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Erasing our National Debt Through Accountability and Responsibility Plan Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2938
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Erasing our National Debt Through Accountability and Responsibility Plan Act of 2010 - Terminates the authorities granted the Secretary of the Treasury under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to purchase troubled assets from financial institutions.
 
Lowers the public debt limit by the amount of all TARP assistance repaid by recipients on or after the enactment of this Act, along with dividends, profits, or other funds paid to the government based on such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code to require an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-2939
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: 
Directs the Comptroller General to complete, not later than 12 months after enactment of this Act, an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the federal reserve banks, followed by a detailed report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Airport Terminal Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2940
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Photography and imaging
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Secure Airport Terminal Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to prescribe regulations that: (1) require the use of security cameras at all screening locations and all locations where passengers exit the sterile area at airports in the United States; (2) prescribe requirements for the use, maintenance, and testing of such security cameras and other technological devices; and (3) specify that employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have access to all such security cameras and technological devices as well as data or recordings from them relating to airport security.
 
(Under aviation security regulations: (1) &quot;screening location&quot; means each site at which individuals or property are inspected for the presence of weapons, explosives, or incendiaries; and (2) &quot;sterile area&quot; means a portion of an airport that provides passengers access to boarding aircraft and to which the access generally is controlled by TSA, or by an aircraft operator or a foreign air carrier, through the screening of persons and property.)
 
Directs the DHS Assistant Secretary (TSA) to report to specified congressional committees: (1) recommendations for improving the security of each location at an airport where passengers exit the sterile area; and (2) an assessment of differences in location configurations and options for improving security at such locations.
 
Prescribes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for individuals who enter an aircraft or an airport area in violation of security requirements. Increases the criminal penalty of maximum imprisonment for such violations from one year to 10 years.
 
Directs each U.S. airport operator that is required to establish an air transportation security program to ensure that signs meeting DHS requirements for providing notice of such penalties are displayed near all screening locations, all locations where passengers exit the sterile area, and other appropriate airport locations. Subjects an individual to such penalties, however, without regard to whether signs are displayed as required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2942
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Medical research
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: 
Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a program for the scientific investigation of nanoscale materials included or intended for inclusion in FDA-regulated products to address: (1) the potential toxicology of such materials; (2) the effects of such materials on biological systems; and (3) the interaction of such materials with biological systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S124-125)
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S123-124)
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Attorney General to consult with appropriate officials within the executive branch prior to making the decision to try an unprivileged enemy belligerent in Federal civilian court.

Bill: 111-s-2943
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: 
Prohibits the Attorney General (AG) or any officer or employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ) from initiating a custodial interrogation of, or filing a criminal complaint or indictment (action) against any foreign person detained by the United States because they may have engaged in conduct constituting an act of war against the United States, terrorism, or material support to terrorists or activities in preparation therefor, unless the AG has previously consulted with the following intelligence officials: (1) the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS); and (4) the Secretary of Defense (DOD).
 
Provides that if any of the intelligence officials believe that any action proposed by the AG may prevent the collection of intelligence related to terrorism or threats of violence against the United States or its citizens, the AG may not initiate such action without specific direction from the President.
 
Requires an annual report from the AG to Congress on the occasions on which direction for action was sought from the President and the number of times the President directed such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S126)
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S125-126)
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to refuse or revoke visas to aliens if in the security or foreign policy interests of the United States, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to review all visa applications before adjudication, and to provide for the immediate dissemination of visa revocation information.

Bill: 111-s-2944
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2010-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Algeria
Asia
Canada
China
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Europe
Germany
Government information and archives
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Judicial review and appeals
Kuwait
Latin America
Lebanon
Mexico
Middle East
Morocco
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Syria
Terrorism
Turkey
United Kingdom
Venezuela
Visas and passports
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to refuse or revoke any visa to an alien or class of aliens if necessary or advisable for U.S. security interests. Prohibits judicial review of such determinations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of State (Secretary) to direct a consular officer to refuse or revoke a visa if necessary or advisable for U.S. foreign policy interests. 
 
Prohibits a decision by the Secretary to approve a visa from overriding a revocation or refusal determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Provides that the Secretary of Homeland Security: (1) shall review all visa applications and supporting documentation before adjudication; (2) shall have sole authority to issue, refuse, and revoke visas in Algeria, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, and Yemen; and (3) may designate additional consular posts and embassies for on-site personnel to review visa applications if national or homeland security interests warrant such designation.
 
 
States that if the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary revokes a visa: (1) the relevant consular, law enforcement, and terrorist screening databases shall be immediately updated; and (2) look-out notices shall be posted to all DHS port inspectors and Department of State consular officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-s-2945
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 381.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2946
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Fishes
Great Lakes
Illinois
Marine and inland water transportation
Michigan
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: 
Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to take actions to ensure: (1) the immediate closure and ceasing of operation of the locks at the O'Brien Lock and Dam and the Chicago Controlling Works until a strategy relating to controlled lock operations is developed; (2) the installation of structures in the North Shore Channel and the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet Rivers to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan; (3) the installation of interim barriers in the Chicago waterway system between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to prevent bighead and silver carps from entering the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during a flood event; (4) the operation of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System at optimal operating power and the expedited completion of proposed barrier IIB of such system; (5) the comprehensive monitoring of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and all connected waterways for the presence and location of bighead and silver carps; (6) the eradication of any bighead or silver carps discovered in the Chicago waterway system; (7) the upgrading and making permanent of barrier I of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System in a location and with the features and operations determined to be the most effective; (8) the implementation of measures recommended in the efficacy study authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 or provided in related interim reports; (9) the implementation of emergency measures to prevent bighead and silver carps from dispersing into the Great Lakes; and (10) the acquisition of real estate necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on strategies for addressing any effects with respect to commerce and flood control resulting from such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2947
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2010-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Fires
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-22
text: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as five-year depreciable property. Makes this Act applicable to property placed in service after April 11, 2003.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 111-s-2948
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-25
text: 
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act - Establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the National Monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the Monument; and (2) plan, design, and construct the Museum on the acquired property. 
 
Provides for operation of the Museum by the Secretary.
 
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations to the Secretary on the planning, design, and construction of the Museum; and (2) advise and assist the Secretary on all matters relating to the administration, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the Museum. 
 
Requires the Secretary to appoint a Director for the Museum, who shall manage it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-2951
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Land transfers
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interests in land from willing sellers in order to protect up to 50,000 acres identified in the Blue Ridge Parkway Land Protection Plan. 
 
Requires the lands and interests authorized to be acquired to be contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway and identified by the Superintendent of the Parkway as a priority for acquisition by the federal government. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants from funds under this Act to: (1) acquire lands and interests; and (2) provide technical expense assistance for costs associated with land acquisition by entering into cooperative agreements with qualified non-profit conservation organizations to acquire lands and interests. 
 
Bars the Secretary from spending more than 10% of the funds made available under this Act in any fiscal year for site restoration and resource surveys. 
 
Permits, from funds under this Act, the use of not more than $250,000 in FY2011-FY2015 to reimburse administrative expenses for qualified non-profit conservation organizations involved directly in land acquisition projects in which lands and interests are conveyed to the Parkway. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress which: (1) describes the condition of the Parkway, including threats and land preservation needs; (2) lists the land acquisitions that have been completed or are underway; and (3) lists priority land acquisitions that should be made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 111-s-2953
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act - Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the properties identified on the map titled &quot;Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion,&quot; and dated June 2007. 
 
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and the Army to transfer the administrative jurisdiction for approximately 1.171 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield in exchange for approximately 1.170 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army within the boundary of the Fort Lee Military Reservation adjacent to the Battlefield. 
 
Requires the conveyed land to be included within the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield and administered as part of such Battlefield. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Foreign Influence in American Elections Act

Bill: 111-s-2954
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Prohibiting Foreign Influence in American Elections Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nations in connection with a federal, state, or local election to domestic corporations with respect to which: (1) one or more foreign principals serves on the board of directors; (2) one or more foreign principals directly or indirectly has an ownership interest; or (3) one or more foreign principals directly or indirectly holds debt or other obligations.
 
Applies the ban to domestic corporations that are subsidiaries of foreign corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate