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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under the Medicaid program.

Bill: 109-s-2305
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Citizenship
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Immigration
Medicaid
Passports
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under the Medicaid program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1885-1887)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1425)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1424-1425, S1425-1426)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Living Kidney Organ Donation Clarification Act

Bill: 109-s-2306
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Kidney diseases
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Living Kidney Organ Donation Clarification Act - Provides that for purposes of provisions of the National Organ Transplant Act that prohibit the transfer of any human organ for use in human transplantation for valuable consideration, kidney paired donation and kidney list donation do not involve such a transfer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1427)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2307
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural industries
Animals
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Competition
Contracts
Corporate management
Department of Agriculture
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Legal services
Livestock
Marketing of farm produce
Poultry
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006 - Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to define specified terms.
 
Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters, which shall be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters. States that the Office shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act, the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and any other Act that the Secretary of Agriculture determines appropriate; (2) serve as a liaison between the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector; and (3) maintain a staff of attorneys and other appropriate professionals. 
 
Requires a dealer, handler, contractor, processor, or commission merchant with annual sales in excess of $100 million to file an annual corporate structure report with the Secretary. 
 
Prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices: (1) in agricultural commerce; (2) concerning producer associations; and (3) in agricultural contracts.
 
Sets forth agricultural and production contract and enforcement provisions.
 
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to eliminate the &quot;slaughter&quot; requirement from the definitions of &quot;poultry grower,&quot; &quot;poultry growing arrangement,&quot; and &quot;live poultry dealer.&quot;
 
Extends: (1) administrative enforcement authority to live poultry dealers; and (2) temporary injunction or restraining order authority to instances of poultry care.
 
States that: (1) it shall be an unlawful practice to engage in an unfair or discriminatory practice or device regardless of whether the practice or device causes a competitive injury or otherwise adversely effects competition; and (2) a person affected by specified unfair practices shall not be required to prove predatory intent, competitive injury, or likelihood of injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1428-1429)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Mine Safety and Health Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2308
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coal
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Energy
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Law
Mine safety
Miners
Oxygen
Rescue work
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Telephone
User charges
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Mine Safety and Health Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to impose additional health and safety requirements for all coal or other mines, including regarding: (1) the strategic location of an oxygen station; (2) wireless emergency tracking devices; (3) wireless communication devices; (4) restricting communications relating to a rescue operation only to individuals participating in the rescue; and (5) secondary telephone service. 
 
Requires interviews of miners regarding an accident or occurrence without the presence of the mine operator. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish rules for conducting investigations of mine accidents; and (2) report to specified congressional committees within 30 days of completing an investigation.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a quarterly review of a mine operator's ventilation system, methane and dust control plan, and roof control plan; and (2) contact an operator who has received a citation within 24 hours to ensure that steps are being taken to correct the safety violation.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a central communications emergency call center for all coal and other mine operations.
 
Imposes increased penalties for flagrant violations of mine safety standards, for failure to promptly report mine disasters, and for habitual violators of mine safety standards. Imposes additional user fees on mine operators who incur such penalties and dedicates such fees for equipment, training, and other expenses relating to mine safety.
 
Requires all miners to receive training in the proper usage of wireless communications devices. Requires rescue workers to participate in unannounced emergency rescue drills at an operating mine at least twice a year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1429-1430)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of agri-biodiesel.

Bill: 109-s-2309
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Income tax
Oils and fats
Oilseeds
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of &quot;agri-biodiesel&quot; for purposes of the tax credit for biodiesel used as fuel to require that agri-biodiesel fuels eligible for such credit have a cloud point of 45 degrees or less.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1430-1431)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the requirement for 12 operational aircraft carriers within the Navy.

Bill: 109-s-2310
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Naval operations
Warships

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Repeals the requirement that Navy combat forces include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1431)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Older Americans Sustainable Mobility Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2311
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Blind
Congress
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Nonprofit organizations
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Taxation
Taxicabs
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the aged
Transportation and the disabled
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Older Americans Sustainable Mobility Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Aging, to establish a demonstration project to enable qualified persons (specified older, blind, or visually impaired individuals and qualified passengers) to obtain: (1) economically sustainable transportation services (demand-responsive transportation services by automobile by a combination of volunteer and paid drivers) from economically sustainable transportation providers (nonprofit transportation providers that receive funding to connect to, and provide economically sustainable services through, a national network of transportation providers); and (2) transportation services from qualified transportation providers (nonprofit, public, or licensed private transportation providers that connect to and provide transportation through such network). 
 
