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Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 111-s-2956
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to execute the Extension of Service Area Agreement, the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement, and the ESAA Capacity Agreement within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
 
Ratifies, confirms, and declares valid the Tribal Water Right which shall be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Band and allottees. 
 
States that the Band shall: (1) have authority to use, allocate, and lease the Tribal Water Right; and (2) enact a Pechanga Water Code.
 
Waives certain water rights and land claims of the Band and the United States with respect to the Santa Margarita River Watershed. 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide specified funds: (1) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement and the ESAA Capacity Agreement; (2) for the Storage Pond and the Demineralization and Brine Disposal Project; (3) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement for the Storage Pond's design and construction; and (4) for Interim Capacity and Permanent Capacity.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Pechanga Settlement Fund.
 
Repeals this Act and voids any related agreements effective January 1, 2016, if the Secretary does not publish a statement of findings required under this Act by December 31, 2015. Returns any appropriations and unobligated amounts to the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-741.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S255)
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily reduce payroll taxes of employees and employers by one-half, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-2957
Sponsor: Sen. LeMieux, George S. [R-FL]
Introduced: 2010-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce in 2010: (1) the employment tax rate from 6.2 to 3.1% for employers and employees; and (2) the tax rate on self-employment income from 12.4 to 6.2%. 
 
Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Trust Fund sufficient amounts to cover any revenue lost to such Trust Funds from the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Caregiver Assistance and Relief Effort Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2958
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
Caregiver Assistance and Relief Effort Act of 2010 or the CARE Act of 2010 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase and extend, through FY2014, the authorization of appropriations for the national family caregiver support program, including caregiver support programs for Native Americans. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow caregivers a tax credit for family members with long-term care needs; (2) allow a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; and (3) apply certain consumer protection provisions to long-term care insurance contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
American Elections Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2959
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 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: 2010-01-27
text: 
American Elections Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) apply to any domestic corporation under foreign control or specified substantial foreign influence the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals in connection with a federal, state, or local election; and (2) require disclosure in certain print or broadcast communications paid for by a coporation the percentage of corporate voting shares controlled by a foreign national, or, if no such shares exist, the percentage of gross receipts that the corporation received from a foreign national in the immediately preceding fiscal year or current pro-rated fiscal year.
 
Requires any such broadcast communications paid for by a corporation to include an audio statement on the percentage of the corporation's shares controlled by, or of its funds that come from, foreign nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Refugee Opportunity Act

Bill: 111-s-2960
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
Refugee Opportunity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the continuous one-year presence requirement for permanent resident status adjustment for a refugee/asylee who during his or her first year of U.S. residence accepts employment overseas with the U.S. government or with a U.S. government contractor.

action_date: 2010-03-26
text: 
Refugee Opportunity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the waiver of the continuous one-year presence requirement for permanent resident status adjustment for a refugee/asylee who: (1) is or was employed by the U.S. government or a U.S. government contractor overseas and worked on behalf of the U.S. government for the entire period of absence, which may not exceed one year; or (2) is or was employed by the U.S. government or a U.S. government contractor in the alien's country of nationality or last habitual residence for the entire period of absence, which may not exceed one year, and was under U.S. government or contractor protection while working on behalf of the U.S. government during the entire period of employment; and (3) returns immediately to the United States upon such employment's conclusion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 337.
action_date: 2010-03-26
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-03-26
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S342)
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2962
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) apply a specified earnings test in the determination of the amount of monthly insurance benefits for blind beneficiaries; (2) limit to once a year any review of a determination of disability based on blindness; and (3) reduce any excess earnings of blind beneficiaries by the amount of impairment related work expenses.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, with respect to the mandatory annual report of earnings by an individual entitled to a monthly insurance benefit, to develop procedures to avoid paying less than the correct amount of benefits to any such individual as a result, during the year, of a termination of employment or a significant reduction in hours of work.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S343)
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven Wilderness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2963
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven Wilderness Act of 2010 - Designates specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Oregon, to be known as the Cathedral Rock Wilderness and the Horse Heaven Wilderness, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the administration of the wilderness areas, including with respect to the incorporation of acquired land and interests, domestic livestock grazing, access to non-federal land, state water laws, and tribal rights. 
 
Withdraws federal land within the wilderness areas from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
 
Authorizes certain land exchanges with specified landowners. Requires appraisals to be conducted of the federal and non-federal land to be exchanged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-566.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S344-345)
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S343-344)
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission for Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2965
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
Commission for Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish in the legislative branch the Commission for Fiscal Sustainability to address, and report to the President, the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of both chambers on, the nation's long-term fiscal imbalances, including federal expenditures and revenues and the current and long-term actuarial financial condition of the federal government.
 
Provides for expedited legislative consideration of the Commission's recommendations.
 
Requires the Commission to make recommendations that: (1) shall significantly improve the long-term fiscal imbalance of the federal governent solely through reductions in federal expenditures; and (2) shall not increase federal revenues through increased taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act

Bill: 111-s-2966
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Idaho
Land transfers
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a special use authorization to each of the 20 owners of a water storage, transport, or diversion facility located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in Idaho for continued operation, maintenance, and reconstruction of such facility if it is determined that: (1) the facility was in existence on the date on which the land upon which it is located was designated as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) the facility has been in continuous use to deliver water for beneficial use on the owner's non-federal land since the date of designation; (3) the owner holds a valid water right for use of the water on such land under Idaho state law, with a priority date that predates such date; and (4) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate the facility to land outside of the wilderness and continue the beneficial use of water on the non-federal land. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary, in a special use authorization under this Act, to: (1) allow the use of motorized equipment and mechanized transport for operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of a facility, if it is determined that the use is necessary to continue delivery of water to the non-federal land for beneficial uses and, after conducting a minimum tool analysis for a facility, that the use of nonmotorized equipment and nonmechanized transport is impracticable or infeasible; and (2) preclude use of the facility for the storage, diversion, or transport of water in excess of the water right. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary, in such an authorization, to: (1) require or allow modification or relocation of a facility in the wilderness, as determined necessary, to reduce impacts to wilderness values if the beneficial use of water on the non-federal land is not diminished; and (2) require that the owner provide a reciprocal right of access across the non-federal property, in which case the owner shall receive market value for any right-of-way or other interest in real property conveyed to the United States. Permits the market value to be paid by the Secretary, in whole or in part, by the grant of a reciprocal right-of-way or by reduction of fees or other costs that may accrue to the owner in obtaining an authorization for water facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-565.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Boosting Entrepreneurship and New Jobs Act

Bill: 111-s-2967
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal officials
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Medical research
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small Business Administration
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
Boosting Entrepreneurship and New Jobs Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small businesses a refundable tax credit for 15% of the first-year wages paid to new employees and a business-related tax credit for employee health insurance expenses; and (2) impose an additional tax on individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes exceeding $500,000 ($1 million for married couples filing a joint tax return) sufficient to render the provisions of this Act budget neutral.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Secretary of the Treasury to jointly establish a loan program for small business concerns (i.e., businesses with fewer than 25 employees). 
 
Amends the Small Business Act to expand: (1) the authority of the Administrator to guarantee small business loans; and (2) the microloan program for women, low-income individuals, veterans, and minority entrepreneurs.
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to obligate to be expended by September 30, 2010, certain funds for research and development by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
 
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum loan amounts available to small businesses for plant acquisition, construction, conversion, and expansion.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should designate the SBA Administrator as a member of the Cabinet; and (2) financial institutions that have received financial assistance from the federal government should provide needed capital and loans to small business concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S346-347)
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeowners' Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2969
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 
 Homeowners' Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $3 billion from Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to be credited to the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Fund for use for emergency mortgage assistance.
 
Allows mortgage assistance if the mortgagor has incurred a substantial reduction in income as a result of involuntary unemployment or underemployment due to medical conditions.
 
Caps the aggregate amount of emergency mortgage assistance provided to a homeowner at $50,000.
 
Revises conditions and terms of repayment of such assistance to state that: (1) the rate of interest on any loan or advance of credit insured shall be fixed for the life of the loan or advance of credit and shall not exceed the rate of interest generally charged for mortgages on single-family housing insured by the HUD Secretary; (2) interest shall not be charged on interest which is deferred on a loan or advance of credit; and (3) an eligible homeowner who receives a grant or an advance of credit may repay the loan in full, without penalty at any time before the loan becomes due and payable.
 
Repeals the limitation on mortgage insurance granted by the Secretary to any financial institution to 40% of the total amount of loans and advances the institution makes.
 
Directs the HUD Secretary to allow funds to be administered by a state with an existing program that provides substantially similar assistance to homeowners.
 
Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1975 to reauthorize the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program through FY2011.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to HUD $1 billion for assistance to states and local governments for redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2970
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2010-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: 
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rehabilitation expenditures for a qualified public educational facility (defined as a school facility which is part of a public elementary or secondary school and is owned by a private, for-profit corporation pursuant to a public-private partnership agreement) to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Arresting Child Predators Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2972
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2010-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-01
text: 
Arresting Child Predators Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code and the federal judicial code to extend the authority for issuing administrative subpoenas in cases involving the sexual exploitation or abuse of children to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the United States Postal Service (USPS), and the United States Marshals Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Job Creation Tax Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2973
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment taxes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax credits
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-01
text: 
Small Business Job Creation Tax Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a credit against payroll tax liability for a payroll increase in a quarter over a corresponding quarter in the previous calendar year. Sets the amount of such credit at 20% of such increase for employers that employ fewer than 100 employees and 15% for employers that employ 100 or more employees in any quarter. Limits the total credit amount available for all quarters to $500,000.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to: (1) notify all employers required to withhold employment taxes of the enactment and applicability of this Act; and (2) report to Congress on enforcement measures taken to prevent and penalize fraud related to the payroll credit allowed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S430)
action_date: 2010-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate