanced information technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of $100 million, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations that the information technology program has appropriate program management and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
 

Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
 - Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) the International Trade Administration; (4) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (5) the Economic Development Administration; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (12) the Under Secretary for Technology; (13) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST and for construction of new research facilities; (14) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including transfers of funds and an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (15) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (16) the Coastal Zone Management Fund (including transfer of funds); (17) the fisheries finance program account; and (18) departmental management, including for the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 205) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program. 
 
(Sec. 206) Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out provisions relating to establishment of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program. Repeals the provision specifying the purpose of such Program. 
 
(Sec. 207) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under &quot;Department of Commerce&quot; used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 

Title III: Science
 - Science Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General. 
 

Title IV: Department of State and Related Agency
 - Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY2007 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, diplomatic and consular programs; (2) the Capital Investment Fund; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) educational and cultural exchange programs; (5) representation allowances; (6) protection of foreign missions and officials; (7) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (8) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (9) the repatriation loans program account; (10) the American Institute in Taiwan; (11) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (12) international organizations, peacekeeping, and commissions; (13 ) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (14) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; (15) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada; (16) international fisheries commissions; (17) the Asia Foundation; (18) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; (19) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; (20) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii; (21) the National Endowment for Democracy; and (22) the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 403) Bars the use of funds under this title by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 
 
(Sec. 404) Directs the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons to coordinate policies related to international trafficking in persons, including traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 
 
(Sec. 405) Prohibits the use of funds for any United Nations (UN) undertaking when it is made known to the federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the UN undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) such undertaking will involve U.S. armed forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national; and (3) the President's military advisors have not submitted to the President a recommendation that such involvement is in U.S. national security interests and the President has not submitted to Congress such a recommendation. 
 
(Sec. 406) Prohibits the use of funds for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 for: (1) opening, operating, or expanding any U.S. diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995, or increasing the number of personnel assigned in that country; and (2) the issuance of visas to any individuals named or implicated in certain killings in Haiti. 
 
(Sec. 408) Prohibits a project to construct a U.S. diplomatic facility from including office space or other accommodations for an employee of a federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of advanced funding for its share of the costs for such facility. Excludes the Marine Corps from such prohibition. 
 
(Sec. 409) Bars ceilings and earmarks contained in this title from being applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs. Provides that earmarks or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this title. 
 
(Sec. 410) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under &quot;Department of State&quot; used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 411) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to an officer or employee of a foreign government (or any entity thereof) who, while in the performance of his or her official duties, furnishes information leading to certain actions being taken with respect to international terrorism or narcotics-related offenses, including trafficking, if such payment: (1) is appropriate in light of the exceptional or high-profile nature of the information furnished; (2) may aid in furnishing further information; and (3) is formally requested by such agency. 
 

Title V: Related Agencies
 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission; (2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (8) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including transfer of funds; (9) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe Commission (HELP Commission); (11) the Legal Services Corporation; (12) the Marine Mammal Commission; (13) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (14) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General; (15) the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, the Business Loans Program Account, and the Disaster Loans Program Account; (16) the State Justice Institute; (17) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and (18) the United States Institute of Peace. 
 

Title VI: General Provisions
 - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 601) Prohibits the use of any part of any appropriation contained in this Act for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress. 
 
(Sec. 602) Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation or expenditure beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
 
(Sec. 605) Prohibits the reprogramming of funds as specified, including any reprogramming that either creates a new program or eliminates an existing program, unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in advance. 
 
(Sec. 606) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the EEOC covering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the EEOC on October 1, 1993.
 
(Sec. 607) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, Broadcasting Board of Governors, NSF, NASA, FCC, SEC, and SBA to provide the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by such agency during any previous fiscal year. 
 
(Sec. 608) Requires any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act to be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency. 
 
(Sec. 609) Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (except for the reduction or removal of restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type). 
 
(Sec. 611) Prohibits funds from being used to obligate more than $625 million during FY2007 from the Crime Victims Fund for paying the salaries and expenses of Department of Justice personnel. 
 
(Sec. 612) Prohibits any of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act from being used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 
 
(Sec. 614) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, NASA, NSF, SEC, and SBA to certify that telecommuting opportunities have increased over levels certified to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for FY2006, to make quarterly reports on the status of telecommuting programs, and to maintain a Telework Coordinator. 
 
