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Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-3045
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: 
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a benchmark stock assessment of the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery and report to Congress.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating any interim rule under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that prohibits fishing in the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery before such report demonstrates the need for interim or final rules.
 
Deems any interim rule promulgated prior to enactment of this Act that decreases the number of fishing days to less than the 2009 level to have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
South Atlantic Red Snapper Fishery Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-3046
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: 
South Atlantic Red Snapper Fishery Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a benchmark stock assessment of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery and report to Congress.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating any interim rule under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery before such report demonstrates the need for interim or final rules.
 
Prohibits any interim rule that was promulgated before enactment of this Act from having any force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Code Termination Act

Bill: 111-s-3047
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2010-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Economic performance and conditions
Income tax rates
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: 
 Tax Code Termination Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years beginning after 2013, except provisions of such Code relating to social security taxation (i.e., taxes on wage, self-employment, and railroad retirement income).
 
Establishes within the legislative branch a National Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification. Directs the Commission to: (1) review the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its impact on the economy, families, and the workforce: (2) determine whether the current income tax system should be replaced with a flat tax, a national sales tax, or another system, or can be simplified; and (3) submit a report to Congress on the results of its review, with recommendations for fundamental reform and simplification of the Code.
 
Requires congressional approval of a new federal tax system no later than July 4, 2013, or a vote of Congress to reauthorize the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Pilot Professionalism Assurance Act

Bill: 111-s-3048
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2010-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Personnel records
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: 
Pilot Professionalism Assurance Act - Authorizes air carriers to use information obtained from a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder to: (1) discipline or discharge a pilot or flight engineer for actions that endanger the safety or well being of passengers; (2) defend itself in any discipline or discharge grievance proceeding; (3) evaluate or monitor the judgment or performance of an individual pilot or crew member; (4) justify or require a pilot's submission to a proficiency check or line check; or (5) effect any other purpose relating to improving the safety or well being of passengers.
 
Requires each air carrier that has obtained such information to keep it confidential, and allows disclosure only to the extent required in an administrative or judicial proceeding.
 
Prohibits tampering with, disabling, or destroying any cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder installed on a commercial aircraft. Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of this prohibition.
 
Requires an air carrier to terminate immediately the employment of any commercial pilot who violates this prohibition. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revoke immediately the airman certificate issued to that pilot.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Corporate Executive Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3049
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: 
Corporate Executive Accountability Act of 2010 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that any proxy or consent or authorization for an annual shareholders meeting provide for a separate non-binding shareholder vote to approve executive compensation for named executive officers.
 

 
Requires solicitations seeking shareholder approval of an acquisition, merger, consolidation, or proposed sale or other disposition of all (or substantially all) of the assets of an issuer to disclose any agreements with named executive officers of the disposing or the acquiring issuer regarding related compensation (golden parachute compensation).
 
Requires separate non-binding shareholder approval of disclosed golden parachute agreements and compensation, unless they have already been subject to a shareholder vote at an annual shareholders' meeting.
 

 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by rule to require: (1) each issuer to disclose in certain filings the ratio between the median of the annual total compensation of its employees and the annual total compensation of its chief executive officer; (2) the national securities exchanges and national securities associations to prohibit the listing of any security of an issuer who does not comply with this Act; and (3) each issuer to develop a policy for recovery (clawback) of incentive-based compensation from a current or former employee if the issuer is required to prepare an accounting restatement because of material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements under the securities laws.
 
Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to authorize the SEC to commence an action on behalf of the issuer to recover any funds required to be reimbursed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer if such officer has not complied with reimbursement requirements within 90 days after an accounting restatement. 
 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to: (1) prohibit the board of directors of an issuer from entering into an agreement providing for severance payments to a senior executive officer terminated for cause; and (2) direct the SEC to require each national securities exchange and registered securities association to prohibit the listing of any security of an issuer in violation of specified limitations placed upon the equity compensation of executive officers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Miami-Dade County certain federally owned land in Florida, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3050
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Florida
Horticulture and plants
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Miami-Dade County, Florida, federally owned land comprising the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami-Dade County, Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired.

Bill: 111-s-3051
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2010-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from updating a flood plain area or a flood risk zone in a geographic area that meets the following conditions: (1) the area is intended to be protected by a levee that the Army Corps of Engineers determines has a design deficiency; (2) the entity responsible for the repair of such levee has implemented a repair plan that has been developed by the Corps or a professional licensed engineer and approved by the Corps or FEMA, that is based on sufficient and reasonably current design data that accurately reflects the condition of such levee and other flood protection facilities in the area, that will provide protection from the 1% annual chance flood for the area, and that includes an adequate financing mechanism; and (3) each state or local government with jurisdiction over any portion of the geographic area has implemented a surveillance and operations plan to provide for timely alerts and immediate remedial action when significant underseepage or potential failure occurs, has an evacuation plan, and has implemented an outreach and communication plan to advise occupants of potential flood risks, the opportunity to purchase flood insurance, and the consequences of failure to purchase insurance.
 
 Exempts a geographic area if the Director: (1) determines that the area is protected by a system that provides protection from the 1% annual chance flood; or (2) has suspended the updating of flood plain areas or flood risk zones in such area in accordance with this Act for seven consecutive years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Taxpayer Bailouts by Making Wall Street Pay Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3052
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Credit and credit markets
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: 
Ending Taxpayer Bailouts by Making Wall Street Pay Act of 2010 - Establishes the Systemic Resolution Fund, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), to: (1) cover the costs of the FDIC, including as receiver, in exercising its rights, authorities, and powers, and in fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities; (2) repay initial capitalization appropriations; and (3) cover the costs of systemic stabilization purposes.
 
Prohibits the use of amounts in the Fund to convert or maintain a financial company that is insolvent or in receivership, except to the extent necessary to insure systemic stabilization in the company's resolution.
 
Requires all amounts assessed against a financial company under this Act to be deposited into the Fund.
 
Directs the FDIC to: (1) impose assessments on financial companies for Fund maintenance and, if need be, replenishment; and (2) establish a mechanism whereby the systemic risk regulator reallocates annually the assessments for the Fund among all the systemically risky financial companies.
 
Prohibits the FDIC from imposing an assessment on any financial company which it determines does not pose a systemic risk to the U.S. financial system.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to permit the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to be used for transportation and use of dredged materials for abandoned mine reclamation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3053
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Pennsylvania
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: 
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to permit the use of moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to allow transportation and use of dredged materials for abandoned mine reclamation.
 
Requires application of this Act to permit use of the Fund to allow dredged materials derived from the Delaware River Deepening Project, and from annual Delaware River maintenance dredging, to be used for reclamation of abandoned mines in Northeast, Pennsylvania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S859)
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish efficiency standards for bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, and portable electric spas.

Bill: 111-s-3054
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal preemption
Food industry and services
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include bottle-type water dispensers and compartment bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, and portable electric spas as &quot;covered products&quot; under the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other than Automobiles.
 
Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) test procedures for such dispensers, cabinets, and spas; (2) standby energy consumption standards for dispensers; (3) idle energy rate standards for cabinets; and (4) normalized standby power rates standards for spas.
 
Excludes from the general rule of preemption for energy conservation standards before federal standards become effective for products a state regulation that establishes efficiency standards for such dispensers, cabinets, and spas. Excludes from the general rule of preemption when federal standards become effective for products a regulation that establishes standards for such products and is adopted by the California Energy Commission by January 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-402.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Green Communities Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-3055
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Ecology
Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Forests, forestry, trees
Housing and community development funding
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: 
Green Communities Act of 2009 [
sic
] - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, to make grants to eligible municipalities to carry out community greening initiatives. Defines such an initiative as a program that increases economic development by improving the environment and that may include: (1) revitalizing municipal parks and public spaces; (2) landscaping community gateways and key corridors; (3) tree plantings and urban forestry projects; (4) comprehensive planning for open space preservation; (5) education, training, and volunteer management concerning community green initiatives; (6) green roof construction; (7) green stormwater infrastructure; and (8) vacant lot management. Defines an &quot;eligible municipality&quot; as a municipality that meets criteria for an economic adjustment grant under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.
 
Directs the Secretary to select 80 eligible municipalities to receive grants. Requires an eligible municipality seeking a grant to agree to make available nonfederal funds to carry out the initiative in an amount equal to not less than 50% of the grant awarded.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, five nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance and training to municipalities receiving grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal a section of that Act relating to exportation and importation of natural gas.

Bill: 111-s-3056
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal provisions amending the Natural Gas Act to extend its jurisdiction to: (1) the exportation or importation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in it; and (2) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
 
States that the Natural Gas Act shall be applied and administered as if such provisions and attendant amendments had not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S946)
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S945-946)
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3057
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901; and (2) withdraw the areas that were subject to such contracts from further mineral entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the Secretary. 
 
Requires the holder of such contracts to receive specified compensation for the cancellation. 
 
Deems: (1) any negotiated agreement between the Secretary and the contract holder as to the amount of compensation to be a compromise settlement of imminent litigation; and (2) judgment by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to be final.
 
Directs the Secretary to offer for sale by competitive bidding specified lands identified for disposition near Victorville, California, and provides for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land and interests with the proceeds of such sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S946)
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.

Bill: 111-s-3058
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2010-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Medical research
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2016 for: (1) type I diabetes research; and (2) diabetes prevention and treatment through Indian health facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3060
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2010-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arms control and nonproliferation
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: 
Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, and provide funds to, an office for the regulation of thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and an office of thorium-based fuel cycle research within the Department of Energy.
 
Directs the NRC Chairman to: (1) establish standards for the manufacture, testing, use, and management of spent thorium-based nuclear fuel; and (2) promulgate regulations for facilities and materials used in thorium-based fuel cycle nuclear power generation. 
 
Directs the Secretary to implement demonstration projects for thorium-based nuclear power generation. 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress recommendations for: (1) strengthening international partnerships to advance nuclear nonproliferation through the design and deployment of thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation; and (2) providing incentives to nuclear reactor operators to use proliferation-resistant, low-waste thorium fuels in lieu of other fuels.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1019)
action_date: 2010-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate