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Federal Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4859
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Communication in medicine
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Gifts
Government contractors
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Health
Health information systems
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Medical records
Patients' rights
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Federal Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006 - Sets forth provisions concerning the establishment of a system of electronic health records for covered individuals under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). Directs that each contract under FEHBP shall require that the carrier establish, maintain, and make available a carrier electronic health record for each covered individual who is enrolled under FEHBP in a health benefits plan offered by such carrier. 
 
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish the Federal Family Health Information Technology Trust Fund for the purpose of receiving donations to be used to award grants to carriers who meet certain requirements as set forth by OPM. Instructs OPM to award grants from the Trust Fund to carriers to be distributed as incentives to their contracting health care providers for implementing provider-based electronic health records. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4861
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Commerce
Copyright
Direct broadcast satellites
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Radio
Radio broadcasting
Radio programs
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require and enforce, in conjunction with the in-band, on-channel technical standard for digital audio broadcast transmissions under consideration, that: (1) all technologies necessary to make transmission and reception devices compliant with such standard are licensed on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms; (2) such licenses include prohibitions against unauthorized copying and redistribution of transmitted content through the use of a broadcast flag or similar technology; and (3) FCC licensees providing digital audio broadcast service comply with such prohibitions. Mandates the same requirements with respect to FCC regulation of satellite digital audio radio services (SDARS) pursuant to FCC rules. Provides limitations with respect to the adoption of any digital audio regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4862
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental tax relations
Internet
Local laws
Local taxation
Sales tax
State laws
State taxation
Tax administration
Tax exemption
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2005 [sic] - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. 
 
Repeals provisions permitting states with Internet tax laws enacted prior to the ban on Internet taxes to continue enforcing such laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To establish a pilot program in the Department of State for improvement of government-to-government relations with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

Bill: 109-hr-4863
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of State
Executive reorganization
Federal-Indian relations
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to establish in the Department of State a pilot program with the Miccosukee Indian tribe (Florida) for the purpose of exploring the development of more appropriate and effective arrangements for managing relations between the federal government and Indian tribes.
 
Vests in the Secretary of State the authorities and responsibilities currently vested in any federal official or agency with respect to managing relations between the federal government and the Miccosukee Indian tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-4864
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Georgia
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Nature conservation
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a specified study area in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (Alabama and Georgia) as the &quot;Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E276)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
AMERICA Act of 2006: A Modest Effort to Read and Instill the Constitution Again

Bill: 109-hr-4865
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional employees
Congressional publicity
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional sessions
Constitutional amendments
Law
Members of Congress
Reading

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
AMERICA Act of 2006: A Modest Effort to Read and Instill the Constitution Again - Expresses the sense of Congress that since Members of Congress swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States, write laws regarding the powers granted to the government, and propose constitutional amendments, they should be required to read this important document including its amendments.
 
Directs every Senator and Representative to obtain copies of the Constitution, distribute them to their staff, and require the staff to read it at least once during each session of Congress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H854)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4867
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Ballots
Caribbean area
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-territorial relations
Grants-in-aid
International Affairs
National self-determination
Puerto Rico
Referendum
Sovereignty
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2006 - Directs the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission to conduct a plebiscite in Puerto Rico during the 110th Congress, giving voters the option to vote for continued U.S. territorial status or for a path toward a constitutionally viable permanent nonterritorial status. Provides for subsequent procedures, depending on ballot results.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate certain funds for the self-determination process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E265-266)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain agricultural employers a credit against income tax for a portion of wages paid to nonimmigrant H-2A workers.

Bill: 109-hr-4868
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Aliens
Commerce
Immigration
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Seasonal labor
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for up to 10% of the wages paid to nonimmigrant H-2A workers (temporary agricultural workers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To require the Director of National Intelligence to release documents captured in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bill: 109-hr-4869
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Electronic government information
Freedom of information
Government publicity
History
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Official secrets
Persian Gulf War
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
South Asia
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Requires the Director of National Intelligence to make publicly available on an Internet website all documents captured in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom. Provides conditions under which the Director shall not be required to make a captured document publicly available, including providing a list of retained documents, and the criteria used for such retention, to the congressional intelligence committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To establish certain rules for Surface Transportation Board approval of waste management company applications to become rail carriers.

Bill: 109-hr-4870
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Leases
Local laws
New York State
Public meetings
Railroad freight operations
Railroads
Refuse and refuse disposal
State laws
Surface Transportation Board
Voting
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Declares that a certain decision of the Surface Transportation Board (Docket Number 34734) shall be the final decision regarding the application of Northeast Interchange Railway with respect to the rail line in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
 
Prohibits the Board from approving a lease and operation exemption application: (1) by a company operating less than 1,700 feet of track to haul waste unless the Board holds a public hearing; and (2) by a company to haul waste without a majority vote of the full Board.
 
Directs the Board to require a company that becomes rail carrier to haul waste to comply with all applicable state and local zoning laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Treat Physicians Fairly Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4872
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Health
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Income tax
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medically uninsured
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Treat Physicians Fairly Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow medical care providers a tax credit and hospitals a tax deduction for all uncompensated emergency medical care which is not paid within six months after such care is provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E257-258)
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in affordable housing.

Bill: 109-hr-4873
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Affordable housing
Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Disasters
Displaced homemakers
Displaced persons
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Interest
Law
Liability (Law)
Limitation of actions
Low-income housing
Minimum tax
Mortgages
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Single-parent families
Social Welfare
Soldiers' homes
Students
Tax credits
Tax penalties
Tax returns
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) rename the low-income housing tax credit as the affordable housing credit; (2) revise the applicable percentage rates for the credit; (3) increase the credit for low-income buildings that are part of state-designated projects; (4) allow the credit for buildings eligible for moderate rehabilitation assistance under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937; (5) repeal certain repayment requirements for qualified mortgage revenue bond issues; (6) qualify displaced homemakers, single parents, and certain disaster victims for mortgage revenue bond-financed first-time home loans; (7) repeal rules requiring recapture of income from sales of low-income buildings that are reasonably expected to be operated on a low-income basis; (8) impose recapture reporting requirements on owners of qualified low-income buildings eligible for housing credits; (9) exempt affordable housing tax credit amounts from the alternative minimum tax; and (10) exempt interest on certain exempt private activity bonds, qualified mortgage revenue bonds, qualified veterans' mortgage bonds, and certain exempt facility bonds used for residential rental projects from the alternative minimum tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Hope Housing Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4874
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commerce
Emergency housing
Floodplains
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Law
Liability (Law)
Mobile homes
Products liability
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Hope Housing Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to place a manufactured home purchased by FEMA between August 1, 2005, and this Act's enactment date in a floodway or costal high hazard area or in a flood plain (without elevating such home up to the base flood level or without complying with specified decision-making processes and mitigation requirements) to house an individual displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
 
Bars civil actions against the federal government for damages related to the flooding of a home that is the subject of such placement. Requires the Director to provide any person provided such a home with written notice of the potential risks associated with such placement and such limitations on liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H964)
action_date: 2006-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Secure Explosives Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4877
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Criminal justice information
Department of Justice
Emergency Management
Explosives
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Law
Security measures
Standards
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Safe and Secure Explosives Act of 2006 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a study on how private entities and state or local government agencies store explosive materials that have been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) prescribe regulations setting forth minimum standards for the safe and secure storage of such materials by private entities and state or local government agencies; and (3) impose a fine on private entities for violations of such regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Karen Poppell.

Bill: 109-hr-4878
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Classifies Karen Poppell as an immediate relative for purposes of approval of a relative visa petition filed under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To reliquidate certain entries of salmon.

Bill: 109-hr-4879
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to liquidate or reliquidate, without assessment of antidumping duties or interest, specified entries of salmon at the port of Miami, Florida. Requires refund of any antidumping duties or interest previously paid on such entries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Crime Victims' Families Act

Bill: 109-hr-4883
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2006-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Autopsy
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Coroners
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
DNA
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Homicide
Labor and Employment
Law
Missing children
Missing persons
Police training
Science, Technology, Communications
State-local relations
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: 
Justice for Crime Victims' Families Act - Requires the Attorney General to submit to the House and Sentate Judiciary Committees reports on measures to: (1) increase the success of federal, state, and local homicide investigations; and (2) improve the ability of federal, state, and local criminal investigators to solve homicides involving missing persons and unidentified human remains. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Introduced in House
No Special Deals for Executives Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4884
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2006-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Defined benefit pension plans
Earnings
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: 
No Special Deals for Executives Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require any participant in a tax-exempt defined benefit plan which has a funding target attainment percentage of less than 80% to include in gross income the value of assets set aside to pay deferred compensation under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan of the employer maintaining the defined benefit plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Introduced in House