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A bill to limit the moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3588
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Declares that a specified suspension of (moratorium on) certain offshore permitting and drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf shall not apply to a drill permit applicant that has complied with specified National Notices and has completed all required safety inspections.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to make a determination on whether to issue a permit within 30 days after determining that the applicant is in compliance with such Notices and has completed such inspections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 463.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3590
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2010-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration to include carbon dioxide that is converted to a stable form in which it is securely and permanently sequestered; (2) allow a 30% increase in the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit for the incremental cost of carbon capture and sequestration systems; (3) allow an increase in the carbon dioxide sequestration tax credit for the use of new or retrofit electric utility or industrial units to provide for carbon capture and sequestration in secure geologic storage; and (4) allow issuers of qualified carbon sequestration bonds income and excise tax credits for payments of interest with respect to such bonds.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide additional funding for loan guarantees for: (1) constructing or retrofitting new or existing commercial scale electric generation units or industrial facility units for carbon capture and sequestration; and (2) constructing carbon dioxide transmission pipelines to transport carbon dioxide to sequestration sites or to sites where carbon dioxide will be used for hydrocarbon recovery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Federal Government to pay the costs incurred by a State or local government in defending a State or local immigration law that survives a constitutional challenge by the Federal Government in Federal court.

Bill: 111-s-3593
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Legal fees and court costs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Requires the federal government to pay all attorneys' fees and associated court costs incurred by a state or local government in defending a state or local immigration law that survives in whole or in part a constitutional challenge by the federal government in federal court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5966-5967)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fishery Conservation Transition Act

Bill: 111-s-3594
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Economic development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Fishery Conservation Transition Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, for certain fisheries for which a fishery management plan is in effect that contains a complete prohibition on the retention of stocks subject to overfishing within the fishery for the entire fishing season, to determine whether such prohibition is sufficient to prevent or end overfishing for the stocks, or stocks being overfished. 
 
Sets forth provisions for specified remedial and other actions to be taken by the Secretary if the prohibition contained in such a plan is insufficient to prevent or end overfishing for the stocks to which it applies. 
 
Establishes an economic assistance program to assist recreational and commercial fishery participants, fishing industries, and fishing communities significantly affected by a prohibition on the retention of stocks to end or prevent overfishing or rebuild overfished stocks. Limits the federal share of assistance provided under the program to 75% and requires the provision of state matching funds. 
 
Provides criteria for determining the existence of an overfishing situation requiring emergency action. 
 
Requires the consideration of specified fishery studies and management measures in the review of any fishery management plan, plan amendment, or regulations relating to the rebuilding of overfished fisheries. 
 
Requires the Secretary to assess current management measures for stocks in multispecies fisheries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5967-5968)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5967)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act

Bill: 111-s-3595
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act (DIPLOMA Act) - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award renewable five year grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local consortia that include a local educational agency (LEA) and other community partners to: (1) ensure the academic, physical, social, emotional, and civic development of disadvantaged youth; and (2) strengthen their families and communities.
 
Requires each state grantee to develop and implement a state child and youth strategy that assesses children's needs and the assets within the state that can be mobilized, coordinated, and integrated to achieve quantifiable progress toward goals that include ensuring that: (1) children are ready for school; (2) students are engaged and achieving in school; (3) students are physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally healthy; (4) schools and neighborhoods are safe and provide a positive climate for learning; (5) families are supportive and engaged in their children's education; (6) students are ready for postsecondary education and 21st Century careers; and (7) students are contributing to their communities.
 
Directs the consortia to develop and implement a local child and youth strategy that integrates multiple private and public services into a comprehensive, coordinated continuum of services directed toward achieving quantifiable progress toward such goals. 
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants directly to local consortia if appropriated funds fall below a specified amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3596
Sponsor: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Heatlh and Human Services (HHS) to study for a report made available on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: (1) existing activities and programs in hospitals for quality assurance, patient safety, and performance improvement; and (2) any best practices that should be replicated in hospitals to improve patient safety and quality of care, consistent with the quality assessment and performance improvement program, as required by the conditions of participation for hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability demonstration program to support establishing partnerships and other cooperative approaches among hospitals, state health care agencies, and HHS to promote and implement the best practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5968-5969)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law Act

Bill: 111-s-3600
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Foreign labor
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Mining
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law Act - Repeals specified general limitations on a shipowner's liability (the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851) for personal injury or death on seagoing vessels.
 
Allows punitive damages to be assessed without regard to the amount of compensatory damages assessed in a civil maritime action for damages arising out of a maritime tort.
 
Amends the Death on the High Seas Act to permit the personal representative of a decedent to bring a civil action in admiralty or law (limited to admiralty under current law) against the person or vessel responsible for the decedent's death when the death was caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond three nautical miles from the shore of the United States. Limits the right to bring such action to the decedent's survivors, including spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative. 
 
Allows recovery in such an action for fair compensation for nonpecuniary loss (limited to pecuniary loss under current law), plus a fair compensation for the decedent's pain and suffering. Defines &quot;nonpecuniary loss&quot; as loss of care, comfort, and companionship.
 
Amends the Jones Act to allow recovery for the loss of the care, comfort, and companionship of a seaman who died in the course of employment. Removes restrictions on the bringing of actions under U.S. maritime law by workers who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents against a mineral or energy company for personal injury or death occurring in the territorial waters or continental shelf of a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
STOPS Runoff Act

Bill: 111-s-3602
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Hydrology and hydrography
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act or STOPS Runoff Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a federal-aid highway runoff pollution management program to ensure that covered federal-aid highway projects are constructed in accordance with certain minimum standards designed to control and treat polluted stormwater runoff. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to approve state covered highway projects receiving federal funding only if the state provides assurances that it will construct the project in accordance with such standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5970)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5969-5970)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3603
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Research and development
Technology assessment
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2010 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to replace provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research with provisions establishing a Federal Oil Spill Research Committee for the same purpose. 
 
Requires the Committee to: (1) submit to Congress within 180 days and update every five years a report on the state of oil discharge prevention and response capabilities; (2) establish an oil pollution research and development program that provides for research, development, and demonstration of technologies and methods that are effective in preventing, detecting, responding to, mitigating, and restoring damage from oil discharges and that protect the environment; and (3) submit a plan for the implementation of such program to Congress within 180 days after submitting such report. 
 
Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to: (1) designate a Chairperson from among committee members; and (2) manage a program of competitive grants to universities or research institutions for conducting such program.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require vessel and facility response plans for responding to a worst case discharge of oil or a hazardous substance to: (1) be updated at least every five years and resubmitted for approval upon each update; (2) require the use of the best available technology and methods to contain and remove a worst-case discharge and to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of such a discharge; and (3) include investments in research relating to oil discharges, risk assessment, and development of technologies for oil discharge response and prevention.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish a program for the formal evaluation and validation of oil pollution containment and removal methods and technologies; and (2) each technology and method validated to be included in the comprehensive list of discharge removal resources maintained through the Coast Guard's National Response Unit.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5971-5972)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5970-5971)
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the small business loan enhancements.

Bill: 111-s-3604
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small Business Administration
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: 
Appropriates funds for the business loans program of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to be used for small business loan fee reductions and eliminations and small business loan guarantees authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
 
Amends ARRA to extend through 2010 the above fee reduction and loan guarantee programs. Appropriates funds to cover such extensions.
 
Rescinds specified funds under ARRA to offset increases resulting from appropriations under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3608
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: 
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) continue the maximum dollar amount (i.e., $8,000) of the tax credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles after 2009; and (2) allow such credit for a vehicle which is manufactured primarily to carry or tow loads or materials for commercial or industrial purposes (off-highway vehicles). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary authority for performance of medical disability examinations by contract physicians for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 111-s-3609
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2010-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: 
Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2012 the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use physicians other than VA employees to conduct medical disability evaluations of VA benefit applicants.

action_date: 2010-09-02
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2012 the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use physicians other than VA employees to conduct medical disability evaluations of VA benefit applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559.
action_date: 2010-09-02
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2010 without amendment. With written report No. 111-288.
action_date: 2010-09-02
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2010 without amendment. With written report No. 111-288.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5995)
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5994-5995)
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Amendments Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3612
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2010-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: 
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act to expand the boundary of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont to include the King Farm in Woodstock, Vermont. 
 
Requires King Farm to be added to, and administered as part of, the Park and to be used for agricultural, forestry, conservation, and educational purposes.


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: 2010-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federally owned land located in Story County, Iowa.

Bill: 111-s-3613
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2010-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Department of Agriculture
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Iowa
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: 
Requires conveyance of approximately 44 acres of federally owned land administered by the Agricultural Research Service which comprises part of the National Animal Disease Center (the property) in the city of Ames, Iowa, to the city of Ames and its assigns. 
 
Requires the city: (1) to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) the market value of the property, to be determined by an appraisal; and (2) at closing, to pay or reimburse the reasonable transaction and administrative costs associated with the conveyance incurred by the Secretary. 
 
Requires the city and the Secretary to bear their own attorneys fees. 
 
Requires the Secretary to meet disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, but to otherwise not be required to remediate or abate such substances or any other hazardous pollutants, contaminants, or waste that might be present on the property at the time of closing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3616
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land use and conservation
Law enforcement administration and funding
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Protection Act of 2010 - Reserves for 20 years certain federal land for use by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Eddy County, New Mexico.


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: 2010-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate