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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass.

Bill: 109-hr-5509
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Biomass energy
Commerce
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax credit for producing electricity from open-loop biomass to: (1) eliminate the requirement that open-loop biomass be segregated from other waste material; (2) limit the amount of such credit based on consumption of nonqualified fuel by a open-loop biomass facility; and (3) allow the placing in service of additional open-loop biomass facilities with additional capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy.

Bill: 109-hr-5510
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Department of Energy
District of Columbia
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Solar energy

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Directs the Administrator of General Services to install a photovaltaic system, as set forth in the Sun Wall Design Project, for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy located at 1000 Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C., commonly known as the Forrestal Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Fair Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Amendment of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5511
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Civil procedure
District courts
International Affairs
International claims
Jurisdiction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
The Fair Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Amendment of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the district court original and exclusive jurisdiction of any action to enforce a foreign judgment exceeding $75,000 (exclusive of interest and costs) against a citizen of the United States, where: (1) any plantiff is a citizen of a state different from any defendant; (2) any plaintiff is a foreign state or a citizen or subject of a foreign state and any defendant is a citizen of a state; or (3) any plaintiff is a citizen of a state and any defendant is a foreign state or a citizen or subject or a foreign state.
 
Permits removal of such an action to a district court without regard to whether any defendant is a citizen of the state in which the action is brought. Allows such a removal by any defendant without the consent of all defendants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Urban Development Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5512
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Housing statistics
Parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Urban affairs
Urban housing
Urban renewal

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Urban Development Act of 2006 - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an urban blight demolition program. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible recipients to demolish condemned or tax-foreclosed residential housing in urban areas, including: (1) remediation of the demolition sites prior to demolition; and (2) rehabilitation of the demolition sites to public use spaces.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5513
Sponsor: Rep. Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Oxygen
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restore Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment that existed prior to the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
 
Repeals: (1) the limitation of Medicare payment to the supplier for such equipment (including portable oxygen equipment) to 36 months of continuous use; and (2) the requirement that the equipment supplier transfer title to the individual at the end of such period, with payments continuing at specified monthly rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-25
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: 2006-05-25
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: 2006-05-25
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: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Lung Cancer Screening Benefit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5514
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asbestos
Beryllium
Carcinogens
Drug abuse
Environmental Protection
Lung cancer
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Radon
Smoke
Smoking
Social Welfare
Uranium

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Medicare Lung Cancer Screening Benefit Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of lung cancer screening tests for high-risk individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-25
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: 2006-05-25
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: 2006-05-25
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: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5515
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Dislocated workers
Labor and Employment
Lockouts
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Trade Readjustment Allowances for Adversely Affected Workers Act of 2006 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to treat any week in which employment is unavailable to an adversely affected worker because of a lockout as a week of employment. (Thus, counts such weeks for purposes of qualifying such a worker for a trade readjustment allowance.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Seeds for Soldiers Act

Bill: 109-hr-5517
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business education
Debt
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Entrepreneurs
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Interest
Labor and Employment
Military bases
Small business
Veterans' education
Veterans' employment
Veterans' loans
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Seeds for Soldiers Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), using loan authority under the Small Business Act, to make loans to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Allows such loans to be made for any business purpose, including the refinancing of outstanding business debt. Defers loan principal payments for one year after loan issuance. Prohibits the total amount outstanding and committed to a borrower from exceeding $3 million. Provides conditions under which the Administrator may participate in SBA-guaranteed loans to such businesses, including collection of a loan guarantee fee. Terminates the loan authority at the end of 2008.
 
Directs the Administrator to make grants to small business development centers to enable such centers to provide to veterans a program of assistance that includes training in a vocational or technical trade and entrepreneurial assistance in establishing and operating a small business that provides services in such trade. Provides a minimum grant amount of $500,000. Terminates the grant authority at the end of 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E977)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

Bill: 109-hr-5518
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cost control
Economics and Public Finance
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Repeals the Medicare cost containment provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act

Bill: 109-hr-5519
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Conferences
Curricula
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Educational research
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Geographic information systems
Geography and mapping
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International Affairs
International education
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonprofit educational organization or consortium, with 75% to be used for subgrants to institutions of higher education associated with state geographic alliances, nonprofit educational organizations, or state or local educational agencies. 
 
Requires various grantee and subgrantee activities designed to expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students by improving their teachers' professional development programs offered through institutions of higher education. Includes among such activities state-based conferences to assess geographic literacy and identify improvement strategies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
VIP Act

Bill: 109-hr-5520
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution
Auditing
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Data banks
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Identity theft
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Veterans Identity Protection Act or VIP Act - Establishes as an independent office in the executive branch the Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims, headed by a Director, to receive, process, and pay claims for injuries suffered as a result of the unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of identifying information stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Authorizes judicial review of claim determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1000)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Health Care Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5524
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Afghanistan
Alaska
Ambulatory care
Armed forces reserves
Clinics
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hawaiians
Health
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Indian medical care
Indigenous peoples
Information technology
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical residents
Mental health services
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Minorities
Minority health
Nurses
Nursing education
Nursing homes
Recruiting of employees
Rural education
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Soldiers' homes
South Asia
Telemedicine
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Rural Veterans Health Care Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) conduct an outreach program to identify and provide information to veterans who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom and who reside in rural communities in order to enroll those veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system; (2) expand access to Vet Centers in rural areas; (3) develop and implement a plan for improving veterans access to health care in rural areas; (4) establish a health information technology pilot program to ensure quality care for rural veterans through VA facilities; (5) establish the Advisory Committee on Rural Veterans; (6) designate at least four VA health care facilities as centers of rural health research, education, and clinical activities; (7) include rural veterans in a current VA grant program for homeless veterans with special needs; (8) enhance the education, training, retention, and recruitment of health professionals in rural areas; and (9) expand VA health care presence in Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan rural communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1510)
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1024-1025)
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Reservists Pay Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5525
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Transportation
Employee rights
Federal employees
Leave of absence
Military pay
Military personnel
National Guard
Salaries
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Reservists Pay Security Act of 2006 - Entitles Federal employees who are absent from their positions while on active duty in the uniformed services or the National Guard to receive the amount of their basic pay which, when taken together with their military pay and allowances, is no less than the amount of pay that they would have earned if there had been no interruption in their civilian employment.
 
Expands the reemployment rights of Federal employees on active duty in the uniformed services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-5526
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cytology
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Human embryology
Law
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, or testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions, but are not derived from a human embryo.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide guidance concerning the next steps required for additional research; (2) prioritize research with the greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit; and (3) take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5036-5038, H5041-5042)
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Pornography Jurisdiction Limitation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5528
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional law
Crime and Law Enforcement
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Pornography
State courts
State laws
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
The Pornography Jurisdiction Limitation Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to provide that no court created by Act of Congress shall have jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide a question of whether a state pornography law imposes a constitutionally invalid restriction on the freedom of expression. Provides that a decision of a federal court, to the extent the decision relates to such a question, is not binding precedent on a state court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To lengthen Daylight Savings Time.

Bill: 109-hr-5530
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Time

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (amending the Uniform Time Act of 1966) to lengthen the duration of the period for daylight savings time from March to November (currently, April to October) of each year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House