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Life-Saving Medicines Export Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3175
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Developing countries
Drug industry
Drugs
Executive reorganization
Exports
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Labeling
Law
Licenses
Nongovernmental organizations
Patent infringement
Patents
Trade agreements
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Life-Saving Medicines Export Act of 2006 - Allows the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to issue a compulsory license to a generic manufacturer of a pharmaceutical product or a patented product needed to prevent or treat potentially life threatening public health problems for the purposes of manufacturing and exporting such pharmaceutical products to an eligible country. Allows exportation to a country that is a least developed country as designated by the United Nations (U.N.) or a country that lacks sufficient manufacturing capacities to produce the pharmaceutical product. Sets forth application requirements for compulsory licenses, including that the manufacturer sought a voluntary license from the patent holder. 
 
Requires the Director to establish an office within USPTO to assist applicants and eligible counties, nongovernmental organizations, or nations likely to become eligible countries in identifying companies in the United States which could provide pharmaceutical products under this Act.
 
Sets forth formulas for calculating the royalty amount that the holder of a compulsory license must pay to the patent holder.
 
Allows the Director to grant a compulsory license to a generic manufacturer on an expedited basis for a limited period for a pharmaceutical product to address a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency.
 
Declares that it is not patent infringement to manufacture and export a pharmaceutical product in accordance with this Act.
 
Requires the Director to establish the National Advisory Board on Implementation of the General Council Decision to provide advice and guidance regarding the implementation and administration of the compulsory licensing program established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5247-5252)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5245-5247)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Privacy Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3176
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal Trade Commission
Fees
Financial services
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Legislation
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare
Telephone
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Veterans Privacy Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to develop and implement a program of financial counseling and support to any veteran (and spouse of a veteran) who may be a victim of identity theft as a result of the security breach at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on May 3, 2006.
 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to direct each consumer reporting agency (CRA), upon the request of such a veteran or spouse, to provide automatic extended fraud alerts to such individuals. Authorizes the placement in the files of such a veteran or spouse of a security freeze by a CRA, after which the CRA may not release information from their file for consumer credit purposes to a third party without prior express written authorization from such veteran or spouse. Requires notification to the spouse or veteran by a CRA before the removal of a security freeze. Provides security freeze exceptions.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to double the penalties for identity theft when the victim is a veteran or their spouse.
 
Requires Comptroller General studies on: (1) VA data protection; (2) VA security breach investigation; (3) an FTC program for veterans and spouses at risk of identity theft; and (4) federal agency compliance with personal data protection requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5252-5254)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5252)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of lanthanum phosphates.

Bill: 109-s-3177
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of lanthanum phosphates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5254-5255)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of yttrium europium oxide co-precipitates.

Bill: 109-s-3178
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of yttrium europium oxide co-precipitates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of lanthanum, cerium, and terbium phosphates.

Bill: 109-s-3179
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of lanthanum, cerium, and terbium phosphates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of yttrium cerium phosphates.

Bill: 109-s-3180
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain compounds of yttrium cerium phosphates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the duty suspension on ORGASOL polyamide powders.

Bill: 109-s-3181
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the duty suspension on ORGASOL polyamide powders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on canned, boiled oysters, not smoked.

Bill: 109-s-3182
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on canned, boiled oysters, not smoked.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that certain vessel repairs done by United States crews are not subject to duty.

Bill: 109-s-3183
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Shipbuilding
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt from duty the cost of equipment, repair parts, and materials involved in the repair of certain vessels by U.S. crews done in foreign waters or in a foreign port that does not involve foreign shipyard repairs by foreign labor.
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to comply with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of the duty on 2-Mercaptoethanol.

Bill: 109-s-3184
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of the duty on 2-Mercaptoethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of the duty on Bifenazate.

Bill: 109-s-3185
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of the duty on Bifenazate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of the duty on Terrazole.

Bill: 109-s-3186
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of the duty on Terrazole.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the special use permit fees collected by the Secretary in connection with the establishment and operation of marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3188
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative fees
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boats and boating
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Harbors
Hunting
Law
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
National forests
Outdoor recreation
Photography
Restoration ecology
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to require amounts collected in connection with the issuance of a special use permit for a marina at a unit of the National Forest System (NFS) derived from the public domain to be deposited in an existing special account in the Treasury established for the Secretary of Agriculture for specified recreation management purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5256)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5255)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to allow for the renegotiation of the payment schedule of contracts between the Secretary of the Interior and the Redwood Valley Country Water District, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3189
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Government lending
Water districts

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Authorizes the Redwood Valley County Water District, California, to enter into additional non-federal obligations necessary to finance procurement of dedicated water rights and improvements needed, if the Secretary of the Interior and the District, as of January 1, 2006, have not renegotiated the schedule of payments for loans made by the United States to the District.
 
 Requires: (1) the renegotiated schedule of payments to commence when such additional obligations have been financially satisfied by the District; and (2) the date of the initial payment by the District to the United States to be regarded as the start of the repayment period and the time upon which any interest shall first be computed and assessed under the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5256)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5256)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the classification of certain high-density fiberboard and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3190
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Building materials
Housing and Community Development
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tariff
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that certain high-density fiberboard shall include laminate boards or panels bonded in whole or in part, or impregnated, with melamine or other synthetic resins.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard line and pressure pipe from Romania.

Bill: 109-s-3191
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard line and pressure pipe from Romania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels entered from 1997 through 2005.

Bill: 109-s-3192
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels entered from 1998 through 2004.

Bill: 109-s-3193
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels entered from 2000 through 2005.

Bill: 109-s-3194
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels entered from 2000 through 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels entered from 1998 through 2000.

Bill: 109-s-3195
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to high-density laminate panels entered from 1998 through 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the duty-free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by the city of Seattle, Washington.

Bill: 109-s-3196
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Czech Republic
Europe
Light rail transit
Railroad equipment
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to: (1) provide the duty-free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by the city of Seattle, Washington; and (2) reliquidate any entry whose liquidation becomes final before enactment of this Act, and refund the appropriate duty paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to returned property.

Bill: 109-s-3197
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Exports
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the article description relating to U.S. products returned after being exported to include products previously exported from the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend the duty on certain boots.

Bill: 109-s-3198
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend the duty on certain boots.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on modified steel leaf spring leaves.

Bill: 109-s-3199
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on modified steel leaf spring leaves.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on steel leaf spring leaves.

Bill: 109-s-3200
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on steel leaf spring leaves.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on suspension system stabilizer bars.

Bill: 109-s-3201
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on suspension system stabilizer bars.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on vinylidene chloride-methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile copolymer.

Bill: 109-s-3202
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on vinylidene chloride-methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile copolymer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-propene, 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoror-, oxidized, polymerized, reduced hydrolyzed.

Bill: 109-s-3203
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-propene, 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoror-, oxidized, polymerized, reduced hydrolyzed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-Propene,1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-oxidized, polymerized.

Bill: 109-s-3204
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-Propene,1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-oxidized, polymerized.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate