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Federal Courts Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5440
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Civil actions and liability
Civil procedure
Claims
Commerce
Corporations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure
Damages
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Government Operations and Politics
Habeas corpus
Immigration
Incorporation
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Jurisdiction
Prosecution
State courts

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Federal Courts Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to jurisdictional rules and the amount in controversy in civil litigation concerning: (1) denial of district court original jurisdiction of an action between a citizen of a state and a resident alien domiciled in the same state; (2) citizenship rules for corporations and insurance companies with foreign contacts; (4) removal procedures for civil and criminal actions and summary remand; (5) indexing of the amount in controversy; and (6) the use of declarations to specify damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Science Accountability Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5442
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Science Accountability Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to: (1) establish challenging academic content and student achievement standards in science, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year; and (2) measure the achievement of students in grades three through eight against such standards, beginning in the 2009-2010 school year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5443
Sponsor: Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building laws
Congressional reporting requirements
Consent decrees
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home ownership
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Income
Labor and Employment
Law
Low-income housing
Performance measurement
Public housing
Relocation
Rent
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Standards
Welfare eligibility
Welfare work participation
Witnesses
Working poor

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to set forth exceptions to the requirement of initial inspection prior to occupancy, especially to allow assistance payments if failure to meet standards results only from non-life threatening conditions.
 
Prescribes guidelines for income reviews and calculation of income. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make an annual inflation adjustment to exclusions from such calculation.
 
Instructs the Secretary to implement a Moving to Work Program in which selected public housing agencies may participate.
 
Authorizes funding for tenant-based vouchers.
 
Permits a public housing agency, at its discretion, to provide a single grant to be used only as a contribution toward the downpayment for the purchase of a dwelling, in lieu of monthly assistance payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 2.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act

Bill: 109-hr-5444
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Clothing
Cost of living adjustments
Disabled
Families
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Credit Repair Organizations Act Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 109-hr-5445
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer complaints
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fees
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identity theft

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Credit Repair Organizations Act Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Credit Repair Organizations Act to cite conditions under which provision to a consumer of credit reports, credit score analysis, and assistance with identity theft shall not be treated as an activity to improve a consumer's credit status, which is subject to regulation under such Act.
 
Revises credit repair organization disclosure requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to report to the Congress on the effects of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on the fisheries and fish habitat of the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-5446
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Animals
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Fisheries
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing
Fishing boats
Floods
Florida
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mississippi
Shellfish
Sports and Recreation
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to report to Congress on the effects of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on U.S. fisheries and fish habitats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish a regional economic transition program to provide immediate disaster relief assistance to the fishermen, charter fishing operators, United States fish processors, and owners of related fishery infrastructure affected by a catastrophic regional fishery disaster, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5447
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Coastal zone
Commerce
Disaster relief
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-state relations
Fisheries
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Imports
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Occupational retraining
Refuse and refuse disposal
Seafood
Shellfish
Storage
Tsunamis

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, upon the request of a state Governor, to establish a regional economic transition program to provide disaster relief to fishermen, charter fishing operators, U.S. fish processors, and owners of related fishery infrastructure affected by a catastrophic regional fishery disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Louisiana Hurricane and Flood Protection Council Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5448
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Civil engineering
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Hydraulic engineering
Hydrology
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Louisiana Hurricane and Flood Protection Council Act of 2006 - Establishes the Louisiana Hurricane and Flood Protection Council. 
 
Directs the Council to: (1) manage and oversee the implementation of a system-wide, comprehensive plan for Corps of Engineers projects that addresses hurricane protection, flood control, coastal and ecosystem restoration, storm surge damage reduction, or navigation in any area along the Louisiana coast in which a major disaster relating to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita was declared by the President on or after August 29, 2005, in accordance with the comprehensive hurricane protection program authorized by Congress during 2005; (2) establish and carry out a 20-year demonstration program for the study, design, integrated implementation, and system-wide management of any project or component of a Corps project in such disaster area; and (3) develop recommendations for an emergency strategy to repair infrastructure relating to projects under the plan and to supplement the Corps' authority in any Louisiana area affected by a major disaster or emergency declared by the President to exist during the demonstration program period.
 
Requires each Corps' study in the disaster area authorized during the period of such program to be conducted in accordance with it. Prohibits the Corps from implementing a report or recommendation of the Council until it is approved by specified congressional committees.
 
Terminates the Council on December 31, 2026.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Bill: 109-hr-5449
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air traffic
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Transportation
Employee-management relations in government
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Personnel management
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to repeal, as of April 1, 2006, provisions prohibiting the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from implementing any proposed change to the FAA personnel management system, in cases where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement between the Administrator and FAA employees, until 60 days after the Administrator has transmitted the proposed change (along with the objections of the exclusive bargaining representatives to the change, including the reasons for such objections) to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 271 - 148 (Roll no. 233). (text: CR 6/06/2006 H3394)
action_date: 2006-06-07
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): 271 - 148 (Roll no. 233).(text: CR 6/06/2006 H3394)
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3479-3480)
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5449.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3394-3402)
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Mr. LaTourette moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Accurate Representation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5451
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census
Congress
Congressional districts
Illegal aliens
Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Fair and Accurate Representation Act of 2006 - Amends federal census law to direct the Secretary of Commerce to adjust census figures as necessary so that illegal aliens are not counted for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act

Bill: 109-hr-5452
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Law
Licenses
National parks
National recreation areas
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act - Makes the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-05-23
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: 2006-05-23
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: 2006-05-23
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: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal.

Bill: 109-hr-5453
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Coal
Energy
Excise tax
Fuel
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2020 excise tax credits and refunds for liquid fuels and mixtures derived from coal (including peat) through the Fischer-Tropsch process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2007.

Bill: 109-hr-5454
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Judicial compensation
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Authorizes salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for FY2007. 

action_date: 2006-09-25
text: 

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

Authorizes salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for FY2007. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6961)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6961)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5454.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6961-6962)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5455
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Finance and Financial Sector
Identity theft
Larceny
Science, Technology, Communications
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) certify in writing to Congress that any individual whose personal information is compromised due to lax data security at the VA has been appropriately notified in writing of such compromise; and (2) provide free of charge to each such individual credit monitoring services during the one-year period beginning on the date of this Act's enactment and a copy of the affected individual's credit report (in addition to any other credit report provided under otherwise applicable law) once annually during the two-year period beginning on the date on which the credit monitoring services terminate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3501)
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To supersede certain judicial orders interfering with the implementation of amendments to section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill: 109-hr-5457
Sponsor: Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congress
Congressional-judicial relations
Deportation
Illegal aliens
Injunctions
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
States that the provisions of section 235 the Immigration and Nationality Act (inspection of aliens, expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens, and referral for hearing) in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act supersede any court order issued prior to the effective date specified in section 309(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (inspection, apprehension, detention, adjudication, and removal of inadmissible and exportable aliens) if the court order affects the Secretary of Homeland Security's ability to carry out expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House