Real Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3875
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting
Afghanistan
Air piracy
Airline passenger traffic
Appropriations
Arms control
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Authorization
Aviation safety
Biological warfare
Border patrols
Bush (George W.) Administration
Cabinet officers
Canada
Central Intelligence Agency
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Coast guard
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Confidential funding (Federal budgets)
Congress
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Containerization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Detention of persons
Diplomacy
Director of National Intelligence
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational exchanges
Electronic surveillance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Energy
Environmental Protection
Europe
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Extremist movements in politics
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Fissionable materials
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Former Soviet states
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Human rights
Identification devices
Immigration
Inspectors general
Intelligence community staff
Intelligence officers
International Affairs
International broadcasting
International control of nuclear power
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Islam
Islamic fundamentalism
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law
Libraries
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Missile warheads
Muslims
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear weapons
Pakistan
Passenger ships
Plutonium
President and foreign policy
Prisoners of war
Prisoners' rights
Prisons
Profit
Public prosecutors
Radio spectrum allocation
Railroad employees
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Religion
Rescue work
Research and development
Right of privacy
Risk
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Security clearances
Security measures
September 11, 2001
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
South Asia
State-sponsored terrorism
Strategic planning
Tactical nuclear weapons
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation research
Transportation safety
Transportation workers
Trials
Undercover operations
United Kingdom
User charges
War relief
Waste in government spending
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Real Security Act of 2006 - Outlines provisions concerning: (1) implementation of 9/11 Commission recommendations; (2) combating terrorism; (3) intelligence authorizations; (4) transportation security; and (5) U.S. policy on Iraq.
 
Ensuring Implementation of the 9/11 Commission Report Act - Outlines provisions effecting the implementation of recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
 
Homeland Emergency Response Operations Act or HERO Act - Provides for: (1) radio spectrum for first responders; and (2) private sector preparedness.
 
Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2006 - Provides for grants to prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, or recover from, threatened or actual terrorist attacks.
 
Sets forth requirements relating to transportation security, border security, the intelligence community, and the balance between security and civil liberties.
 
Outlines provisions concerning the use of foreign policy and public diplomacy to combat terrorism.
 
Omnibus Nonproliferation and Anti-Nuclear Terrorism Act of 2006 - Provides international nonproliferation requirements.
 
Targeting Terrorists More Effectively Act of 2006 - Outlines provisions concerning terrorism, terrorist financing, countries that support terrorism, and preventing the growth of radical Islamic fundamentalism.
 
Establishes a National Commission To Review Policy Regarding the Treatment of Detainees. Outlines U.S. strategy with respect to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for U.S. intelligence and intelligence-related activities. Establishes: (1) an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; and (2) a National Space Intelligence Center.
 
Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2006 - Outlines vessel and port security requirements, including port security training programs, an antiterrorism cargo identification and screening system, and a container security initiative.
 
Rail Security Act of 2006 - Provides freight and passenger rail transportation security requirements.
 
Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006 - Outlines provisions relating to public transportation security assessments, security assistance grants, and aviation security.
 
United States Policy on Iraq Act of 2006 - Provides U.S. policy on Iraq.
 
Establishes the Special Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (with respect to Afghanistan and Iraq).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9134-9191)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate