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Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2995
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a sulfur dioxide allowance trading program to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions for fossil fuel-fired combustion devices in the contiguous states and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator to issue allowances authorizing specified annual tonnage amounts of emissions of sulfur dioxide from such devices for 2012-2014, 2015-2017, 2018-2020, and 2021 and thereafter. Provides for the distribution of such allowances.
 
Requires the Administrator to establish two nitrogen oxide allowance trading programs (for specified Zone One and Zone Two states) to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions for fossil fuel-fired electric generating facilities that served as generators with nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts on or after January 1, 1985, and that produce electricity for sale in the contiguous states and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator to issue allowances authorizing specified annual tonnage amounts of nitrogen oxide emissions from such facilities in Zone One and Zone Two states for 2012-2014, 2015-2019, and 2020 and thereafter. Provides for the distribution of such allowances.
 
Requires the Clean Air Interstate Rule and related federal implementation plans promulgated and modified by the Administrator to remain in force and effect with respect to all provisions relating to nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emitted through 2011. Sets forth exceptions to the rule.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) regulate coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units under the CAA's regulations for sources of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) ensure that emission standards for the coal-fired electric utility steam generating units achieve at least a 90% reduction in mercury emissions when applied to the listed category as a whole. Requires electric utility steam generating units to meet maximum achievable control technology emission limitations by January 1, 2015, if the Administrator fails to promulgate nationally applicable emission limitations for such units by January 1, 2012. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring certification of continuous emission monitoring systems to measure the quantity of mercury emitted by electric coal utility steam generating units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-1228.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2996
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency planning and evacuation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to extend until October 4, 2015, the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for such facilities. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and in coordination with the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, to: (1) establish a voluntary chemical security training program to enhance the capabilities of high-risk chemical facilities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other man-made disasters; and (2) develop a voluntary chemical security exercise program to offer voluntary testing and evaluation of the capabilities of the federal government, state governments, commercial personnel and management, emergency response providers, and the private sector to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies at chemical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S492-493)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2998
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010 or the H.E.L.P. Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to V- visa nonimmigrants (spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents who come to the United States to wait for completion of the immigrant visa process) to include Haitian nationals whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before January 12, 2010.
 
Authorizes the Department of State to use secondary evidence to verify eligibility for such status or for immediate relative status.
 
Sunsets the provisions of this Act two years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide consistent enforcement authority to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service to respond to violations of regulations regarding the management, use, and protection of public lands under the jurisdiction of these agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-2999
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and other federal law to provide that: (1) any person who knowingly violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of such an Act or any regulation issued under such an Act concerning the management, use, and protection of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, National Park System lands, National Wildlife Refuge lands, and National Forest lands shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fine and/or imprisonment as provided under federal criminal law; and (2) any person who otherwise violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of such an Act or any regulation issued under such an Act concerning the management, use, and protection of such lands shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, subject to fine and/or imprisonment as provided under federal criminal law. Permits requiring persons adjudged guilty of a: (1) Class B misdemeanor on BLM or National Park System lands to pay all costs of the proceedings; and (2) a Class A or Class B misdemeanor on National Wildlife Refuge or National Forest lands to pay all costs of the proceedings. 
 
 
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, and other federal law to set a minimum fine of $500 for certain fire usage violations on BLM, National Park System, and National Forest lands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S493-494)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the increase in the FMAP provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for an additional 6 months.

Bill: 111-s-3000
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Hospital care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend until January 1, 2011, the temporary increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP), under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, for any state with a certain unemployment increase percentage during the recession adjustment period. Extends the entire recession adjustment period from December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2011.
 
Declares that voluntary contributions by a political subdivision to the non-federal share of expenditures under a state Medicaid plan, or to the non-federal share of payments for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share (DSH) hospitals shall not be considered to be required contributions. (Thus allows a state that otherwise requires such contributions during the recession adjustment period, but instead receives voluntary contributions from political subdivisions, to be eligible for an increase in its FMAP.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
America Recruits Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-3001
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
America Recruits Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, to establish a program to award grants to eligible intermediaries to make loans to eligible entities to assist them, when deciding whether to locate eligible jobs in foreign countries or in the United States, in locating information technology and manufacturing jobs in economic development districts or targeted labor surplus areas (whose unemployment rate is at least 140% of the U.S. unemployment rate).
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3002
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to deem a dietary supplement that is manufactured, packaged, held, distributed, labeled, or licensed by a dietary supplement facility that is not registered with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be adulterated. Requires annual registration of dietary supplement facilities.
 
Revises provisions that deem a dietary supplement to be adulterated to remove a provision that would allow dietary supplements that contained only dietary ingredients which have been present in the food supply as an article used for food in a form in which the food has not been chemically altered. 
 
Requires any person submitting information to the Secretary on the safety of dietary ingredients to create and maintain a scientifically reasonable substantiation file relating to the claim that the dietary ingredient or dietary supplement will reasonably be expected to be safe.
 
Requires a dietary supplement facility or retailer to obtain adequate written evidence from the previous responsible entity in the chain of commerce that registration and safety requirements have been met.
 
Sets forth civil penalties for FFDCA violations related to dietary supplements. Allows fines of not more than twice the gross profits or other proceeds derived from such dietary supplement.
 
Requires reports to the Secretary on all non-serious adverse events associated with dietary supplements when used in the United States.
 
Sets forth the Secretary's authority to order an immediate cease of distribution and to order a recall, after a hearing, of a dietary supplement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S494-495)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3003
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through various federal agencies, to develop a national Shaken Baby Syndrome public health campaign. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a National Action Plan and effective strategies to increase awareness of opportunities to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome; and (2) coordinate the Plan and strategies with evidence-based strategies and efforts that support families with infants and other young children. 
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out communication, education, and training about Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention, including efforts to communicate with the general public, such as by: (1) disseminating effective prevention practices and techniques to parents and caregivers; (2) producing evidence-based educational and information materials; and (3) carrying out training.
 
Requires the Secretary to work to ensure that the parents and caregivers of children are connected to effective supports through the coordination of existing programs and networks or the establishment of new programs.
 
Establishes a Shaken Baby Awareness Advisory Council to develop recommendations: (1) regarding the National Action Plan and effective strategies; and (2) related to support services for families and caregivers of young children.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct a study on the collection of data related to Shaken Baby Syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S495)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Citizens Right to Know Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3004
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Marketing and advertising
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Citizens Right to Know Act of 2010 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers of securities to disclose to their shareholders electioneering communications they have made or in which they have participated.
 
Prohibits an issuer from making or participating in any electioneering communication if 51% or more of its outstanding securities are owned or controlled by a foreign principal or agent of a foreign principal.
 
Requires an issuer to obtain prior approval by majority vote of all shareholders before making or participating in any electioneering communication.
 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require that: (1) audio and television communications be made by the president or chief executive officer of the corporation paying for such communications; and (2) they identify the individual by name and position.
 
 
Requires a communication paid for by an organization other than a corporation to include a statement listing the names of the three persons making the largest aggregate contributions to the organization during the 12-month period before the date of the communication.
 
Sets forth Internet disclosure requirements for contributors to certain radio and television ads that are electioneering communications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S495-496)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
National Institute of Finance Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3005
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
National Institute of Finance Act of 2010 - Establishes an independent National Institute of Finance (NIF) to support the federal financial regulatory agencies, including any systemic risk council or agency established by Congress, by: (1) collecting and providing data; (2) standardizing the types and formats of data reported and collected; (3) performing applied research and essential long-term research; (4) developing tools for risk measurement and monitoring; and (5) making the results of its activities available to financial regulatory agencies.
 
Requires the NIF Director to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the NIF to be funded through assessments on the financial entities required to report data to it.
 
States that the Institute shall implement its programmatic responsibilities through: (1) the Federal Financial Data Center; and (2) the Federal Financial Research and Analysis Center.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S497-500)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S496)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow multiemployer plans to amortize losses from certain fraudulent investment schemes over a 40-year period.

Bill: 111-s-3006
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to permit the plan sponsor of a multiemployer pension plan to amortize net investment losses incurred from qualified fraudulent investment schemes after August 31, 2008, over a 40-year period in equal annual installments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Wall Street Bonus Tax Act

Bill: 111-s-3007
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2010-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: 
Wall Street Bonus Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on current or former employees of recipients of financial assistance under the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) for 50% of any bonus exceeding $25,000 paid to them during 2010; and (2) establish in the Treasury the Small Business Growth Fund to hold revenues from such tax. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to make loans directly to small business concerns. Makes amounts from such Fund available to carry out such program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S570)
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Iran Democratic Transition Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3008
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2010-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Iraq
Middle East
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Protest and dissent
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: 
Iran Democratic Transition Act of 2010 - Authorizes the President to support a transition to a freely elected democratic government in Iran by providing eligible Iranian democratic opposition organizations with assistance for the communication and dissemination of accurate and independent information to the Iranian people through various media. 
 
Urges the President to fully utilize specified existing authorities and funding to: (1) support democracy in Iran through assistance for pro-democracy broadcasting into Iran and the dissemination of accurate and independent information to the Iranian people through various media; and (2) provide humanitarian assistance to individuals or groups determined by the President to be victims of repression by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
 
Prohibits assistance to any organization or individual that has: (1) engaged in military cooperation with the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; or (2) engaged in or supported terrorism.
 
Authorizes the President to appoint a Special Envoy for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran whose primary responsibility shall be to manage U.S. policy on the promotion of democracy and human rights in Iran.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue on Iran that is modeled on the Helsinki process; and (2) if the Iranian people restore democratic rule to Iran the United States should provide humanitarian and democratic transition assistance to the Iranian people and to democratic parties and movements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate