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To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Federal Government to acquire not fewer than 50,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Bill: 109-hr-5531
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American
Electric vehicles
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the federal government acquires at least 50,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles manufactured in the United States by U.S. entities.
 
Defines a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle as a light duty vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine or heat engine using: (1) a combustible fuel; (2) an on-board, rechargeable storage device; and (3) a device that collects electricity from an off-board source.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Peremptory Challenge Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5532
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Bankruptcy courts
Civil procedure
Claims
Courts of special jurisdiction
Criminal procedure
District courts
Finance and Financial Sector
Judges
Magistrates
Pretrial procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Peremptory Challenge Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to require: (1) reassignment to another appropriate judicial officer of any civil or criminal case to be tried in a federal district court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, or a bankruptcy court if all parties on one side file a reassignment request within 20 days (with certain exceptions) after initial assignment of a judicial officer; and (2) the chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit in which the case is to be tried, or another judge designated by the chief judge, to determine any question arising as to which parties should be grouped together as a side for such purpose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Civil RICO Abuse Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5535
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
International Affairs
International claims
Legal fees
Organized crime
Punitive damages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Prevention of Civil RICO Abuse Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prevent any foreign governmental entity from filing suit to recover treble damages under civil remedies provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 8.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

Bill: 109-hr-5537
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1018)
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E979)
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5538
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Commercialization
Economics and Public Finance
Electric batteries
Electric vehicles
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Hazardous wastes
Motor vehicle pollution control
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Waste reduction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies needed for the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and (2) establish a competitive grant pilot demonstration program to provide up to 25 grants annually to state and local governments and metropolitan transportation authorities, or combinations of them, to implement demonstration projects for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8016)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: For Further Action See H.R.5656.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3433)
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5541
Sponsor: Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Consent decrees
Deportation
Government liability
Injunctions
Jurisdiction
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2006 - Prohibits any court from certifying an action as a class action under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in any civil immigration action.
 
Sets forth the requirements under which a court may order prospective relief in such an action. Provides that preliminary injunctive relief shall expire 90 days after entry unless otherwise determined by the court.
 
Requires a court to promptly rule on any government motion to vacate, modify, dissolve, or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in a civil immigration action. Provides for an automatic 15-day stay of the prospective relief order. Authorizes a court to enter an order to postpone for up to 15 days the effective date of an automatic stay. 
 
Provides that: (1) whenever a higher court remands a decision on a motion to a lower court the order granting prospective relief that is the subject of the motion shall be automatically stayed until the district court grants or denies such motion; and (2) any order staying, suspending, delaying, or otherwise barring the effective date of an automatic stay, other than an order to postpone the effective date, shall be treated as an order refusing to vacate, modify, dissolve, or otherwise terminate an injunction and shall be appealable.
 
States that: (1) no court has jurisdiction to grant or continue an order affecting an expedited removal action against an alien; (2) upon the government's filing of a motion to vacate, modify, dissolve, or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in a civil immigration action, the court involved shall determine whether it continues to have jurisdiction and shall vacate any order or part of a relief order that is not within its jurisdiction; and (3) sections (1) and (2) of this paragraph shall not apply to a relief order that was entered before the date of the enactment of this Act to remedy a violation of constitutional rights.
 
Sets forth consent decree and private settlement agreement provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony.

Bill: 109-hr-5542
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Governors
Local officials
Mandatory sentences
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Presidential appointments
Public corruption
State officials
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to impose on a public official who engages in conduct in furtherance of a federal felony a fine and two year prison term in addition to any penalties imposed for such felony. Defines &quot;public official&quot; as: (1) an elected official of the United States or of a state of local government; (2) a presidentially-appointed official; and (3) an official appointed to a state or local governmental office by an elected official of a state or local government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the average fuel economy achieved by automobiles manufactured after 2016 is no less than 33 miles per gallon, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5543
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle safety
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation by regulation to prescribe (corporate) average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles manufactured after 2008 that ensure that the CAFE achieved by automobiles manufactured after 2016 is at least 33 miles per gallon, and meets other specified criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to establish separate standards for different classes of automobiles according to size.
 
 Requires the Secretary to establish a CAFE credit trading program to allow a manufacturer that exceeds fuel economy standards to sell credits to another manufacturer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the security of critical energy infrastructure.

Bill: 109-hr-5544
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy facilities
Energy industries
Energy supplies
Evacuation of civilians
Government trust funds
Petroleum refineries

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the Secretary's review of the fuel supply plan components of state evacuation plans and the National Capitol region. Prescribes report contents.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, during any federally declared emergency or disaster, to provide direct assistance to private sector entities that operate critical energy infrastructure, including refineries.
 
Allows such assistance to include emergency preparation and recovery assistance, particularly power generation equipment, other protective or emergency recovery equipment, assistance to restore access to water, power, or other raw materials, and transportation and housing for critical employees.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Critical Energy Assurance Account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that projects funded through the National Institutes of Health comply with wage rate requirements commonly referred to as the "Davis-Bacon Act", and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5545
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Minimum wages
Research grants
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require that applications for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) loan, grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for any project include reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction or modernization on the project will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Empowerment of Iraqi Women Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5548
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against women
Disabled
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Family violence
Forced labor
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Heads of households
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Human rights
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislative bodies
Maternal health services
Mental health services
Middle East and North Africa
Military training
Nongovernmental organizations
Police training
Prosecution
Prostitution
Reproduction
Rural women
Secondary education
Sex discrimination
Slavery
Victims of crimes
Vocational and technical education
War relief
Widows
Wife abuse
Women
Women in government
Women's education
Women's health
Women's organizations
Women's rights
Women's shelters

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Empowerment of Iraqi Women Act of 2006 - Directs the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) establish a fund to assist women and girls in Iraq in the areas of political, legal, and human rights, health care, education, training, security, and shelter. 
 
Directs that the fund: (1) provide direct financial and programmatic assistance to the Iraq Ministry of Women's Affairs to strengthen the Ministry as the government of Iraq transitions to a long-term government structure; and (2) collaborate with the Iraq Ministry of Education to construct women's educational facilities and promote the education of Iraqi girls beyond primary school. 
 
Obligates specified economic and humanitarian assistance to Iraq for assistance directly to Iraqi-led local nongovernmental organizations, including Iraqi women-led organizations, with demonstrated experience in delivering services to Iraqi women and children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1031)
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Choice of Representation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5549
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Lawyers
Legal fees
Standards
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Veterans' Choice of Representation Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe: (1) qualifications and standards of conduct for agents and attorneys acting on behalf of veterans in claim proceedings before the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (2) restrictions on fees collected for such services.
 
Adds to the list of reasons for which agents and attorneys may be suspended, including: (1) failure to conduct themselves with due regard for the non-adversarial nature of any proceeding; and (2) presenting frivolous claims, issues, or arguments.
 
Repeals the current time period limitation for the hiring or paying of an agent or attorney. Revises the time period during which attorney fee agreements may be filed with the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Allows the Secretary to review such an agreement, and order a fee reduction if the Secretary finds the fee excessive or unreasonable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Transfer Improvement Act

Bill: 109-hr-5551
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate commerce
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
Firearms Transfer Improvement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that in-person interstate firearms sales between a federal firearms licensee and a nonresident purchaser shall be governed only by the state law of the licensee (currently, such sales must comply with the state laws of both the licensee and the purchaser).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Section 115 Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5553
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2006-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Broadband
Commercial arbitration
Congress
Congressional agencies
Copyright
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Intellectual property
Interest
Law
Library of Congress
Licenses
Music
Publishers and publishing
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: 
Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 - Sets forth provisions governing compulsory licenses for digital phonorecord deliveries and hybrid offerings that cover the making and distribution of general and incidental digital phonorecord deliveries in the form of full downloads, limited downloads, interactive streams, and any other form constituting a digital phonorecord delivery or hybrid offering.
 
Allows a digital music provider to obtain a compulsory license only from a designated agent. Requires a designated agent to grant a license for the making of server and incidental reproduction to facilitate noninteractive streaming at a royalty-free rate. Excludes from such license any server or incidental reproductions used to enable a streaming service (or any other type of service) that takes affirmative steps to authorize, enable, cause, or induce the making of reproductions of musical works by or for end users for future listening.
 
Allows a digital music provider that receives a license for the making and distribution of limited downloads or interactive streams to report activity and make payments for the activity retroactively beginning January 1, 2001, to avoid being subject to an action for copyright infringement alleging violation of reproduction or distribution rights.
 
Sets forth procedures for the setting of royalty rates and terms.
 
Requires the Register of Copyrights to designate a General Designated Agent to grant and administer licenses and collect and distribute royalties payable for the use of musical works licensed under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Introduced in House