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| 109-hconres-502 | 109 | hconres | 502 | To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 5682. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-11 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | R000487 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 5682 (Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006, United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act). | 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z | |
| 109-hconres-503 | 109 | hconres | 503 | Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Ninth Congress. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-11 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] | MN | R | G000536 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that when the House adjourns on Friday, December 8, 2006, or Saturday, December 9, 2006, and the Senate adjourns on any day from Friday, December 8, 2006, through Wednesday, December 13, 2006, they stand adjourned sine die (or until the time of any reassembly called by the leadership of each chamber if warranted by the public interest). | 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z | |
| 109-hres-1104 | 109 | hres | 1104 | Providing for a severance payment for employees of leadership offices and committees of the House of Representatives who are separated from employment solely and directly as a result of a change in the party holding the majority of the membership of the House. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Failed by voice vote. | House | Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | E000092 | 1 | Provides for severance pay to committee and leadership staff of the House of Representatives displaced by a change in majority party status. Requires continuing payment of eligible displaced House staff members, upon application to the Chief Administrative Officer, at his or her respective salary for up to 60 days following separation from employment or until he or she becomes otherwise gainfully employed, whichever is earlier. Declares eligible for such severance pay any individual who: (1) is separated from employment with a House committee or a leadership office solely and directly as a result of a change in the party holding the majority of the membership of the House; and (2) was an employee of the committee or leadership office involved, before separation, for at least 183 days (whether or not service was continuous). | 2022-02-03T05:28:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1105 | 109 | hres | 1105 | Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 102) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | P000586 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sets forth the rule for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 102) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007. | 2022-02-03T05:31:37Z | |
| 109-hres-1107 | 109 | hres | 1107 | Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] | MN | R | G000536 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Orders the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress. | 2018-02-03T08:47:55Z | |
| 109-hres-1108 | 109 | hres | 1108 | Appointing a committee to inform the President. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-09 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for appointment of a committee of two Members of the House of Representatives and two Members of the Senate to inform the President that the two Houses have completed their business of the session and are ready to adjourn. | 2018-02-03T08:47:55Z | |
| 109-sres-630 | 109 | sres | 630 | A resolution allowing the senior Senator from Kentucky to reassign the Henry Clay desk when serving as party leader. | Congress | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11554-11555; text as passed Senate: CR S11554; text of measure as introduced: CR S11790) | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends S. Res. 89 (106th Congress) to allow the assignment of the Henry Clay desk to the junior Senator from Kentucky upon the request of the senior Senator from that state if the senior Senator is serving as party leader. | 2018-02-03T18:51:58Z | |
| 109-hres-1099 | 109 | hres | 1099 | Relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sets forth the rule for the consideration of HR 6111 (to amend the Internal Revenue Code to give the Tax Court jurisdiction to review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief). | 2022-02-03T05:31:39Z | |
| 109-hres-1100 | 109 | hres | 1100 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] | CA | R | D000492 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs. Directs the Clerk of the House to add the text of H.R. 6406, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of the engrossment of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 6111, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. | 2022-02-03T05:31:38Z | |
| 109-hres-1101 | 109 | hres | 1101 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes it in order to consider the conference report to accompany H.R. 5682 (Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006). Waives all points of order against the conference report and considers it as read. | 2022-02-03T05:31:38Z | |
| 109-hres-1102 | 109 | hres | 1102 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives the requirement of Rule XIII of the House of Representatives for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported on December 8, 2006. Makes it in order at any time on December 8, 2006, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules. | 2022-02-03T05:31:37Z | |
| 109-sconres-123 | 109 | sconres | 123 | A concurrent resolution providing for correction to the enrollment of the bill H.R. 5946. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-09 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | 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.) Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.R. 5946 (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006) by removing a rule of construction concerning the authority of the Department of Commerce and the Federal Communications Commission. | 2022-02-03T05:30:53Z | |
| 109-sres-626 | 109 | sres | 626 | A resolution relating to the retirement of Linda E. Sebold. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-07 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11543-11544; text as passed Senate: CR S11544; text of measure as introduced: CR S11505) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Commends Linda E. Sebold for her outstanding service to her country and to the U.S. Senate. | 2018-02-03T18:51:37Z | |
| 109-sres-629 | 109 | sres | 629 | A resolution establishing a procedure for affixing and removing permanent artwork and semi-permanent artwork in the Senate wing of the Capitol and in the Senate office buildings. | Congress | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-07 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11545; text as passed Senate: CR S11545; text of measure as introduced: CR S11506) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Prescribes requirements for affixing permanent or semi-permanent artwork to, or removing it from, the public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate office buildings. Requires the Senate Commission on Art to recommend the affixation, in an appropriate location, or removal. Requires that at least 25 years have passed since: (1) the death of any subject in a portrait included in the artwork; or (2) the commemorative event that is to be portrayed in it. Requires also that the Senate has passed a Senate resolution approving the Commission's recommendation. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Commission consider specified factors before making an affixation recommendation. Requires the Commission, if a request meets the requirements of this Act, to select the artist and supervise the creation of the artwork and its application to the selected surface. | 2018-02-03T18:51:53Z | |
