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Global Conservation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3508
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Multilateral development programs
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Global Conservation Act of 2010 - Directs the President to: (1) designate a Special Coordinator for Global Conservation; (2) through the Special Coordinator establish the International Conservation Strategy to help combat global natural resource and biodiversity degradation in developing countries; and (3) establish the President's Advisory Committee for Global Conservation.
 
Directs the Coordinator to establish the Interagency Working Group on Global Conservation.
 
Urges the President to work with the world's major foreign assistance donor countries to: (1) develop an international conservation assistance strategy; (2) identify multilateral coordinating mechanisms; and (3) promote existing multilateral initiatives designed to identify meaningful levels of interim funding for forest conservation in developing countries. 
 
Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to submit to Congress a national intelligence estimate on the anticipated geopolitical and regional security effects of the global degradation of renewable natural resources and the implications of such effects for U.S. national and economic security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5113-5114)
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.

Bill: 111-s-3510
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2010-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period classification for qualified leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property, for purposes of the depreciation tax deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act

Bill: 111-s-3512
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2010-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Gulf of Mexico
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: 
Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act - Waives requirements for coastwise endorsements to a certificate of documentation in order to engage in coastwise trade for foreign vessels engaged in containment, remediation, or associated activities in connection with the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Bonus Depreciation Extension to Create Jobs Act

Bill: 111-s-3513
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2010-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: 
Bonus Depreciation Extension to Create Jobs Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the additional 50% depreciation allowance for investment property, including computer software, water utility property, and qualified leasehold improvement property, which has a recovery period of 20 years of less.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5203-5204)
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3514
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2010-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: 
Guaranteed Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish the Oil Spill Recovery Fund for payment of covered removal costs and damages described in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 that are associated with a discharge, or substantial threat of discharge, of oil.
 
 Prohibits any person from entering into a federal oil or gas lease or contract after enactment of this Act unless the person pays into the Fund, or posts a bond, in an amount equal to the difference between: (1) the total of the outstanding liability of the person under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and any removal costs incurred by or on behalf of the person, with respect to any incident for which the person has outstanding liability; and (2) the outstanding balance in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund that is attributable to the person.
 
Requires repayment of unexpended funds (plus interest) upon the earlier of either five years after amounts were paid by the person into the Fund or the date on which the Secretary determines that all federal and state natural resource damage assessments and all outstanding civil claims relating to the incident for which the amounts were paid have been satisfied.
 
Establishes as a separate item, for purposes of the President's budget submission, a statement that includes the estimated amount of Fund deposits, obligations, and outlays.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5204)
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SPEECH Act

Bill: 111-s-3518
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2010-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
First Amendment rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: 
Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act or SPEECH Act - Prohibits a domestic court from recognizing or enforcing a foreign judgment for defamation unless the domestic court determines that: (1) the defamation law applied in the foreign court's adjudication provided at least as much protection for freedom of speech and press in that case as would be provided by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and by the constitution and law of the state in which the domestic court is located; or (2) even if the defamation law applied in the foreign court's adjudication did not provide this much protection for freedom of speech and press, the party opposing recognition or enforcement of that foreign judgment would have been found liable for defamation by a domestic court applying the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the constitution and law of the state in which the domestic court is located.
 
Prohibits a domestic court from recognizing or enforcing a foreign judgment for defamation against the provider of an interactive computer service unless the domestic court determines that the judgment would be consistent with provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 affording protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material, if the information that is the subject of the judgment had been provided in the United States.
 
Specifies circumstances for removal by a defendant to the appropriate U.S. district court, without regard to the amount in controversy, of any action brought in a state domestic court to enforce a foreign judgment for defamation.
 
Provides that any U.S. person, against whom a foreign judgment is entered on the basis of the content of any writing, utterance, or other speech by that person that has been published, may bring an action in district court for a declaration that the foreign judgment is repugnant to the Constitution or laws of the United States.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, for purposes of pleading a cause of action for a declaratory judgment, a foreign judgment for defamation or any similar offense shall constitute a case of actual controversy under the federal judicial code. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5275-5276)
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to stabilize the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program.

Bill: 111-s-3519
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: 
Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce, for each of FY2011-FY2013, from: (1) providing a participant in the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program with more than 50% of the costs incurred by the participant under the Program; and (2) requiring a participant's cost share to exceed 50%.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such cost share requirements, including: (1) an analysis of various cost share structures; and (2) a recommendation for structuring the cost share requirement after FY2013 to best provide for the Program's long-term sustainability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5276)
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3520
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: 
Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through December 31, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until May 31, 2011.
 
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through December 31, 2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
 
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and May 31, 2011, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5246-5247, S5248-5249, S5250, S5252, S5253, S5256)
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Rare Earths Supply Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3521
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2010-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Licensing and registrations
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: 
Rare Earths Supply Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 or RESTART Act - Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Rare Earth Policy Task Force to monitor and assist federal agencies in expediting the review and approval of permits to accelerate the completion of projects that will increase investment in, exploration for, and development of domestic rare earths.
 
Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy to assess and report to Congress on: (1) the domestic rare earth supply chain; (2) rare earth elements critical to clean energy technologies and the national security; and (3) whether critical rare earth materials should be stockpiled.
 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) report to industry describing available mechanisms for obtaining government loan guarantees to reestablish a domestic rare earth supply chain; and (2) issue guidance for the rare earth industry on obtaining federal loan guarantees.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on past, current, and future projects to support the domestic rare earth supply chain.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States faces a shortage of key rare earth materials that form the backbone of both the defense and energy supply chains; (2) the urgent need to reestablish a domestic rare earth supply chain warrants a statutory prioritization of projects to support such reestablishment; (3) there is a pressing need to support innovation, training, and workforce development in the domestic rare earth supply chain; and (4) the Departments of Energy, of the Interior, of Commerce, and of Defense should each provide funds to academic institutions, federal laboratories, and private entities for innovation, training, and workforce development in the domestic rare earth supply chain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-750.
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5276-5277)
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
HELP Separated Children Act

Bill: 111-s-3522
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2010-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: 
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act or the HELP Separated Children Act - Sets forth apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement-related activities engaged in by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and cooperating entities, including: (1) providing the governor, local child welfare agencies, and local law enforcement with advance notice of an enforcement activity, if possible; (2) providing child welfare agencies and community organizations access to detained individuals to help DHS identify detainees who have children; (3) permitting detainees with children to make free phone calls to arrange for such children's care; and (4) requiring that the interests of children be considered in decisions regarding detainee release, detention, or transfer.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) require DHS detention facilities to implement procedures to ensure that child custody and family interests can be considered in any immigration detention action; (2) develop memoranda of understanding with child welfare agencies and community organizations that protect the best interests of children of detained individuals; and (3) provide DHS personnel with appropriate training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5278-5279)
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5277-5278, S5279-5280)
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Reauthorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3523
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2010-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: 
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to bar the Secretary of Commerce, for FY2011-FY2013, from: (1) providing to a Hollings Manufacturing Extension Center more than half of the costs incurred by it; and (2) requiring that a Center's cost share exceed half of such costs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on cost share requirements under the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (the Program). 
 
Directs the Secretary, if a state provides financial support to a Center which exceeds 25% of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to create and maintain such Center, to provide that Center, under the State Incentive Program established by this Act, assistance that is in addition to the assistance otherwise provided to it under the Program. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 to carry out: (1) the Program, including the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board; (2) the Competitive Grant Program; and (3) the State Incentive Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5321)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5320-5321)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3524
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2010-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: 
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Expansion Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study lands within Bexar and Wilson Counties in Texas, to identify lands that would be suitable for inclusion in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
 
Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to enter into a cooperative agreement with the city of San Antonio or its designee for the operation of a facility outside the boundary of the Park that would provide visitor facilities and office space for a headquarters and operational support for the Park; and (2) to install in such facilities the cooperative agreement exhibits related to the resources at the Park. 
 
Modifies the boundary of the Park to include approximately 151 acres of additional land, as identified on the map entitled &quot;San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Proposed Boundary Addition 2009,&quot; dated November 2009. Bars the use of condemnation authority by the Secretary for the acquisition of lands and interests under 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: 2010-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5321-5322)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Open America's Waters Act

Bill: 111-s-3525
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2010-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: 
Open America's Waters Act - Directs the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to issue regulations to: (1) repeal certain (Jones Act) restrictions on the issuance of a coastwise endorsement for a vessel to engage in the coastwise trade; and (2) require a vessel permitted to engage in the coastwise trade to meet appropriate safety and security requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5322)
action_date: 2010-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate