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To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant Secretary, when making grants for multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to give preference with respect to such centers that are located at institutions of higher education in urban areas.

Bill: 109-hr-5277
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Access to health care
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Finance and Financial Sector
Gerontology
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the aged
Long-term care
Medical research
Nonprofit organizations
Policy sciences
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the aged
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: 
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant Secretary for Aging, when making grants to nonprofit organizations for the establishment or support of multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to give priority to centers located at urban institutions of higher education having a special emphasis on research to identify and provide technical assistance that promotes the best practices in long-term care service delivery, housing, financing, transportation, and other areas designed to create sustainable livable urban communities for future generations of increasingly diverse older individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-02
text: Introduced in House
UNRWA Integrity Act

Bill: 109-hr-5278
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Antisemitism
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Gaza Strip
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Immigration
International agencies
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
President and foreign policy
Refugees
Religion
Teaching materials
Terrorism
United Nations
United Nations economic assistance
United Nations finances
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
UNRWA Integrity Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide that voluntary U.S. contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may be provided only during a period for which the President certifies to Congress that UNRWA: (1) is not an impediment to achieving a lasting solution for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza and moving such refugees to post-refugee status; (2) is subject to comprehensive, independent financial audits; (3) does not knowingly provide employment, refuge, freedom of movement, cash assistance, food assistance, housing rehabilitation assistance, or any other type of social services assistance to members of foreign terrorist organizations; and (4) does not promote anti-Semitism or the denial of Israel's right to exist.
 
Authorizes a maximum 180-day waiver of such limitation for U.S. national security interests. 
 
Requires recertification not later than 180 days after the initial certification and every 180 days thereafter.
 
Requires a report by the Secretary of State to Congress respecting the extent to which UNRWA: (1) serves Palestinian refugee and U.S. interests; and (2) includes in its educational materials anti-Semitic or anti-Israel elements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E712-713)
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5279
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Cartels
Civil actions and liability
Competition
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consent decrees
Corporate divestiture
Energy
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gas industry
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Law
Natural gas
Petroleum industry
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006 - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful for any person to refuse to sell, or to export or divert, existing supplies of petroleum, gasoline, or other fuel derived from petroleum, or natural gas, with the primary intention of increasing prices or creating a shortage in a geographic market.
 
Directs the Attorney General (AG) and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study whether section 7 of the Clayton Act (prohibiting certain mergers or acquisitions) should be amended to modify how that section applies to persons engaged in the business of exploring for, producing, refining, or otherwise processing, storing, marketing, selling, or otherwise making available petroleum, gasoline or other fuel derived from petroleum, or natural gas.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study the effectiveness of divestitures required under certain prior oil and gas industry consent decrees.
 
Directs the AG and FTC Chairman to establish a joint federal-state task force to investigate information sharing among persons in the oil and gas industry.
 
No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2006 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to make it illegal for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively with any other foreign state or instrumentality to: (1) limit oil production or distribution; (2) set or maintain the price of oil; or (3) take any other action in restraint of trade for oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E710)
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5280
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug abuse
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Retail trade

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prohibit the distribution of an unfinished active ingredient to any person other than a registered producer of drugs and devices in order to protect the public health. Requires the Secretary to establish such restrictions on the distribution of dextromethorphan.
 


action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 
Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a final rule within one year of enactment of this Act to prohibit the distribution of unfinished dextromethorphan to any person other than a registered producer of drugs and devices. 
 
Prohibits the distribution of unfinished dextromethorphan in violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text as passed House: CR H8761)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text as passed House: CR H8761)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5280.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8761-8762)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Mr. Deal (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Campaign Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5281
Sponsor: Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Auditing
Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
House of Representatives
Primaries
Runoff elections

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
 Campaign Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to entitle an eligible House of Representatives candidate to receive payments in support of the candidate's election campaign in an amount equal to the amount of qualified contributions received, not to exceed the aggregate matching payment limit of $175,000, subject to specified adjustments.
 
Establishes the House of Representatives Election Campaign Account, as a separate account in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, from which all payments under this Act shall be made.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Southern California Desert Region Integrated Water and Economic Sustainability Plan Act

Bill: 109-hr-5282
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arid regions
California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Irrigation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Southern California Desert Region Integrated Water and Economic Sustainability Plan Act - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of projects to implement the Mojave Water Agency's Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. Limits the federal cost share to 25%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5283
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Commemorations
Concentration camps
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2006 - Establishes the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of parts of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado, as an affiliated site of the National Park System. Designates the &quot;Friends of Amache&quot; as the management entity for the Site.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general management plan for the Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
To establish an interagency task force to develop a national strategy to combat the increase in infertility in the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-5284
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
Reproduction
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Establishes the Infertility Prevention Task Force to develop a federal strategy to facilitate activities to prevent infertility, including strategies for: (1) maximizing cooperation among federal departments and agencies and the use of resources in compiling data on the incidence of infertility; (2) coordinating and encouraging research on the causes and treatment of infertility; (3) developing federal policies to promote public awareness of the causes of infertility; (4) creating an infertility prevention curriculum to serve as a model for medical schools; and (5) establishing partnerships with industry, organized labor, academia, and state and local governments to collect and disseminate information on infertility prevention and coordinate appropriate agency resources in the area of infertility prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Hunting Heritage Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5287
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2006-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-state relations
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Hunting
Injunctions
Land use
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Trapping

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: 
Hunting Heritage Protection Act - Requires that federal public lands be open to access and use for recreational hunting except: (1) as limited by the federal agency with responsibility for such lands for national security or public safety reasons, or for reasons authorized in applicable federal statutes as reasons for closure; and (2) as such hunting is limited by the state in which such lands are located. 
 
Directs the head of each federal agency with authority to manage a natural resource or public land on which such a resource depends to exercise that authority in a manner so as to support, promote, and enhance recreational hunting opportunities. 
 
Declares that federal land management decisions and actions should result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on federal public lands. 
 
Requires the heads of federal agencies with authority to manage federal public lands on which recreational hunting occurs to report annually to specified congressional committees on areas administered that have been closed during the previous year to recreational hunting and reasons for such closures and on areas that were open to such hunting to compensate for closed areas. 
 
Prohibits a withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes 5,000 or more acres of federal public land for use for recreational hunting from occurring unless the head of the federal agency with authority to manage the land has submitted written notice of the action to Congress. 
 
Grants states the right to file civil actions in district courts in cases where federal agencies fail to comply with state authority to manage or regulate fish and wildlife. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Health Plans Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5288
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case management
Chronically ill
Commerce
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health information systems
Health insurance
Information technology
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medical records
Preventive medicine
Profit
Reinsurance
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Subsidies
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Small Business Health Plans Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a small business health benefits program (SBHBP) under which small businesses may offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents. Outlines program elements and coverage requirements.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a program of premium assistance for small employers under the SBHBP. Allows for reinsurance for catastrophic costs for certain health insurance issuers.
 
Defines a &quot;small employer&quot; for SBHBP purposes as an employer with 50 or fewer employees.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to provide for the establishment of a national health pooling arrangement for eligible small employers under the SBHBP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3487-3488)
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Protection of University Governance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5289
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic freedom
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
College administration
College sports
Colleges
Commemorations
Damages
Educational associations
Emblems
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Names
Signs and symbols
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Fraud in Iraq Act

Bill: 109-hr-5290
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alien property
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government liability
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Limitation of actions
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Stop Fraud in Iraq Act - Amends federal law regarding false claims against the U.S. government to include any false request, demand, or submission for Iraqi property or money in U.S. government control made between March 19, 2003, and the date all military action concludes.
 
Waives the statute of limitations for civil actions against false claims for such assets, and any related hearing, if the action or hearing is commenced no later than one year after enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the court to order that the proceeds of an action under this Act, or of a claim settlement, be returned to the owners of those assets, except for the portion awarded to any private person who brought the action.
 
Prohibits the court from granting more than one extension of time during which the complaint may remain under seal (not to exceed six months). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Gang Elimination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5291
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs and youth
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Gangs
International Affairs
Organized crime
Rape
School security
Smuggling
State-sponsored terrorism
Strategic planning
Terrorism
Violence
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Gang Elimination Act of 2006 - Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on a national strategy to eliminate the illegal operations of National Threat Drug Gangs (i.e., the top three international drug gangs that present the greatest threat to law and order in the United States). Sets forth criteria for the Attorney General to consider in identifying a National Threat Drug Gang, including (1) ties to international terrorist organizations or state-sponsored terrorism; (2) the volume of controlled substances imported or distributed by such gangs; and (3) the threat to children and schools in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5294
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Forest management
Land transfers
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Amends the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to: (1) authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of federal land pursuant to the Act; and (2) provide for the disposition of the net proceeds derived from sales or exchanges under the Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of administrative improvements for units of the National Forest System in Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E747)
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House