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Press release: “The Oversight Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a report assessing the implementation of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The report provides a snapshot of how the goals of the Intelligence Reform Act are being satisfied.” Oversight Committee Report, July 27, 2006 (41 pages, PDF)
July 27, 2006: President Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 July 27, 2006 – Fact Sheet: Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia — hearing — STOP!: A Progress Report on Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Here and Abroad [Links to witness testimony] “The hearing will focus on the progress that the Administration’s Strategy targeting …
Fact Sheet on H.R. 5852 Committee on Homeland Security: “Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 5852, The 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Reps. Dave Reichert (WA) and Bill Pascrell (NJ) originally part of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned legislation, takes the necessary …
House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law — Oversight Hearing on “The 60th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act: Where Do We Go From Here?” Opening Statement of Chris Cannon Chair, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.. The current federal regulatory process faces many significant challenges…Other problematic issues that have arisen over the …
FEMA Reorganization Legislation in the 109th Congress, July 7, 2006 (39 pages, PDF)
U.S. News reports that an ABA task force is planning to escalate the debate on the president’s use of signing statements to bypass laws passed by Congress. “In a report to be released Monday, the [task force] will recommend that Congress pass legislation providing for some sort of judicial review of the signing statements.”
HR 3282, approved 16-15; HR 5766, approved 15-12; Side-by-side comparison of Sunset Commission Bills in the 109th Congress, by OMBWatch.
House Intelligence to Hold Open Hearing on Modernizing FISA, July 19, 2006. Statement of Jim Dempsey, Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology, July 19, 2006 (13 pages, PDF) ABA President’s Testimony to House Intelligence Committee Hearing on Domestic Surveillance, July 19, 2006 Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy Executive Director Kim …
The House failed to override the President’s veto of HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, by roll call vote #388, 235 yeas to 193 nays. H.R. 810 ENR, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 – Senate passes Stem Cell Bill amending the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem …
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled Telecommuting: A 21st Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism, July 18, 2006. Links to opening statements and witness testimony
From OMB Watch, published July 17, 2006: “This issue brief discusses the leading sunset commission proposals and identifies whether they live up to their promise of cutting waste and improving management of federal programs, or whether they present new problems.” Sunset Commission Legislation in the 109th Congress (18 pages, PDF)
