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Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3968
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Covert operations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2006 - Reaffirms the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate financial transactions, programs, and activities of elements of the intelligence community (those elements identified in the National Security Act of 1947) and obtain access to records for such purposes.

Allows the Comptroller General to conduct an audit or evaluation of intelligence sources and methods or covert actions only upon a request of a congressional intelligence committee or the majority or minority leader of the Senate or the House of Representatives. Requires the Comptroller General to disclose the results of any such audit or evaluation only to the original requestor, the Director of National Intelligence, and the head of the relevant element of the intelligence community. 

Requires the Comptroller General to establish safeguards to protect the unauthorized disclosure of all classified and other sensitive information furnished to the Comptroller General in conducting an audit or evaluation.

Requires elements of the intelligence community to cooperate with the Comptroller General in providing documentation and information necessary for audits and evaluations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10471)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10463-10471)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3969
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contractors
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Environmental Protection Agency
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Governmental investigations
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Lead poisoning
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
Paints and varnishes
Preschool education
School buildings
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments.
 
Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to provide grants to assist such facilitites in carrying out activities to protect children from lead exposure; (2) promulgate regulations requiring such facilities to test applicable exposure pathways for lead, prohibiting states and Indian tribes from issuing a license to such facilities until the testing is complete and the exposure to lead is eliminated, and requiring all child-occupied facilities to eliminate the risk of exposure to lead through applicable exposure pathways; and (3) apply regulations governing lead-based paint activities to contractors and workers engaged in the renovation, remodeling, or painting of such facilitates and to establish a program to provide information and training about those activities to them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10471-10472)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the President to establish an energy security working group.

Bill: 109-s-3970
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy security
Energy supplies
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International cooperation
Petroleum reserves
President and foreign policy
Strategic planning
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the President to establish an Energy Security Working Group to develop an inventory of worldwide energy reserves to assist the federal government to: (1) prioritize potential alliances between the United States and foreign countries; (2) recognize undue influences, if any, on strategically important foreign countries; and (3) develop a strategic plan for the United States to identify and support strategic energy alliances with foreign countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Iran Freedom Support Act

Bill: 109-s-3971
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: American investments
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Ballistic missiles
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Conventional weapons
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Economic assistance
Energy
Equality before the law
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Guided missiles
Human rights
International broadcasting
International control of nuclear power
International cooperation
Iran
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Money laundering
Nuclear nonproliferation
Organized crime
Petroleum
President and foreign policy
Reactor fuel reprocessing
Religion
Religious liberty
Right of assembly
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Technical assistance
Technology transfer
Terrorism
Treaties
Uranium enrichment
Weapons of mass destruction
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Iran Freedom Support Act - States that: (1) specified U.S. sanctions, controls, and regulations with respect to Iran shall remain in effect. Authorizes the President to terminate such sanctions in whole or in part upon congressional notification; and (2) nothing in this Act shall affect sanctions, controls, or regulations relating to Iranian support of international terrorism.
 Amends the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to: (1) eliminate mandatory sanction provisions respecting Libya; (2) impose mandatory sanctions on a person or entity that aids Iran acquire or develop weapons of mass destruction or destabilizing types and numbers of conventional weapons; (3) require that Iran be determined to pose no significant threat to U.S. national security, interests, or allies in order to lift sanctions against entities investing in Iran's petroleum industry; (4) extend the sunset provision; and (5) rename such Act as the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. 
Authorizes the President to provide financial and political assistance to eligible foreign and domestic individuals and groups that support democracy in Iran. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) not bring into force an agreement for cooperation with the government of any country that is assisting the nuclear program of Iran or transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Iran; and (2) support independent human rights and peaceful pro-democracy forces in Iran.
 
Includes money laundering activities involved in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or missiles in the federal provisions regulating certain monetary transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Fiscal Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility in SCHIP Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3972
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Fiscal Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility in SCHIP Act of 2006, or FAIR-SCHIP Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to set forth special rules to fund the FY2007 SCHIP allotment shortfalls, including through a redistribution of certain unused FY2005 allotments.
 
Extends authority for qualifying states to use certain funds for Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10472-10473)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10472)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3973
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make public transportation formula grants for operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 if such public transportation system operates fewer than 100 buses on fixed route service during peak hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to permit a special amortization deduction for intangible assets acquired from eligible small businesses to take account of the actual economic useful life of such assets and to encourage growth in industries for which intangible assets are an important source of revenue.

Bill: 109-s-3974
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Estates (Law)
Income tax
Intangible property
Law
Partnerships
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a special amortization tax deduction for up to $5 million of the intangible property acquired from an eligible small business (i.e., gross receipts not exceeding $5 million for the three preceding taxable years) after December 31, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3976
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government liability
Law
Limitation of actions
Minorities
Racial discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006 - States that any Pigford claimant (relating to a racial discrimination action against the Department of Agriculture) who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Pigford claim may, in a civil action, obtain that determination. 
 
States that it is Congress' intent that this Act be liberally construed so as to effectuate its remedial purpose of giving a full determination on the merits for each denied Pigford claim. 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;Pigford claimant&quot; as an individual who previously submitted a late-filing request under the consent decree in the case of 
Pigford v. Glickman 
(1999); and (2) &quot;Pigford claim&quot; as a discrimination complaint as defined and documented by such consent decree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide a Federal income tax credit for Patriot employers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3977
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Corporate management
Defined benefit pension plans
Defined contribution plans
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Iraq compilation
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
National Guard
Salaries
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer certified as a Patriot employer by the Secretary of the Treasury a tax credit for one percent of such employer's taxable income. Defines a &quot;Patriot employer&quot; as any taxpayer who: (1) maintains its headquarters in the United States; (2) pays at least 60% of the health care premiums of its employees; (3) maintains or increases the number of its full-time workers in the United States relative to its full-time workers outside of the United States: (4) provides its employees with a certain level of compensation and retirement benefits; and (5) provides full differential salary and insurance benefits for all National Guard and Reserve employees called to active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10480)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10479)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Debit and Check Card Consumer Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3978
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer protection
Credit cards
Debit cards
Electronic funds transfers
Federal Reserve System
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Liability (Law)
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Debit and Check Card Consumer Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Electronic Funds Transfer Act regarding consumer liability for unauthorized electronic fund transfers to repeal the provision that financial institutions need not reimburse a consumer for losses that would not have occurred but for the consumer's failure to report an unauthorized electronic fund transfer or account error within a certain time period. Repeals the $500 consumer liability limit for such unauthorized transfers or account errors (thus applying the regular $50 maximum limit currently specified for timely reported unauthorized transfers or account errors).
 
Applies error resolution requirements to any charge for goods or services not accepted by the consumer (or designee), or not delivered to the consumer (or designee), in accordance with the agreement made at the time of a transaction.
 
Sets forth the rights of consumers with respect to issuers of accepted credit and debit cards.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10481)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10480-10481)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the North Country National Scenic Trail.

Bill: 109-s-3979
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Land transfers
Landowners
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Amends the National Trails System Act to prohibit federal acquisition of lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area for the North Country National Scenic Trail except with the owner's consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3980
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Allergies
Commerce
Data banks
Drug therapy
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Families
Federal aid to education
Food safety
Health education
Medical records
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Parent-school relationships
School health programs
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Student activities
Student records
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a voluntary policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Directs that such policy address: (1) a parental obligation to provide the school with information regarding a student's food allergy and anaphylaxis; (2) creation of an individual health care plan tailored to each student with a documented risk for anaphylaxis; (3) communication strategies between schools and emergency medical services; (4) strategies to reduce the risk of exposure in classrooms and common areas; (5) food allergy management training of school personnel; and (6) authorization and training of school personnel to administer epinephrine when the school nurse is not immediately available.
 
Allows the Secretary to award grants to assist local educational agencies in implementing food allergy management guidelines contained in the policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10481-10482)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Citizen Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3981
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Fines (Penalties)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Law
Legal fees
Marketing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Citizen Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that any citizen petition or request for stay of action related to an abbreviated new drug application include a statement that the petition: (1) includes all information and views on which the petitioner relies; (2) is well grounded in fact and warranted by law; (3) is not submitted for an improper purpose; and (4) does not contain a materially false, misleading, or fraudulent statement. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate any petition that does not comply.
 
Allows the Secretary to impose penalties for knowingly and willfully submitting a petition for an improper purpose or that contains a materially false, misleading, or fraudulent statement. Provides that such penalties may include: (1) civil penalty; (2) suspension or revocation of the authority to submit a petition; and (3) dismissal of the petition. Requires the Secretary to refer such a violative petition to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for further action. Sets forth the factors that the Secretary shall consider in taking an enforcement action or determining the penalty.
 
Permits any person aggrieved by a petition that may contain violations to request the Secretary to investigate. Subjects knowing and intentional violative requests to civil penalties.
 
Requires the Secretary to take final agency action on such a petition within six months. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10483-10484)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10482-10483)
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Assured Compensation for First Responders Act

Bill: 109-s-3982
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Biological warfare
Civil actions and liability
Compensation (Law)
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Epidemics
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Law
Liability (Law)
Smallpox
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Assured Compensation for First Responders 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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 655.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate