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Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5891
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alabama
Building laws
Casualty insurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Florida
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Insurance companies
Legislation
Louisiana
Mississippi
Property insurance
Public-private partnerships
Reinsurance
Risk
Tax deferral
Tax exemption
Taxation
Texas
Tsunamis
Urban affairs
Volcanoes
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission to assess: (1) the condition of the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance markets in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005, and the four major hurricanes that struck the United States in 2004; and (2) the ongoing exposure of the United States to hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, floods, wildfires, and other extreme weather events or natural disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Farmers Tax Deferral Act

Bill: 109-hr-5892
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Consumer credit
Farm lands
Farms
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Land transfers
Losses
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real property
Social Welfare
Tax administration
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Farmers Tax Deferral Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individuals age 55 or older to exclude from gross income the gain or loss from an exchange of qualified agricultural property for U.S. real property; (2) treat such an exchange as a like-kind exchange for purposes of recognizing gain or loss; and (3) allow installment sales treatment of qualified agricultural property. Defines &quot;qualified agricultural property&quot; as any single purpose agricultural or horticultural structure placed in service more than 20 years before an exchange and any real property, equipment, or fixtures related in use to such structure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Reassignment Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5894
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Federal employees
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
Merit Systems Protection Board
Relocation
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Veterans Reassignment Protection Act - Prohibits a preference eligible federal employee (including a preference eligible serving in or under the U.S. Postal Service) from being involuntarily separated for failing to accept a directed reassignment to a position outside his or her commuting area or to accompany a position outside of such area pursuant to a transfer of function unless such preference eligible: (1) receives written notice of the reassignment at least 30 days before the effective date of the reassignment; and (2) is allowed to elect to have the selection of employees for release conducted in the same manner as would be required in the case of a reduction in force. 
 
Entitles a preference eligible involuntarily separated in the circumstances described above to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board any failure to comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 109-hr-5895
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Landowners
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the &quot;Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5896
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Business education
Commerce
Community development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Infrastructure
Loans
Nonprofit organizations
Rural housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance to the Housing Assistance Council to develop the capacity of community-based housing development organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs in rural areas.
 
Authorizes the Council to use such assistance for rural community-based housing development organizations to acquire: (1) technical assistance, training, support, and advice to develop business and administrative capabilities; and (2) loans, grants, or other financial assistance to carry out community development and affordable housing activities for low- and moderate-income families.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-09-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6394-6396)
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use of such members.

Bill: 109-hr-5897
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military occupation
Military operations
Military pay
Safety measures
South Asia
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Amends the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 to extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in connection with Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom may request and receive reimbursement for purchasing protective helmet pads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5898
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
National monuments
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Saguro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2006 - Amends the Saguro National Park Establishment Act of 1994 to modify further the boundaries of Saguaro National Park to include specified land. 
 
Allows the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire from the State land or interests in land within the boundary of the Park 
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to identify: (1) lands adjacent to the Park that are suitable for inclusion within the boundaries of the Park; and (2) lands within the Park boundary that should be removed from such boundary due to development or other changes in their status that make them unsuitable for inclusion within it. Instructs that such study examine the natural, cultural, recreational, and scenic values and characters of lands adjacent to the Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional flood control storage at the Upper and Lower Baker Dams.

Bill: 109-hr-5899
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams
Emergency Management
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Infrastructure
Rivers
Washington State
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to assume responsibility for operational measures at Upper and Lower Baker Dams, Baker River, Washington, to provide additional storage for flood damage reduction upon determining that such measures are practicable and environmentally acceptable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act

Bill: 109-hr-5900
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Federal advisory bodies
Fishes
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Non-native species
Pest control
Pests
Public-private partnerships
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technological innovations
Volunteer workers
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Refugee Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide under the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Grant Program or the REPAIR Program (established by this Act): (1) a grant to any eligible applicant to carry out a qualified control project to control harmful nonnative species; and (2) a grant to any state to carry out an assessment project to identify harmful nonnative species, assess the needs to restore, manage, or enhance native fish, wildlife and habitats, identify priorities, and identify mechanisms to increase capacity building for native fish, wildlife, and habitats. 
 
Requires the Secretary to consult with the Invasive Species Advisory Committee on: (1) the projects proposed for such grants; and (2) regarding the development of a database concerning control projects carried out with such grants.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to enable an immediate response to outbreaks of harmful nonnative species that threaten or may negatively impact refuge resources that are at a stage at which rapid eradication or control is possible, and to ensure eradication or immediate control of such species. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a Cooperative Volunteer Invasives Monitoring and Control Program to document and combat invasive species in national wildlife refuges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the proposed sale to Pakistan of F-16 aircraft and related defense articles and defense services unless Pakistan has halted construction of a certain plutonium production reactor.

Bill: 109-hr-5902
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fighter aircraft
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear reactors
Pakistan
Plutonium
President and foreign policy
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Prohibits the President from selling to Pakistan F-16 aircraft and related defense articles and defense services unless Pakistan has halted construction of the Khushab plutonium production reactor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5903
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Rural education
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to extend to all rural local educational agencies (LEAs) the same level of increased flexibility or facilitated compliance that the Secretary authorizes for any category of rural LEAs with respect to part A basic LEA programs of title I provisions for improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Schools Energy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5904
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
School buildings
Tax credits
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Renewable Schools Energy Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified renewable school energy bonds. Defines &quot;qualified renewable school energy bond&quot; as a bond with a 20-year term, 95% of the proceeds of which are used for the purchase and installation of renewable energy products for public school and school district administrative buildings in states with a specified percentage of population growth. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Health Services Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5906
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Automation
Caregivers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health information systems
Human engineering
Law
Liability (Law)
Medical economics
Medical records
Medical research
Medical technology
Medical tests
Preventive medicine
Quality control
Quality of care
Research and development
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Health Services Act of 2006 - Establishes the Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Health Services. Requires the Consortium to conduct a study of all matters relating to the potential use of new technology to assist older adults and their caregivers, including: (1) methods for identifying technology that may be adapted to meet their needs; (2) methods for fostering scientific innovation in aging services technology within the business and academic communities; (3) strategies for addressing liability, reimbursement, privacy, and security issues with respect to such innovation; (4) developments in such technology in other countries; and (5) methods for ensuring that U.S. businesses have a leadership role in the global market of such technology.
 
Requires the Consortium to develop recommendations concerning: (1) developments in current technologies that may result in increased efficiency and cost savings to the healthcare system; (2) specifications for federal funding of research and development by businesses and academia to accelerate the development of aging services technology; (3) methods to ensure that technology infrastructure is in place to deliver services; and (4) establishment of a federal interagency task force to facilitate the development and distribution of such technology and a National Resource Center to stimulate research, oversee demonstration projects, and provide training and assistance to entities that provide such services.
 
Requires the Consortium to report recommendations regarding development of a national policy to address issues concerning technology and assistive health services for seniors, changes to federal laws and programs that would support and encourage the private sector to develop and make widely available consumer-empowered technology solutions, and establishment of a National Resource Center on Aging Services Technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5907
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Community health services
Congregate housing
Disabled
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line who: (1) reside in an assisted living facility, a resident care program facility, or any other appropriate licenced facility, including a psychiatric health facility, a mental health rehabilitation center, and a mental retardation developmental disability facility; or (2) receive home and community-based services in a home setting under a home and community-based waiver. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-26
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: 2006-07-26
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: 2006-07-26
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: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House