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Albuquerque Indian School Act

Bill: 109-s-3635
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Health
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian education
Indian medical care
Land transfers
Minorities
New Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Albuquerque Indian School Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust two tracts of federal land identified as tract B and tract D that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of the 19 New Mexico Pueblos specified in this Act for use for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of those 19 Pueblos. 
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7336)
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7336)
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3636
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: All terrain vehicles
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Flood control
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Hydrology
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Maps
Meteorology
Minorities
National parks
Native Americans
Natural areas
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Revenue sharing
Right-of-way
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Traffic signs and signals
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Utah
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006 - Provides for the conveyance of certain public land in Washington County, Utah. Sets forth requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sale of certain of such land.
 
Designates specified public lands in Utah as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sets forth provisions governing the administration of each area designated as wilderness. 
 
Releases certain wilderness study areas in Washington County from further study for designation as wilderness. 
 
Sets forth provisions relating to wildlife management within the wilderness areas designated by this Act. 
 
Designates specified segments of the Virgin River and its tributaries across federal land within and adjacent to Zion National Park as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. 
 
Establishes corridors for utilities, water infrastructure, and transportation purposes in Washington County.
 
Grants Washington County and the Washington County Water Conservancy District nonexclusive rights-of-way to nonwilderness federal land in the county for facilities and systems that are necessary for: (1) the impoundment, storage, treatment, transportation, or distribution of water or wastewater; or (2) flood control management.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to designate a system of trails, which shall be known as the &quot;High Desert Off-Highway Vehicle Trail.&quot; 
 
 Establishes the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah. Sets forth provisions regarding management and use of the Area. Provides for the acquisition of land or interests in the Area. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-792.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the submittal to Congress of any Presidential Daily Briefing relating to Iraq during the period beginning on January 20, 1997, and ending on March 19, 2003.

Bill: 109-s-3637
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Bush (George W.) Administration
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
President and foreign policy
President as Commander-in-Chief

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to submit to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence any Presidential Daily Briefing, or any portion of a Briefing, of the Director of Central Intelligence during the period January 20, 1997-March 19, 2003, that refers to Iraq or otherwise addresses Iraq in any fashion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7336)
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Recycling and Riverside-Corona Feeder Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3638
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Pipelines
Saline waters
Transportation and Public Works
Water conservation
Water districts
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Watersheds
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Water Recycling and Riverside-Corona Feeder Act of 2006 - Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Initiative - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior: (1) in cooperation with the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, to participate in the design, planning, and construction (design) of the Inland Empire regional water recycling project, California; (2) in cooperation with the Cucamonga Valley Water District, to participate in the design of the Cucamonga Valley Water District satellite recycling plants in Rancho Cucamonga to reclaim and recycle approximately two million gallons per day of domestic wastewater; (3) in cooperation with the Yucaipa Valley Water District, to participate in the design of projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal within the Santa Ana Watershed; and (4) in cooperation with the City of Corona Water Utility, to participate in the design of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater, including degraded groundwaters, within and outside of the City. Limits the federal cost share of each project to 25%. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District, to participate in a project to design the Riverside-Corona Feeder, which includes 20 groundwater wells and 28 miles of pipeline in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California. Limits the federal share of the project design and planning study costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-738.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7337-7338)
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7336-7337)
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the United States Court of International Trade to consider certain civil actions that were delayed because of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Bill: 109-s-3640
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Courts of special jurisdiction
Law
Limitation of actions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Directs the U.S. Court of International Trade to treat specified civil actions contesting the denial of a protest as having been filed in accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930 and within the required time limit.
 
(These civil actions were delayed because of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton.

Bill: 109-s-3641
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on knitted or crocheted fabrics of cotton, printed.

Bill: 109-s-3642
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on knitted or crocheted fabrics of cotton, printed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibers, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.

Bill: 109-s-3643
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibers, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on weft pile fabrics of cotton, other than uncut weft pile fabrics or cut corduroy.

Bill: 109-s-3644
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on weft pile fabrics of cotton, other than uncut weft pile fabrics or cut corduroy.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain artificial filament single yarn (other than sewing thread).

Bill: 109-s-3645
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain artificial filament single yarn (other than sewing thread).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3646
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Planning
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to offer to enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities in the North San Pablo Bay watershed located in Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties, California, for the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation and reuse projects. 
 
Directs the Secretary and such an entity to use the design work and environmental evaluations initiated by non-federal entities and the Corps of Engineers in that watershed to the maximum extent practicable.
 
Requires such an agreement to specify the responsibilities of the Secretary and the entity regarding: (1) cost-share requirements; (2) needs assessment and project planning and design; (3) environmental compliance activity; (4) facilities construction; and (5) construction contract administration.
 
Requires that any such project consist of two phases, during which the Secretary and an entity shall complete the planning, design, and construction of: (1) the main treatment and main conveyance system; and (2) the sub-regional distribution systems.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to an entity in planning, designing, conducting related pre-construction activities for, and constructing a project. Makes the entity responsible for the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the project. Requires the entity to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan for the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7421)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7420-7421)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription for Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3647
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Prescription for Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly beneficiary premium under a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan during months in which an individual enrolled in such a plan has a gap in the prescription drug coverage. Describes such a gap as the period between the date on which the individual has reached the initial coverage limit and the date on which he or she has reached the annual out-of-pocket threshold.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce the initial funding of the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund to offset the estimated cost of such premium waivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7422)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7421-7422)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act

Bill: 109-s-3649
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biomass energy
Civil actions and liability
Economics and Public Finance
Federal officials
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Military base closures
Petroleum refineries
Presidential appointments
Real estate development
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon state request, to provide financial assistance to facilitate hiring additional personnel with expertise in fields relevant to consideration of federal refinery authorizations.
 
Directs a federal agency responsible for federal refinery authorization, upon state request, to provide technical, legal, or other nonfinancial assistance to facilitate such consideration.
 
Directs the President to: (1) appoint a federal coordinator to coordinate refinery authorization procedures; and (2) designate at least three closed military installations, or portions of them, as potentially suitable for the construction of a refinery.
 
 Requires that at least one such site be designated as potentially suitable for construction of a biomass refinery.
 
Requires the appropriate redevelopment authority to consider the feasibility and practicability of siting a refinery on the closed military installation when preparing or revising the redevelopment plan for it.
 
Prescribes guidelines for the management and disposal of real property.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal its refinery revitalization authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9242)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3650
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Bribery
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug industry
Drugs
Hospitals
Indian medical care
Medicare
Minorities
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to the annual out of pocket threshold, to count costs incurred in providing prescription drugs by the Indian Health Service, a federally-qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program.
 
Amends SSA title XI, with respect to criminal penalties for certain illegal remunerations, to exclude from prohibited remunerations (provide safe harbor for) any remuneration paid by a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program, either in cash or through the distribution or donation of covered Part D drugs, to an individual enrolled in a Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under SSA title XVIII part C.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7425-7426)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7424-7425)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
International Child Marriage Prevention and Assistance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3651
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Child health
Child welfare
Childbirth
Children's rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinics
Community organization
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Credit
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Family planning and birth control
Finance and Financial Sector
Gynecology
Health
Health education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Human rights
Labor and Employment
Marriage
Maternal health services
Medical centers
Mortality
Saving and investment
Sex discrimination
Surgery
Vocational and technical education
Women
Women in public life
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: 
International Child Marriage Prevention and Assistance Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage around the world by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to submit reports to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and U.S. assistance programs that address it.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery.
 
Requires the Secretary to work through the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies of the Department of State and in conjunction with other relevant agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage.
 
Requires the Secretary to include in the Department of State's Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices a section for each country where child marriage is prevalent, outlining the status of the practice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11683-11684)
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate