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United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2006
Authorizes: (1) Juine Chada to testify in the case of City of Eugene v. Peter Vincent Chabarek , except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted; and (2) the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Juine Chada in connection with such case.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 2006
Stop Over Spending Act of 2006 - Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to transmit annually to Congress a maximum of four special messages that propose to rescind dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority, items of direct spending, and targeted tax benefits. Requires an analysis by: (1) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of an estimated savings in budget authority or outlays resulting from such rescission; and (2) the Joint Committee on Taxation of an estimated savings resulting from repeal of targeted tax benefits. Requires any rescinded budget authority, items of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit to be dedicated only to deficit reduction, and not to be used as an offset for other spending increases or revenue reductions. Provides for adjustment of: (1) committee allocations resulting from such rescission; and (2) applicable limits, as appropriate, under this Act. Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of a proposed rescission. Requires the: (1) President to issue an order fully implementing without change all sequestrations required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its Final Sequestration Report; and (2) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress and the President on the order's compliance with this Act. Prescribes requirements for discretionary sequestration reports by OMB and GAO, discretionary spending and maximum deficit limits, a federal tax gap initiative, executive and legislative branch sequestration procedures, and congressional response to low economic growth. Prohibits the President's budget from exceeding the maximum deficit amount for any fiscal year. Requires biennial budget resolutions, appropriations Acts, and government strategic and performance plans. Defines the budget biennium. Establishes the National Commission on Entitlement Solvency and the Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. Provides for expedited congressional consideration of the appropriate Commission's recommendations for legislative action or agency reform proposals. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise budget resolution requirements. Authorizes the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to notify the Senate of a Medicare funding warning. Makes it out of order to consider any legislation that would cause any increase in direct spending, net of proposals to change direct spending receipts, or revenues contained in the measure if the Senate has been notified of such warning for two consecutive calendar years.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 2006
Suspends specified provisions of Rule IV of the Rules for the Regulation of the Senate Wing of the U.S. Capitol (prohibiting the taking of pictures in the Senate Chamber) to permit an official photograph to be taken of Members of the U.S. Senate on June 13, 2006.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 2006
Congratulates the residents of Jerusalem and the people of Israel on the 39th anniversary of the city's reunification, and believes that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel during the past 39 years. Calls upon the President and Secretary of State to affirm as U.S. policy that Jerusalem must remain Israel's undivided capital. Urges the President to: (1) discontinue use of the waiver contained in the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995; (2) carry out such Act's provisions immediately; and (3) begin the process of relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Urges U.S. officials, upon request, to record the birthplace of a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem as Israel (as provided for by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003).
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on titanium dioxide anatase.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on phenyl salicylate (benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, phenyl ester).
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on diethyl ether.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on parts for use in the manufacture of certain high-performance loudspeakers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on PHBA.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on DMSIP.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2006
Amends the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to extend from three years to six years after enactment of that Act the maximum duration of any renewal under it of import restrictions on Burmese products. Approves the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Act. Deems this resolution a renewal resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on titanium mononitride.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W but not exceeding 85 W.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W but not exceeding 105 W.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W but not exceeding 95 W.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2006
Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senators Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Thomas R. Carper in the case of Lannak v. Biden, et al .
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2006
Declares that the Senate honors the life and legacy of the Honorable Lloyd Bentsen, a former member of the United States Senate. Extends its warmest sympathies to his family members and friends. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on May 23, 2006, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Senator Bentsen.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2006
Expresses the sense of Congress that colleges and universities should continue to: (1) take a leadership role in educating students regarding the detrimental consequences of online infringement of intellectual property rights; and (2) take steps to deter and eliminate unauthorized peer-to-peer computer use by warning students of the risks of such use and educating them concerning the value of intellectual property.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2006
Expresses the sense of the Senate to: (1) condemn the military junta in Burma for its campaign of terror against ethnic minorities; (2) call on the United States and other democracies to continue to work with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote democracy, human rights and justice in Burma; and (3) call on the United States to lead a U.N. Security Council effort to pass a binding, non-punitive resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all other prisoners of conscience in Burma, condemning these atrocities, and supporting democracy, human rights and justice in Burma.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2006
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain a metropolitan area's eligibility to receive an AIDS emergency relief grant until such area fails to meet eligibility requirements for three consecutive years. Amends the formula for awarding grant funds to consider the number of HIV/AIDS (currently, AIDS) cases. Requires the return of unexpended grant funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the submission of an application for the use of such funds. Directs grantees to expend not less than 75% of grant funds received on core medical services. Allows the Secretary to grant waivers to such requirement under certain circumstances. Establishes a transitional grant program for metropolitan areas with lower numbers of AIDS cases. Requires the Secretary to develop and maintain a list of classes of core AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) antiretroviral medications. Requires states to ensure that such medications are the minimum required treatments to be included in any ADAP program. Limits the amount by which a grant to an eligible metropolitan area can decrease each year. Provides for supplemental grants to states that demonstrate a need for supplemental financial assistance. Allows the Secretary to award grants to assist states in providing eligible individuals appropriate access to pharmaceutical therapies. Establishes a grant program for the provision of family-centered care involving outpatient or ambulatory care for women, infants, children, and youth with HIV/AIDS. Provides for activities to evaluate and address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS and disparities in access, treatment, care, and outcome on racial and ethnic minorities.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2006
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Jacob Chic Hecht, a former member of the United States Senate. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on May 16, 2006, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Senator Hecht.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2006
Recognizes May 15, 2006, as Peace Officers Memorial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2006
Condemns the brutality of the Castro regime toward Martha Beatriz Roque, a 61-year-old woman in frail health. Demands that the Cuban regime allow the people of Cuba to exercise their fundamental human rights. Commends the courage and perseverance of Martha Beatriz Roque and all dissidents in Cuba. Calls on the Cuban regime to release the hundreds of political prisoners and to stop the intimidation of dissidents and their families. Calls for continued international support of pro-democracy leaders in Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2006
Designates May 6, 2006, as National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day. Urges people to support the efforts, programs, services, and advocacy of organizations that work to enhance public awareness of childhood stroke, including the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, the American Stroke Association, and the National Stroke Association.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2006
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should use necessary and reasonable diplomatic means to influence oil producing nations to immediately increase oil production levels to increase world market supplies and lower prices; (2) a major oil-producing country is a country that had an average level of production of crude oil, oil sands, or natural gas to liquids that exceeded one million barrels per day during the previous calendar year, and has crude oil, shale oil, or oil sands reserves of at least six billion barrels; and (3) the Secretary of Energy should report to Congress detailing the estimated production levels and production capacity of all major oil-producing countries by June 30, 2006.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2006
Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise requirements for: (1) the use of election examiners and observers; (2) declaratory judgment on the issue of voting qualifications or standards intended to diminish the ability of U.S. citizens to elect preferred candidates; and (3) award of attorney fees in enforcement proceedings to include expert fees and other reasonable costs of litigation. Extends bilingual election requirements through August 5, 2032. Revises the requirements for determining states and political subdivisions covered by them to require use of 2010 American Community Survey census data. Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the prohibition against the use of tests or devices to deny the right to vote in any federal, state, or local election. Extends both the prohibition and the date for mandatory congressional reconsideration of it.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2006
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2006 or the MCAP Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Requires a court to impose sanctions for the filing of frivolous lawsuits. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000 from the provider or health care institution, but no more than $500,000 from multiple health care institutions. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Prescribes qualifications for expert witnesses. Requires the court to reduce damages received by the amount of collateral source benefits to which a claimant is entitled, unless the payor of such benefits has the right to reimbursement or subrogation under federal or state law. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Prohibits a health care provider from being named as a party in a product liability or class action lawsuit for prescribing or dispensing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drug, biological product, or medical device for an approved indication. Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2006
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of obstetrical or gynecological services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Requires a court to impose sanctions for the filing of frivolous lawsuits. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000 from the provider or health care institution, but no more than $500,000 from multiple health care institutions. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Prescribes qualifications for expert witnesses. Requires the court to reduce damages received by the amount of collateral source benefits to which a claimant is entitled, unless the payor of such benefits has the right to reimbursement or subrogation under federal or state law. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Prohibits a health care provider from being named as a party in a product liability or class action lawsuit for prescribing or dispensing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drug, biological product, or medical device for an approved indication. Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2006
Recognizes the independence of the State of Israel as a significant event in providing refuge and a national homeland for the Jewish people, and extends warm congratulations to the people of Israel as they celebrate the 58th anniversary of Israel's independence. Commends the bipartisan commitment of all U.S. administrations and Congresses since 1948 that stood by Israel and worked for its security and well-being. Congratulates the United States and Israel for strengthening bilateral relations in the fields of defense, diplomacy, and homeland security and encourages both nations to continue their cooperation in resolving future mutual challenges.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2006
Reaffirms that statements or songs that symbolize the unity of the Nation, including the National Anthem, the Oath of Allegiance sworn by new U.S. citizens, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States, should be recited or sung in English, the common language of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 2006
Declares that the Senate honors and thanks Terrance W. Gainer (former Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police), his wife Irene, and his entire family, for a professional commitment of service to the U.S. Capitol Police and Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 2006
Acknowledges and commends charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education and the public school system. Supports the seventh annual National Charter Schools Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2006
Border Tunnel Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the construction or financing of an unauthorized tunnel or subterranean passage that crosses the international border between the United States and another country. Imposes a 20-year prison term for such offense. Doubles penalties for persons who use such a tunnel or passage to smuggle an alien, illegal goods, controlled substances, weapons of mass destruction, or members of a terrorist organization Imposes a 10-year prison term on any person who knows of or recklessly disregards the construction or use of an unauthorized tunnel or passage on land that such person owns or controls. Subjects to forfeiture any property involved in, or traceable to, the construction or financing of an unauthorized tunnel or passage. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for persons convicted of criminal offenses related to the construction or financing of an unauthorized tunnel or passage.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 2,4-Xylidine.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006 or the Perform Act of 2006 - Requires Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs) to establish rates for a statutory license for the transmission of sound recordings by organizations that most clearly represent the fair market value of the rights licensed. Replaces the different processes for setting rates and terms of royalty payments for subscription transmissions by preexisting subscription services, satellite digital radio services, and eligible nonsubscription transmission services with one process for all such transmissions. Directs CRJs, when setting such rates and terms, to consider: (1) the fair market value of the rights licensed; and (2) the degree to which reasonable recording affects the potential market for sound recordings and the additional fees that are required to be paid by services for compensation. Conditions statutory licensing of transmissions on the transmitting entity using technology that is reasonably available, technologically feasible, and economically reasonable to prevent the making of copies or phonorecords embodying the transmission in whole or in part, except for reasonable recording. (Current law provides for limits on phonorecords of the transmission directly in a digital format.) Allows a performing rights society or a mechanical rights organization to monitor public performances or other uses of copyrighted works contained in transmissions. Requires the Register of Copyrights to convene a meeting among affected parties to discuss whether to recommend creating a new category of limited interactive services within certain statutory licenses for subscription transmissions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on Benzoic acid 3,4,5-trihydroxy-, propyl ester.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 2-Methylhydroquinone.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 1, 4-Benzoquinone.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on o-Anisidine.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on April 25, 2006. Remembers the 6 million Jews and many others who were killed by the Nazis. Honors Holocaust survivors.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2006
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of Frank Valeo, former Secretary of the Senate. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on April 25, 2006, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Frank Valeo.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2006
Expresses the sense of Congress that colleges and universities should continue to take: (1) a leadership role in educating students regarding the detrimental consequences of online infringement of intellectual property rights; and (2) all practicable steps to deter and eliminate unauthorized peer-to-peer computer use by warning students of the risks of such use and educating them concerning the value of intellectual property.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2006
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 - Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure the existence and operation of a single updated searchable database website accessible by the public at no cost, that includes for each entity receiving federal funding: (1) the amount of federal funds received in each of the last 10 fiscal years; (2) an itemized breakdown of each transaction; (3) the entity's location and primary location of performance; and (4) a unique identifier for the entity and its parent entity.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2006
Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make public a strategic plan to integrate biodefense and emerging infectious disease requirements with the advanced research and development, strategic initiatives for innovation, and the procurement of qualified countermeasures and qualified pandemic or epidemic products. Establishes the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Requires the Secretary to: (1) coordinate and oversee the acceleration of countermeasure and product advanced research and development; and (2) delegate to the Director of BARDA any necessary functions and authorities. Establishes the Biodefense Medical Countermeasure Development Fund. Requires the Secretary to establish the National Biodefense Science Board to provide expert advice and guidance to the Secretary on matters relating to current and future chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological agents. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the period of market exclusivity from seven years to ten years for certain new drugs, antibiotics, or anti-infective drugs to treat a rare disease or condition caused by a biological agent, toxin, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent that is deemed by the Secretary to be a material threat to the United States. Provides an antitrust exemption for: (1) meetings and consultations held by the Secretary among persons engaged in the development of countermeasures or pandemic or epidemic products; and (2) agreements resulting from such meetings. Prohibits payment on a security countermeasure procurement contract until the delivery of an acceptable portion of such product to the Secretary unless advance payment is necessary to ensure the success of the project.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2006
Honors the entrepreneurial spirit of America's small businesses during the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) National Small Business Week beginning April 9, 2006. Supports the purpose and goals of National Small Business Week. Commends the SBA and their resource partners for their work in helping small businesses grow and develop. Applauds the achievements of small business owners and their employees.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2006
Affordability in the Individual Market Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the payment of insurance premiums for high deductible health plans from health savings accounts.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2006
Authorizes Senator Harry Reid to testify in the case of E.M. Gunderson v. Neil G. Galatz , except when his attendance at the Senate is necessary for the performance of his legislative duties and except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted. Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senator Reid in connection with such case.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2006
Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Byron Nelson in recognition of his contributions to the game of golf as a player, teacher, and commentator.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 2006
Honors the National Association of State Veterans Homes and the 119 state veterans homes providing long-term care to veterans. Commends all individuals who work in, or on behalf of, state veterans homes for their contributions in caring for elderly and disabled veterans. Recognizes the importance of the partnership between the states and the Department of Veterans Affairs in providing long-term care to veterans. Affirms the support of Congress for continuation of the state homes program to address the known and anticipated needs of veterans for institutional long-term care services.