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Responsible Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act

Bill: 109-s-2291
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Biological warfare
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Damages
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Epidemics
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government trust funds
Health surveys
Indemnity
Influenza
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Liability (Law)
Limitation of actions
Local laws
Medical malpractice
Negligence
Smallpox
State laws
Terrorism
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Responsible Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act - Repeals the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (Division C of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006).
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Biodefense Injury Compensation Program to provide compensation for death or any injury, illness, disability, or condition that is likely to have been caused by the administration of a covered countermeasure pursuant to a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or public health emergency makes such administration to a category of individuals advisable.
 
Requires the Secretary: (1) after making such a declaration, to enter into a contract for the Institute of Medicine to provide its recommendations on the injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions likely to have been caused by the countermeasure; and (2) after receiving such recommendations, to specify those injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions deemed to be included in the Vaccine Injury Table. 
 
Sets the effective date for such Program as November 25, 2002.
 
Extends liability protection for health professionals administering small pox countermeasures to include covered countermeasures under this Act. Excludes from such protection the administration by a qualified person of a covered countermeasure to an individual who was not within a category of individuals covered by the declaration where such qualified person did not have reasonable grounds to believe such individual was within a category.
 
Makes the United States liable for any claims arising out of the manufacture, distribution, or administration of a covered countermeasure, including claims brought by U.S. military personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1361-1363)
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges.

Bill: 109-s-2292
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative fees
Collection of accounts
Construction costs
Courthouses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal office buildings
Maintenance and repair
Property tax
Rent
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Prohibits, effective October 1, 2006: (1) rent charges established by the Administrator of General Services for accommodations provided to the judicial branch from exceeding the actual costs of operating and maintaining such accommodations by the General Services Administration (GSA); and (2) any amounts for shell rent, capital costs, real estate taxes (except for taxes paid by the Administrator to lessors), or administrative fees from being included in such rent charges. Requires the judicial branch's repayment to the Administrator of the cost of repair and alteration projects performed by GSA on judicial branch accommodations after October 1, 2006, to be recovered over time in a manner agreed upon by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Administrator. 

action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Prohibits, effective October 1, 2006: (1) rent charges established by the Administrator of General Services for accommodations provided to the judicial branch from exceeding the actual costs of operating and maintaining such accommodations by the General Services Administration (GSA); and (2) any amounts for shell rent, capital costs, real estate taxes (except for taxes paid by the Administrator to lessors), or administrative fees from being included in such rent charges. Requires the judicial branch's repayment to the Administrator of the cost of repair and alteration projects performed by GSA on judicial branch accommodations after October 1, 2006, to be recovered over time in a manner agreed upon by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Administrator. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1363)
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize a military construction project for the construction of an advanced training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas.

Bill: 109-s-2293
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Construction costs
Education
Health
Higher education
Medical education
Military construction operations
Military hospitals
Texas
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out a military construction project for the construction of an advanced training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Facility, San Antonio, Texas, for the purpose of serving severely injured military personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-2294
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Pacific Ocean
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from the waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf whose oil and natural gas resources the Secretary of Energy is required to inventory and analyze.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1958)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1415-1416)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2295
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chemical warfare
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental research
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes
Health
Labor and Employment
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Marine safety
Medical research
Navigational aids
Occupational health and safety
Pollution measurement
Public health
Research grants
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Surveying
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) conduct a survey of all Hawaiian underwater sites where chemical munitions are known to have been disposed of by the Armed Forces between 1941 and 1972; and (2) identify on Hawaiian coastal nautical charts and other navigational materials navigational hazards to private activities and commercial shipping or fishing operations as identified in the survey. Requires the Secretary to implement appropriate monitoring mechanisms to recognize and track the potential release of hazardous chemical agents into the marine environment from such disposal sites.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to conduct research and provide research grants to study the long-term effects of seawater exposure on chemical munitions, including the potential public health risks associated with, and the environmental impact of, ocean disposal of chemical munitions. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility and cost of implementing multiple remediation measures at the disposal sites covered by the survey, including an analysis of the public health and environmental safety risks of such sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1416)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act

Bill: 109-s-2296
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Concentration camps
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Deportation
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
History
Immigration
Japanese Americans
Latin America
Latin Americans
Prisoners of war
Relocation
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese descent.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) extend the study of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to investigate U.S. relocation, internment, and (in some cases) deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent held in U.S. custody from December 1941 through February 1948; and (2) recommend appropriate remedies to Congress based on preliminary findings by the original Commission and new discoveries.
 
Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1417-1418)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1416-1417)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the applicability of deadlines relating to construction of hydroelectric projects to certain hydroelectric projects located or proposed to be located on the Upper Hudson River in the State of New York.

