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Advanced Energy Initiative Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5634
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2006-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air pollution control
Alcohol as fuel
Armed Forces and National Security
Biomass energy
Carbon dioxide
Cellulose
Coal
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Commercialization
Computer simulation
Congressional reporting requirements
Electric batteries
Electric power production
Electric vehicles
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Genetic engineering
Hydrocarbons
Hydrogen
Mercury
Natural gas vehicles
Nitrogen oxides
Nuclear energy research
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors
Radioactive wastes
Recycling of waste products
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Smog
Solar energy
Sulphur dioxide
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works
Waste reduction
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: 
Advanced Energy Initiative Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of advanced clean coal energy technology, including carbon capture and geological sequestration, for electricity generation (FutureGen); and (2) ensure, to the extent practicable, that the project utilizes available advanced clean coal technology, such as coal gasifier technology.
 
Directs the Secretary to implement research and development programs for advanced nuclear fuel cycle technologies for generating electricity and industrial process heat from nuclear power, including spent fuel recycling, waste minimization, and reduction of radioactivity of final waste products.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive modeling and simulation capability to enable a thorough analysis of possible advanced nuclear fuel cycle systems, as well as of more than one possible configuration of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle system using the analytical capability so developed.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop and report to Congress a detailed advanced nuclear fuel cycle system technology plan. Prohibits the Secretary, until 90 days after delivery of such report, from initiating detailed design or construction of any demonstration facility: (1) capable of processing 500 kilograms or more per year of nuclear fuel or spent nuclear fuel; and (2) designed to demonstrate certain advanced nuclear fuel system component technologies.
 
Instructs the Secretary to implement research and development programs for advanced: (1) battery technologies to use in motor vehicles, particularly plug-in hybrids; (2) biofuel technologies; (3) hydrogen storage technologies; (4) solar photovoltaic technologies; and (5) wind energy technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: For Further Action See H.R.5656.
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project.

Bill: 109-hr-5639
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
South Dakota
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: 
Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, South Dakota, through 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Safe Overseas Human Testing Act

Bill: 109-hr-5641
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Clinical trials
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Electronics
Export controls
Food additives
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Health
Human experimentation in medicine
Medical ethics
Medical research
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Pharmaceutical research
Product safety
Science and ethics
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Safe Overseas Human Testing Act - Allows test articles intended for clinical investigations to be exported only pursuant to an export license approved by the President. Directs the President to require an applicant for such license to: (1) identify each clinical investigation for which the test article is intended; and (2) secure a certification from an institutional review board that each of the protocols for every clinical investigation has been reviewed by the board and has met substantially the same standards for the protection of the rights and welfare of human subjects as would be required if the protocol were for a clinical investigation of the test article pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Energy Technology Transfer Act

Bill: 109-hr-5643
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural extension work
Agriculture and Food
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Higher education
Nonprofit organizations
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Energy Technology Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to award competitive grants to Cooperative Extension services or offices, states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit institutions with expertise in energy research to transfer knowledge about advanced energy technologies that increase efficient energy use to individuals, businesses, nonprofit entities, and public entities, including local governments and school districts.
 
Requires an eligible grant applicant already to: (1) operate an outreach program capable of transferring such knowledge; or (2) partner with an entity that has such an outreach program.
 

 

 
Authorizes the Secretary and the National Laboratories to provide grantees with technical assistance on advanced energy technologies and methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: For Further Action See H.R.5656.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Green Energy Education Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5644
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Commercialization
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy conservation
Energy research
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Graduate education
High technology
Higher education
Infrastructure
Research and development
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Green Energy Education Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to contribute energy research and development funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support graduate education related to such energy projects.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds for advanced energy technology research and development for high performance buildings to the NSF for curriculum development to improve undergraduate or graduate interdisciplinary engineering and architecture education related to the design and construction of such buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: For Further Action See H.R.5656.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to convey an easement to St. Louis County, Missouri, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a road in Lemay, Missouri.

Bill: 109-hr-5645
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Easements
Land transfers
Law
Missouri
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to convey an easement to St. Louis County, Missouri, for use in the construction, operation, and maintenance of a road in Lemay, Missouri.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to facilitate interaction between students and older individuals with limited English proficiency.

Bill: 109-hr-5648
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to the aged
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Language and languages
Student activities
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include among supportive services that the Assistant Secretary of Labor may fund through grants for state and community programs on aging, services to encourage and facilitate regular interaction between students and older individuals, including services to older individuals with limited English proficiency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1225)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuels and Energy Independence Promotion Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5650
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Commerce
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Income tax
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Renewable Fuels and Energy Independence Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income and excise tax credits for alcohol and biodiesel used as fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1228)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5651
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Military parks
Minorities
Native Americans
Roads and highways
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2006 - Modifies the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site to include approximately 715 acres on the map specified as &quot;Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary Revision&quot;. 
 
Directs the National Park Service to allow public access on the Quillian Well Road to adjacent Bureau of Land Management property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
African Development Foundation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5652
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
African Development Foundation
Africans
Commerce
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Cooperative societies
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Employee rights
Federal employees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Middle East and North Africa
Names
Poverty
Salaries
Small business
Social Welfare
Technical assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
African Development Foundation Act of 2006 - Amends the the African Development Foundation Act to redesignate the African Development Foundation as the United States African Development Foundation.
 
Specifies that small enterprises, producer associations, and cooperatives are eligible for Foundation assistance grants, loans, and loan guarantee assistance. 
 
Increases the project assistance ceiling and permits such amount to be exceeded in exceptional circumstances upon Board of Directors approval and congressional notification.
 
Requires a small enterprise to have its ownership and management and daily business operations vested in one or more individuals who are indigenous to Africa in order to qualify for Foundation assistance.
 
Authorizes the Foundation to provide eligible recipients with technical assistance. 
 
Revises specified salary and hiring provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245-1246)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Investment in Energy Independence Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5653
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Carbon dioxide
Coal
Coal preparation
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Methane
Minimum tax
Oil shales
Peat
Petroleum refineries
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary recovery of gas
Secondary recovery of oil
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Investment in Energy Independence Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for investment in coal-to-liquid fuels projects; (2) allow a taxpayer election to expense the cost of coal-to-liquid fuels process property and coal-fired facilities for the production of ethanol placed in service before 2016; (3) extend the election to expense oil and alternative fuel refineries until 2016; (4) include liquid fuel derived from oil shale extracted in the United States as an alternative fuel for excise tax purposes; (5) extend the excise tax credit for alternative fuels through FY2020; and (6) allow a 50% tax credit for enhanced oil recovery projects using qualified carbon dioxide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
First Responder Funding Modernization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5654
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to law enforcement
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Police
Salaries
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
First Responder Funding Modernization Act of 2006 - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from limiting the amount of grant funds provided under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program that may be used to pay salaries or overtime pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities. Requires DHS to treat such a proposed use of grant funds as at least as effective as all other proposed uses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Legal Employment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5655
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Legal Employment Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate annual (fiscal year) limitations on nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary or seasonal nonagricultural workers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Preventive Medicine for a Healthier America Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5657
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Cardiovascular diseases
Child health
Commerce
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health counseling
Health education
Higher education
Income tax
Infants
Labor and Employment
Maternal health services
Medical education
Medical records
Medical screening
Medical tests
Mental depression
Mental health
Nutrition
Obesity
Physical fitness
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
Scholarships
Smoking
Sports and Recreation
Stress (Psychology)
Student loan funds
Tax credits
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Preventive Medicine for a Healthier America Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay up to $20,000 of the medical education loans incurred by any physician who receives board certification in preventive medicine from FY2007-FY2011.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a wellness program tax credit for employers that develop and implement a program that provides: (1) at least two preventive health screenings for employees; and (2) counseling, seminars, self-help materials, and other resources related to preventive health.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to carry out a national education campaign to encourage the use of preventive health screenings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-21
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: 2006-06-21
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: 2006-06-21
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: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1241)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration and data collection.

Bill: 109-hr-5658
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commercialization
Corrosion
Data banks
Diesel motor
Energy crops
Energy research
Energy storage
Energy transportation
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Motor vehicle pollution control
Nitrogen oxides
Oils and fats
Pipelines
Reformulated gasoline
Refuse as fuel
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Sulphur
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application regarding: (1) materials to be added to alternative biobased fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuels to make them more compatible with existing infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum-based fuels to the point of final sale; and (2) portable, low-cost, and accurate methods and technologies for testing of sulfur content in fuel, including Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and Low Sulfur Diesel.
 
Requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a physical properties data base and standard reference materials for alternative fuels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in House