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Energy Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5226
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Capital investments
Coke industry
Commerce
Cooperative societies
Corporation taxes
Depletion allowances
Depreciation and amortization
Electric utilities
Energy
Energy development
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel
Gas industry
Gas pipelines
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas
Oil well drilling
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Prospecting
Public utilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities regulation
Small business
Sulphur
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt securities
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Energy Fairness Act of 2006 - Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) the tax credit for producing coke or coke gas from nonconventional sources; (2) expensing of crude oil refining property; (3) the pass through of tax deductions for certain compliance costs of small refiner cooperatives; (4) accelerated depreciation of natural gas distribution and gathering lines; (5) arbitrage exemptions for prepayments for natural gas; (6) the exemption from oil depletion limitations for certain small crude oil refiners; and (7) amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5227
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Commerce
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Harbors
Islands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
National recreation areas
Public-private partnerships
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 relating to the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area to permit the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) consult with and enter into cooperative agreements concerning the Recreation Area under the Act with any member of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership; and (2) through such cooperative agreements between the Secretary and any Partnership member, acquire from and provide to such eligible entities goods and services for the construction of recreation area facilities or for any other purpose that is consistent with the purposes of the Recreation Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-05-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-5229
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Business records
Cats
Commerce
Dogs
Fines (Penalties)
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Laboratories
Laboratory animals
Law
Licenses
Pets
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to list permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer; (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements; (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat and owned it for not less than one year; or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Sets forth additional monetary penalties for related violations. 
 
Revises provisions to prohibit federal facilities from purchasing or otherwise acquiring dogs or cats for exhibition purposes except from: (1) the operator of an auction that comports with legal requirements; or (2) a person holding a valid dealer or exhibitor license.
 
Revises provisions to prohibit dealers from selling or otherwise providing a research facility with random source dogs or cats unless specified certification requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Tax and Education Assistance for Children (TEACH) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5230
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Income tax
Parent and child
Private schools
Religion
Religious education
Secondary education
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Tax and Education Assistance for Children (TEACH) Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for the tuition paid by taxpayers to send their dependents to private or religious elementary or secondary schools. Sets the annual credit limit at $4,500 for single individuals and taxpayers filing a joint return, and $2,250 for a married individual filing a separate return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Deep Water Royalty Jurisdiction Act

Bill: 109-hr-5231
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitutional law
Continental shelf
District courts
Energy
Energy prices
Gas in submerged lands
Jurisdiction
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum in submerged lands
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Deep Water Royalty Jurisdiction Act - Provides that, in any case brought by any person other than a federal department, agency, or instrumentality, no court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to: (1) the application of a price threshold in determining the volume for which suspension of royalties applies with respect to offshore oil and natural gas leases awarded in the five-year period beginning on November 28, 1995; or (2) the interpretation, or the constitutional validity, of this Act.
 
Provides that, in any case brought by a federal department, agency, or instrumentality against any person to recover royalties under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, no legal or equitable defense shall be available to the defendant regarding the matters covered by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Housing Choice Voucher Funding Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5233
Sponsor: Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Costs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing authorities
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Law
Low-income housing
Public housing
Public utility rates
Rent
Rental housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Housing Choice Voucher Funding Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to allocate certain funds for renewal of expiring annual contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance for each public housing agency (other than an agency with a special funding agreement under the Moving To Work demonstration program) based on the most recent leasing and cost data for certain funding cycles.
 
Prescribes implementation guidelines, including agency reserves for housing choice vouchers.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide to Congress and make publicly available specified budget information.
 
Sets forth guidelines for maximized leasing that prohibit the Secretary from: (1) taking into consideration the extent to which the number of families assisted in the preceding year by an agency exceeded the authorized level; or (2) establishing or enforcing any limitation on the number of families, vouchers, or units or unit-months that may be assisted with amounts provided for tenant-based rental assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Oil Subsidy Elimination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5234
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Depletion allowances
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Energy development
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign tax credit
Gas industry
Income tax
Natural gas
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Prospecting
Small business
Subsidies
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Tax rates
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Oil Subsidy Elimination Act of 2006 - Requires oil companies with annual gross receipts of $1 billion or more and average daily crude oil production levels of at least 500,000 barrels (defined as large integrated oil companies) to revalue, according to a specified formula, their 2005 LIFO inventories of crude oil, natural gas, or other petroleum products. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny large integrated oil companies: (1) amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures; and (2) foreign tax credits for certain payments made to foreign countries.

Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) expensing of crude oil refinery property; (2) exemptions from limitations on oil depletion deductions for certain small crude oil refiners; and (3) amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

Bill: 109-hr-5236
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Housing discrimination
Kidnapping
Murder
Police-community relations
Prosecution
Prostitution
Sex crimes
Sex-oriented businesses
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Establishes an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Requires the Chief of the Section (Chief) and the Chief Investigator of the Office to be responsible for investigating violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the complaint alleges that such a violation occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death. Requires the Chief Investigator to refer complaints determined to have violated a criminal rights statute to the Chief, who shall be responsible for prosecuting such violations.
 
Requires the Chief to: (1) consult with state or local officials regarding the appropriate venue for a case where there has been a violation of a criminal civil rights statute that is also a violation of a state or local law; and (2) refer cases to the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division if the Chief determines that the subject of the complaint has violated a criminal civil rights statute but the violation does not meet the requirements for the Unsolved Crimes Section.
 
Requires the Chief, annually, to determine and report on the cases under his or her jurisdiction for which there is sufficient evidence to prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes.
 

 
Authorizes additional appropriations to the Community Relations Service of DOJ to provide technical assistance by bringing together law enforcement agencies and communities in the investigation of criminal civil rights statutes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate adjustments in Medicare payments for imaging services made by section 5102 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

Bill: 109-hr-5238
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Imaging systems in medicine
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate adjustments in Medicare payments for imaging services made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Vehicle Incentive Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5239
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Compressed natural gas
Diesel motor
Electric vehicles
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Hydrogen
Income tax
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicles
Natural gas vehicles
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Alternative Vehicle Incentive Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase by $5,000 the tax credit for fuel cell, advanced lean burn technology, hybrid, and alternative fuel motor vehicles which are assembled in the United States. Repeals limitations on the number of hybrid and advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles eligible for the tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Gasoline Tax Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5240
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy prices
Excise tax
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Gasoline Tax Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend excise taxes on diesel and other highway motor fuels during specified periods when weekly retail gasoline prices as published by the Department of Energy exceed $2.75 per gallon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development project.

Bill: 109-hr-5241
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, at the request of a non-federal interest, to extend the period during which the Secretary provides beach nourishment for a water resources development project for such additional period as the Secretary determines necessary, not to exceed 50 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5242
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Amnesties
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Economics and Public Finance
Fines (Penalties)
Government paperwork
Law
Small business
Tax administration
Tax assessment
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act of 2006 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to direct agency heads not to impose civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns unless there is potential for serious harm to the public interest, the detection of criminal activity would be impaired, the violation is not corrected within six months, the violation is a violation of internal revenue law or a law concerning the assessment or collection of any tax, debt, revenue, or receipt, or the violation presents a danger to the public health or safety. Permits an agency to determine that a fine should not be imposed for a violation that presents a danger to public health or safety if the violation is corrected within 24 hours after receipt by the small business owner of notification of the violation in writing.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to any violation by a small business of a requirement regarding the collection of information by an agency if the small business previously violated any requirement concerning the collection of information by that agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Dedicated Dental Service for HIV/AIDS Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5243
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access to health care
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Demography
Dental care
Dentistry
Dentists
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Loan defaults
Medical education
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Dedicated Dental Service for HIV/AIDS Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement under which an individual agrees to serve as a dentist for a not less than two years at a facility with a critical shortage of dentists in an area with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS in exchange for the Secretary making payments on the individual's dental education loans. Requires such payments to equal 30% of the principal and interest on such loans after the first and second years of service and 25% after the third year of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E652-653)
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House