| 109-hr-6404 | 109 | hr | 6404 | House Staff Privacy Act | Congress | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] | MS | R | W000437 | 4 | House Staff Privacy Act - Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to: (1) exclude from the public reports on disbursements of the House of Representatives any information on salaries paid to individual employees of the House or on payments for services rendered by any individual who received a salary for rendering them; but (2) include in such reports the aggregate amount of payments made for salaries of individuals employed by each office of a Member of the House. | 2022-02-03T05:28:12Z | |
| 109-hres-1096 | 109 | hres | 1096 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-07 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives the requirement of Rule XIII of the House of Representatives for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported on December 6, 2006. Makes it in order at any time on December 7, 2006, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules. Tables House Resolutions 810, 939, 951, and 1047. | 2022-02-03T05:31:41Z | |
| 109-sres-625 | 109 | sres | 625 | A resolution extending the authority for the Senate National Security Working Group. | Congress | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11382; text as passed Senate: CR 12/7/2006 S11382; text of measure as introduced: CR S11349) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends specified Senate Resolutions to extend the authority for the Senate National Security Working Group from December 31, 2006, until December 31, 2008. | 2018-02-03T18:51:32Z | |
| 109-hres-1092 | 109 | hres | 1092 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6346) to extend certain trade preference programs, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-12-05 | 2006-12-05 | Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 245. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] | CA | R | D000492 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6346) to extend certain trade preference programs, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws. | 2022-02-03T05:31:42Z | |
| 109-hres-1093 | 109 | hres | 1093 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 2006-12-05 | 2006-12-05 | The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-719, by Mr. Hastings (WA). | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives the requirement of Rule XIII of the House of Representatives for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported on December 6, 2006, providing for consideration of a bill to to extend certain expiring provisions the Internal Revenue Code. | 2022-02-03T05:31:42Z | |
| 109-sres-616 | 109 | sres | 616 | A resolution authorizing the Majority Leader and one staff member to travel to Mexico for the inauguration of the new President of Mexico scheduled for December 2, 2006. | Congress | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11095; text as passed Senate: CR S11095; text of measure as introduced: CR S11075) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Majority Leader and one staff member to travel to Mexico for the inauguration of the new President of Mexico scheduled for December 2, 2006. | 2018-02-03T18:50:43Z | |
| 109-hconres-495 | 109 | hconres | 495 | Authorizing the printing as a House document of "United States House of Representatives, The Committee on Ways and Means: A History, 1789-2006". | Congress | 2006-11-15 | 2006-12-11 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the printing as a House document of "United States House of Representatives, The Committee on Ways and Means: A History, 1789-2006." | 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z | |
| 109-hconres-496 | 109 | hconres | 496 | Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | Congress | 2006-11-15 | 2006-11-17 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from November 15, 16, or 17, 2006, until December 5, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and a recess or adjournment of the Senate from November 16 or 17, 2006, until December 4 or 5, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly). Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leaders of the House and of the Senate, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. | 2023-01-12T17:51:59Z | |
| 109-hjres-101 | 109 | hjres | 101 | Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress. | Congress | 2006-11-15 | 2006-12-22 | Became Public Law No: 109-447. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for convening of the first session of the 110th Congress at noon on January 4, 2007. | 2023-01-31T21:12:52Z | |
| 109-hr-6335 | 109 | hr | 6335 | To prohibit the use of Federal funds for official travel after Election Day of members of Congress who will not serve as members during the next Congress. | Congress | 2006-11-15 | 2006-11-15 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Prohibits the use of federal funds for official travel of defeated or retiring Members of Congress. Excludes from such prohibition travel: (1) within a Member's district or state; (2) between a Member's district or state and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area; or (3) within the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-hres-1083 | 109 | hres | 1083 | Electing a certain Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. | Congress | 2006-11-15 | 2006-11-15 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Elects a majority Member to the House Committees on Education and the Workforce and on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-hconres-491 | 109 | hconres | 491 | Providing for a correction to the enrollment of H.R. 6233. | Congress | 2006-09-29 | 2006-11-09 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.R. 6233 (making technical corrections to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or SAFETEA-LU) by eliminating a provision directing the Secretary of Transportation to make funds available for the construction of a bus facility for the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority in Livermore, California. | 2023-01-12T17:52:22Z | |
| 109-hres-1060 | 109 | hres | 1060 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the reduction of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation bills. | Congress | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] | TX | R | C001062 | 22 | Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow a Member to designate the amount of the reduction in new budget authority that should be used to reduce the federal budget deficit (or to increase the federal budget surplus) if an amendment offered by the Member to any general appropriation bill (or resolution making continuing appropriations to the end of a fiscal year) to reduce new budget authority (and resulting outlays) is agreed to. Requires the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, whenever such legislation is engrossed in the House, to: (1) reduce the suballocation of new budget authority and outlays to the appropriate subcommittee by the net amount of such reductions; and (2) promptly report those revisions to the House. Prohibits the Committee from reallocating such reductions to other subcommittees. Deems the revised suballocations to be made under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the House. Requires the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to make appropriate revisions in allocations to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised suballocations and report them to the House. | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-hres-1062 | 109 | hres | 1062 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5122) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives points of order against consideration of the conference report on H.R. 5122 (John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007). | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-hres-1064 | 109 | hres | 1064 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives points of order against consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act). | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-hres-1065 | 109 | hres | 1065 | Raising a question of the privileges of the House. | Congress | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. | House | Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] | CA | D | P000197 | 0 | Directs the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to: (1) immediately appoint a Subcommittee, pursuant to Rule 19 of the Rules of the Committee, to fully and expeditiously determine the facts connected with Representative Mark Foley's conduct and the response thereto; and (2) make a preliminary report within 10 days. | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-hres-1052 | 109 | hres | 1052 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5825) to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. | Congress | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | P000586 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5825 (Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hres-1053 | 109 | hres | 1053 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives a specified requirement of Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) to allow any resolution reported from the Committee on Rules on the legislative day of September 29 to be considered on the same day it is presented to the House. | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hres-1054 | 109 | hres | 1054 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5441) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3930) to authorize trial by military commission for violations of law of war, and for other purposes and consideration of the bill (H.R. 4772) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other governments officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 28, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 5441 making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. Provides for consideration of S. 3930 to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for consideration of H.R. 4772 to simplify and expedite access to the federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States Constitution have been deprived by final actions of federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of state law. | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hconres-483 | 109 | hconres | 483 | Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | Congress | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-29 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from September 29, 30, or October 1, 2006, until November 9, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and from November 9, 2006, until November 13, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly), and a recess or adjournment of the Senate from September 29, 2006-October 4, 2006, until November 9, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly), and from November 9, 2006, until November 13 or 14, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly). Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leaders of the House and of the Senate, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. | 2023-01-12T17:52:23Z | |
| 109-hr-6216 | 109 | hr | 6216 | Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Act | Congress | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] | CA | R | L000517 | 8 | Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Act - Establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Fellowship Program, under which up to 40 eligible law school graduates shall be selected by specified congressional leaders as Daniel Webster Congressional Fellows for each Congress. Requires a Fellow to serve as an employee in a participating office of the House or Senate during the Congress for which the individual is selected. Specifies eligibility criteria for a Fellow, including a juris doctor degree. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hres-1045 | 109 | hres | 1045 | Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | Congress | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes it in order at any time on September 29, 2006, for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules. | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hres-1046 | 109 | hres | 1046 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | P000586 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives a specified requirement of Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) to allow consideration or disposition of the following measures on the same day they are presented to the House: (1) a bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war; (2) a bill to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978; and (3) a conference report on H.R. 5441 (FY2007 Department of Homeland Security appropriations). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hres-1047 | 109 | hres | 1047 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4772) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-27 | 2006-12-07 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1096, H. Res. 1047 is laid on the table. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 4772 (Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hr-6176 | 109 | hr | 6176 | To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental appropriation bills. | Congress | 2006-09-26 | 2006-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] | TX | R | N000182 | 27 | Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure making supplemental appropriations for two or more unrelated emergencies. Prohibits any provisions containing spending that is not designated as emergency spending from being reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations. Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider: (1) the conference report on a measure making supplemental appropriations if such measure contains such spending; or (2) any bill, joint resolution, or conference report if the accompanying report or joint statement of managers does not comply with this Act. Requires the Committee on Appropriations or any other House or Senate committee that reports any bill or joint resolution that provides budget authority for any emergency, the accompanying report, or the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the measure to: (1) identify all provisions that provide budget authority and the resulting outlays for such emergency; (2) state the reasons why such budget authority meets the definition of an emergency; and (3) justify why such funding is in a supplemental appropriation and not the regular appropriation for the next fiscal year. Prohibits a provision containing an earmark from being reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations. Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making supplemental appropriations containing earmarks. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hres-1042 | 109 | hres | 1042 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6166) to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-26 | 2006-09-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 6166 (Military Commissions Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hconres-480 | 109 | hconres | 480 | To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3127. | Congress | 2006-09-25 | 2006-09-26 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 3127 (Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:23Z | |
| 109-hr-6172 | 109 | hr | 6172 | Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 2006 | Congress | 2006-09-25 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 24 | Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 2006 - Requires the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations that prohibit eligibility in the governmental retirement system for a Member convicted of certain felony offenses in which: (1) every act or omission of such individual that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense occurs while the individual is a Member; (2) such act or omission relates to the performance of the individual's official duties as a Member; and (3) the offense is committed after the enactment of this Act. Requires refund of annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual. Defines Member as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hres-1037 | 109 | hres | 1037 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5631) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-25 | 2006-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] | OK | R | C001053 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives points of order against consideration of the conference report on H.R. 5631 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hres-1038 | 109 | hres | 1038 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees. | Congress | 2006-09-25 | 2006-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2679 (Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-hres-1039 | 109 | hres | 1039 | Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 403) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. | Congress | 2006-09-25 | 2006-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2679 (Child Custody Protection Act). | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-sres-584 | 109 | sres | 584 | A resolution to authorize the production of records, testimony, and legal representation. | Congress | 2006-09-25 | 2006-09-25 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10100; text as passed Senate: CR S10100; text of measure as introduced: CR S10075) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to produce documents and its staff to testify, except where a privilege should be asserted, in the investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia of the financial disclosures made to the Committee by Dr. Lester Crawford in connection with confirmation proceedings on his nomination to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Committee employees in connection with such case. | 2018-02-03T18:47:42Z | |
| 109-hres-1018 | 109 | hres | 1018 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the United States and another country; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6094) to restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6095) to affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation procedures. | Congress | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-21 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 4830 (Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006); (2) H.R. 6094 (Community Protection Act of 2006); and (3) H.R. 6095 (Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1015 | 109 | hres | 1015 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4844) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any individual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud in Federal elections, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-19 | 2006-09-20 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 4844 (Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1016 | 109 | hres | 1016 | Encouraging all offices of the House of Representatives to hire disabled veterans. | Congress | 2006-09-19 | 2006-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] | CA | R | R000409 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that the House of Representatives encourages the Members, committees, and all other offices of the House to hire disabled veterans, and to use the resources that the Committee on House Administration will direct the Chief Administrative Officer to provide to find qualified disabled veterans to fill such positions. | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1011 | 109 | hres | 1011 | Requesting return of official papers on H.R. 503. | Congress | 2006-09-14 | 2006-09-14 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to request the Senate to return to the House H.R. 503 (horse slaughter prohibition). | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1000 | 109 | hres | 1000 | Providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives. | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-14 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1003, H. Res. 1000 is considered passed House as amended. (consideration: CR H6615-6616; text as passed House: CR H6615-6616) | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] | CA | R | D000492 | 55 | Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives to consider: (1) a bill reported by a committee unless the report includes a list of earmarks in the bill or in the report (and the names of the requesting Members); or (2) a conference report on a bill unless the joint explanatory statement accompanying it includes a list of earmarks in it or in the joint statement (and the names of the requesting Members) that were not committed to the conference committee by either Chamber, not in the committee report, and not in a Senate committee report on a companion measure. Defines tax earmarks as any revenue-losing provision that benefits only one beneficiary. Makes it out of order in the House to consider a bill carrying a tax measure reported by the Ways and Means Committee in which the Joint Committee on Taxation has: (1) identified a tax earmark, unless the report on the bill includes a list of tax earmarks in it or in the report (and the names of the requesting Members); or (2) failed to provide such analysis. Makes it out of order in the House to consider a conference report carrying such a measure as to which the Joint Committee on Taxation has: (1) identified a tax earmark, unless the accompanying joint explanatory statement includes a list of tax earmarks in it or in the joint statement (and the names of the requesting Members) that were not committed to the conference committee by either Chamber, not in the Committee report, and not in a Senate committee report on a companion measure; or (2) failed to provide such analysis. Makes it out of order in the House to consider a rule or order that waives the requirements of this Act with respect to consideration of conference reports. Requires the Joint Committee to: (1) review any bill containing a tax measure that is being reported by the Ways and Means Committee or prepared for filing by a conference committee; (2) identify whether such bill contains any tax earmarks; and (3) provide the Ways and Means Committee and the conference committee with a statement ide… | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1001 | 109 | hres | 1001 | Providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives. | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41] | CA | R | L000274 | 1 | Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives to consider a bill, amendment, or conference report unless: (1) the committee report on the bill includes a list of earmarks in it or in the report (and the names of the requesting Members); (2) the sponsor of the amendment submits for publication in the Congressional Record a list of earmarks in such amendment (and the names of the requesting Members) two legislative days before its consideration; or (3) the accompanying joint explanatory statement on the conference report includes a list of earmarks in it or in such report (and the names of the requesting Members) that were not committed to the conference committee by either chamber, not in the committee report, not published pursuant to this Act, and not in a Senate committee report on a companion measure. Makes it out of order in the House to consider a rule or order that waives the requirements of this Act with respect to consideration of conference reports. Provides that, if the Committee on Rules reports a resolution making in order a bill for initial House consideration and providing for consideration, adoption, or passage of text not otherwise subject to this Act, the Committee shall include a list of earmarks in the measure (and the names of the requesting Members). Defines earmark to include tariff relief and targeted tax benefits. | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1002 | 109 | hres | 1002 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6061) to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States. | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-14 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 6061 (Secure Fence Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1003 | 109 | hres | 1003 | Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 1000) providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives. | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-14 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] | CA | R | D000492 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.Res. 1000 (earmark revisions in the House of Representatives). | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1007 | 109 | hres | 1007 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5147) to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the income-related increase in part B premiums that was enacted as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173). | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-27 | Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 109-17. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis17.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5147) to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the income-related increase in part B premiums that was enacted as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173). | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-hres-1008 | 109 | hres | 1008 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for transparency of earmarks requests. | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] | KS | D | M001140 | 21 | Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any bill or joint resolution containing an earmark unless: (1) a written request for the earmark's inclusion is sent to the chairman and ranking member of the committee of primary jurisdiction (and, in the case of the Committee on Appropriations, also to the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee of jurisdiction) at least seven days before such earmark, or bill including it, is scheduled to be voted on by the committee or by the House; (2) such request includes the name of the Member of the House sponsoring the earmark, the name and address of its intended recipient, the earmark's purpose, and a statement of whether the Member sponsoring the earmark has a financial interest in it or in its intended recipient; and (3) the applicable committee makes available on its Internet website such information sent to it when the legislation is ordered reported. Prohibits a rule or order reported by the Committee on Rules that waives this Act or all or unspecified points of order from being considered over the objection of any Member, except when so determined by a vote of two-thirds of the total membership of the House. Amends Rule XXII (House and Senate Relations) to prohibit consideration of a conference report on such measure unless the joint explanatory statement accompanying it lists the earmarks in it (together with the names of requesting Members and all other required information) that were not committed to the conference committee by either chamber. Makes it out of order to consider: (1) a rule or order that waives such requirement; or (2) a conference report until 48 hours after such information is made available on its Internet website by the committee with primary subject matter jurisdiction over the report. Amends Rule II (Other Officers and Officials) to require the Clerk of the House to maintain, and make available to the public over the Internet free of charge, an electro… | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-sconres-114 | 109 | sconres | 114 | A concurrent resolution providing for corrections to the enrollment of the bill S. 2590. | Congress | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-13 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | Senate | Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] | OK | R | C000560 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 2590 (Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006) by: (1) modifying the requirement that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by January 1, 2008, ensure the existence and operation of a single searchable website for federal awards to require that it do so in accordance with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act; (2) requiring that the website provide for separate searches that distinguish between awards that are grants, subgrants, loans, cooperative agreements, and other forms of financial assistance and awards that are contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, and delivery orders; and (3) requiring the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 2010, on compliance with that Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-hres-996 | 109 | hres | 996 | Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 994) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001. | Congress | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-13 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.Res. 994 (commemorating the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001). | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-hres-997 | 109 | hres | 997 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing its unfair competition with private sector firms and their non-inmate workers and empowering Federal agencies to get the best value for taxpayers' dollars, to provide a five-year period during which Federal Prison Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work opportunities through other than its mandatory source status, to enhance inmate access to remedial and vocational opportunities and other rehabilitative opportunities to better prepare inmates for a successful return to society, to authorize alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-profit organizations and other public service programs, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-13 | On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6435) | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2965 (Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-hres-998 | 109 | hres | 998 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5099) to provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-25 | Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Barrow. Petition No: 109-16. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis16.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) | House | Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] | GA | D | B001252 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5099) to provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses. | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-hres-987 | 109 | hres | 987 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 147) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. | Congress | 2006-09-07 | 2006-09-20 | Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Doggett. Petition No: 109-15. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis15.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) | House | Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] | TX | D | D000399 | 1 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 147) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-hres-981 | 109 | hres | 981 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-09-06 | 2006-09-07 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 503 (American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act). | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-sres-554 | 109 | sres | 554 | A resolution authorizing the printing with illustrations of a document entitled "Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, 32nd Anniversary, 1974-2006". | Congress | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-04 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 8/3/2006 S8900; text as passed Senate: CR 8/3/2006 S8900; text of measure as introduced: CR 8/3/2006 S8860) | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the printing with illustrations as a Senate document of a compilation of materials entitled "Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, 32nd Anniversary, 1974-2006." Requires the printing of up to 500 copies of such document in addition to the usual number. | 2018-02-03T18:44:55Z | |
| 109-sres-555 | 109 | sres | 555 | A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Congress | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-04 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 8/3/2006 S8900; text as passed Senate: CR 8/3/2006 S8900; text of measure as introduced: CR 8/3/2006 S8860-8861) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to provide to law enforcement officials, regulatory agencies, and other authorized individuals records of the Subcommittee's investigation into the use of offshore tax havens for abusive tax shelters. | 2018-02-03T18:45:00Z | |
| 109-hconres-467 | 109 | hconres | 467 | Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | Congress | 2006-08-02 | 2006-08-04 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] | VA | R | D000136 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from August 2, 2006-August 8, 2006, until September 6, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from August 3, 2006-August 8, 2006, until September 5, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly). Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leaders of the House and of the Senate, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. | 2023-01-12T17:52:26Z | |
| 109-s-3779 | 109 | s | 3779 | A bill to provide that if Congress enacts a phased-in increase in the Federal minimum wage as provided for in the Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006, the pay increase of Members of Congress will be phased-in over the same time frame. | Congress | 2006-08-02 | 2006-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Requires a phased-in calendar 2007 cost-of-living pay adjustment for Members of Congress if a law is enacted during calendar 2006 that provides for an increase in the federal minimum wage that takes effect on two or more dates in any calendar year. Prohibits any regularly scheduled cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress during calendar 2008 and 2009. Declares that the calendar 2007 adjustment shall be phased in by thirds over the three-year period 2007-2009. | 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z | |
| 109-hconres-459 | 109 | hconres | 459 | Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | Congress | 2006-07-28 | 2006-08-04 | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from July 28 or 29, 2006, until September 6, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from August 3, 2006-August 7, 2006, until September 5, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly). Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leaders of the House and of the Senate, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. | 2023-01-13T04:50:34Z | |
| 109-hr-5954 | 109 | hr | 5954 | Intelligence Oversight Act | Congress | 2006-07-28 | 2006-07-28 | Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | F000444 | 6 | Intelligence Oversight Act - Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Select Committee on Intelligence from rejecting a request by one of certain standing committees to make classified information in the Intelligence Committee's possession about lawful intelligence or intelligence-related activities of a federal agency available to such committee if the information relates to any matter within the committee's jurisdiction, unless the information reveals sensitive intelligence sources and methods or reveals sensitive information related to a covert action. Requires the Intelligence Committee to notify appropriate standing committees of any classified information received by it that falls within such a committee's jurisdiction. Requires Intelligence Committee members who also serve on the standing committee, in coordination with its chairman, to brief the entire membership on such classified information. Provides for Intelligence Committee assistance to standing committees requesting a briefing on classified information held by executive branch offices. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to conform to this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:34Z | |
| 109-hres-966 | 109 | hres | 966 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5970) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes; and consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to provide economic security for all Americans, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-07-28 | 2006-07-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5970 (Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006) and H.R. 4 (Pension Protection Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:26Z | |
| 109-hres-975 | 109 | hres | 975 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-07-28 | 2006-07-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5] | IA | R | K000362 | 29 | Cut the Unnecessary Tab Resolution, or CUT Resolution - Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that would limit any amendment that would otherwise be in order to a rescission bill. Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) to require the House Budget Committee, whenever a rescission bill passes the House, to reduce the applicable committee allocations by the total amount of resulting reductions in budget authority and outlays. Amends Rule XIII to require the Majority Leader to introduce a rescission bill by certain dates in each session. Makes any motion to discharge the committee from consideration of such a bill privileged 10 legislative days after its introduction, if it was not introduced by one of the deadlines. Makes it out of order to offer any amendment to a rescission bill unless it increases the amount of budget authority to be rescinded. Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) to make it out of order to consider any rescission bill, its conference report, or amendment, unless: (1) such bill or conference report is made available to Members and the general public on the Internet for at least 48 hours before its consideration; (2) an amendment to such measure made in order by a rule is available within one hour after the rule is filed; or (3) an amendment under an open rule is made available immediately after being offered in a format searchable and sortable. Requires amendments to rescission bills to be germane. | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-hres-957 | 109 | hres | 957 | Directing the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives to deliver the mace of the House of Representatives to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for necessary repairs. | Congress | 2006-07-27 | 2006-07-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Authorizes and directs the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives to deliver the mace of the House to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for necessary repairs. Instructs that the mace be returned to the House before noon on the day before it next reconvenes pursuant to concurrent resolution or at any sooner time when so directed by the Speaker. | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-hres-958 | 109 | hres | 958 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 2006-07-27 | 2006-07-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives a specified requirement of Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) to allow consideration of the following measures on the same day they are presented to the House: (1) a conference report to accompany H.R. 2830 (Pension Protection Act of 2005); (2) a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and extend expiring provisions; and (3) a bill to provide economic security for all Americans. | 2023-01-12T17:52:26Z | |
| 109-hres-960 | 109 | hres | 960 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit gifts to Members, officers, and employees of the House from State and local governments. | Congress | 2006-07-27 | 2006-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | F000444 | 11 | Amends Rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to repeal the exception of gifts from state and local governments from the limitations on acceptance of such gifts by Members, officers, and employees of the House (thus applying such limitations to such gifts). Considers a reimbursement to such individuals from a state or local government for travel-related expenses in connection with their duties as an officeholder as a reimbursement to the House and not a prohibited gift. | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-sres-543 | 109 | sres | 543 | A resolution temporarily suspending the Rules for the Regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States Capitol and Senate Office Buildings for the purpose of permitting the taking of photographs in the area of the Daily Press Gallery. | Congress | 2006-07-27 | 2006-07-27 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8397; text as passed Senate: CR S8397; text of measure as introduced: CR S8382) | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Suspends provisions of Rule IV of the Rules for the Regulation of the Senate Wing of the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings (prohibiting the taking of pictures in the Senate Chamber) to permit the taking of pictures while the Senate is in session in the area of the Daily Press Gallery. Allows the use of such photographs only in relation to United States District Court Civil Action No. 04-0026. | 2018-02-03T18:43:56Z | |
| 109-hconres-454 | 109 | hconres | 454 | Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | Congress | 2006-07-26 | 2006-07-29 | Laid on the table. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000275 | 0 | Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from July 27 or 28, 2006, until September 6, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from August 3, 4, or 5, 2006, until September 5, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly). Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leaders of the House and of the Senate, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. | 2018-02-03T08:22:33Z | |
| 109-hconres-456 | 109 | hconres | 456 | Providing for a correction to the enrollment of the bill, S. 203. | Congress | 2006-07-26 | 2006-09-29 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Senate to correct the enrollment of S. 203 (National Heritage Areas Act of 2006) by amending federal law that establishes the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey. Revises the authorization of appropriations. Declares that funds made available under such law shall be used only for technical assistance and the design and fabrication of interpretive materials, devices, and signs. Prohibits the use of such funds for operation, repair, or construction costs, except for the costs of constructing interpretive exhibits. Sets the maximum federal share of any project under this Act at 50%, and requires a nonfederal match. Terminates the authorities of the Secretary of the Interior under such law on September 30, 2007. Requires the Secretary to prepare a strategic plan that describes opportunities to increase participation in the planning, development, and administration of the route and organizational options for sustaining it. | 2023-01-13T04:50:34Z | |
| 109-hres-951 | 109 | hres | 951 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 2006-07-26 | 2006-12-07 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1096, H. Res. 951 is laid on the table. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives a specified requirement of Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) to allow consideration of the following measures on the same day they are presented to the House: (1) a conference report to accompany H.R. 2830 (Pension Protection Act of 2005); and (2) a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and extend expiring provisions. | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-hres-952 | 109 | hres | 952 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) to amend the Social Security Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology. | Congress | 2006-07-26 | 2006-07-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 4157 (Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-s-3731 | 109 | s | 3731 | Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2006 | Congress | 2006-07-26 | 2006-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2006 - Prohibits any state or federal court from relying on or deferring to a presidential signing statement as a source of authority when determining the meaning of any Act of Congress. Provides that: (1) any U.S. court, upon the filing of an appropriate pleading by the Senate, through its Office of Senate Legal Counsel, and/or the House of Representatives, through its Office of General Counsel, may declare the legality of any presidential signing statement, whether or not further relief is or could be sought; and (2) any such declaration shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree and shall be reviewable as such. Amends federal law to provide for congressional intervention in any action, suit, or proceeding in the Supreme Court involving the construction or constitutionality of any Act of Congress for which a presidential signing statement was issued, including passage of a concurrent resolution declaring the view of Congress on the proper interpretation of the Act at issue. | 2023-01-12T17:52:27Z | |
| 109-hres-946 | 109 | hres | 946 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 250) to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act. | Congress | 2006-07-25 | 2006-07-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on S. 250 (Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-947 | 109 | hres | 947 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India. | Congress | 2006-07-25 | 2006-07-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5682 (United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-939 | 109 | hres | 939 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1956) to regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-07-24 | 2006-12-07 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1096, H. Res. 939 is laid on the table. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1956 (Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-sres-538 | 109 | sres | 538 | A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Rockefeller v. Bingaman, et al. | Congress | 2006-07-21 | 2006-07-21 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8105; text as passed Senate: CR S8105; text of measure as introduced: CR S8104) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senator Jeff Bingaman and the U.S. Senate in the case of Rockefeller v. Bingaman, et al. | 2018-02-03T18:43:30Z | |
| 109-hres-925 | 109 | hres | 925 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5684) to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement. | Congress | 2006-07-19 | 2006-07-20 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5684 (United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-920 | 109 | hres | 920 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2389) to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance. | Congress | 2006-07-18 | 2006-07-19 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2389 (Pledge Protection Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-924 | 109 | hres | 924 | Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 2754) to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos. | Congress | 2006-07-18 | 2006-07-27 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 952, H. Res. 924 is laid on the table. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of S. 2754 (Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-917 | 109 | hres | 917 | Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 23) to amend title 46, United States Code, and title II of the Social Security Act to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II. | Congress | 2006-07-17 | 2006-07-27 | Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Filner. Petition No: 109-14. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis14.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) | House | Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] | CA | D | F000116 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 23 (Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-918 | 109 | hres | 918 | Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 88) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | Congress | 2006-07-17 | 2006-07-18 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.J.Res. 88 (Marriage Protection Amendment). | 2023-01-12T17:52:31Z | |
| 109-hres-910 | 109 | hres | 910 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. | Congress | 2006-07-12 | 2006-07-13 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 9 (Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z | |
| 109-sconres-108 | 109 | sconres | 108 | A concurrent resolution authorize the printing of a revised edition of a pocket version of the United States Constitution and other publications. | Congress | 2006-07-12 | 2006-07-18 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the printing of the following as Senate documents: (1) the 22nd edition of the pocket version of the U.S. Constitution; (2) the 2006 revised edition of the publication entitled "Our Flag"; and (3) the book entitled "A Botanic Garden for the Nation." | 2023-01-12T17:52:26Z | |
| 109-hres-906 | 109 | hres | 906 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2990) to improve ratings quality by fostering competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry. | Congress | 2006-07-10 | 2006-07-12 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2990 (Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2005). | 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z | |
| 109-hres-907 | 109 | hres | 907 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4411) to prevent the use of certain payment instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-07-10 | 2006-07-11 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 4411 (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006). | 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z | |
| 109-hconres-440 | 109 | hconres | 440 | Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | Congress | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from June 29 or 30, 2006, until July 10, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from June 29 or 30, 2006, or July 1, 2006, until July 10, 2006 (or until another time of reassembly). Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leaders of the House and of the Senate, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. | 2023-01-13T04:50:52Z | |
| 109-hres-902 | 109 | hres | 902 | Electing a certain Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. | Congress | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] | GA | R | P000591 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Elects a majority Member to the House Committees on Armed Services, Government Reform, and to Veterans' Affairs. | 2023-01-13T04:50:43Z | |
| 109-hres-903 | 109 | hres | 903 | Repealing rule XXVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt. | Congress | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Chocola, Chris [R-IN-2] | IN | R | C001052 | 43 | Repeals Rule XXVII (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) of the Rules of the House of Representatives. (Thus abolishes the procedure for automatic adjustment of the public debt level upon passage of a new concurrent resolution on the budget setting forth an amount different from the amount of the statutory limit on the public debt otherwise in effect for the period covered by the budget resolution.) Redesignates Rule XXVIII (General Provisions) as Rule XXVII. | 2023-01-13T04:50:43Z | |
| 109-sjres-40 | 109 | sjres | 40 | A joint resolution authorizing the printing and binding of a supplement to, and revised edition of, Senate Procedure. | Congress | 2006-06-29 | 2006-07-25 | Became Public Law No: 109-244. | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the printing and binding as a Senate document of: (1) a supplement to "Riddick's Senate Procedure," to be styled "Frumin's Supplement to Riddick's Senate Procedure"; and (2) a revised edition of "Riddick's Senate Procedure," to be styled "Frumin's Senate Procedure." | 2023-01-31T21:14:10Z | |
| 109-sres-525 | 109 | sres | 525 | Senate Legislative Transparency and Accountability Resolution of 2006 | Congress | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6811-6812) | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 1 | Senate Legislative Transparency and Accountability Resolution of 2006 - Amends Rule XXIII (Privilege of the Floor) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to deny floor privileges (except for ceremonial functions and events) to former Senators and Senators-elect, Secretaries, Sergeants at Arms of the Senate, and Speakers of the House of Representatives if they: (1) are registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal; or (2) are in the employ of or represent any party or organization for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of any legislative proposal. Amends Rule XXXV (Gifts) to exclude gifts from lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal from the gift ban exceptions. Requires a Member, officer, or employee, before accepting otherwise permissible transportation or lodging from any person other than a governmental entity, to obtain a written certification from such person (copy to the Select Committee on Ethics) that: (1) the trip was not financed by a registered lobbyist or foreign agent; (2) the person offering the transportation or lodging did not accept, directly or indirectly, funds from a registered lobbyist or foreign agent specifically earmarked to finance the travel expenses; (3) the trip was not planned, organized, or arranged by or at the request of a registered lobbyist or foreign agent; and (4) registered lobbyists will not participate in or attend the trip. Prescribes additional disclosure requirements, including certain information regarding noncommercial air travel. Amends Rule XXXVII (Conflict of Interest) to impose a one-year lobbying moratorium, upon leaving such position, on any employee on the staff of a Member or on the staff of a committee meeting specified rate of pay and congressional employment criteria. Prohibits a Senator from directly negotiating or having any arrangement concerning prospective private employment until after the election for his or her successor has been held, unless public disclosure of such employment negotiations a… | 2023-01-13T04:50:34Z | |
| 109-hres-896 | 109 | hres | 896 | Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 895) supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate Congressional consultation and specifically condemning the disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against terrorism and needlessly exposes Americans to the threat of further terror attacks by revealing a crucial method by which terrorists are traced through their finances. | Congress | 2006-06-28 | 2006-06-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.Res. 895 (condemns disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against terrorism). | 2023-01-13T04:50:44Z | |
| 109-hres-897 | 109 | hres | 897 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4761) to provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-06-28 | 2006-06-29 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 4761 (Domestic Energy Production through Offshore Exploration and Equitable Treatment of State Holdings Act of 2006). | 2023-01-13T04:50:44Z | |
| 109-hres-890 | 109 | hres | 890 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5672) making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | Congress | 2006-06-26 | 2006-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5672 (Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007). | 2023-01-13T04:50:44Z |
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