Bill: 109-s-2297
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Hydroelectric power
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
New York State
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Rivers
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Suspends the statutory time period governing commencement and completion of construction of a hydroelectric project until the date on which the Hudson River PCB site has been: (1) removed from the National Priorities List; or (2) approved for hydroelectric project construction by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
 
Deems any order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued before the date of enactment of this Act that addresses such suspended deadline to be void and of no legal effect with respect to any failure by a licensee to meet the deadline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act

Bill: 109-s-2298
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aviation fuels
California
Chemicals
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental technology
Explosives
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Groundwater
Law
Potable water
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Technological innovations
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act - Establishes the California Perchlorate Cleanup Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer amounts from the Fund to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the federal share of grants to California water authorities for the cleanup of water sources and supplies contaminated by perchlorate. Directs the Administrator, in awarding such grants, to give priority to: (1) activities for the remediation of drinking water contaminated with perchlorate, a water source with a high concentration of perchlorate, or a water source that serves a large population that is directly affected by perchlorate contamination; and (2) activities in the Santa Clara Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, Sacramento County, regions within the natural watershed of the Santa Ana River, and any other region that has a damaged water source contaminated with perchlorate.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to nonfederal entities for research and development of perchlorate remediation technologies.
 
Urges the Administrator to establish a national drinking water standard for perchlorate that reflects all routes of exposure to perchlorate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1419-1420)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1418-1419)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to restore Federal aid for the repair, restoration, and replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities that are damaged or destroyed by a major disaster.

Bill: 109-s-2299
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Maintenance and repair
Nonprofit organizations
Private schools
School buildings
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to restore federal aid for the repair, restoration, and replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1420)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower PRICED Drugs Act

Bill: 109-s-2300
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Antibiotics
Child health
Clinical trials
Commerce
Consumer education
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug utilization
Families
Generic drugs
Intellectual property
Labeling
Marketing
Patent infringement
Patents
Prescription pricing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Lower Prices Reduced with Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs Act or the Lower PRICED Drugs Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an abbreviated application for a new drug containing certain antibiotics, the approved labeling for which includes a method of use that is claimed by a patent, to include a statement: (1) that identifies the relevant patent and the approved use covered by the patent; and (2) that the applicant is not seeking approval of such use.
 
 Requires the court to consider the totality of circumstances and the public interest in deciding whether to shorten the 30-month period that delays the approval of an abbreviated drug application when a patent infringement case is filed against the applicant.
 
Limits market exclusivity provided for conducting pediatric studies of new drugs to only those new drugs for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services approves labeling that contains specific, therapeutically meaningful information about the use of the drug product in pediatric patients.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from delaying the approval of a new drug application while a petition is reviewed and considered. Requires the Secretary to take final agency action on a petition within six months of receipt, with no extensions allowed. Extends the 30-month period that the Secretary has to approve or disapprove an abbreviated application for a new drug by the amount of time that lapses from the date the Secretary receives a petition and the date of the final agency action on the petition, without regard to whether the Secretary grants or denies the petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-27
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1421-1422)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1420-1421)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on synthetic quartz or synthetic fused silica.

Bill: 109-s-2301
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Glass and glass industry
Minerals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on synthetic quartz or synthetic fused silica.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Emergency Management Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2302
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Executive reorganization
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Legislation
Planning
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Federal Emergency Management Improvement Act of 2006 - Reestablishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an independent establishment in the executive branch. Requires FEMA to be headed by a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 
Requires FEMA to: (1) include all functions and authorities prescribed by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and (2) carry out its mission to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the nation from all hazards with a comprehensive, risk-based emergency management program.
 
Requires FEMA to remain the lead agency for the Federal Response Plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure that the one half of the National Guard forces of each State are available to such State at all times, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-2303
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Iraq compilation
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Requires Army and Air National Guard forces available to each state at all times to be at least 50 percent of the aggregate Army and Air National Guard forces of such state. Directs the Secretary of Defense, upon request of the appropriate governor, to transfer National Guard forces to a state in order to meet such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1423)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2304
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Constitutional conventions
International Affairs
Law
Legislative resolutions
National self-determination
Puerto Rico
Referendum
Statehood (American politics)
Territories (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2006 - States that Congress reaffirms the inherent authority of the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to call, and hereby expressly authorizes the calling of, a constitutional convention through the election of delegates for the purpose of establishing a mechanism for self-determination. 
 
Provides that, upon the approval by a constitutional convention in the Commonwealth of a self-determination option, the convention shall submit a self-determination proposal to Congress for approval.
 
Requires submission of the proposal, upon approval by Congress with or without modifications, to the people of the Commonwealth for approval or rejection in a referendum.
 
Requires enactment of a joint resolution of Congress approving the terms of the proposal, including implementing provisions, if the people of Puerto Rico approve the proposal in the referendum.
 
Provides that, if a self-determination proposal is not approved by Congress or by the people of Puerto Rico in a referendum, the Government of the Commonwealth should call for a new constitutional convention, including an election by the people of Puerto Rico of new delegates to the convention, for the purpose of formulating and submitting to Congress a new self-determination proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate