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Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-5718
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Clothing
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Dislocated workers
Employee health benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Imports
Income tax
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Occupational retraining
Tax credits
Taxation
Textile industry
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal group eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that: (1) the country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of the articles be a party to a free trade agreement with the United States; or (2) such country be a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

Requires the Secretary of Labor, with respect to textile and apparel workers, to make group eligibility determinations without regard to the sales, imports, and production factors of the group eligibility requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of allowing states to use a greater portion of their TAA funds for administrative expenses.

Increases the amount of payments for training of adversely affected workers under the Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit for health insurance costs of certain TAA and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension recipients.

Requires the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor each to carry out compatible and coordinated programs to simplify the TAA eligibility process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5719
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Fetus
Human embryology
Medical research
Pregnancy
Science, Technology, Communications
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any person or entity involved in interstate commerce from: (1) soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting a donation of human fetal tissue knowing that a human pregnancy was deliberately initiated to provide such tissue; or (2) knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting tissue or cells obtained from a human embryo or fetus that was gestated in the uterus of a nonhuman animal. Imposes fines and/or imprisonment for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Project SeaHawk Implementation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5720
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Freight
Harbors
Intermodal transportation
International Affairs
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Project SeaHawk Implementation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to establish or designate an interagency operational center for maritime and port security in each region designated by the Commandant as a Coast Guard sector. Declares that the purpose of each center is to facilitate day-to-day operational coordination, interagency cooperation, unity of command, and the sharing of intelligence information in a common mission to provide greater protection for port and intermodal transportation systems against acts of terrorism. Sets forth certain center requirements, including that each center be modeled on the Charleston Harbor Operations Center (popularly known as Project SeaHawk) administered by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina for the Port of Charleston located in Charleston, South Carolina.
 
Requires the head of each center to: (1) assist in implementation of maritime transportation security plans and transportation security incident response plans; (2) conduct short- and long-range vessel tracking and other maritime intelligence activities; and (3) be incorporated into the screening and high-risk cargo inspection programs carried out by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to expand the county organized health insuring organizations authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.

Bill: 109-hr-5721
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: California
County politics and government
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as added by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to add health insuring organizations operated by public entities established by Ventura and Merced Counties, California, to the number of county-organized health insuring organizations in California authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries under title XIX of the Social Security Act.
 
Increases from 14% to 16% the maximum percentage of California Medicaid beneficiaries which may be enrolled with such organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5722
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against the elderly
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Parole
Rape
Sentencing guidelines
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
State laws
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Elder Abuse Prevention Act of 2006 - Requires states to adopt laws and policies that prohibit parole for: (1) any individual who is convicted of a criminal sexual offense against a victim who is elderly; or (2) a sexually violent predator. 

Requests the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promptly review its guidelines for sexual offenses committed against the elderly and to consider new guidelines for enhanced sentencing for such crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park Study Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5723
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil War
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Kentucky
Military history
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park Study Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a specified study of the site of Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Requires such study to evaluate the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of establishing the site of such Park as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Land Between the Rivers Southern Illinois National Heritage Area Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5724
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Illinois

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Land Between the Rivers Southern Illinois National Heritage Area Act of 2006 - Establishes the Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area in Illinois. Designates the Southern Illinois University Carbondale as the management entity for the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-07-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5725
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Forest management
Land transfers
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Amends the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to: (1) authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of federal land pursuant to the Act; and (2) provide for the disposition of the net proceeds derived from sales or exchanges under the Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of administrative improvements for units of the National Forest System in Florida. 
 
Permits: (1) proceeds from the sale or exchange of such additional tract to be used exclusively for the purchase of inholdings in the Apalachicola National Forest; and (2) proceeds from any sale or exchange of land under this Act to be used for administrative improvements, as authorized above, only if the land generating the proceeds was improved with infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5727
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural estimating and reporting
Animals
Business records
Cattle
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Food industry
Food safety
Fraud
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Identification devices
Livestock
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require that each person, firm, or corporation required to identify livestock maintain accurate records.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5728
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Block grants
Child health
Cigarettes
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contraceptives
Dental care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health counseling
Health insurance
Identification devices
Infants
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Low birth weight
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Performance measurement
Poor children
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Social Welfare
State laws
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2006 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give states a new option to cover low-income pregnant women. 
 
Extends coverage under Medicaid of prescription drugs and counseling services to tobacco cessation medications to help pregnant women enrolled in the program quit using tobacco. Requires coverage of tobacco cessation counseling services for pregnant women, and exempts such services from cost-sharing charges. Covers tobacco cessation medications and counseling for pregnant women, also, under the Maternal and Child Health Services program under SSA title V.
 
Gives states the option under Medicaid to: (1) provide family planning services and supplies to individuals with incomes that do not exceed a state's income eligibility level for medical assistance; and (2) extend the postpartum period for provision of family planning services and supplies. 
 
Gives states the option to provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5729
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animals
Business records
Cattle
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer education
Defective products
Department of Agriculture
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Livestock
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and (3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary and mandatory nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as program countries under the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill: 109-hr-5730
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Czech Republic
Estonia
Europe
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Passports
Poland
Tourism
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Designates Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as visa waiver program countries under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5731
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Minimum wages
Poverty
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should be adjusted every four years so that a person earning such wage may earn an annual income of not less than 112% of the federal poverty threshold; and (2) Congress or the states may establish higher minimum wage requirements than that established in this Act.
 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise calculation of the federal minimum wage to be not less than $5.15 an hour beginning September 1, 1997, and not less than the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person to earn an annual income that is 12% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a two person household, with one child under age 18 years of age, beginning January 1, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.

Bill: 109-hr-5732
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Fishery management
Fishes
Lakes
National parks
National recreation areas
Washington State
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) stock fish only with the concurrence of and in coordination with the State of Washington; and (2) only select lakes to be stocked from the 91 lakes that have historically had fish stocking. Instructs the Secretary to only stock fish that are native to the watershed or that are functionally sterile. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1324)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House