hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
First Step to Redeployment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4983
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Civil-military relations
Commemorations
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional tributes
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military civic action
Military occupation
Military operations
Military withdrawal
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
First Step to Redeployment Act of 2006 - Expresses appreciation to members of the National Guard (Guard) and all other members of the Armed Forces for their service and commends their achievements and sacrifices, and the sacrifices of their families.
 
Declares that there is no more capable soldier than the citizen-soldiers of the Guard.
 
Reaffirms the critical role of the Guard in defending the United States, carrying out combat missions, responding to domestic emergencies and disasters, and securing the homeland.
 
Recognizes the importance of the Guard in ensuring a connection between the military and local communities.
 
Opposes any attempt to reduce the role of the Guard within the Total Force concept of the Armed Forces.
 
Directs the President to begin the redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq, starting with the orderly redeployment of Guard units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E397)
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
National Heroes Credit Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-4984
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Finance and Financial Sector
Military personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
National Heroes Credit Protection Act - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to require any consumer credit information entity that receives from a creditor a negative report of nonpayment or late payment with respect to the account of a person in military service to enter a notation that the account is delinquent or paid slowly due to military service. Requires any future potential creditor that receives a credit report that includes such a notation to disregard any negative information so noted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Efficiency Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4985
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Business records
Commerce
Contractors
Contracts
Department of the Treasury
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Employee selection
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Lease and rental services
Licenses
Personnel records
Recruiting of employees
Small business
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Surety and fidelity
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax returns
Temporary employment
Unemployment insurance
User charges
Wages
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Small Business Efficiency Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat professional employer organizations (PEOs), certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and collect and remit payroll taxes on behalf of an employer). 
 
Sets forth IRS certification requirements for PEOs, including financial review and reporting requirements. Requires a PEO to post a bond, up to $1 million, to guarantee payment of employment taxes. Limits the required bond amount to $50,000 for a newly created PEO during its three-year startup period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 46, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize maritime transportation security grants based on the risks and vulnerabilities of ports and the proximity of ports to critical infrastructure or urban or sensitive areas.

Bill: 109-hr-4986
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Infrastructure
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Risk
Security measures
Terrorism
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Amends federal shipping law to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize maritime transportation security grants awarded to port authorities, facility operators, and state and local government agencies required to provide port security based on the risks and vulnerabilities of ports and the proximity of such ports to critical infrastructure or to urban or sensitive areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4987
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Bank fraud
Commerce
Conspiracy
Consumer protection
Crime prevention
Crimes against the elderly
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Employee training
Federal Trade Commission
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Government publicity
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Law
Police training
Public prosecutors
Public service advertising
Recruiting of employees
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare
Telemarketing
Telephone
United States Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 10 to 15 years the additional term of imprisonment for telemarketing fraud aimed at individuals over the age of 55. 

Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for: (1) 50 new postal inspectors to investigate telemarketing fraud; (2) 30 new assistant U.S. attorneys to prosecute telemarketing fraud cases; and (3) public awareness and prevention initiatives to educate senior citizens about telemarketing fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Electoral Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4989
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Authorization
Ballots
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Justice
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Election Assistance Commission
Election administration
Employee training
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Law
Presidential elections
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
State employees
State laws
Voter registration
Voting
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Electoral Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for: (1) treatment of provisional ballots cast at incorrect polling places; (2) minimum contents of provisional ballots; (3) treatment of voters who vote after closing of polling places; and (4) treatment of ballots after casting.
 
Sets forth requirements for ensuring adequate staff and equipment at polling places.
 
Applies certain election administration requirements to early voting sites. 
 
Provides for: (1) the availability of additional funds to enable states to meet requirements with respect to adequate staff and equipment at polling places; and (2) the issuance of durable voter registration cards.
 
Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prescribe notice and review requirements for removal of individuals from the official list of eligible voters by reason other than change of residence.
 
Revises requirements for the contents and treatment of voter registration forms.
 
Requires state or local election officials to ensure the availability of updated information for registered voters.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Local Clean Energy Initiative Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4990
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Coal
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Government vehicles
Grants-in-aid
Hydrogen
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Natural gas
Natural gas vehicles
Oils and fats
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Transportation and Public Works
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Local Clean Energy Initiative Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide local governments that establish a Clean Energy Bond Act with grants of up to 20 % of the costs of implementing clean energy projects funded by the Clean Energy Bond Act.
 
Directs the Secretary, when awarding such grants, to give preference to local governments that will be engaging in the full range of clean energy projects, and to those who can demonstrate a prior commitment to environmental conservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners Preservation of Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4991
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alabama
Collection of accounts
Department of the Treasury
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Emergency Management
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Floods
Foreclosure
Housing subsidies
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Liens
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mortgages
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Homeowners Preservation of Equity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with federal banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, and the appropriate state bank supervisors of each state contained in whole or in part in the GO Zone (as defined by the Internal Revenue Code), to establish a program to provide temporary emergency mortgage payments on behalf of an eligible individual whose principal residence was significantly damaged or made uninhabitable by Hurricane Katrina or related flooding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Medicare Assistance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4992
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Armed Forces and National Security
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Hospital rates
Medicare
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Veterans Medicare Assistance Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a Medicare subvention project under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary for Medicare health care services furnished to Medicare-eligible veterans in VA facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4994
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cerebral palsy
Competitive bidding
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Medical supplies
Medical technology
Medicare
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular diseases
Nervous system diseases
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-help devices for the disabled
Social Welfare
Spinal cord injuries

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competititve acquisition program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Existing Drug Coverage Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4996
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Existing Drug Coverage Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply to State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs, and the states offering such programs, the special rules for subsidy payments by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sponsors of qualified retiree prescription drug plans for each qualified covered retiree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4998
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
Limitation of actions
Temporary employment
Wage restitution
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2006 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the termination or demotion of, or other discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment against, an employee who, when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a disaster assistance employee reservist, is absent from or late to work. Makes this provision inapplicable if such person is absent for more than 90 days per calendar year.
 
Allows an employer to: (1) charge against the employee's regular pay any time that an employee loses from employment because of such activation; and (2) request the employee to provide written verification from FEMA of the time and dates of such activation.
 
Requires any such employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer of such absences or lateness.
 
Authorizes a person who has been terminated, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against in violation of this Act to bring a civil action in U.S. district court if the action is commenced within one year after the violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House