Allows an income tax credit for 30% of the value of transportation services allocated to a transportation account of a qualified individual in exchange for the transfer of a motor vehicle to an economically sustainable transportation provider.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to such transportation providers to pay for the federal share of the costs of acquiring and using technology to connect to the national network and the costs of participating in, and providing economically sustainable transportation services through, the network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1431-1432)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Number Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2312
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Identity theft
Law
Medicare
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Social Security Number Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Service to establish procedures to change the numerical identifier used to identify individuals entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), so that the Social Security account number is not displayed on the individual's Medicare identification card, or on any explanation of Medicare benefits mailed to the individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1432)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2313
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Patients' rights
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug plans (PDP's) and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plans that change their formularies or increase drug prices to enroll in other plans.
 
Requires PDP sponsor, every November, to disclose to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the negotiated price of each covered part D drug for the following year, and the Secretary, the same month of every year, to make such disclosure available to the public through the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Requires each PDP sponsor also to inform, by January 10 of each year, part D eligible enrollees in its plan of such negotiated prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1432-1433)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Royalty Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2314
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Energy prices
Gas industry
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum industry
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend royalty relief from any federal requirement to pay royalty (thus requiring the payment of royalties to the federal government) for production oil or natural gas from federal lands (including submerged land) during any period in which specified prices apply to either crude oil or natural gas. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to renegotiate certain existing leases authorizing production of oil or natural gas on federal land to conform with this Act.
 
Conditions eligibility for renewal of such leases or new leases for existing lessees upon compliance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2315
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to Indians
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Housing and Community Development
Indian medical care
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medical statistics
Methamphetamine
Minorities
Native Americans
Performance measurement
Public service advertising
Rural health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention Office within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Requires the Director of the Office to establish a program to award competitive matching grants to states, local governments, and private nonprofit organizations for the establishment and implementation of methamphetamine education and awareness campaigns to reduce the spread of methamphetamine use. Limits a recipient to one grant each fiscal year. Requires recipients to report to the Director on the impact of the campaign carried out under the grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1433)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act

Bill: 109-s-2316
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining leases
Ocean mining
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic or the North Atlantic planning areas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1433)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2318
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Transportation
Driver education
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Highway finance
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Wireless communication
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2006 or the STANDUP Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants to states with graduated driver licensing laws that include for novice drivers under age 21: (1) a three-stage licensing process (including a learner's permit stage and an intermediate stage before an unrestricted driver's license is granted); (2) a prohibition on nighttime driving during the intermediate stage; (3) a prohibition (during the learner's permit and intermediate stages) against operating a motor vehicle with more than one non-familial passenger under age 21 if there is no licensed driver 21 years old or older present in the vehicle; (4) a prohibition (during the learner's permit and intermediate stages) on the use of a cellular telephone or any communications device in non-emergency situations; and (5) any other requirement that the Secretary may require.
 
Directs the Secretary to withhold a certain amount of federal-aid highway funds from states that are not in compliance with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1435-1436)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1434-1435)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.

Bill: 109-s-2323
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Electronics industry
Equipment and supplies
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Stereophonic sound systems
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain audio headphones.

Bill: 109-s-2324
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Electronics industry
Equipment and supplies
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Stereophonic sound systems
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on certain audio headphones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain audio headphones achieving full-spectrum noise reduction.

Bill: 109-s-2325
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Electronics industry
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Noise
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Stereophonic sound systems
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain audio headphones achieving full-spectrum noise reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Winn Act

Bill: 109-s-2327
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Television broadcasting
Television frequency allocation
Television stations
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 or the Winn Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue a final order that: (1) permits unlicensed, non-exclusive use of unassigned, non-licensed television broadcast channels between 54 MHz and 698 MHz; (2) establishes technical guidelines and requirements for the offering of unlicensed service in such band to protect incumbent licensed services and licensees from harmful interference; and (3) requires unlicensed devices operating in the band to comply with existing certification processes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1472)
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1471-1472)
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain synthetic filament yarns.

Bill: 109-s-2328
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Synthetic fibers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2009, the suspension of the duty on certain synthetic filament yarns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate