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Preserve Historic America Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5420
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative fees
Apartment houses
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Commemorations
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Finance and Financial Sector
Historic sites
History
Home ownership
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Law
Low-income housing
Mortgage banks
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rental housing
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Urban affairs
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
Preserve Historic America Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for rehabilitation of older and historic buildings by: (1) increasing from 20 to 25% the tax credit rate for certified historic structure rehabilitation expenditures; (2) permitting a building at least 50 years old to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit (currently, a building must have been placed in service before 1936); (3) permitting qualified rehabilitated buildings to be used for lodging purposes; (4) limiting to 50% the basis reduction for buildings qualifying for the low-income housing and rehabilitation tax credits; (5) allowing an increased rehabilitation tax credit for certain buildings in difficult development areas or which qualify as small rehabilitation projects; (6) exempting tax credits for rehabilitation of certified historic structures from the calculation of the passive activity credit; and (7) permitting the assignment of rehabilitation tax credits.

Allows a new tax credit for 20% of the cost of rehabilitating a qualified historic home. Defines &quot;qualified historic home&quot; as a certified historic structure which has been substantially rehabilitated and which is owned by the taxpayer and is or will be used as the taxpayer's principal residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate.

Bill: 109-hr-5421
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Estate tax
Gift tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
Repeals provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 which eliminated the estate and generation skipping transfer tax and carryover basis rules for estates.

Reduces the estate tax rate to the lower of 15% or the capital gains income tax rate generally applicable to individual taxpayers. Reduces the gift tax rate to 15%.

Establishes a single estate and gift tax unified credit amount of $5 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on internet access and on multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.

Bill: 109-hr-5422
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Excise tax
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental tax relations
Internet
Local laws
Local taxation
Sales tax
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
State taxation
Tax administration
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. Allows states which imposed and enforced certain taxes on Internet access prior to October 1, 1998, to retain such taxes if they enact statutes prior to November 1, 2007, (November 1, 2006, in the case of a telecommunications service tax) expressly providing for the continued application of such taxes to Internet access.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
General Slocum Memorial Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-5423
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Fires
Governmental investigations
History
Islands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
National parks
New York City
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
General Slocum Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study in Bronx County, New York, the shoreline of the area roughly bounded by 149th Street on the west and Oak Point Rail Yard spurs on the east, including North Brother Island, to evaluate the national significance of the area and the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To allow certain existing retirement plans maintained by churches to continue to provide annuities directly to participants rather than through an insurance company.

Bill: 109-hr-5424
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Annuities
Churches
Clergy
Defined contribution plans
Religion
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
Provides that annuity payments from qualified church plans that otherwise meet specified distribution requirements for money purchase pension plans under the Internal Revenue Code shall not fail to satisfy qualified trust distribution requirements merely because the payments are not made under an annuity contract purchased from an insurance company.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E894-895)
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 relating to air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas.

Bill: 109-hr-5425
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2006-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Air routes
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Commerce
Infrastructure
Nebraska
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: 
Amends the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 to add Nebraska to the number of specified states outside Texas in which an air carrier is authorized to provide air transportation between Love Field, Texas, and one or more points within such states. Authorizes such air carrier to offer to provide or provide through or connecting service or ticketing with another air carrier or foreign air carrier air transportation between Love Field, Texas and any point outside of such states on a through or connecting basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, as the "Congressman Owen Lovejoy Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-hr-5426
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Illinois
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, as the "Congressman Owen Lovejoy Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To establish sound criteria for civilian nuclear cooperation with certain countries.

Bill: 109-hr-5430
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Ballistic missiles
Civil-military relations
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Democracy
Energy
Environmental Protection
Export controls
Fissionable materials
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International cooperation
Legislative resolutions
Nuclear energy
Nuclear exports
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear weapons
President and foreign policy
Science, Technology, Communications
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to set forth requirements for civilian cooperation with states that are not a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
 
Excludes from such cooperation transfer of any enrichment or reprocessing equipment or technology, heavy water, or the means to produce heavy water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff duties on ethanol.

Bill: 109-hr-5431
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Energy
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff duties on ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare Prescription Drug Ombudsman.

Bill: 109-hr-5433
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drugs
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medicare
Ombudsman
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of the Medicare Prescription Drug Ombudsman, appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, whose assistance includes registering complaints and helping to resolve disputes about the benefits under prescription drug plans under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-19
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: 2006-05-19
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: 2006-05-19
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: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend by one year the deadline for the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

Bill: 109-hr-5435
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Identification devices
Passports
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: 
Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend to June 1, 2009, the deadline for implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. (The Initiative requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) develop and implement a plan to require a passport or other document deemed sufficient to denote identity and citizenship for all travel into the United States by U.S. citizens and by individuals for whom documentation requirements have previously been waived under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) seek to expedite the travel of frequent travelers.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Early Detection of Cancer Promotion Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5437
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Breast cancer
Coinsurance
Colon cancer
Finance and Financial Sector
Mammography
Medical economics
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Physical examinations
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: 
Medicare Early Detection of Cancer Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend the eligibility period for a &quot;Welcome to Medicare&quot; physical examination from six months to one year; and (2) eliminate the 20% coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-19
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: 2006-05-19
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: 2006-05-19
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: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Health and Medical Emergency Coordination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5438
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biological warfare
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Public health
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Public Health and Medical Emergency Coordination Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the National Disaster Medical System to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (Currently, such System is directed by the Secretary of Homeland Security.) Designates HHS as the primary agency for the coordination of federal assistance to supplement state, local, and tribal resources for preparing for or responding to a bioterrorist attack or other public health or medical emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Orphan Works Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5439
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2006-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Civil actions and liability
Compensation (Law)
Congressional reporting requirements
Copyright
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Law
Legal fees
Public records

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: 
Orphan Works Act of 2006 - Limits the remedies available in a copyright infringement action if the infringer proves that: (1) the infringer performed and documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith to locate the copyright owner before using the work, but was unable to locate the owner; and (2) the infringing use of the work provided attribution to the author and owner of the copyright, if known. 
 
Requires the Register of Copyrights to make information available from authoritative sources to assist users in conducting and documenting a reasonably diligent search.
 
Permits an award of reasonable compensation for the use of the infringed work, except if: (1) the infringement is performed without any commercial advantage and for primarily a charitable, religious, scholarly, or educational purpose; and (2) the infringer ceases the infringement expeditiously after receiving notice of the claim for infringement.
 
Allows the court to impose injunctive relief to prevent or restrain the infringing use, but such relief shall account for harm caused to the infringer due to reliance on having performed a reasonably diligent search. Prohibits the court from imposing injunctive relief that restrains the continued preparation or use of a new work that recasts, transforms, adapts, or integrates the infringed work with the infringer's original expression in a new work of authorship if the infringer pays reasonable compensation and provides attribution to the copyright owner.
 
Requires the Register of Copyrights to conduct an inquiry with respect to remedies for copyright infringement claims seeking limited amounts of monetary relief, including consideration of alternatives to disputes currently heard in the U.S. district courts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Introduced in House