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To clarify that Arizona is in compliance with the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 with respect to English language learners.

Bill: 109-hr-5105
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2006-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arizona
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Discrimination in education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Government Operations and Politics
Language and languages
Law
Minorities
Minority education
Secondary education
State finance

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: 
Declares that: (1) funding for English language learners provided by Arizona's 47th Legislature's Second Legislative Session is adequate; and (2) any failure of Arizona (or by any agency or subdivision of Arizona) to provide funding in excess of that amount is not a denial of equal educational opportunity under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, and is not a basis for a civil action, or for relief, against Arizona (or any agency or subdivision).
 
 
Makes this Act applicable to litigation pending upon its enactment, including Flores v. Arizona.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS).

Bill: 109-hr-5106
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2006-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Academic performance
Authorization
Colleges
Commerce
Community and school
Community colleges
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Mathematics
National Science Foundation
Nonprofit organizations
Rural education
School districts
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Standards
Teacher education
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a program of awarding grants to high-need local educational agencies to establish partnerships for access to laboratory science to improve laboratories and to provide instrumentation as part of a comprehensive program to enhance the quality of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology instruction at the secondary school level. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require Senate confirmation for each appointment to serve in the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services.

Bill: 109-hr-5109
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2006-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Biological warfare
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments
Public health
Public health personnel
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require Senate confirmation of any individual appointed by the President to the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Royalty In-Kind for Energy Assistance Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5111
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2006-04-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor
Energy prices
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Natural gas
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: 
 Royalty In-Kind for Energy Assistance Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with respect to federal low-income energy assistance programs, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to sell at a discounted price any royalty oil or gas taken in-kind.
 
Requires the discounted price to be at least 50% of the fair market value of the oil or gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E533)
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Introduced in House
Fairness and Accountability in Reorganizations Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5113
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Consultants
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation directors
Debtor and creditor
Evidence (Law)
Executive compensation
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Fringe benefits
Health
Labor contracts
Law
Retiree health benefits
Subsidiary corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Fairness and Accountability in Reorganizations Act of 2006 - Revises federal bankruptcy law to add to the conditions for court confirmation of a corporate reorganization plan that the compensation of an insider who will be employed or retained by the reorganized debtor has been approved by, or is subject to the approval of, the court, as reasonable.
 
Prohibits the payment of a compensation enhancement in order to induce an insider of the debtor to remain with the debtor's business, unless the court finds that any transfers or obligations to or for the insider's benefit are essential to the survival of the business, or to the orderly liquidation and maximization of the value of the debtor's assets.
 
Revises requirements for collective bargaining agreements and retiree health benefits to instruct the court to take into account the ongoing impact on the debtor of the debtor's relationship with all subsidiaries and affiliates, regardless of whether domestic or foreign, or whether any such subsidiary or affiliate is a debtor entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E545)
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Tax Return Choice Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5114
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax administration
Tax preparers
Tax returns
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Tax Return Choice Act of 2006 - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from providing individual taxpayers with free electronic tax preparation and filing services except through the Free File program and the Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and volunteer income tax assistance programs.

Repeals the provision of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 directing the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a return-free tax system. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Healthcare Technologies Competitiveness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5115
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Biomedical engineering
Biotechnology
Capital gains tax
Charities
Clinical trials
Commerce
Corporate finance
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Drug industry
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Hospitals
Income tax
Influenza
Interest
Investments
Losses
Medical innovations
Medical research
Medical supplies
Minimum tax
Orphan drugs
Pharmaceutical research
Real estate development
Research and development tax credit
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Small business
Social Welfare
Stocks
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax incentives
Tax-exempt securities
Technology transfer
Vaccines
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
U.S. Healthcare Technologies Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax incentives for investment in biomedical research corporations and related entities, by: (1) exempting investors in biomedical research corporations from limitations on net operating losses acquired through stock sales and mergers involving such corporations; (2) permitting a complete offset against the alternative minimum tax for the net operating losses of biomedical research corporations; (3) making permanent and increasing the rates for the tax credit for increasing research activities; (4) allowing tax credits for countermeasures equity investments and research expenses, qualified medical innovation expenses, equity investments in incubational companies, and investment in qualified biotechnology zone bonds; (5) accelerating eligibility for the tax credit for orphan drug expenses; (6) allowing expensing of biotechnology science park property and medical research equipment; (7) allowing deferral of the tax on gain from the sale of stock in a biomedical research corporation; (8) increasing the tax deductibility of capital losses on the sale of stock in biomedical research corporations; and (9) modifying passive loss deduction rules and S corporation shareholder requirements for biomedical research corporations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Choice for America's Seniors Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5116
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Commerce
Consumer education
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical education
Medicare
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Choice for America's Seniors Act of 2006 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for a six-month extension of the 2006 initial enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) to suspend the Medicare prescription drug late enrollment penalty during 2006.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII part C to allow changes of enrollment in Medicare prescription drug plans and MA plans twice during the year.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit removal of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs from a prescription drug plan formulary, or imposition of a restriction or limitation on the coverage of such a drug, during the plan year: (1) except at the beginning; or (2) for an individual enrollee, from the date of enrollment until December 31 of the immediately succeeding plan year. Specifies exceptions to such prohibition.
 
Requires an advance notice before the time of each annual coordinated election period for a plan year of any changes in the formulary or other restrictions or limitations on coverage of a covered part D drug that will take effect for that plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-06
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: 2006-04-06
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: 2006-04-06
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: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Rural Health Provider Payment Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5118
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulances
Ambulatory care
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Home care services
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Physicians
Rural health
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Medicare Rural Health Provider Payment Extension Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to extend through calendar 2009 the Medicare rural hospital hold harmless provision under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to extend through calendar 2010: (1) the Medicare incentive payment program for physician scarcity areas; (2) Medicare increased payments for ground ambulance services in rural areas; and (3) the floor on Medicare work adjustment.
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through July 1, 2011, Medicare reasonable costs payments for certain clinical diagnostic laboratory tests furnished to hospital patients in certain rural areas.
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to extend through calendar 2011 the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-04-06
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: 2006-04-06
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: 2006-04-06
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: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Pension Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5119
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Veterans' Pension Improvement Act of 2006 - Increases pension rates for: (1) veterans of a period of war for non-service-connected disability; and (2) surviving spouses and children of veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, to conform certain filing provisions within the Patent and Trademark Office.

Bill: 109-hr-5120
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Inventions
Law
Limitation of actions
Patents

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Allows the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to accept an application for an extension of the term of a patent which claims a product, a method of using a product, or a method of manufacturing a product if: (1) such application is filed no more than 5 days late; and (2) the applicant files a petition showing that the delay in filing the application was unintentional. Deems such petition to be denied if no determination has been made on the petition within 30 days of filing. Establishes the fee for filing such a petition.
 
Applies this Act to any application for patent term extension which: (1) is pending on the date of enactment; (2) is the subject of a request for reconsideration of a denial of a patent term extension; or (3) has been denied a patent term extension in a case in which the period for seeking reconsideration of such denial has not yet expired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Tax Equity for Children and the Working Poor Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5123
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Earned income tax credit
Families
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Tax Equity for Children and the Working Poor Act of 2006 - Repeals provisions of the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 and the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 relating the the uniform definition of child. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise eligibility rules for dependent children for purposes of the tax exemption for dependents, the child tax credit, and the earned income tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Blend Reduction Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5124
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diesel motor
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Law
Legislation
Motor vehicle pollution control
Ozone
Reformulated gasoline
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: 
Fuel Blend Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Introduced in House