(Sec. 615) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under &quot;National Science Foundation&quot; used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 616) Requires ATF to include certain disclaimers in data releases on the limitations of data in firearms tracing studies with respect to firearms-related crime. 
 
(Sec. 617) Prohibits the use funds to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. 
 
(Sec. 618) Prohibits the use of funds for the support or justification of the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the United States. 
 
(Sec. 619) Provides for a specified additional amount under the heading &quot;Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses&quot; to be used for initiatives related to small business development and entrepreneurship, including programmatic and construction activities. 
 
(Sec. 620) Earmarks (out of amounts made available in this Act for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, NASA, and the NSF) funds to implement the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program. 
 
(Sec. 621) Prohibits the use of funds to pay administrative expenses or to compensate a U.S. officer or employee in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories, or attachments for certain firearms with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that specified conditions are met by the exporting party. Requires the District Directors of Customs and postmasters to permit the export without a license of any such unclassified articles to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen. Allows the President to require export licenses on a temporary basis under this section if, the Government of Canada has inadequate import controls for the articles specified in this section, such that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. 
 
(Sec. 622) Bars any department, agency, or U.S. instrumentality receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act from obligating or spending such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any U.S. officer or employee to deny any application for a permit to import U.S. origin &quot;curios or relics&quot; firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
 
(Sec. 623) Prohibits the use of funds to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement specified text of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
 
(Sec. 624) Prohibits the use of funds to pay expenses for any U.S. delegation to any specialized agency, body, or UN commission if such commission is chaired or presided over by a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of the exercise of certain foreign policy controls on the export of goods or technology to countries that have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, has provided support for such acts. 
 
(Sec. 625) Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any diplomatic operations in Libya or accept the credentials of any representative of the Government of Libya until such time as the President certifies to Congress that Libya: (1) has taken irrevocable steps to pay the total amount of the settlement commitment of $10 million to the surviving families of each decedent of Pan Am Flight 103; and (2) will continue to work in good faith to resolve the outstanding cases of U.S. victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya, including the settlement of La Belle Discotheque bombing. 
 
(Sec. 626) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of specified federal buildings performance and reporting requirements. 
 
(Sec. 627) Prohibits the use funds to enter into a basing rights agreement between the United States and Iraq. 
 

Title VII: Rescissions
 - Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; (2) general administration (Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund); (3) legal activities (Assets Forfeiture Fund); and (4) the Office of Justice programs for state and local law enforcement assistance and community oriented policing services. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the: (1) Department of Commerce (departmental management) for the Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program Account; and (2) the Department of State for the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the SBA for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the business loans program account; and (3) the disaster loans program account. 
 

Title VIII: Additional General Provisions 
- (Sec. 801) Prohibits the use of funds to enforce any of the provisions in the Memorandum to all Department and Agency Executive Secretaries dated, February 2, 2001, and entitled &quot;Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan.&quot;
 
(Sec. 802) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for the &quot;Office of Justice Programs---Justice Assistance&quot; for the Drug Endangered Children grant program and the amounts otherwise provided by this Act for &quot;Other---Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management.&quot;
 
(Sec. 803) Prohibits the use of any of the funds under this Act by NASA for travel policies and practices in contravention of Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-126. 
 
(Sec. 804) Prohibits the use any of the funds under this Act for business class or first class airline travel by employees of the Department of State in contravention of federal regulations. 
 
(Sec. 805) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of provisions relating to communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) regarding the lawful or unlawful citizenship or immigration status of any individual. 
 
(Sec. 806) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for grants for young witness assistance and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for &quot;Other---Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 807) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 relating to minimum requirements for acquisition of light duty alternative fueled vehicles by the federal fleet. 
 
(Sec. 808) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by a specified amount by increasing the amount made available for &quot;Office of Justice Programs---Justice Assistance&quot; and by reducing the amount made available for &quot;Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 809) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for &quot;Office of Justice Programs---State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance&quot; for the Law Enforcement Tribute Act program and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for &quot;Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 810) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount made available for &quot;Violence Against Women and Prosecution Programs&quot; (consisting of specified amounts for grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence, for services to advocate for and respond to youth, and for the national tribal sex offender registry, and for grants for sexual assault services) and by reducing the amount made available for &quot;Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 811) Prohibits the use of funds for the administration and operation of the UN Human Rights Council while countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the Secretary of State are members of such Council. 
 
(Sec. 812) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for &quot;Office of Justice Programs---Juvenile Justice Programs&quot; for the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Block Grant program and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for &quot;Broadcasting Board of Governors---International Broadcasting Operations.&quot;
 
(Sec. 813) Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health/Science Products and Services (ITAC 3) unless the membership of the committee is &quot;fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented&quot; pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act; or (2) the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (ITAC 15) unless the membership of the committee is &quot;fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented&quot; pursuant to such Act. 
 
(Sec. 814) Prohibits the use of funds to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States. 
 
(Sec. 815) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for &quot;Office on Violence Against Women---Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs&quot; for the Jessica Gonzales Victims Assistants program and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for &quot;Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 816) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of the Buy American Act. 
 
(Sec. 817) Prohibits the use of funds to file a motion respecting a civil action brought by the Attorney General against a person for a certain false claim, for an extension of time of more than six months, or to file more than one motion in any one such case. 
 
(Sec. 818) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount made available under title I for &quot;Community Oriented Policing Services&quot; and by reducing the amount made available under title IV for &quot;International Organizations---Contributions to International Organizations.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 819) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount made available for the item &quot;Community Oriented Policing Services&quot; and by reducing the aggregate amount made available for &quot;Departments of Justice, General Administration, Salaries and Expenses.&quot; 
 
(Sec. 820) Prohibits the use of funds to carry out requirements for penalties relating to violations involving the sale, delivery, or transfer of handguns not provided with a secure gun storage or safety device.
 
(Sec. 821) Prohibits the use of funds for the purpose of enforcing the final judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana issued in 
Hinrichs v. Bosma
. 
 
(Sec. 822) Prohibits the use of funds to implement the revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 made on May 29, 2003.

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Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - 
Title I: Department of Justice
 - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY2007 for: (1) general administration, including for carrying out the activities of the National Security Division (including for information technology systems), Department information sharing technology, conversion to narrowband communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee (including transfer of funds), and the Department of Justice Inspector General; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (4) the U.S. Marshals Service (including for courthouse security equipment), construction, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and for certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (5) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), including for expenses arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to violent crime, terrorism, cybercrime, child pornography, and drug investigations; (7) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (8) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), including expenses necessary for the construction of the National Center for Explosives Training and Research; (9) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (10) Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (11) Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, for necessary expenses to implement &quot;Weed and Seed&quot; program activities, community-oriented policing services (including transfer of funds), juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion. 
 
(Sec. 104) Declares that nothing in the prohibition against the use of funds for abortions shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside of a Federal facility. 
 
 (Sec. 105) Prohibits more than 5% of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act from being transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10% by any such transfers. Prohibits the transfer of any of the funds appropriated to "Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison System" in this or any other Act to "Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System", or any other Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that such a transfer is necessary to U.S. national security interests. Bars such authority from being delegated and subjects that authority to section 505 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2008 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for certain positions of the ATF Bureau without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered. 
 
(Sec. 107) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to the ATF Bureau in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and makes such authorities applicable with respect to any such operation initiated by the ATF Bureau that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States. 
 
 (Sec. 108) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under state or federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. 
 
 (Sec. 109) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used by federal prisons to purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes. Excludes from such prohibition the renting, maintaining, or purchasing of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 
 
(Sec. 110) Provides for the Department of Justice Department Investment Review Board to be headed by the Deputy Attorney General. Requires the Department of Justice to submit to the Senate Committee on Appropriations all projects to be reviewed by the Board in FY2007, all projects reviewed in FY2006, and the outcomes of those reviews and any corrective actions taken by the Board. 
 
(Sec. 111) Requires funds provided within this Act for security details for Department leadership to be budgeted for within the general administration account. Makes the U.S. Marshals Service responsible for all security details for officials occupying Department leadership positions. Requires the Department of Justice to submit a classified funding justification for all security details with each future budget submission. 
 
(Sec. 112) Subjects any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying report or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous years to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 113) Prohibits any of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act from being obligated for the FBI's Sentinel procurement until the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has certified to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that a performance measurement baseline has been established and the FBI is using a performance-based management system that complies with the American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748-A, as required by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) &quot;Circular A-11, Part 7&quot; to measure achievement of the cost, schedule, and performance goals. 
 
(Sec 114) Prohibits the use of funds for any work, development, or procurement of the Sentinel information technology program phases II, III, or IV until the GAO certifies to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that the phase under construction has reached 70% completion of the planned work and that the estimated cost to complete such phase does not exceed 35% of the budgeted cost for it. 
 
(Sec. 115) Requires funds appropriated by this Act for the federal prison system to be in the amounts and accounts specified in the report accompanying this Act, provided that the Bureau of Prisons submits a comprehensive financial plan for such system to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Prohibits any funds appropriated for the federal prison system in this or any other appropriations Act for the construction of new facilities from being rescinded, canceled, or used for any other purpose. 
 
(Sec. 116) Amends section 112 of title I as contained in division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, to: (1) require the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission to add as members of the Commission the Commissioner of Health & Social Services for Alaska and a representative of an Alaska Native healthcare provider; (2) permit the chief judge for the Federal District Court for the District of Alaska to appoint a non-voting judge to also provide technical support to the Commission; and (3) authorize the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court to appoint a non-voting representative of the Alaska Supreme Court to provide such support to the Commission. 
 

Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
 - Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) the International Trade Administration (ITA); (4) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (5) the Economic Development Administration; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (12) the Under Secretary for Technology; (13) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST and for construction of new research facilities; (14) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including transfers of funds and an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (15) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (16) the Coastal Zone Management Fund (including transfer of funds); (17) the fisheries finance program account; and (18) departmental management, including for the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General. 
 
 Declares that, with regard to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the ITA, negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to recognize the right of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties. Instructs that the negotiations be conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002. 
 
Exempts the ITA from the requirements of Circular A-25 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) issued by OMB. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to include in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget an estimate for each NIST construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more than $5 million and, simultaneously, requires the budget justification materials to include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 203) Prohibits more than 5% of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act from being transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10% by any such transfers. Provides that, for NOAA, this section shall provide for transfers among appropriations made only to NOAA. Prohibits such appropriations from being transferred and reprogrammed to other Department of Commerce bureaus and appropriation accounts. 
 
(Sec. 205) States that funds made available for salaries and expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program under Public Law 108-199 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004) shall remain available until expended. 
 
(Sec. 206) Prohibits the use of any funds under this Act to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase "Last Best Place."
 
(Sec. 207) Provides, from the amount made available from the fund entitled "Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries", specified amounts to be provided to: (1) the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board; and (2) the Southern Shrimp Alliance for its "Wild American Shrimp Marketing Program." 
 
(Sec. 208) Requires, from the amounts made available elsewhere in this title for the "National Institute of Standards and Technology, Construction of Research Facilities," specified amounts be made available for: (1) the Research Technology and Economic Development Park at Mississippi State University; (2) the Biotechnology Research Park the University of Mississippi; (3) ) the Alabama State University Science and Education Building; (4) Tuscaloosa, Alabama, revitalization; (5) the Biomedical Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; (6) the University of Alabama for the design and construction of the Science and Engineering Center; (7) a cooperative agreement with the Medical University of South Carolina; and (8) biodefense research facility construction and renovation. 
 
(Sec. 209) Permits the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety and health in the context of scientific and occupational diving within the NOAA. 
 
(Sec. 210) Requires, if at any time during any quarter, the program manager of a major Department of Commerce contract totaling more than $50 million has reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased by 10%, such manager to immediately inform the Secretary of Commerce. Requires such Secretary to notify the Senate Committee on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase. 
 

Title III: Science
 - Science Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for expenses in carrying out return to flight activities associated with the space shuttle (including transfer of funds), expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season (including transfer of funds), and the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General. 
 
Prohibits the use of any funds under the heading &quot;Office of Science and Technology Policy&quot; for the Office of Director for Legislative Affairs. 
 
Requires, for FY2008 and each year thereafter, NASA to provide, at a minimum, specified information in its annual budget justification, including: (1) the actual, current, and proposed funding level and estimated budgets for the next five fiscal years by directorate, theme, program, project, and activity within each appropriations account; (2) concurrent with the submission of the budget to Congress, that an accompanying volume be provided only to the Committee on Appropriations containing specified information for each center and federally funded research and development center operated by NASA; and (3) sufficient narrative be provided to explain the request for each program, project, and activity, and explanation for any deviation to adopted baselines for all volumes provided to such Committee.
 
States that funding made available under the headings &quot;Exploration Capabilities&quot; and &quot;Science, Aeronautics and Exploration&quot; in this Act shall be governed by the terms and conditions specified in the statement of managers accompanying the conference report for this Act.
 

Title IV: Related Agencies
 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); (4) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (5) the Legal Services Corporation; (6) the Marine Mammal Commission; (7) the National Veterans Business Development Corporation; (8) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (9) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General, the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, the Business Loans Program Account (including transfers of funds), and the Disaster Loans Program Account (including transfers of funds); and (10) the State Justice Institute.
 
Prohibits the use of any funds made available under the heading &quot;Salaries and Expenses&quot; (of the EEOC) to: (1) fund the position of Chief Operating Officer; and (2) operate the National Contact Center. 
 
Bars the EEOC from taking any action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the Senate Committee on Appropriations has been notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act. 
 
Prohibits, hereafter, any funds appropriated in this or any other Act from being expended to remove the FTC from its headquarters building (the Federal Trade Commission Building) to render such building appropriate for occupation by another federal agency. 
 
Authorizes the SBA to award grants under the Women's Business Center Sustainability Pilot Program. Requires that, of amounts provided for Women's Business Centers, not less than 40% shall be available to continue such Centers in sustainability status. 
 
Directs the Administrator of the SBA to assign or hire staff with primary responsibility for: (1) developing and implementing the comprehensive disaster response plan of the SBA; (2) conducting and coordinating training for all employees involved in disaster response; and (3) conducting and coordinating disaster training exercises with other federal agencies. Allows such Administrator, in the event of a major disaster, to authorize a district office of the SBA to process disaster loans under the Small Business Act. 
 

Title V: General Provisions
 - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
 (Sec. 501) Requires the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the NSF, NASA, FCC, SEC, and SBA to provide the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were made available to any such agency in any previous appropriations Act. 
 
 (Sec. 502) Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
 
 (Sec. 505) Prohibits the reprogramming of funds as specified, including any reprogramming that either creates a new program or eliminates an existing program, unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in advance. 
 
 (Sec. 506) Prohibits, hereafter, the use of any of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for NOAA in shipyards located outside of the United States. 
 
 (Sec. 507) Provides that, if it has been finally determined by a court or federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in the Code of Federal Regulations. 
 
 (Sec. 508) Requires any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act to be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency. 
 
 (Sec. 509) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (except for the reduction or removal of restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type). 
 
(Sec. 511) Bars amounts deposited or available in the Crime Victims Fund in any fiscal year in excess of $625 million from being available for obligation until the following fiscal year. 
 
 (Sec. 512) Prohibits any of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act from being used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 
 
 (Sec. 514) Requires all disaster loans issued in Alaska or North Dakota to be administered by the SBA and to not be sold during FY2007. 
 
 (Sec. 515) Declares that the Secretary of Commerce, with the consent of the President, shall represent the U.S. Government in negotiating and monitoring international agreements regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles. Makes such Secretary responsible for the development and interdepartmental coordination of U.S. policies with respect to such negotiations and agreements. 
 
 (Sec. 516) Subjects any funds provided by this Act to implement E-Government initiatives to the procedures set forth in sec. 505 of this Act. Requires any reprogramming request related to any E-Government Initiative to include a cost-benefit analysis, the business metrics used by the department or agency to measure successful implementation, and all savings achieved by the department or agency from its contributions to E-Government Initiatives. States that all reprogramming requests must demonstrate that benefits from the transfer for an E-Government Initiative are greater than the original purpose for which the funds were appropriated. Makes these requirements applicable to future budget submissions and reprogramming requests for the current and future fiscal years. Provides for the reprogramming request to also include a certification by the department or agency inspector general that the documentation validates the outcomes of the E-Government Initiative cost-benefit analysis. 
 
 (Sec. 517) Requires the ATF Bureau to include certain disclaimers in data releases on the limitations of data in firearms tracing studies with respect to firearms-related crime. 
 
 (Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. 
 
 (Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the support or justification of the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the . U.S. government. 
 
 (Sec. 520) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act or any other Act from being spent to pay administrative expenses or to compensate a U.S. officer or employee in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories, or attachments for certain firearms with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that specified conditions are met by the exporting party. Requires the District Directors of Customs and postmasters to permit the export without a license of any such unclassified articles to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen. Allows the President to require export licenses on a temporary basis under this section if, the Government of Canada has inadequate import controls for the articles specified in this section, such that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. 
 
 (Sec. 521) Bars any department, agency, or U.S. instrumentality receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act from obligating or spending such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any U.S. officer or employee to deny any application for a permit to import U.S. origin &quot;curios or relics&quot; firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
 
(Sec. 522) Prohibits any funds from being reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances. 
 
(Sec. 523) Deems funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related activities to be specifically authorized by Congress for the purposes of the funding of such activities pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947 during FY2007 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. 
 
(Sec. 524) Directs the Office of Inspector Generals funded under this Act to forward copies of all audit reports to the Senate Committee on Appropriations immediately after they are issued and immediately make such Committee aware of any review that recommends cancellation of, or modification to, any major acquisition project or grant, or that recommends significant budgetary savings. Instructs such Office of Inspector Generals to withhold from public distribution, for a 15-day period, any final audit or investigation report that was requested by such Committee. 
 
 (Sec. 525) Prohibits, hereafter, the use of any of the funds made available by Congress to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the EEOC covering harassment based on religion when it is made known to the federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the EEOC on October 1, 1993. 
 
(Sec. 526) Prohibits the use of any of the funds in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of Justice to make a grant allocation, a discretionary grant award, or a discretionary contract award that is specified in the report accompanying this Act, or to publicly announce the intention to make such an award, unless the Attorney General, Secretary, Administrator, or Director of the appropriate agency or bureau notifies the Senate Committee on Appropriations, at least three full business days in advance. Bars any notification from involving funds that are not available for obligation. 
 
(Sec. 527) Amends the Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act to extend, for an additional year, the Universal Service Fund exemption from the Antideficiency Act. 
 
(Sec. 528) Provides a specified amount from funds previously appropriated to the SBA in Public Law 109-108 (Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006) for the town of Millry to be used for the Millry Improvements Association as reimbursement for the costs of the previously constructed Millry Area Veterans Memorial. 
 
(Sec. 529) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the FCC, in implementing the requirements of such Act with respect to the distribution and use of federal universal service support, from limiting such distribution and use to a single connection or primary line. Makes all residential and business lines served by an eligible telecommunications carrier eligible for such support. 
 
(Sec. 530) Prohibits the use of any of the funds provided in this Act to implement an involuntary reduction in force at any NASA center during FY2007. 
 
 (Sec. 531) Prohibits any of the funds appropriated by this Act from being used by the FCC to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on such payments. 
 
(Sec. 532) Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens manufacturers to make the lenses available in a commercially reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner to: (1) prescribers and associated entities; and (2) alternative channels of distribution. (Excludes specified types of lenses, including lenses that are custom designed and manufactured for an individual patient and are not mass produced or marketed.) 
 
Prohibits any such entities from knowingly filling a prescription that is expired. 
 
Requires the FTC to prescribe rules to carry out this section. Treats violations of this section or the rules required under such prohibition as unfair or deceptive acts or practices. 
 
(Sec. 533) Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to increase fines applicable to providers of electronic communication services or remote computing services who knowingly and willfully fail to report knowledge of facts or circumstances of violations of certain sex-related crimes to the Cyber Tip Line at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 
 
Makes it unlawful for the operator of a website that is primarily operated for commercial purposes knowingly, and with knowledge of the character of the material, to place sexually explicit material on such website unless: (1) the first page of the website viewable on the Internet does not include any sexually explicit material; and (2) each page or screen of the website that does contain such material also displays the matter prescribed by the FTC pursuant to this section. Excepts from such prohibition any website access which is restricted to a specific set of individuals through a password or other access restriction mechanism. 
 
Directs the FTC to promulgate regulations establishing clearly identifiable marks or notices to be included in the code or on the pages or screens of a website that contains sexually explicit material to inform any person who accesses that website of the nature of the material and to facilitate the filtering of such pages or screens. Excludes from such requirement telecommunications carriers and other specified service providers. 
 
Prohibits multichannel video programming distributors from distributing child pornography. 
 
 Makes it unlawful for any person to embed deceptive words, symbols, or images in a website to deceive: (1) another person into viewing obscene material; and (2) a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors. 
 
 Revises provisions allowing victims of certain sex-related crimes to seek civil remedies to: (1) allow adults as well as minors to sue for injuries; and (2) increase from $50,000 to $150,000 the minimum level of damages. 
 

Title VI: Rescissions - 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; (2) general administration (Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund); (3) the Counterterrorism Fund; (4) legal activities (Assets Forfeiture Fund); (5) U.S. Attorneys (salaries and expenses) and (6) the Office of Justice programs for justice assistance and community oriented policing services. 
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the SBA for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the business loans program account; and (3) the disaster loans program account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Star Print ordered on S. Rpt. 109-280.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Star Print ordered on H.R. 5672.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-280.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-280.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 5672.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 393 - 23 (Roll no. 349).
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 393 - 23 (Roll no. 349).
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: The House adopted the remaining amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4807)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5672.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Mr. Wolf moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of specified amendments which were debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postpo ned further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Poe amendment, the Chair put the que stion on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Poe demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postpo ned further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded witn 10 minutes of debate on the Poe amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Andrews amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4799-4808)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5672 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of specified amendments which were debated earlier and on which further proceedings were postponed.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wolf amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hinchey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hinchey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hinchey amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Renzi amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Baird amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sodrel amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sodrel demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sodrel amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mica amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Nadler amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nadler amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nadler amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Waxman amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Musgrave demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceed with 10 minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceed with 10 minutes of debate on the E.B. Johnson amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Delauro amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Delauro amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McCaul amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lipinski amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gingrey amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jones (OH) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Weiner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Weiner demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Weiner amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Degette amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Hinchey amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hinchey amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Engel amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Capuano amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Etheridge amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Culberson amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Watson amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Chocola amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Frank (MA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Frank (MA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frank amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Chocola amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cardoza amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tancredo amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Obey amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Mr. Davis, Tom raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Davis (VA) raised a point of order against Section 607 stating that it was in violation of clause 2 of rule 21 prohibiting legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Davis (CA) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Murphy amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Pallone amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: VACATING EARLIER PROCEEDINGS - Mr. George Miller (CA) asked unanimous consent that the proceedings by which recorded votes were requested on amendments debated earlier, be vacated to the end that the amendments be considered as adopted by voice vote. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Thompson (CA) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gilchrest amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the E.B. Johnson (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. George Miller (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the E.B. Johnson (TX) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Brown (OH)amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Miller (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Brown (OH) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wolf amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: On motion that the Committee do now rise Failed by recorded vote: 37 - 352 (Roll no. 332).
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Mr. Miller, George moved that the Committee do now rise. (consideration: CR H4692-4693)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lynch amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Thompson (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lynch amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. George Miller (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Reyes amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Thompson (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Reyes amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4689-4779)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5672 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Mr. Wolf moved that the Committee rise.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of specified amendments which were debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kennedy (MN) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Kennedy (MN) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kennedy (MN) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committe of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barrow amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceedeed with 10 minutes of debate on the Kennedy (MN) amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mollohan amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Mr. Mollohan raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Mollohan raised a point of order against page 15, line 8 through page 16, line 4 stating that it constituted legislation in an appropriations bill and was in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. The Chair sustained the point of order.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Johnson (CT) amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Nadler amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nadler amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Velazquez amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Brown-Waite amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boswell amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Reichert amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Obey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Obey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Obey amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wolf amendment.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4639-4665)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent to limit the universe of amendments to be offered to H.R. 5672 to a list placed at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5672 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 5672.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Doc Hastings to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 890 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5672 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without installowed. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 890. (consideration: CR H4617-4638; text of Title I as reported in House:  CR H4634-4635, H4648-4649, H4650-4651, H4652, H4653, H4654-4655, CR 6/28/2006 H4690-4691; text of Title II as reported in House: CR 6/28/2006 H4693-4694, H4695-4696, H4701, H4702-4703; text of Title III as reported in House: CR 6/28/2006 H4703, H4704; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR 6/28/2006 H4704-4705; text of Title V as reported in House: CR 6/28/2006 H4706-4707, H4708, H4709, H4710; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR 6/28/2006 H4710-4711, H4711-4712; text of Title VII as reported in House: CR 6/28/2006 H4714, CR 6/29/2006 H4806)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Rule H. Res. 890 passed House.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 890 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5672 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without installowed. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-520, by Mr. Wolf.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-520, by Mr. Wolf.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Introduced in House