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109-s-1 109 s 1 Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act Commemorations 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] FL R M001162 6 Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Margaret Thatcher in recognition of her dedication to the values of free markets and free minds. 2022-02-03T05:26:14Z  
109-s-2 109 s 2 Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act Foreign Trade and International Finance 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 0 Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act or the Trade CLAIM Act - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting de novo review of a U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) decision concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights with respect to presidential authority and the responsibility of the Trade Representative. Permits the Trade Representative to take further action to enforce U.S. rights, based on the Trade Representative's monitoring, when a petitioner considers that the actions of a foreign country in implementing a measure have not been satisfactory. 2022-02-03T05:26:03Z  
109-s-26 109 s 26 Northern Appalachian Economic Development Commission Act of 2006 Economics and Public Finance 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 1 Northern Appalachian Economic Development Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Northern Appalachian Economic Development Commission to provide advisory strategic guidance and coordination and grant assistance in support of economic development, community development, and natural resource conservation in the Northern Appalachian region in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Authorizes each affected state to designate local development districts to receive such assistance. Requires the Commission to develop an integrated development strategy for the region. Authorizes the Commission to approve grants to states, local development districts, and public and nonprofit entities for economic development projects in the region. 2022-02-03T05:30:24Z  
109-s-28 109 s 28 Northern Border Travel Facilitation Act Immigration 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11741-11742) Senate Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] MN R C001057 0 Northern Border Travel Facilitation Act - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to establish a State Driver's License and Identity Card Enrollment Program to permit a U.S. or Canadian citizen who produces a U.S. or Canadian driver's license or identity card meeting requirements of this Act to enter the United States from Canada without providing any other documentation or evidence of citizenship. Requires Program implementation by December 31, 2009. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, prior to such implementation, to permit a U.S. or Canadian citizen to enter the United States from Canada if the individual can demonstrate U.S. or Canadian citizenship. 2018-02-03T18:59:39Z  
109-s-30 109 s 30 Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any U.S. agent or attorney, in any federal investigation or criminal or civil enforcement matter, from demanding, requesting, or conditioning treatment on the disclosure by an organization (or affiliated person) of any communication protected by the attorney-client privilege or any attorney work product. Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from conditioning a civil or criminal charging decision relating to an organization (or affiliated person) on one or more specified actions, or from using one or more such actions as a factor in determining whether an organization or affiliated person is cooperating with the government. Numbers among the actions a U.S. agent or attorney may not use as a charging decision condition or a cooperation-determining factor: (1) any valid assertion of the attorney-client privilege or privilege for attorney work product; (2) the provision of counsel to, or contribution to the legal defense fees or expenses of, an employee of the organization; (3) entry into a joint-defense, information-sharing, or common-interest agreement with an employee of the organization if the organization determines it has a common interest in defending against the investigation or enforcement matter; (4) the sharing of relevant information with an employee; or (5) a failure to terminate an employee's employment, or otherwise sanction an employee, because of the employee's decision to exercise his or her constitutional rights or other legal protections in response to a government request. Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from demanding or requesting that an organization or an affiliated person not take any such action. 2022-02-03T05:32:50Z  
109-s-4111 109 s 4111 Louisiana Water Resources Projects Act of 2006 Water Resources Development 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Louisiana Water Resources Projects Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out: (1) the Bayou Sorrel Lock and, conditional on a favorable report, the Port of Iberia, Louisiana, navigation projects; (2) the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, hurricane and storm damage reduction project; and (3) a program for ecosystem restoration, Louisiana Coastal Area, including modifications needed to five critical ecosystem restoration features due to the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Establishes: (1) the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force; and (2) a Louisiana Water Resources Council within the Mississippi River Commission. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for protecting, preserving, and restoring the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; (2) establish a coastal Louisiana ecosystem science and technology program; (3) study, design, and construct a type A regional visitors center in the vicinity of Morgan City, Louisiana; and (4) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for navigation improvement at Vidalia, Louisiana. Authorizes appropriations to: (1) support the relocation of Port of New Orleans deep draft facilities; and (2) the Assistant Secretary to provide relocation assistance to private businesses. Modifies a flood control project for the Ouachita River and tributaries and directs that the Ouachita River Levees remain a component of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project. Modifies: (1) the public access feature of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana project; and (2) projects at Red River Waterway, the Calcasieu River and Pass, and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. 2018-02-04T01:57:00Z  
109-s-4112 109 s 4112 Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2006 Taxation 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11742) Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 2 Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2006 - Treats payments made before June 1, 2007, by a charitable organization by reason of the death, injury, wounding, or illness of any firefighter in the October 2006 Esperanza Incident in southern California as related to such organization’s exempt function (and thus tax-exempt) if such payments are made in good faith using a reasonable and objective formula which is consistently applied. Protects private foundation making such payments from the penalty tax on self-dealing. Excludes payments for firefighters made by charities or foundations under this Act (or by federal, state, or local governments) from the gross income of the recipient. 2019-11-15T21:54:03Z  
109-s-4113 109 s 4113 A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 12 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients (or reaffirm such eligibility) under the programs to: (1) address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine; (2) aid children in homes in which methamphetamine or other drugs are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used; and (3) address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders. 2018-02-04T01:57:13Z  
109-s-4114 109 s 4114 Generics First Act of 2006 Health 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] WI D K000305 0 Generics First Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program all nongeneric (brand name) drugs unless no generic drug has been approved, and the brand name drug is determined to be medically necessary. 2019-11-15T21:54:03Z  
109-s-4115 109 s 4115 Effective Physician Assistance for Drug Treatment Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Effective Physician Assistance for Drug Treatment Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a medical practitioner who dispenses narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance or detoxification treatment to treat up to 100 patients at any one time (currently, limited to 30) after submitting a notification of need and intent to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 2018-02-04T01:57:33Z  
109-s-4116 109 s 4116 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, to clarify the scope of provisions relating to applicable rates of interest and other charge limitations. Finance and Financial Sector 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] AR D L000035 1 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to applicable rates of interest and other charge limitations in connection with interstate bank mergers. Sets 17% per annum, or such lower limit as the state legislature may impose, on the maximum interest, discount points, finance charges or fees that may be charged in a state, until judgment, in any loan or credit sale or on any note or other evidence of debt issued to or acquired by any person (other than an insured depository institution) engaged in the business of lending, or of selling or financing the sale of personal property, upon establishment in the state of a branch of any out-of-state insured depository institution. Includes among such persons any person or entity engaged in the business of providing cash advances or loans to a consumer in exchange for the consumer's personal check or share draft, or personal authorization to debit the consumer's transaction acount, in the amount of the advance plus a fee. Includes also any such person or entity that provides such a cash advance or loan in exchange for holding title or means of access to personal property pending repayment of the obligation. 2018-02-04T01:57:38Z  
109-s-4117 109 s 4117 Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2006 Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11745-11746) Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 1 Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2006 - Repeals title II of the Real ID Act of 2005. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish by regulation minimum standards for acceptance of state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards by federal agencies; (2) establish a negotiated rulemaking process before publishing such standards; and (3) award grants to states to assist them in conforming to such standards. Prohibits federal agencies from accepting state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards after specified deadlines unless such identification conforms to the minimum standards promulgated under this Act. 2019-11-15T21:56:37Z  
109-s-4118 109 s 4118 Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act Environmental Protection 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11747) Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 2 Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms. Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the Toxic Release Inventory Program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing the proposed rule dated October 4, 2005, to revise requirements under such Program. 2018-02-04T01:57:48Z  
109-s-4119 109 s 4119 A bill to clarify the tax treatment of certain payments made to homeowners by the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Mississippi Development Authority. Taxation 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Sets forth a special rule for the tax treatment of amounts received by a taxpayer from the Louisiana Recovery Authority or the Mississippi Development Authority for the repair or reconstruction of such taxpayer's primary residence due to hurricane damage in 2005. 2019-11-15T21:54:03Z  
109-s-4120 109 s 4120 Harriet Beecher Stowe House Special Resource Study Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 0 Harriet Beecher Stowe House Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, to evaluate: (1) the national significance of the House and surrounding land; and (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the House and such land as a unit of the National Park System. 2020-01-29T20:28:33Z  
109-s-4121 109 s 4121 A bill to provide optional funding rules for employers in applicable multiple employer pension plans. Labor and Employment 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Allows an employer participating in an eligible multiple employer plan to elect to have the pension plan treated as having spun off such employer's allocable portion of the plan's assets and liabilities to an eligible spun off plan. Specifies the employer's liability with respect to the spun off plan, which shall be in lieu of any other liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) or to the applicable pension plan. Excludes such spun off plan from the funding requirements of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 until at least January 1, 2017. Provides that the employer maintaining such plan is liable for ongoing contributions to the eligible spun off plan as required before amendments made by such Act. Applies the third segment rate (the rate of interest based on the corporate bond yield curve taking into account only bonds maturing after 20 years) to such plan in lieu of the interest rate otherwise used. Provides that the liability of the employer if such plan terminates shall be determined in accordance with the assumptions and methods described under this Act. Makes employers not making an election under this Act liable to the PBGC in an amount equal to the fractional portion of the adjusted unfunded benefit liabilities of such plan as of December 31, 2005, determined without regard to any adjusted unfunded benefit liabilities to be transferred to an eligible spun off plan. Applies this Act to a single employer pension plan that: (1) was established in the State of Alaska on March 18, 1967; and (2) as of January 2, 2005, had two or more contributing sponsors, at least two of which were not under common control. 2018-02-04T01:58:04Z  
109-s-4122 109 s 4122 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2006 Native Americans 2006-12-08 2006-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11749-11789) Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 3 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2006 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise requirements for health care programs and services for Indians, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.Provides for: (1) enrollment of qualified Indians in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as Medicare under SSA title XVIII and Medicaid under SSA title XIX (as under current law); and (2) related payments to Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations operating in the state.Replaces the Urban Health Programs Branch with a Division of Urban Indian Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, to consolidate certain existing programs into a new program of comprehensive behavioral health, prevention, treatment, and aftercare for Indian tribes. Establishes the National Bipartisan Indian Health Care Commission to: (1) establish a study committee to study the extent of Indian health services needs; (2) review and analyze the study committee's report; and (3) make recommendations to Congress regarding the delivery of federal health care services to Indians. Reauthorizes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act through FY 2016. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to establish the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation.Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (SCHIP) to conform with this Act. 2022-02-03T05:11:03Z  
109-s-4099 109 s 4099 A bill for the relief of Perlat Binaj, Almida Binaj, Erina Binaj, and Anxhela Binaj. Private Legislation 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] MI D L000261 0 Provides for the relief of Perlat Binaj, Almida Binaj, Erina Binaj, and Anxhela Binaj. 2019-11-15T21:56:37Z  
109-s-4100 109 s 4100 Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act Immigration 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11501-11502) Senate Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] OH R V000126 4 Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should expand the visa waiver program to nationals of foreign countries that are allies in the war on terrorism. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program to expand the visa waiver program for up to five new countries that are are cooperating with the United States on security and counterterrorism matters. Requires a country, prior to participation, to conclude a counterterrorism and security information sharing agreement with the United States. Authorizes: (1) a country to participate for an initial three-year period, with an additional two-year extension; and (2) the Secretary to terminate a country's participation for program noncompliance. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement procedures to improve the manner of calculating visa overstay rates. 2019-11-15T21:56:37Z  
109-s-4101 109 s 4101 Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 Environmental Protection 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] OK R I000024 1 Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide an operator a reasonable opportunity to correct a violation of a permit condition for a site with residential construction activity before initiation of an enforcement action, if such violation may be rectified by modifying, revising, or supplementing records or paperwork. Prohibits such an opportunity from being provided: (1) to the operator of any residential construction site that failed to obtain coverage under a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit; or (2) for a record or paperwork violation that resulted in a violation of a water quality standard. Prohibits more than one opportunity to correct violations of the same condition. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring a permit for stormwater runoff from such a site if: (1) the runoff enters a municipal separate storm sewer system that is covered by a permit and the operator is in compliance with runoff requirements; and (2) such site has minimal potential for soil erosion. Requires the Administrator to coordinate enforcement of stormwater discharge permits with states. Prohibits the Administrator from paying any state penalty for a violation of a permit for such a discharge. Requires the Administrator to establish a program that will develop and distribute to site operators a pamphlet that explains permitting requirements for stormwater discharges. Authorizes the Administrator or the state to issue a general permit for no more than five years on a state, regional, or nationwide basis to cover any category of discharges, sludge use, disposal practices, or facilities. Declares that the Administrator or state is not required to review, approve, or provide an opportunity for public comment on any application for a discharge under a general permit. 2018-02-04T01:56:10Z  
109-s-4102 109 s 4102 Election Jamming Prevention Act of 2006 Science, Technology, Communications 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11502-11503) Senate Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] IL D O000167 0 Election Jamming Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of telecommunications devices to: (1) prevent or obstruct the broadcast or exchange of election-related information; or (2) impair or obstruct any other telecommunications device from being used to engage in communications containing election-related information. Defines "election-related information." Provides a private right of action for injunctive or declarative relief against such violations (including a violation of the existing prohibition on annoying, abusing, threatening, or harassing any person at the called number or who receives the communications). 2020-02-12T18:54:52Z  
109-s-4103 109 s 4103 Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006 Armed Forces and National Security 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 0 Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to recognition of the threat to the United States of nuclear terrorism, as well as appropriate steps to be taken to prevent such terrorism. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a Senior Advisor to the President for the Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism. Requires an annual report from the President to Congress on the security of formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material. States as the policy of the United States that all possible steps be taken as rapidly as possible to ensure that all nuclear weapons and formula quantities of strategic special nuclear materials are secure and accounted for. Directs the President to seek an international agreement on a global standard that implements such policy. 2018-02-04T01:56:20Z  
109-s-4104 109 s 4104 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credit rate parity for all renewable resources under the electricity production credit. Taxation 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] OR R S001142 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate after 2006 the reduction in the rate of the tax credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass, small irrigation power, landfill gas, trash combustion, and hydropower facilities (thus allowing the same credit rate for all renewable resource facilities). 2019-11-15T21:54:03Z  
109-s-4105 109 s 4105 A bill to authorize the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana. Water Resources Development 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out the hurricane and storm damage reduction project, Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, in accordance with the Chief of Engineers' reports of August 23, 2002, and July 22, 2003, at specified federal and non-federal costs. Makes the operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of the Houma Navigation Canal lock complex and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway floodgate features of the project that provide for inland waterway transportation a federal responsibility. 2018-02-04T01:56:30Z  
109-s-4106 109 s 4106 National Energy Efficiency Development Act Energy 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 0 National Energy Efficiency Development Act - Establishes the National Energy Efficiency Development Administration, headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, to develop energy-efficient technologies and reduce U.S. imports of oil by 50% by 2015. Establishes in the Administration: (1) a Policy Advisory Committee; (2) an Office of Administration (to include an Energy Efficiency Economics Division, an Education Division, and the position of General Counsel); (3) an Office of Policy, Research, and Development; and (4) an Office of Venture Capital. Authorizes the Administrator to solicit the development of energy-effcient technologies. 2020-01-29T20:28:32Z  
109-s-4107 109 s 4107 College Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2006 Taxation 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11503-11504) Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 College Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits with an increased, partially refundable college opportunity tax credit to cover up to four years (currently, limited to two years) of the tuition and related expenses of full or part-time postsecondary and graduate students. 2019-11-15T21:54:03Z  
