3.0.0 4866 2023-01-13T04:49:00Z 2023-01-13T04:49:00Z House H HR 2006-03-02 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-01T18:18:30Z hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-01T18:08:18Z Referred to 2006-03-02T15:04:25Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba15 Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee Referred to 2006-04-21T13:06:32Z Referred to 2006-03-02T15:04:20Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-02T15:04:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-02T15:04:15Z Character Education Act of 2005 109 1559 HR 2005-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Related bill CRS Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 109 1561 HR 2005-04-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Borrower's Bill of Rights Act 109 1643 HR 2005-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS 2006-05-01 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2006-05-01 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2006-04-21 hsba15 Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. Committee 2006-03-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-03-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2006-03-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2006-03-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000262 Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] HAROLD FORD D TN E. 9 N Finance and Financial Sector Administrative procedure Adoption Aid to dependent children Alternative dispute resolution Authorization Bank loans Bankruptcy Cash welfare block grants Checks Civics education Civil actions and liability Claims Collection of accounts Commerce Commercial arbitration Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer credit Consumer education Consumer protection Contracts Cost of living adjustments Counseling Credit unions Curricula Debtor and creditor Department of Education Department of Health and Human Services Department of the Treasury Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic funds transfers Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee benefit plans Employee ownership Ethics Executive reorganization Families Federal Reserve System Federal aid to education Federal officials Federal preemption Federal-state relations Finance charges Financial planning Financial services Financial statements Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Interest Interest rates Labor and Employment Law Loans Mortgages Pension funds Personal budgets Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare State constitutions State laws Tax credits Tax refunds Usury Wages Finance and Financial Sector 00 2006-03-02 Introduced in House 2006-03-17T21:52:09Z Promote Responsibility by Improving Development Education Act of 2006 - Character Education Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated in FY2007 for the Fund for the Improvement of Education. Reserves a specified amount of such Fund's appropriations in FY2007 and FY2008 for the Partnerships in Character Education program. Directs the Comptroller General to develop a model state character education curriculum.

Childhood Adoption Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax credit for adoption expenses and make it refundable. Increases the tax exclusion for employer-paid adoption expenses.

Amends title IV, part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act to increase the levels of adoption incentive payments to states and the FY2006-FY2008 authorization of appropriations for such payments.

Borrower's Bill of Rights Act - Creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Financial Education in the Department of the Treasury.

Amends the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act to direct such Secretary to establish a financial literacy pilot program for middle and high school students.

Amends the Truth in Lending Act to: (1) require that mandatory disclosures governing loan transactions be easy for consumers to comprehend; (2) prohibit loan flipping and mandatory arbitration; (3) lower the interest rate threshold for high-cost mortgages; (4) require creditors to ensure that consumers receive counseling before extending credit to them under high-cost mortgages; and (5) limit the rollover or refinancing of payday loans with the same creditor.

Amends the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to repeal the preemption of state mortgage usury laws.

Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to provide that a state's laws or constitution which expressly limit loan interest, rates, or other charges apply to all depository institutions and credit unions doing business in the state with customers who reside in or are located in the state.

Amends the federal bankruptcy code to set an employee's claim to a debtor's equity securities held in a pension fund within the fourth order of priority and exempts such benefits from subordination agreement constraints. Increases the amount of an employee's earnings and benefits within such priority order.

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