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Homeless Assistance Consolidation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5041
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Age discrimination
Auditing
Authorization
Building construction
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Confidential communications
Continuum of care
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Eviction
Families
Family services
Family violence
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Homeless
Housing authorities
Housing discrimination
Housing finance
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Job creation
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Landlord and tenant
Law
Management information systems
Mental health services
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Planning
Public housing
Relocation
Rent
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Right of privacy
Shelters for the homeless
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers
Welfare eligibility
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 
Homeless Assistance Consolidation Act of 2006 - Amends the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include faith-based organizations among the community-based organizations eligible to receive assistance under the Act.
 
 Requires establishment of a continuum of care board for a geographic area for one or more units of general local government as a private nonprofit organization to lead a collaborative planning process to design, implement and evaluate programs, policies and practices to prevent and help end homelessness.
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make: (1) technical assistance available to such boards and project sponsors or potential project sponsors; and (2) grants to continuum of care boards to implement homeless assistance and prevention projects.
 

 
Prohibits termination of tenancy in either permanent housing or transitional housing, except for serious or repeated violations of the lease, violation of significant program requirements, violation of federal, state, or local law, or other good cause. 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide incentives to promote the creation of new permanent housing units for chronically homeless persons (Samaritan Chronic Homelessness Initiative) through the construction, acquisition and rehabilitation, leasing, or provision of rental assistance of permanent housing units owned or leased by a project sponsor or other independent entity contracting with a project sponsor.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E458)
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a land conveyance at the former Department of Labor Job Corps Training Center, Jacksonville, Florida.

Bill: 109-hr-5042
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to convey for municipal government purposes, including economic development, the property known as the Department of Labor Job Corps Training Center in Duval County, Florida, to the city of Jacksonville, after the existing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leasehold interest terminates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Benefits Voluntary Option Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5044
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Gifts
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Tax refunds
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 
Veterans Health Benefits Voluntary Option Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to designate an overpayment of income taxes to fund health benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Benefits Fund to receive designated tax overpayments and to pay health benefits through the Veterans Health Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Home for the Brave Act

Bill: 109-hr-5045
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Bank examination
Bank loans
Capital investments
Community development banking
Congregate housing
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Interest rates
Mortgages
Soldiers' homes
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 
A Home for the Brave Act - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require that, when a federal financial supervisory agency assesses the record of a financial institution, the agency consider capital investments, low interest loans, loan participation, technical assistance, and grants made by the institution to support or enable: (1) a veteran to purchase a home for use as principal residence; and (2) any entity establishing housing opportunities or assisted living facilities for veterans to carry out such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To promote youth financial education.

Bill: 109-hr-5046
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business education
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Curricula
Economic theory
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Nonprofit organizations
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching materials
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 
Youth Financial Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to allot grants to state educational agencies to provide funds to local educational agencies and public schools for personal financial literacy education programs for students in kindergarten through grade 12, and for professional development programs to prepare teachers and administrators for such financial education.
 
Directs the Secretary to make a grant to or contract with an entity with substantial financial education experience for a national clearinghouse for instructional materials and information on model financial education programs and best practices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-5047
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Arizona
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Migrant labor
National parks
Nonviolence
West (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study to determine: (1) appropriate methods for preserving and interpreting certain sites in Arizona, California, and other states that are significant to the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement in the western United States; and (2) whether any of the sites meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E458)
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Energy to undertake a study of the need for and feasibility of establishing a strategic natural gas reserve.

Bill: 109-hr-5048
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2006-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Natural gas
Natural gas reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Strategic materials

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on the need for and feasibility of establishing a strategic natural gas reserve similar to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize coverage for anesthesia and other costs related to dental care for children and certain other patients.

Bill: 109-hr-5050
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Anesthetics
Child health
Dental care
Disabled
Families
Health
Mentally disabled
Military dependents
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Includes, under authorized medical care provided through the Department of Defense (DOD) for the spouses and dependent children of veterans who are on active duty for more than 30 days, the following with respect to dental care: (1) necessary care adjunct to medical or surgical treatment; and (2) for patients with developmental, mental, or physical disabilities or for pediatric patients age five or under, institutional and anesthesia services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

Bill: 109-hr-5052
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative procedure
Deceptive advertising
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) promulgate rules prohibiting persons from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that such persons provide abortion services; and (2) enforce violations of such rules as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5053
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Delaware
District of Columbia
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sports and Recreation
Tennessee
Trails
Virginia
West (U.S.)
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include: (1) the route followed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the preparation phase of their expedition, starting at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, and traveling to Wood River, Illinois, and in the return phase from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Washington, D.C.; and (2) designated Lewis and Clark sites in Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a suitability and feasibility study to include the extended route within one year from the date funds are first made available for that purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design.

Bill: 109-hr-5055
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Clothing
Copyright
Damages
Eyeglasses
Intellectual property
Law
Liability (Law)
Shoe industry

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Extends copyright protection to fashion designs. Excludes from such protection fashion designs that are embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner more than three months before the registration of copyright application. Gives fashion designs copyright protection for three years.
 
Declares that is not infringement to make, have made, import, sell, or distribute any article embodying a design which was created without knowledge or reasonable grounds to know that protection for the design is claimed and was copied from such protected design.
 
Extends the definition of infringing article to include any article the design of which has been copied from an image of a protected design without the consent of the owner.
 
Applies the doctrines of secondary infringement and secondary liability to actions related to original designs. Makes any person who is liable under either such doctrine subject to all the remedies, including those attributable to any underlying or resulting infringement.
 
Requires the Register of Copyrights to determine whether or not the application relates to a design which on its face appears to be within the subject matter protected as original designs and, if so, register the design.
 
Increases allowable damage awards for infringement of original designs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E472-473)
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5056
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Environmental Protection
Farmers
Income tax
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real property
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) taxpayers making charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (qualified conservation contributions) to deduct up to 50% (currently, 30%) of their income for such contributions (100% for certain farmers or ranchers); and (2) a 15-year carryover of excess tax deduction amounts for such contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5059
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: National forests
New Hampshire
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006 - Designates specified federal lands in the White Mountain National Forest area of New Hampshire as a wilderness area (which shall be known as the Wild River Wilderness) and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 223 - 167 (Roll no. 471).
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 223 - 167 (Roll no. 471).
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6993-6994)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Ms. Bordallo objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5059.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6943-6944; text of measure as introduced: CR H6943)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House