109-s-4108 109 s 4108 Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act Water Resources Development 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 0 Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act - Amends the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project. Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to request a transfer from the Fund to implement a congressionally approved settlement agreement that requires the Bureau of Reclamation to plan, design, and construct: (1) water supply infrastructure; or (2) a project to rehabilitate a water delivery system to conserve water or a project to improve environmental conditions associated with or affected by an existing reclamation project. Authorizes the Secretary to design, construct, operate, and maintain the Project in substantial accordance with the draft environmental impact statement prepared by the Bureau for the Project. Authorizes the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain specified Project facilities to provide for the delivery of San Juan River water to the city of Gallup, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Approves the agreement among New Mexico, the Navajo Nation, and the United States setting forth a stipulated and binding agreement signed on April 19, 2005. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into that agreement to the extent that it does not conflict with this Act; and (2) prepare a hydrographic survey to identify and quantify any historic or existing diversion or use of water by the Navajo Nation from the San Juan River Basin. Establishes in the Treasury the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund. 2020-01-29T20:28:32Z  
109-s-4109 109 s 4109 Aircraft Noise Reduction Act of 2006 Transportation and Public Works 2006-12-07 2006-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11505) Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 0 Aircraft Noise Reduction Act of 2006 - Prohibits the operation of any civil subsonic turbojet of 75,000 pounds or less operating out of airports in the continental United States unless such aircraft complies with stage three noise levels as determined by the Secretary of Transportation. Allows an opt-out of such requirement for any aircraft operator at an airport who notifies the Secretary of intent to continue the operation of noncompliant aircraft. Requires notices of such opt-outs to be made accessible to the public. 2020-02-12T18:54:52Z  
109-s-4110 109 s 4110 U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 Commerce 2006-12-07 2006-12-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 673. Senate Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] OR R S001142 5 Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006 or the U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to include within the term "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" those acts or practices involving foreign commerce that: (1) cause or are likely to cause reasonably foreseeable injury within the United States; or (2) involve material conduct occurring within the United States. Declares that remedies available to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for unfair and deceptive acts or practices include restitution to domestic or foreign victims. Authorizes the FTC to disclose certain privileged or confidential information to foreign law enforcement agencies and to grant investigative assistance to them. Grants the FTC power to transmit to the Attorney General evidence of a violation of federal criminal law by any person, partnership, or corporation, either domestic or foreign. Authorizes the FTC to designate its attorneys to assist the Attorney General with litigation in foreign courts on particular matters in which it has an interest. Prescribes procedural guidelines for sharing by FTC with foreign law enforcement agencies of information obtained pursuant to compulsory process or investigation. Declares the FTC subject to the Right to Financial Privacy Act, but specifies conditions relating to procedures for delay of notification or prohibition of disclosure, and ex parte proceedings. Exempts from coverage by such Act an investigation or proceeding related to the administration of federal or foreign antitrust laws. Shields from liability voluntary providers of information, including certain financial institutions. Authorizes the FTC to accept payment or reimbursement from a domestic or foreign law enforcement agency, or payment or reimbursement made on behalf of such agency, for expenses incurred by the FTC in carrying out any of its proper activities. Terminates this Act seven years after its enactment. 2018-02-04T01:56:55Z  
109-s-4083 109 s 4083 Hospital Quality Reporting Improvement Act of 2006 Health 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 1 Hospital Quality Reporting Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, with respect to requirements for payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt certain consensus-based measures, approved by national organizations with health care quality expertise, which are designed to reduce the likelihood of hospital medication errors. 2019-11-15T21:54:02Z  
109-s-4084 109 s 4084 San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act Water Resources Development 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11327-11329) Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 1 San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the terms and conditions of the Stipulation of Settlement dated September 13, 2006, in Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., in cooperation with the state of California, including measures to: (1) design and construct channel and structural improvements; (2) modify Friant Dam operations to provide Restoration Flows and Interim Flows; (3) acquire water, water rights, or options to acquire water from willing sellers; (4) implement terms and conditions related to recirculation, recapture, reuse, exchange, or transfer of water released for such flows; and (5) develop and implement the Recovered Water Account. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with California to facilitate or expedite Settlement implementation; and (2) identify impacts associated with such actions and measures to mitigate impacts on adjacent and downstream water users and landowners. Provides that Settlement implementation and the reintroduction of Chinook salmon shall not result in the involuntary reduction in contract water allocations to Central Valley Project long-term contractors apart from Friant Division contractors. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire through purchase from willing sellers property needed to implement the Settlement; and (2) dispose of such property. Requires proceeds from the disposal of such property to be deposited into the San Joaquin River Restoration Fund (established by this Act). Declares that the Settlement satisfies and discharges the Secretary's obligations under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. Provides for the reintroduction of Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River. 2020-01-29T20:28:32Z  
109-s-4085 109 s 4085 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rate of the excise tax on certain wooden arrows. Taxation 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] OR R S001142 1 Amends the Internal Revenue to impose a separate excise tax on wooden shafts used in the manufacture of arrows of specified dimensions. 2019-11-15T21:54:02Z  
109-s-4086 109 s 4086 Maternal Motor Vehicle Crash Safety Act of 2006 Transportation and Public Works 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11330-11331) Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 0 Maternal Motor Vehicle Crash Safety Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System. Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to: (1) provide grants and other incentives to eligible entities to promote the development of data linkage systems that improve the tracking of adverse health effects and birth outcomes for pregnant women involved in motor vehicle crashes; (2) conduct a research program to promote the health and safety of such women and their unborn children; and (3) conduct a public outreach and education program to increase awareness of safety risks associated with motor vehicle crashes for such women and children and methods to reduce such risks. Directs the Administrator to include data regarding the safety of pregnant women and their unborn children who are involved in motor vehicle crashes in the NHTSA's Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Crashes. 2020-02-12T18:54:52Z  
109-s-4087 109 s 4087 Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2006 Taxation 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11332-11334) Senate Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] ID R C000880 4 Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain landowners whose property contains the habitat of an endangered or threatened species and who enter into a habitat protection agreement a tax credit for costs relating to habitat protection easements and restoration. Places limits on the amount of such credit for calendar years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.Allows a tax deduction for expenditures related to recovery plans approved by the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Excludes from gross income certain payments under: (1) the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program authorized by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act; and (2) the Landowner Incentive Program, the State Wildlife Grants Program, and the Private Stewardship Grants Program authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956. 2019-11-15T21:54:02Z  
109-s-4088 109 s 4088 Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] NV R E000194 1 Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, all interest of the United States in and to the Alta-Hualapai Site for use by the City for the development of: (1) a nonprofit cancer treatment facility; (2) ancillary commercial projects; (3) an adjacent park; (4) a flood control project; and (5) a water pumping facility. 2020-01-29T20:28:32Z  
109-s-4089 109 s 4089 Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act of 2006 Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 0 Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the reporting requirements of any online service (as redefined by this Act) with respect to violations of child sexual exploitation and pornography laws. Requires such services to: (1) report any facts or circumstances indicating a violation of federal child sexual exploitation or pornography laws to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and (2) provide information on the Internet identity and location of any individual who appears to have violated any child sexual exploitation or pornography law. Requires the Center to forward each report which it receives from an online service to an appropriate law enforcement agency. Imposes increased fines on online services for intentional and negligent failures to comply with reporting requirements under this Act. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative, the Attorney General, and other relevant federal officials to encourage foreign governments to combat child pornography. Authorizes appropriations for grants to Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to require registered sex offenders to disclose and update their e-mail addresses, instant message addresses, and other similar Internet identifiers. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years for failure to provide such information. Increases criminal penalties on sex offenders who use the Internet to violate child pornography laws. Requires online services to remove web pages linked to sex offenders from social networking sites. 2019-11-15T21:56:37Z  
109-s-4090 109 s 4090 A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies for any expenditures or compensation of personnel and use or consumption of materials and facilities, and for other purposes. Emergency Management 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) for payments made to state or local law enforcement agencies for expenditures for personnel, materials, and facilities in an area in which the President declared a major disaster. Replaces references to the Director of FEMA with references to the Administrator. 2018-02-04T01:55:11Z  
109-s-4091 109 s 4091 Social Security Trust Funds Restoration Act of 2006 Social Welfare 2006-12-06 2006-12-22 Became Public Law No: 109-465. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Social Security Trust Funds Restoration Act of 2006 - Makes appropriations to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to restore amounts erroneously overpaid from the Trust Funds to the general fund of the Treasury between 1999 and 2005 as transfers, under the voluntary withholding program, of anticipated taxes on benefit payments under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. 2023-01-31T21:13:23Z  
109-s-4092 109 s 4092 A bill to clarify certain land use in Jefferson County, Colorado. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-12-06 2006-12-22 Became Public Law No: 109-466. Senate Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] CO R A000109 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Allows any person that holds an approved Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permit to construct or install on Lookout Mountain in Jefferson County, Colorado, either a digital television broadcast station antenna or tower, or both, to proceed with such construction, and all associated facilities and services, if such antenna or tower is of the same height or lower than the tallest existing analog broadcast antenna or tower at that location. 2023-01-31T21:13:24Z  
109-s-4093 109 s 4093 A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend a suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance. Agriculture and Food 2006-12-06 2006-12-22 Became Public Law No: 109-467. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 16 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend through September 30, 2007, a suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 2023-01-31T21:13:25Z  
109-s-4094 109 s 4094 A bill to extend the period in which States may spend funds from the additional allotments provided to States under the Social Services Block Grant program for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Social Welfare 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Extends through September 30, 2008, the period in which states may spend funds from the additional allotments provided to them under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act under the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. 2019-11-15T21:54:02Z  
109-s-4095 109 s 4095 A bill to extend the period in which the State of Louisiana may spend funds from the additional allotment provided to the State under the Social Services Block Grant program for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Social Welfare 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Extends through September 30, 2008, the period in which Louisiana may spend funds from the additional allotment provided to it under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act under the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. 2019-11-15T21:54:02Z  
109-s-4096 109 s 4096 Barrier Project Consolidation and Construction Act of 2006 Water Resources Development 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] OH R V000126 6 Barrier Project Consolidation and Construction Act of 2006 - Considers the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project (Barrier I) and the project related to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier (Barrier II) to constitute a single project to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species. Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to: (1) upgrade and make permanent Barrier I; (2) construct Barrier II; (3) operate and maintain Barriers I and II as a system; (4) study options and technologies for reducing the impacts of hazards that may reduce the Barriers' efficacy; and (5) provide each state with a credit equal to the amount of funds contributed by the state toward Barrier II. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study options and technologies to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and other aquatic pathways; and (2) determine the the feasibility of, and construct and maintain if found feasible, a dispersal barrier project at the Lake Champlain Canal. 2018-02-04T01:55:45Z  
109-s-4097 109 s 4097 Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2006 Commerce 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11336-113341) Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 4 Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) guarantee the payment of principal and interest on private lender loans to small businesses located in a disaster area; and (2) make disaster loans to private nonprofit organizations located or operating in a disaster area. Increases disaster loan caps. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) allow small business development centers (SBDCs) to provide assistance to a small business located outside the state of the SBDC if the business is in a disaster area; (2) establish a contracting outreach and technical assistance program for small businesses having a significant presence in a disaster area; (3) declare a disaster area as an area of concentrated unemployment or underemployment, or a labor surplus area, for purposes of a contracting priority for local small businesses; and (4) establish and implement a disaster assistance business loan program. Provides for increased public notice of disaster declaration and application periods and deadlines. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into agreements with private contractors to process disaster loans. Requires the Administrator to amend the 2006 hurricane season disaster response plan to apply to major disasters and catastrophic national disasters. Provides for increased congressional oversight of the SBA disaster loan program with respect to presidentially declared disasters. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to assist small businesses that have or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of significant increases in the price of heating fuel due to a disaster-related energy emergency. 2019-11-15T21:59:01Z  
109-s-4098 109 s 4098 Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2006 Health 2006-12-06 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11346-11348) Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 2 Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an application for the approval of a medical device or a product development protocol to include: (1) a description of any pediatric subpopulations that suffer from the disease or condition that the device is intended to treat, diagnose, or cure; and (2) the number of affected pediatric patients. Excludes a medical device distributed pursuant to the humanitarian device exemption from the prohibition that no device be sold for an amount that exceeds the cost of the device if: (1) the device is intended for the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that occurs in pediatric patients; and (2) other specified requirements are met. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to designate a contact point to help innovators and physicians access funding for pediatric medical device development. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for demonstration projects to promote pediatric device development. Includes as a duty of the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics increasing pediatric access to medical devices. Allows the Secretary to require: (1) postmarket surveillance on certain devices that are expected to have significant use in pediatric populations; and (2) a prospective surveillance period of more than 36 months for such devices, as necessary. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to establish a publicly accessible database of all studies and surveillance of medical devices. Requires the Secretary to adopt voluntary national standards for medical device coding. 2020-02-10T17:00:40Z  
109-s-4075 109 s 4075 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply the joint return limitation for capital gains exclusion to certain post-marriage sales of principal residences by surviving spouses. Taxation 2006-12-05 2006-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a surviving spouse to exclude from gross income up to $500,000 of the gain from the sale or exchange of a principal residence owned jointly with a deceased spouse if the sale or exchange occurs within two years of the death of the spouse and other ownership and use requirements have been met. 2019-11-15T21:54:01Z  
109-s-4076 109 s 4076 A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals. Energy 2006-12-05 2006-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] WY R T000162 0 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish milestones for such projects so that by year 2020 they will be able to: (1) remove at least 99% of sulfur dioxide (as currently required); or, in the alternative, (2) emit not more than 0.04 pound SO2 per million Btu, based on a 30-day average. 2020-01-29T20:28:32Z  
109-s-4077 109 s 4077 Australian Wheat Board Accountability Act of 2006 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2006-12-05 2006-12-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11316-11317) Senate Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] MN R C001057 0 Australian Wheat Board Accountability Act of 2006 - Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to initiate an investigation in accordance with title III of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine if actions by the Australian Wheat Board with respect to the Board's abuse of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme constitutes an act, policy, or practice and justifies taking action against unfair trade practices and to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements. Deems economic damage suffered by U.S. wheat farmers as a result of the practices of the Australian Wheat Board related to the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme during the period 1999 to 2003 to be such an act, policy, or practice. Requires the USTR to seek a negotiated settlement with the Australian government upon an affirmative determination that the actions of the Australian Wheat Board have resulted in barriers to U.S. wheat exports or meet the requirements for mandatory action. Imposes additional duties upon Australian imports in the event of failure to reach a negotiated settlement. 2019-11-15T21:54:01Z  
109-s-4078 109 s 4078 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office". Commemorations 2006-12-05 2006-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] WY R E000285 1 Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office." 2018-02-04T01:54:10Z  
109-s-4079 109 s 4079 A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities, and for other purposes. Water Resources Development 2006-12-05 2006-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11196-11197) Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 3 Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make modifications that are reasonably required to preserve the site security of Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities. Provides for specified reimbursement for costs incurred for building and site security activities. Requires dam safety and site security costs allocated to irrigation, municipal, and industrial water service for the Central Valley Project, California, to be collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of such costs in operation and maintenance rates, capital water rates, or a combination of both, not segregated from other project costs for separate allocation or repayment. Directs the Secretary, during site security-related construction, to consider cost containment measures. Prohibits the obligation of funds exceeding a specified amount for carrying out actual construction to modify an existing dam, the cause of which results from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for site security or structural safety purposes, prior to 30 calendar days after the Secretary has transmitted a report on such existing dam to Congress. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report annually to Congress on building and site measures carried out during the applicable fiscal year (including a summary of expenditures and information relating to a five-year plan for security measures detailed to show pre- and post-September 11, 2001 costs); (2) provide written notice to project beneficiaries upon identifying a Bureau facility for a site security measure; and (3) include in required reports the Secretary's response when a modification is the result of new data deemed necessary for structural safety purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to waive reporting requirements that could adversely impact site security. 2020-01-29T20:28:32Z  
109-s-4080 109 s 4080 A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to settlement agreements reached with respect to litigation involving certain secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations. Science, Technology, Communications 2006-12-05 2006-12-06 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 3 Allows the court to: (1) approve a settlement agreement executed after December 1, 2006, by plaintiffs or defendants in connection with litigation that resulted in the entry of an injunction against a satellite carrier for a willful or repeated pattern or practice of delivering a primary transmission made by a network station and embodying a performance or display of a work to subscribers who are not eligible to receive the transmission; and (2) modify the injunction accordingly. 2018-02-04T01:54:21Z  
109-s-4081 109 s 4081 Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006 Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-12-05 2006-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11198) Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 1 Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006 - Repeals provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that eliminated the jurisdiction of any court to hear or consider applications for a writ of habeas corpus filed by aliens who have been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as enemy combatants (or who are awaiting such determination) and actions against the United States relating to the detention of such aliens and to military commissions (thus restoring habeas corpus rights existing prior to the enactment of such Act). Allows courts to hear or consider legal challenges to military commissions only as provided by the Code of Military Justice or by a habeas corpus proceeding. 2019-11-15T21:56:36Z  
109-s-4082 109 s 4082 A bill to make a conforming amendment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to examinations of certain insured depository institutions, and for other purposes. Finance and Financial Sector 2006-12-05 2006-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11199) Senate Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] ID R C000880 0 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase from $250 million to $500 million the maximum size of a small insured depository institution which the appropriate federal banking agency may subject to a full-scope, on-site examination every 18 months (instead of every 12 months), if the greater amount would be consistent with the principles of institution safety and soundness. 2018-02-04T01:54:31Z  
109-s-4057 109 s 4057 National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2006 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] VA R A000121 0 National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2006 - Permits the possession or carrying of firearms in units of the National Park System. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4058 109 s 4058 Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 1 Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act - Declares it is U.S. policy to protect and preserve living and other resources of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Farallones NMS) and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Cordell Bank NMS) marine environments.Makes certain adjustments to expand the boundaries of the Farallones NMS and the Cordell NMS. Prohibits within the Farallones NMS and the Cordell Bank NMS: (1) the leasing, exploration, development, production, or transporting by pipeline of minerals or hydrocarbons; (2) the conduct of aquaculture (with exceptions); and (3) the discharge of materials and substances or a change in the salinity. Prohibits the conduct of aquaculture within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete an interim supplemental management plan for each sanctuary that focuses on protective resource management in the areas added by this Act.Requires the Secretary to review the operations of the Farallones NMS to determine whether area added to it by this Act shall be designated as a new and separate NMS. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4059 109 s 4059 Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act Education 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11059) Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 0 Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act - Prohibits a federal agency from providing funds or assistance to an entity for the development of course material or the provision of instruction on human development and sexuality if such material or instruction will include medically inaccurate information. Directs such an agency to require a sufficient assurance that such material or instruction will not include medically inaccurate information. Defines "medically inaccurate information" as information related to medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, or statistical statements that is unsupported or contradicted by peer-reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and public health organizations and agencies. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4060 109 s 4060 Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act of 2006 Armed Forces and National Security 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11060-11061) Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 2 Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act of 2006 - Amends federal armed forces provisions enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to, among other things: (1) exclude from military commission (commission) trials statements obtained by coercion; (2) allow a commission military judge to exclude hearsay evidence determined to be unreliable or lacking in probative value; (3) provide for review of commission decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces rather than the Court of Military Commission Review; (4) revise generally provisions concerning the implementation of treaty obligations with respect to the U.S. prosecution of enemy combatants; (5) restore habeas corpus rights for individuals detained by the United States; and (6) provide for expedited judicial review of provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4061 109 s 4061 SPEAK Act Education 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11062-11064) Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 0 Standards to Provide Educational Access for Kids Act or the SPEAK Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (the Act) to require the Commissioner for Educational Statistics to add science to the mandatory biennial national and state academic achievement assessments of students in grades four, eight, and twelve in reading and mathematics. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states receiving school improvement funds to participate in such science assessments of students in grades four and eight, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. Amends the Act to task the National Assessment Governing Board with creating voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science for kindergarten through grade 12 which reflect the knowledge students need to enter college or the workforce and compete in the global economy. Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the American Standards Incentive fund to award competitive four-year grants to states which agree to: (1) adopt such voluntary mathematics and science standards as the core of their own academic content standards in such subjects; and (2) align their teacher certification and professional development requirements to such standards. Provides additional funds to successful grantees for the enhancement of their student performance data systems. Authorizes the Secretary to extend by up to four years for such grantees the 12-year period at the end of which students must meet or exceed state academic performance standards established under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4062 109 s 4062 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2006 Economics and Public Finance 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11065) Senate Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] OK R I000024 0 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2006 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or related amendment, motion, or conference report) that would cause spending for non-defense, non-trust-fund, discretionary spending for the budget year to exceed the amount of spending for such activities in FY2007. Permits waiver or suspension of such provisions only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate. Requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths also for appeals in the Senate of rulings of the Chair. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4063 109 s 4063 Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act Housing and Community Development 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11067-11069) Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 0 Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to provide an additional 100,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental housing assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in FY2007. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct: (1) each participating jurisdiction to use Home Investments Partnership (HOME) grant funds to provide affordable housing to individuals or families whose income is 30% or lower than the area median income (extremely low-income); and (2) direct the Secretary to allocate HOME funds to such jurisdictions on a specified pro-rata basis. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to: (1) extend to FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the Public and Assisted Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP); (2) set aside specified amounts for the Office of Policy Development and Research; (3) identify activities eligible for grant funds; and (4) require the Office to review research to assess strategies likely to be effective in preventing and reducing violent and drug-related crimes in public and federally assisted low-income housing. Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress shall create a national affordable housing trust fund to supply 1.5 million additional affordable housing units over the next 10 years, especially for extremely low-income and very low-income families. Repeals multiyear procurement authority for the F-22A Raptor Fighter Aircraft. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from implementing the advanced research program for fossil fuels. Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from awarding new Advanced Technology Program grants under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4064 109 s 4064 No Child Left Behind Improvement Act of 2006 Education 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] ID R C000880 0 No Child Left Behind Improvements Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter requirements for adequate yearly progress (AYP) assessments of student groups by: (1) lowering, from 95% to 90%, the minimum percentage of students in each group in a school that must take such assessments; (2) allowing the fractional counting of students who are in more than one group, for each such group; (3) allowing states to treat as proficient or advanced specified scores on alternate assessments for disabled students and those not proficient in English; and (4) allowing states to use alternative methods of defining AYP. Revises criteria for local educational agency identification of schools needing improvement. Declares that only those meet such criteria that fail AYP standards, for two consecutive school years (as under current law), in the same subject for the same group of students. Revises eligibility criteria for school transfers after a school is identified as needing improvement. Declares that only failing students in the failing group, instead of all students in such a school, may transfer. Allows such schools to provide students with supplemental services rather than transfers during that school year. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4065 109 s 4065 Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act Education 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11070) Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 0 Accurate Crime Trends for Schools Act or the ACT for Schools Act - Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information on the occurrence of school-related crime in elementary and secondary schools. Requires the study to identify and evaluate methods for collecting and reporting such information. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4066 109 s 4066 A bill to prohibit the designation of Brazil under title V of the Trade Act of 1974. Foreign Trade and International Finance 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] SC R G000359 0 Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make Brazil ineligible for the generalized system of preferences (GSP). 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4067 109 s 4067 Satellite Consumer Protection Act of 2006 Science, Technology, Communications 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11070-11071) Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 15 Satellite Consumer Protection Act of 2006 - Grants a satellite carrier under an injunction for certain secondary transmission violations a statutory license to provide distant network stations in specified local markets under prescribed conditions. Requires a satellite carrier as a condition of license use to deposit escrow funds with the Copyright Office. Imposes monetary penalties for license violations. Terminates such license authority after February 17, 2009. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4068 109 s 4068 A bill to clarify provisions relating to statutory copyright licenses for satellite carriers. Science, Technology, Communications 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] NH R S001078 1 Grants a statutory license to provide a secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station to a satellite carrier found to have engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of delivering such a primary transmission to subscribers who are not eligible to receive it, notwithstanding any injunction that has been issued. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4069 109 s 4069 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2006 Government Operations and Politics 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] IL D O000167 4 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2006 - Amends the Revised Statutes and federal criminal law to prohibit any person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, from knowingly deceiving any other person regarding: (1) the time, place, or manner of conducting any federal election; (2) the qualifications for or restrictions on voter eligibility for any such election; (3) the political party affiliation of any candidate running in any such election; or (4) the sponsor, endorser, or originator of any public communication that promotes, supports, attacks, or opposes a clearly identified candidate in any such election. Creates a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of such prohibition. Prescribes a criminal penalty for such deceptive acts. Authorizes any person to report a deceptive act to the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (or a designee). Requires the AAG to investigate such a report within 48 hours after its receipt and provide correct information to the voters if it is determined that an act of deception occurred. Requires an immediate investigation if such a report is received within 72 hours before an election. Directs the AAG, in such an instance, to undertake immediately all effective measures necessary to provide correct information to voters affected by the deception. Directs the Attorney General to study the feasibility of providing such corrective information through public service announcements, the emergency alert system, or other forms of public broadcast. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4070 109 s 4070 A bill to exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas. Immigration 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 1 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4071 109 s 4071 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit buildings and bonus depreciation property and the period for rehabilitation expenditures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone. Taxation 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11072) Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010: (1) the tax credit for certain low income housing property in the Gulf Opportunity Zone, the Rita GO Zone, and the Wilma GO Zone; (2) bonus depreciation for Gulf Opportunity Zone property; and (3) the increase in the tax credit for rehabilitation expenditures for Gulf Opportunity Zone property. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4072 109 s 4072 Gulf Coast Back to Business and Homes Act of 2006 Commerce 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11074) Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 1 Gulf Coast Back to Business and Homes Act of 2006 - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce to make grants to appropriate state government agencies in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas for assistance to small businesses located in a disaster area that was negatively affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita in 2005. Amends the Small Business Act to require the deferment of payments of principal and interest on loans made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) before December 31, 2006, to a small business located in a disaster area negatively affected by such hurricanes. Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to authorize the SBA Administrator to waive the duplication of certain benefits with respect to hurricane recovery loans made to affected small businesses in Louisiana. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4073 109 s 4073 A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Farmington, Missouri, as the "Robert Silvey Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". Commemorations 2006-11-16 2006-12-18 Became Public Law No: 109-414. Senate Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] MO R T000024 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Farmington, Missouri, as the "Robert Silvey Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic." 2023-01-31T21:11:36Z  
109-s-4074 109 s 4074 Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2006 Science, Technology, Communications 2006-11-16 2006-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] CO R A000109 0 Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2006 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow certain counties and areas to receive broadcast transmissions of network televsion stations located in the capital of the state in which such counties and areas are located. 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z  
109-s-4052 109 s 4052 North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2006 International Affairs 2006-11-15 2006-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10965-10966) Senate Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] TN R F000439 0 North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2006 - States that purpose of this Act is to help the people of North Korea gain freedom from political oppression. Establishes in the Treasury the North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Fund. Authorizes the President to use Fund amounts for: (1) refugee relief, relocation, and resettlement assistance; and (2) Korean reunification and reconstruction assistance. Expresses the sense of Congress that the governments of South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia and other concerned governments should make commensurate commitments to: (1) assist refugees fleeing political oppression in North Korea; and (2) meet humanitarian and reconstruction needs arising in connection with the reunification of North Korea with South Korea, or the emergence in North Korea of a national government committed to respect for human rights, nonproliferation, and peaceful relations with the United States and the other countries in the region. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4053 109 s 4053 Summer of Service Act of 2006 Education 2006-11-15 2006-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10966-10971) Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 7 Summer of Service Act of 2006 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades six through nine. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide competitive three-year grants to: (1) states under a State Grant program; and (2) public or private organizations under a National Direct Grant program, when a state does not apply for funding or the community service program includes multiple states. Requires states and organizations, in making project subgrants, to favor entities with established track records that: (1) have leadership positions in the communities from which participating youth will be drawn; (2) focus on youth service during the transition year before high school; (3) encourage or enable youth to continue providing community service throughout the school year; (4) involve youth in the design and operation of the community service project; and (5) include youth of diverse backgrounds, at least 50% of which are from low-income families. Permits such entities to charge the parents of participants an income-based fee to contribute to the nonfederal share of project costs. Makes each youth serving at least 100 hours in a service-learning project eligible for an educational award of up to $500. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4054 109 s 4054 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the number of individuals qualifying for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance. Armed Forces and National Security 2006-11-15 2006-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10971) Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 1 Amends the Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 to remove the requirement that, in order to qualify for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program during the period beginning on October 7, 2001, and ending on November 30, 2005, the Secretary of the military department concerned must determine that the loss was a direct result of a traumatic injury incurred in the theater of operations for Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom (thus including traumatic injury incurred while performing other types of military service during such period under such coverage). 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4055 109 s 4055 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2006 Crime and Law Enforcement 2006-11-15 2006-12-11 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to establish guidelines for federal criminal cases in which a defendant dies before entry of a final judgment of guilt (deceased defendants). Provides, as a general rule, that the death of a defendant who has been convicted of a federal criminal offense shall not be the basis for abating or otherwise invalidating a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, a verdict returned, a sentence announced, or a judgment entered prior to the death of such defendant, or for dismissing or invalidating the indictment, information, or complaint on which such a plea, verdict, sentence, or judgment is based, except as provided by this Act.Requires a trial court, in a case in which a defendant admits guilt or is found guilty by a jury, but dies before final judgment, to: (1) enter a judgment with the notation that the defendant died before judgment was entered; and (2) commence a special restitution proceeding upon the motion of the government or any victim of the defendant's crime.Permits the use of a guilty plea of a deceased defendant in subsequent civil proceedings.Allows the personal representative of a defendant's estate to file an appeal of the deceased defendant's conviction and of other matters involving such defendant. Provides rules for appointment of counsel, tolling of filing dates, and restitution for pending litigation involving a deceased defendant.Allows the government to seek, or continue to pursue, civil forfeiture of property related to the deceased defendant's crime, subject to the applicable statute of limitations.Makes this Act applicable to any criminal case or appeal pending on or after July 1, 2006. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4056 109 s 4056 Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Health 2006-11-15 2006-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] GA R I000055 1 Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytologic preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; and (2) maintain a record of program results. Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4048 109 s 4048 Exit the OECD Act of 2006 International Affairs 2006-11-14 2006-12-05 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] OK R I000024 0 Exit the OECD Act of 2006 - Prohibits the expenditure of federal funds for activities or projects undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4049 109 s 4049 A bill to provide for the redeployment of United States forces from Iraq by July 1, 2007. International Affairs 2006-11-14 2006-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 1 States that it is U.S. policy to redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq by July 1, 2007, while maintaining in Iraq the minimal level of U.S. forces sufficient to engage directly in targeted counterterrorism activities, train Iraq security forces, and protect U.S. infrastructure and personnel in Iraq. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to jointly submit to Congress a report setting forth the strategy for such redeployment. 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z  
109-s-4050 109 s 4050 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Thompson Street in Thomaston, Georgia, as the "Sergeant First Class Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hollar, Jr. Post Office Building". Commemorations 2006-11-14 2006-12-18 Became Public Law No: 109-413. Senate Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] GA R I000055 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Thompson Street in Thomaston, Georgia, as the "Sergeant First Class Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hollar, Jr. Post Office Building." 2023-01-31T21:11:35Z  
109-s-4051 109 s 4051 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006 Armed Forces and National Security 2006-11-14 2006-12-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11160) Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to: (1) authorize the appointment of additional judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court); and (2) require FISA judges to act on applications for emergency electronic surveillance within 24 hours. Authorizes the hiring of additional personnel in the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and the Court to process surveillance applications. Requires the Directors of the FBI and NSA to develop regulations for conducting and seeking approval for emergency electronic surveillance, preparing and submitting applications for such surveillance, and training personnel. Extends from 72 to 168 hours the period during which the Attorney General may authorize emergency electronic surveillance pending judicial authorization of such surveillance. Permits electronic surveillance without a court order of communications between individuals outside the United States for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence information even if such communications pass through, or the surveillance device is located within, the United States. Requires a court order for the contents of any wire or radio communication sent by a person inside the United States to a person outside the United States. Authorizes enhanced congressional oversight of electronic surveillance activities under FISA. Requires Supreme Court review of any final decision of a U.S. court of appeals concerning the legality of the Terrorist Surveillance Program. 2022-02-03T05:26:13Z  
109-s-4046 109 s 4046 Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006 International Affairs 2006-11-13 2006-12-20 Became Public Law No: 109-440. Senate Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] ME R C001035 29 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006 - Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to change the date for termination of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (Office). Provides that the Office shall terminate 10 months after 80% of the funds appropriated or made available for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been expended. Requires the Special Inspector General, prior to the termination date of the Office, to prepare a final forensic audit report on all funds appropriated or made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. 2023-01-31T21:12:41Z  
109-s-4047 109 s 4047 Secure Port Workforce Act Transportation and Public Works 2006-11-13 2006-11-14 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664. Senate Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] SC R D000595 1 Secure Port Workforce Act - Amends the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 to enumerate those felony offenses which would permanently disqualify or disqualify for a specified period an individual convicted of any such offenses (or found not guilty by reason of insanity) from being issued a transportation security card. 2018-02-04T01:51:25Z  
109-s-3994 109 s 3994 A bill to extend the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996. International Affairs 2006-09-29 2006-11-13 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661. Senate Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] NV D R000146 0 Amends the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to extend the authorities provided in such Act until November 17, 2006. 2018-02-04T01:46:37Z  
109-s-3995 109 s 3995 Education Opportunity Act Education 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] SC R D000595 1 Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to low-income secondary school juniors and seniors for the cost of taking nonremedial courses offered by institutions of higher education which award such students transferable postsecondary credits for such courses. States the sense of the Senate that funding for this program should not affect funding for the Pell Grant program. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-3996 109 s 3996 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow section 1031 treatment for exchanges involving certain mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation company stock. Taxation 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] CO D S001163 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free exchanges of shares in certain mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation companies. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-3997 109 s 3997 Landfill Gas Act of 2006 Taxation 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] PA R S000059 0 Landfill Gas Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for the production of natural gas at a high Btu fuel facility (a facility that produces high Btu biomass fuel and is placed in service before January 1, 2012). 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-3998 109 s 3998 Servicemembers' Cellular Phone Contract Fairness Act of 2006 Armed Forces and National Security 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 0 Servicemembers' Cellular Phone Contract Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow members of the Armed Forces who are called to active duty for a period of not less than 90 days to cancel or suspend their cell phone contracts without incurring early termination or reactivation fees. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-3999 109 s 3999 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2006 Housing and Community Development 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 0 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2006 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish in the Department of Agriculture the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives, to be headed by the Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives. States that the Under Secretary shall: (1) administer all rural broadband-related grant and loan programs previously administered by the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, including the rural broadband access loan and loan guarantee program and the community connect grant program; (2) conduct rural outreach; (3) foster development of a comprehensive rural broadband strategic vision; (4) assess relevant technologies; (5) serve as a single information source for all federal rural broadband programs and services; and (6) provide technical assistance to state, regional, and local governments to develop broadband deployment strategies. Directs the Under Secretary to submit a comprehensive rural broadband strategy report to the President and to Congress. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4000 109 s 4000 National Fuels Initiative Energy 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10684-10688) Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 0 National Fuels Initiative - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the alcohol fuels tax credit and the alternative fuel tax credit by calculating such rates based on a formula related to the average price of a barrel of oil. Extends such credits. Eliminates the small ethanol producer tax credit. Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to ensure that each major oil company that sells gasoline in the United States through wholly-owned or branded stations provides pumps that dispense E-85 fuel at not less than a specified graduated percentage of all of its stations. Amends federal transportation law to require manufacturers of new automobiles that can operate on gasoline or diesel fuel to manufacture such automobiles by increasing percentages after model year 2007. Revises the definition of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition). Continues applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2011, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of four percent per year in such standard for model years 2009 through 2011. Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for all automobiles manufactured by all manufacturers for model year 2012, with an increase of four percent in the average fuel economy from the level for the prior model year for model year 2013 and beyond. Requires the average fuel economy standard in a model year for a manufacturer's domestic and foreign fleetwide passenger automobiles under calculation of average fuel economy provisions to be at least 92% of the average fuel economy projected by the Secretary for the combined domestic and foreign fleets manufactured by all manufacturers in that model year. Permits lower fuel economy standards if they are: (1) technologically unachievable; (… 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4001 109 s 4001 New England Wilderness Act of 2006 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-09-29 2006-12-01 Became Public Law No: 109-382. Senate Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] NH R S001078 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) New England Wilderness Act of 2006 - Title I: New Hampshire - Designates specified federal lands managed by the United States Forest Service in the White Mountain National Forest area of New Hampshire as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (lands to be known as the Wild River Wilderness and lands to be incorporated in the Sandwich Range Wilderness). Title II: Vermont - Subtitle A: Designation of Wilderness Areas - Designates specified federal lands managed by the Forest Service in Vermont as wilderness areas and National Wilderness Preservation System components (lands to be known as the Glastenbury Wilderness, the Joseph Battell Wilderness, the Breadloaf Wilderness, the Lye Brook Wilderness, the Peru Peak Wilderness, and the Big Branch Wilderness). Requires the Forest Service to allow the continuance of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Long Trail, the Catamount Trail, and the marking and maintenance of associated trails and trail structures consistent with the management direction established under the Green Mountain National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Subtitle B: Moosalamoo National Recreation Area - Designates specified federal lands managed by the Forest Service in Vermont as the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to administer the Area in accordance with laws applicable to National Forest System units and the management direction established for the Moosalamoo Recreation and Education Management Area under such Management Plan. 2023-01-31T21:43:20Z  
109-s-4002 109 s 4002 Canyon Ferry National Recreation Area Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MT D B000243 0 Canyon Ferry National Recreation Area Act - Designates specified federal land in Montana as the Canyon Ferry National Recreation Area and provides for its management and funding. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4003 109 s 4003 Ethanol Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2006 Energy 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 1 Ethanol Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation, to award up to $1 million to one or more eligible firms to conduct feasibility studies for the construction of one or more dedicated ethanol pipelines. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4004 109 s 4004 A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain structures, parts, and components for use in an isotopic separation facility in southern Ohio. Foreign Trade and International Finance 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10689) Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 1 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain structures, parts, and components for use in an isotopic separation facility in southern Ohio. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4005 109 s 4005 National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2006 Emergency Management 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] FL R M001162 3 National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2006 - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initiative and to cooperate with other specified federal agencies to carry it out. Requires such Initiative to set research objectives (based on a National Science Board report on the need for such Initiative) to: (1) make recommendations to the Board; (2) assemble the expertise of U.S. science and engineering capabilities through a multi-agency effort focused on infrastructure, the natural environment, and improving understanding of hurricane prediction, intensity, and mitigation on coastal populations; and (3) make grants for hurricane research, including regarding hurricane dynamics, modification, and observation, air-sea interaction, relationships between hurricanes and climate, predicting flooding and storm surge, coastal infrastructure, building construction, emergency communication networks, information utilization by public officials, and sharing computational capability. Directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the National Science and Technology Council, to coordinate U.S. activities related to the Initiative as a formal program with a well-defined organizational structure and execution plan. Directs the Under Secretary and the Director to: (1) establish a National Infrastructure Database to catalog infrastructure, provide information to improve information public policy related to hurricanes, and provide data to improve researchers' abilities to measure hurricane impacts in order to improve building codes and urban planning; and (2) develop a National Hurricane Research Model to conduct integrative research and facilitate the transfer of research knowledge to operational applications. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4006 109 s 4006 Imagery, Mapping, and Geospatial Enhancement Act of 2006 Science, Technology, Communications 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] VA R A000121 1 Imagery, Mapping, and Geospatial Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Technology Administration Act of 1998 to include among the functions of the Office of Space Commercialization promoting growth and advancement in U.S. space and airborne remote sensing technologies and related value-added services by: (1) examining the role of, and federal agency use of, commercial remote sensing firms, facilitating a reduction in the use of government remote sensing products and services, and increasing the use of commercial remote sensing firms; (2) promoting the objectives of the U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy, particularly provisions on relying on U.S. capabilities and developing a long-term relationship between the government and the U.S. commercial remote sensing community; (3) creating an environment in which all such firms have the opportunity to compete and expand; (4) evaluating federal and private sector efforts to assist such firms and making recommendations to promote their establishment and growth; (5) serving as the focal point for complaints and suggestions concerning federal activities that affect such firms; (6) counseling such firms on government relations; (7) proposing needed changes in federal policies; (8) representing such firms before government agencies; (9) involving such firms in developing federal procurement strategies; (10) disseminating information about the use of remote sensing and the capabilities of such firms; (11) making recommendations to assist the development and strengthening of such firms. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4007 109 s 4007 New Mexico Rivers Feasibility Studies Act of 2006 Water Resources Development 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10690) Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 New Mexico Rivers Feasibility Studies Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to conduct feasibility studies to identify opportunities to increase the surface flows of the Rio Grande, Canadian, and Pecos Rivers in New Mexico. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4008 109 s 4008 Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2006 Water Resources Development 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10690-10691) Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority on or after October 1, 2003, for System development. Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Secretary to consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4009 109 s 4009 Environmental Justice Enforcement Act of 2006 Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 0 Environmental Justice Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that discrimination based on disparate impact under federally assisted programs (including exclusion from participation and denial of benefits) is established only if a person aggrieved by discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin demonstrates that: (1) a covered entity has a policy or practice causing a disparate impact on that basis and fails to demonstrate that the challenged policy or practice is related to and necessary to achieve the nondiscriminatory goals of the program or activity alleged to have been operated in a discriminatory manner; or (2) a less discriminatory alternative policy or practice exists, but the covered entity refuses to adopt it. Authorizes an aggrieved person to: (1) bring a civil action in federal or state court to enforce such person's rights; and (2) recover equitable relief, attorney's fees, and costs. Makes the effective date of this Act retroactive to April 24, 2001. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4010 109 s 4010 Environmental Protection for Children Act of 2006 Environmental Protection 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 0 Environmental Protection for Children Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) ensure that environmental and public health standards for environmental pollutants protect children and vulnerable subpopulations from exposure; and (2) create lists of pollutants posing health risks to children as well as safer-for-children substances and products. Requires the EPA Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support research into the health effects and toxicity of pesticides and pollutants on children. Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to require the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (Agency) and the EPA Administrator to jointly: (1) develop a hazardous substance list; and (2) revise guidelines for the preparation of toxicological profiles of substances. Requires the Agency to prepare and revise such profiles every five years. Directs the Agency develop an environmental health education program focusing on the hazardous substance exposure of fetuses and children. Requires the Agency, in cooperation with states, to establish a registry of children exposed to significant levels of hazardous substances released at facilities on CERCLA's National Priorities List. Children's Environmental Protection and Right to Know Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to require EPA to establish toxic chemical release form reporting thresholds for toxic chemicals that may present a significant risk to children's health or the environment. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) to require EPA, acting jointly with the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to publish a list of substances toxic to children because of their carcinogenic, neurotoxic, or reproductive toxic effects. Requires EPA to implement strategies for che… 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  
109-s-4011 109 s 4011 A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 to restore State authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota. Health 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] MN R C001057 1 Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota, by exempting it from the requirement that it be certified by the state before January 1, 2006, as being a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. (Thus restores to Minnesota state authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule.) 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  

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