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To require Congressional approval for implementation of a severity-adjusted inpatient prospective payment system for rural hospitals under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 109-hr-5942
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Case mix (Medical care)
Congress
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Law
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Requires congressional approval for implementation of a severity-adjusted inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) for rural hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Stop Child Pornographers and Predators Act

Bill: 109-hr-5944
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child labor
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Import restrictions
Labor and Employment
Law
Life imprisonment
Pornography
Prostitution
Recidivists
Sex offenders
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Stop Child Pornographers and Predators Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit the production, distribution, receipt, or possession of visual depictions of prepubescent children (age 12 or younger) engaging in sexually explicit conduct; (2) prohibit the use of pornographic materials to facilitate sex offenses against minors; (3) ban the distribution in the United States of child pornography produced outside the United States; and (4) increase criminal penalties for sex offenders who have a prior sex conviction involving a minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Privacy Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5945
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug advertising
Drug industry
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Marketing
Medical personnel
Medical records
Physicians
Right of privacy
Sales promotion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Prescription Privacy Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit a drug manufacturer from, directly or indirectly, using prescriber identifiable health information for commercial purposes. Establishes a penalty for violation of such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Forgotten Veteran's Retirement Compensation Act

Bill: 109-hr-5947
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Forgotten Veteran's Retirement Compensation Act - Limits the conditions under which military retired pay based on nonregular service involving members of reserve components completing their service before 1966 may be revoked. Provides for back payment of retired pay to such veterans or, if deceased, to their surviving spouses and dependent children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, American Lake, Washington.

Bill: 109-hr-5949
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Earth movements and building
Emergency Management
Health
Nursing homes
Veterans' hospitals
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for seismic correction, including replacement of the nursing home care unit and dietetics facilities, of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, American Lake, Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm Energy Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5950
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Capital investments
Commerce
Cooperative societies
Depletion allowances
Depreciation and amortization
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas industry
Gas pipelines
Geology
Geophysical prediction
Income tax
Oils and fats
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Prospecting
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Sulphur
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Family Farm Energy Relief Act of 2006 - Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to: (1) the expensing of equipment used in refining of liquid fuels and accelerated depreciation of natural gas distribution and gathering lines; (2) the pass through of tax deductions for environmental compliance costs; (3) the small refiner exception to limitations on the oil depletion tax deduction; and (4) the two-year amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain farmers actively engaged in farming: (1) a tax credit for 10% of farm diesel fuel expenses through 2009; (2) an increased agri-biodiesel producer tax credit; and (3) a small biodiesel producer tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1553-1554)
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of the Commission for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5953
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Commercialization
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy research
Federal advisory bodies
Feedstock
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Hydrogen
Natural gas vehicles
Science, Technology, Communications
Strategic planning
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Establishes the Commission for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells to: (1) develop a strategic plan that identifies the best methods available to marshal the resources of the federal, state, local governments, the private sector, and academia to achieve mass commercialization of hydrogen as an energy source for stationary and vehicle fuel cells; (2) examine ways to ensure that the United States can use all available feedstocks for hydrogen production; and (3) make recommendations for an appropriate entity to monitor ongoing progress in implementing the strategic plan.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Oversight Act

Bill: 109-hr-5954
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Classified defense information
Congressional committee jurisdiction
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional employees
Congressional information resources
Congressional reporting requirements
Covert operations
Government Operations and Politics
House Intelligence
House rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Official secrets
Security clearances
Senate Intelligence

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Intelligence Oversight Act - Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Select Committee on Intelligence from rejecting a request by one of certain standing committees to make classified information in the Intelligence Committee's possession about lawful intelligence or intelligence-related activities of a federal agency available to such committee if the information relates to any matter within the committee's jurisdiction, unless the information reveals sensitive intelligence sources and methods or reveals sensitive information related to a covert action. 
 
Requires the Intelligence Committee to notify appropriate standing committees of any classified information received by it that falls within such a committee's jurisdiction. Requires Intelligence Committee members who also serve on the standing committee, in coordination with its chairman, to brief the entire membership on such classified information.
 
Provides for Intelligence Committee assistance to standing committees requesting a briefing on classified information held by executive branch offices.
 
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to conform to this Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5955
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Anesthetics
Hospital care
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by a physician who is an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payment is made for anesthesia services furnished by a certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Fair Fund Improvement Act

Bill: 109-hr-5956
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government service contracts
Law
Legal fees
Legal services
Securities fraud
Victims

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Fair Fund Improvement Act - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to revise the requirement that, if the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) obtains an order requiring disgorgement for a violation, and also obtains a civil penalty, such penalty shall, at SEC motion or discretion, be added to the disgorgement fund for the benefit of victims. Repeals the initial requirement for a disgorgement order. Declares that, if the SEC obtains a civil penalty for violation of securities laws, the penalty shall, upon SEC motion, be added to and become part of a disgorgement or other fund established for the benefit of the victims of such violation.
 
Authorizes the SEC to enter into contracts to retain private legal counsel to collect delinquent judgments and orders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5957
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Electric utilities
Energy
Hydroelectric power
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2006- Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a river management plan for the designated segments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
American TEOS Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5958
Sponsor: Rep. Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Chemicals
Commerce
Energy
Feedstock
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
American TEOS Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for alcohol used as fuel to include ethanol used in tetra ethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
TEAM up for Energy Independence Act

Bill: 109-hr-5959
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobiles
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Energy
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Labeling
Natural gas vehicles
Service stations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
To Encourage Alternatively fueled vehicle Manufacturing up for Energy Independence Act of 2006 or the TEAM up for Energy Independence Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the first retail sale of each passenger automobile sold by manufacturers, producers, or importers. Exempts alternative fueled automobiles from such tax. 
 
Amends federal transportation law to revise the definitons of &quot;automobile&quot; and &quot;passenger automobile&quot; to increase the gross vehicle weight limit from 6,000 to 10,000 pounds.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to make grants for alternative fuel refueling infrastructure projects from a trust fund into which revenues from the excise tax on passenger automobiles shall be deposited.
 
Amends the Automobile Information Disclosure Act to require labeling for new automobiles to indicate: (1) whether a new automobile is an alternative fueled automobile; and (2) the types of fuel on which such automobile can operate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-07-28
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: 2006-07-28
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: 2006-07-28
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: 2006-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1589)
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Integrity and Accountability in Administration Pardons Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5961
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Imprisonment
Misconduct in office
Pardons
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Integrity and Accountability in Administration Pardons Act of 2006 - Requires the President to report to Congress on pardons or reprieves granted to current or former executive branch officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1604)
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Close the Revolving Door Act

Bill: 109-hr-5963
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Federal employees
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Close the Revolving Door Act - Amends the federal criminal code to specify that the one-year post-employment prohibition against certain senior executive agency personnel making communications or appearances to influence the agency in which such person served within the year before their service terminated shall apply to former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who served in DHS at any time during the year before their service terminated. Prohibits DHS or any agency thereof from requesting a waiver of such restriction. Prohibits any agency, bureau, or other entity of DHS from being designated as a separate agency or bureau for purposes of such prohibition. 
 
Makes certain post-employment restrictions on former executive branch officers and employees applicable to persons who make a communication or appearance on behalf of a former DHS officer or employee.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5966
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Arrest
Child health
Child labor
Child welfare
Children's rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colombia
Compulsory military service
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Diplomacy
Economic assistance
Employee training
Export finance
Families
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human rights
International cooperation
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mental health services
Military assistance
Military education
Military personnel
Military training
Nepal
Paramilitary forces
President and foreign policy
Prosecution
Psychology
Recruiting and enlistment
Sanctions (International law)
South Asia
Uganda
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2006 - Defines &quot;child soldier.&quot; 
 
States that Congress condemns the conscription, forced recruitment, or use of children by governments, paramilitaries, or other organizations in hostilities. 
 
Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds appropriated or otherwise made available for specified military and related uses from being obligated or otherwise made available to the government of a country identified by the Department of State as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit or use child soldiers. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to notify any government so identified.
 
Authorizes the President to reinstate assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future placement of children in combat roles and to ensure that no children are recruited before the age of 16 years old or forcibly recruited or conscripted before the age of 18 years old. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for programs that directly address the child soldier problem. 
 
States that the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs shall coordinate U.S. policy on child soldier issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House