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Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3290
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Dams and canals
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Montana
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in providing to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana the St. Mary River water right, to allocate to the Tribe 50,000 acre-feet per year of stored water in Lake Sherburne Reservoir as part of the tribal water right. Exempts the Tribe from any requirement to pay any costs associated with the allocation. Prohibits the allocation from being increased by any year-to-year carryover storage. 
Requires the Tribe and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to lease the water allocated to the Tribe for use by the Secretary for the Milk River Project.
 
 
Requires, as part of the tribal water right, the Secretary to permanently allocate to the Tribe all remaining unallocated water in Lake Elwell.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out such activities as are necessary relating to: (1) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; (2) the completion to authorized acreage of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; and (3) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Four Horns Dam and Reservoir and associated delivery systems of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project.
 
Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified compact and the Birch Creek Agreement.
 
Holds the tribal water right in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
 
 
Establishes: (1) the Blackfeet Land and Water Development Fund; and (2) the Birch Creek Mitigation Fund.
 
Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) water rights in the Lewis and Clark National Forest; and (2) Milk River water rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-741.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2807)
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Coltsville National Historical Park Act

Bill: 111-s-3291
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
Coltsville National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) in Connecticut. 
 
Requires such Park to provide interpretation and viewing of specified sites, including the East Armory and Colt Park. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a written arrangement with the Connecticut State Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Colt Trust, or other public entities, as appropriate, to gain access to Colt-related artifacts to have them on display in the East Armory or within the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of any properties within the Coltsville Historic District or any national significant properties within the Park under which the Secretary may identify, interpret, restore and provide technical assistance for the preservation of such properties. Requires any federal funds under such an agreement to be matched on a one-to-one basis by non-federal funds. 
 
Permits the acquisition of lands or interests owned by the state or any political subdivision of the state by donation only. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and public interpretation of related historic and cultural resources within the Historic District. 
 
Requires the Secretary to complete a management plan for the Park, with the advice of the Coltsville National Historical Park Advisory Commission established by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2808)
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Weekends Without Hunger Act

Bill: 111-s-3292
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
Weekends Without Hunger Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a five-year pilot program providing commodities to nonprofits for the provision of nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. (At-risk school children are those who participate in the school lunch program and reside in an area served by a school in which at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.)
 
Includes elementary and secondary schools, school food authorities, and emergency feeding agencies as eligible nonprofit recipients of such commodities.
 
Requires commodity recipients to satisfy safe food storage, handling, and delivery standards established by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2808)
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act

Bill: 111-s-3293
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Athletes
Community life and organization
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical research
Mental health
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2011-FY2015. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to act through the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in awarding grants or entering agreements with Special Olympics for activities outside the United States. Includes community-based prevention among the activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants or enter into agreements with Special Olympics. Requires grant or agreement applications to include a description of specific measurable annual benchmarks, as well as long-term goals and objectives, to be achieved through specified activities, which must include: (1) activities to increase the full participation of people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community activities with nondisabled people; (2) education programs that dispel negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities; and (3) activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in Special Olympics outside of the United States. Requires annual reports by Special Olympics to describe demographic data about Special Olympics participants.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to promote the expansion of Best Buddies, including activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in social relationships and other aspects of community life, including education and employment, within the United States. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact. Requires recipients to use grant funds to advance the quality of life and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities through research and evaluation, technical assistance, training, data collection, evaluation, collaboration, and dissemination of evidence-based best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2809-2811)
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (S2808-2809)
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

Bill: 111-s-3294
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2010-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Idaho
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: 
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Designates specified parcels of federal land in central Idaho as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
Repeals existing law requiring review of portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) for possible inclusion in the NWPS. 
 
Provides for the use of an appropriate site in the vicinity of the Smiley Creek community in Blaine County in central Idaho for construction and use of a fire station for the Smiley Creek Rural Fire Protection District. Authorizes: (1) the use of such site through a special use permit or conveyance to the District; and (2) the issuance of a special use permit to the District for development of a well for fire protection and other public purposes. 
 
Requires the conveyance of specified parcels of federal land to Blaine and Custer Counties and the cities of Challis and Clayton in central Idaho. 
 
Sets forth requirements regarding travel management in Germania Creek Trail, Forest Service Trails 109 and 671, and Frog Lake Loop Trail. 
 
Authorizes such improvements as may be necessary for maintainance of the first mile of the Murdock Creek Trail as a primitive, nonpaved, and wheel-chair accessible trail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-730.
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to delay the implementation of certain final rules of the Environmental Protection Agency in States until accreditation classes are held in the States for a period of at least 1 year.

Bill: 111-s-3296
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2010-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Child health
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay the implementation of the final rules entitled &quot;Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of Availability; Final Rule&quot; (published on April 22, 2008) and &quot;Lead; Amendment to the Opt-out and Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program&quot; (signed by the Administrator on April 22, 2010) in each state until accredited certified renovator classes to train contractors in practices necessary for compliance with such rules have been held in such state for at least a year.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) monitor each state to determine when such classes are offered; and (2) notify each Member of Congress about the location and time of each such class held in their state and the date on which the classes have been held for one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Kids from Day One Act

Bill: 111-s-3298
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 
Healthy Kids from Day One Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to five state health departments to help reduce and prevent obesity among children between birth and five years of age in child care settings outside of a child's place of residence through training on and implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices. Requires the Secretary to award grants to Prevention Research Centers or universities to evaluate programs carried out under such grants.
 
Requires the Secretary to coordinate activities conducted under this Act with activities undertaken by the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, to the extent practicable, including by: (1) sharing current and emergent best practices concerning healthy eating, physical activity, and screen time limits that have a population-level impact in promoting nutrition and physical activity in child care settings; and (2) promoting the effective implementation and sustainability of such programs; and (3) avoiding unnecessary duplication of effort.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3299
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2010 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in federal elections by mail, except to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate state or local election official.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3096-3097)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3095-3096)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Vote by Mail Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3300
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 
Vote by Mail Act of 2010 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish a Vote by Mail program of grants to participating states solely for implementation of procedures for the conduct of all elections by mail at the state or local level.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate and report to Congress on the benefits of broader implementation of mail-in voting in elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3097-3098)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3095-3096)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Online Voter Registration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3301
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 
Online Voter Registration Act of 2010 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program of Online Voter Registration grants to states to implement online voter registration systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3098-3099)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3095-3096)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3306
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills: and (2) restrictions on the borrowing authority of such Trust Fund.
 
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3308
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend until a certain date: (1) all activities relating to the development of a new or revised five-year plan for the outer Continental Shelf (OCS); (2) new OCS exploration, development, and production activities (including geological and geophysical surveys); and (3) any exploration or development activities commenced before the enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary certifies they pose no significant risk of accident.
 
Continues the suspension of such activities until completion of: (1) the joint investigation by the Secretaries of the Interior and of Homeland Security into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) a final report identifying methods to prevent future incidents in the OCS.
 
Grandfathers any production activities commenced before enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3309
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently increase the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate to 9 cents a barrel. Suspends such financing rate in any calendar quarter in which the unobligated balance in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is greater than $10 billion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3310
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2010-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
South Dakota
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: 
Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act of 2010 - Designates specified lands in South Dakota as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
Sets forth requirements for the administration of the wilderness areas, including with respect to military overflight activities, fish and wildlife management, access to private property, U.S. acquisition of lands and interests, protective perimeters and buffer zones, and nonwilderness activities and uses outside of the wilderness areas. 
 
Withdraws such areas from specified public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 
Permits livestock grazing and the maintenance of related facilities to continue in the wilderness areas in which grazing is established. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to undertake necessary measures for the control and prevention of fire, insects, invasive species, and diseases. 
 
Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) diminishing the rights of Indian tribes to access federal land for tribal activities; or (2) enhancing or diminishing the authority of the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to manage prairie dog populations and habitats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-730.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3166)
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate