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USA Fuels Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5398
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Buy American
Cellulose
Diesel motor
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gasoline
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: 
USA Fuels Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the the definition of &quot;renewable fuel&quot; any fuel that is imported or derived from any matter that is imported.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E856-857)
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5399
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the Medicare prescription drug late enrollment penalty for months during calendar year 2006.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to set additional limitations on the total amount of expenditures from the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund for periods prior to October 1, 2007, and during the period from October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5400
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Medicaid
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Psychiatric hospitals
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement for specified emergency care and services of private institutions for mental diseases subject (under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Medicaid (EMTALA) Program) to certain requirements for examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions.
 
Requires the Medicaid program to reimburse such institutions for care and services required to stabilize an emergency medical condition of an individual between ages 21 and 65, if the treatment is within the range of services that such institution typically provides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Consumption Education Act

Bill: 109-hr-5402
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Automobile industry
Commerce
Data banks
Energy conservation
Federal advisory bodies
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Petroleum industry
Public service advertising
Public-private partnerships
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Fuel Consumption Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into a partnership with interested industry groups to create a public education campaign for U.S. drivers about immediate measures that can be taken to conserve transportation fuel.
 
Terminates the America's Job Bank program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-05-17
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: 2006-05-17
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: 2006-05-17
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: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Competitive and Open Markets that Protect and Enhance the Treatment of Entrepreneurs Act

Bill: 109-hr-5405
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Corporate accountability
Corporate finance
Corporate management
Europe
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation
Small business
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Competitive and Open Markets that Protect and Enhance the Treatment of Entrepreneurs Act, or the COMPETE Act - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regarding the management assessment of internal controls in the annual report of each issuer of registered securities to require certain rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to permit a small public company to elect voluntarily not to provide in its annual report an assessment of (or a related public accounting firm attestation concerning) the effectiveness of its internal control structure and financial reporting procedures, if it meets specified size criteria. Includes among such criteria: (1) total market capitalization of less than $700 million; (2) total product revenue of less than $125 million; and (3) fewer than 1500 record beneficial holders.
 
Requires SEC rules to provide for random audits after the first year for which an attestation and report of such a small public company is made by a registered public accounting firm.
 
Directs the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Board) to: (1) alter the standard for review from a remote likelihood standard for noting weaknesses to a 5% de minimus material weakness criterion (based on 5% of net profits); (2) establish specific guidelines for measuring certain terms; and (3) modify independence rules to allow prudent interaction between registered public accounting firms performing such assessments and internal consultants.
 
Directs the SEC and the Board to: (1) jointly study and report to Congress on the principles-based Turnbull Guidance under the securities laws of the United Kingdom; and (2) compare and contrast such principles to the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To suspend the visa waiver program until certain entry-exit control requirements are met, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5406
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Identification devices
Passports
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Suspends the nonimmigrant visitor visa waiver program until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies to Congress that: (1) the automated entry-exit control system is fully implemented and functional; (2) all U.S. ports of entry have functional biometric machine readers; and (3) all nonimmigrants, including Border Crossing Card holders, are processed through the automated entry-exit control system. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the machine readable passport (including discretionary waiver) provisions of such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Deductibility and Incentives to Promote Learning Opportunities and Maximize Assistance (DIPLOMA) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5407
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Income tax
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Deductibility and Incentives to Promote Learning Opportunities and Maximize Assistance (DIPLOMA) Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an unlimited tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses for taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes do not exceed $80,000 ($160,000 for joint returns); (2) extend such deduction through 2010; (3) allow a tax deduction for principal amounts paid on education loans for the first 60 months of such loans; (4) replace the Hope Scholarship tax credit with an earned tuition tax credit for the first $1,500 of qualified tuition and related expenses (50% of expenses over $1,500 up to $4,000) for four years of postsecondary education; and (5) make the tax credit for earned tuition and lifetime learning expenses refundable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Joshua Haglund Justice and Peace Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5408
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Americans in foreign countries
Armenia
College costs
Colleges
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Europe
Federal aid to education
Higher education
International cooperation
International education
Minnesota
Multicultural education
Murder
Peace
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Joshua Haglund Justice and Peace Act of 2006 - Urges the Secretary of State to express to Armenian officials the serious concern of Congress with the lack of progress in resolving the murder of Joshua Haglund, a Minnesota resident who was teaching English in Armenia. Calls on Armenia to continue pursuing, in cooperation with U.S. officials, the investigation into his death, and to use all appropriate means to achieve justice in the case.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education to fund the Joshua Haglund Memorial Peace Scholarship Fund at the University of Minnesota, which will finance study abroad scholarships and diversity training to further Joshua Haglund's vision of compassion, peace, and community service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5409
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Fraud
Government publicity
Identity theft
Labor and Employment
Personnel records
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2006 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify an individual when: (1) the Social Security account number ascribed to the individual in the wage records provided by an employer to the Social Security Administration does not match relevant Administration records; or (2) the individual's Social Security account number has otherwise been used by any other person in a fraudulent or otherwise illegal manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5410
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Political representation
Senate
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2006 - Treats the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate.
 
 Prescribes a procedure for the first elections under this Act.
 
Entitles the District to one Representative until the taking effect of the next reapportionment.
 
Increases the permanent membership of the House by one seat for future reapportionment of Representatives.
 
Entitles the District, upon reapportionment, to as many seats in the House as a similarly populous state would be entitled to under the law.
 
Amends the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 to provide for elections for House Members and Senators from the District in lieu of a Delegate.
 
Repeals provisions of the: (1) District of Columbia Delegate Act establishing the office of District of Columbia Delegate to the House; and (2) District of Columbia Statehood Constitution Convention Initiative of 1979 providing for electing a Senator and Representative for the District.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Ordered to be Reported Unfavorably by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To make improvements in the codification of title 46, United States Code.

Bill: 109-hr-5413
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes
Civil actions and liability
Coastwise shipping
Commemorations
Department of Commerce
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employers' liability
Energy
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fisheries
Fishing boats
Fuel
Government Operations and Politics
Islands
Labor and Employment
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
Marine transportation
Merchant marine
Merchant seamen
Merchant ships
Micronesia
Oceania
Tax rates
Taxation
Torts
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 

 

 

 

 

 
Makes revisions to the codification of title 46 (&quot;Shipping&quot;) of the United States Code, as proposed by H.R. 1442.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, "Public Contracts".

Bill: 109-hr-5414
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government contractors
Government procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Enacts title 41 of the United States Code into positive law to be entitled &quot;Public Contracts.&quot; Makes technical and conforming amendments.

action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 

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

 
Enacts title 41 of the United States Code into positive law to be entitled &quot;Public Contracts.&quot; Makes technical and conforming amendments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 230.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-663.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-663.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E861)
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Vernadette Bader.

Bill: 109-hr-5415
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2006-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Vernadette Bader, of Taylor, Michigan, a specified sum as compensation for an erroneous calculation made by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the distribution of funds from a specified employment discrimination settlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Valley Fever Vaccine Development Act

Bill: 109-hr-5416
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Fungi
Pharmaceutical research
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
Valley Fever Vaccine Development Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants for research toward the development of a vaccine against coccidioidomycosis (commonly known as Valley Fever).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E876-877)
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5419
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Anniversaries
California
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commemorations
Federal-state relations
Flags
Fraternal organizations
Government Operations and Politics
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2006 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to honor a state's anniversary of admission to the Union by flying its flag over the Capitol each year on that anniversary.
 
Requires the AOC to: (1) fly the first such flag on the first September 9 which occurs after the enactment of this Act, in honor of California's anniversary; and (2) present it to the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House