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Sustainable Schools Pollution Reduction Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3362
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental technology
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Sustainable Schools Pollution Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a sustainable schools pollution reduction program, under which the EPA Administrator shall provide competitive grants for each of FY2011-FY2015 to public elementary or secondary schools or a school district that encompasses such schools for use in implementing effective technologies to reduce air pollutants, including greenhouse gas emissions.

action_date: 2010-06-18
text: 
Sustainable Schools Pollution Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a sustainable schools pollution reduction program, under which the EPA Administrator shall provide competitive grants for each of FY2011-FY2015 to public elementary or secondary schools or a school district that encompasses such schools for use in implementing effective technologies to reduce air pollutants, including greenhouse gas emissions. Requires the Administrator to: (1) provide criteria for selection for grants under the program; (2) submit to Congress a report evaluating the implementation of the program; (3) ensure that at least one grant is awarded to an eligible school in each state; (4) allocate at least 2% of the total annual amount made available to carry out this Act among Indian tribes; and (5) ensure geographical diversity among grant awardees and ensure that grant awardees reflect a variety of schools sizes.
 Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 111-207.
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 111-207.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3363
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Research administration and funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) authorize appropriations for water resources research and technology institutes through FY2016; and (2) require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct his or her evaluation of each institute's research and effectiveness as an institution for planning, conducting, and arranging for research at least once every five (currently, three) years.

action_date: 2010-06-18
text: 

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

 
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) authorize appropriations for water resources research and technology institutes through FY2016; and (2) require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct his or her evaluation of each institute's research and effectiveness as an institution for planning, conducting, and arranging for research at least once every five (currently, three) years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-208.
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-208.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3364
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Energy and Renewable Energy, to act as the lead federal agency for coordinating and disseminating information on existing federal programs and assistance that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a review of existing programs and financing mechanisms available in or from appropriate federal agencies with jurisdiction over energy financing and facilitation that are currently used or may be used for such purposes; (2) establish a federal cross-departmental collaborative coordination, education, and outreach effort to streamline communication and promote available federal opportunities and assistance for such projects that enables states, local educational agencies, and schools to use existing federal opportunities more effectively and to form partnerships with governors, state energy programs, local educational, financial, and energy officials, state and local officials, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities to support project initiation; (3) provide technical assistance for states, local educational agencies, and schools to help develop and finance projects that meet specified requirements; (4) develop and maintain a single online resource website with contact information for relevant technical assistance and support staff in the Office for states, local educational agencies, and schools to effectively access and use federal opportunities and assistance to develop such projects; and (5) establish a process for recognition of schools that have successfully implemented such projects and are willing to serve as resources for other local educational agencies and schools to assist initiation of similar efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3719-3720)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

Bill: 111-s-3365
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Requires disregard of any hours worked by a federal firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Firearm-Free Airport Act

Bill: 111-s-3366
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Firearm-Free Airport Act - Makes it unlawful for all but specified authorized individuals to possess a firearm at a commercial airport in any area in a terminal building, in any area adjacent to the sterile area, in an airfield, or in any building that opens on to an airfield.
 
Prescribes criminal penalties for nonauthorized individuals who violate such prohibition. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that signs warning passengers of such prohibition are posted in airport terminal buildings and other such areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of pension for disabled veterans who are married to one another and both of whom require regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3367
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Marriage and family status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Increases the annual rate of pension payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for disabled veterans who are married to one another and who both require regular aid and attendance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3720)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3720)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain individuals to sign claims filed with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on behalf of claimants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3368
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Authorizes the following individuals to sign veterans' benefits claims filed on behalf of a person who is under 18, mentally incompetent, or physically unable to sign: (1) a court-appointed representative or person responsible for care; or (2) in the case of an institutionalized person, the manager or principal officer of the institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3720)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3720)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Connell Lake Watershed Protection and Recreation Act

Bill: 111-s-3369
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Connell Lake Watershed Protection and Recreation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal land and interests (approximately 880 acres of federal land and interests in land in the Connell Lake area) to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska. 
 
Requires the conveyed land to be managed in accordance with the terms of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the process by which an individual files jointly for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3370
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Commissioner of Social Security to jointly prescribe forms for use by survivors of members and former members of the Armed Forces in applying for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
TRICARE Mental Health Care Access Act

Bill: 111-s-3371
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
TRICARE Mental Health Care Access Act - Amends the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed care program) to authorize referrals to licensed or certified mental health counselors under the program for spouses and dependents of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty for more than 30 days.
 
Authorizes DOD to enter into personal services contracts with mental health counselors. Makes applicable to such counselors DOD licensure requirements for health care professionals.
 
Provides licensing and related requirements for such counselors practicing under TRICARE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act

Bill: 111-s-3375
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental technology
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Energy, within two years, to require the development and deployment of certain technology for use in the event of a breach or explosion at, or a significant discharge of oil from, a deepwater port, offshore facility, or tank vessel (covered event), including: (1) technology for use in capping underwater oil wells that is effective at water depths at least 2,000 feet deeper than the limits of oil and gas production on the outer continental shelf as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) flameproof booms capable of functioning in the open ocean with six-foot waves; and (3) remote operated vehicles for use in the open ocean that are capable of welding and cutting or torching below 15,000 feet of water. Requires the purchase and deployment of such technologies in such locations throughout the United States as would permit their use within 24 hours of a covered event.
 
Doubles the limits on the total of the liability of, and the removal costs incurred by or on behalf of, the party responsible for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the exclusive economic zone. Increases such a limit to the amount of a party's aggregate net after-tax profits generated during the four full financial reporting quarters preceding the date of an incident if that amount exceeds the limit otherwise applicable.
 
Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.
 
Requires the head of a federal agency that has carried out an activity with respect to the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of the coordination of, and the success of, federal government actions relating to the spill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SCAAP Reauthorization Act

Bill: 111-s-3376
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
SCAAP Reauthorization Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) through FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3721)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3720-3721)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the multifamily transitional housing loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs by requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue loans for the construction of, rehabilitation of, or acquisition of land for multifamily transitional housing projects instead of guaranteeing loans for such purposes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3377
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2010-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federal preemption
Government lending and loan guarantees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: 
Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multifamily transitional housing loan program (program) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue at least five loans for the construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of land for multifamily transitional housing projects. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate loan approval authority to a state or local government entity.
 
Terminates, as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary's authority under the program to guarantee loans for such purposes.
 
Establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program Revolving Fund to fund such loans.
 
Prohibits any federal or state law from prohibiting a program project offering preferential treatment to veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3784-3785)
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3783-3784)
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Pollution and Costs Reduction Act

Bill: 111-s-3379
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: 
Pollution and Costs Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and carry out the Building Pollution Reduction Program to provide assistance to owners of buildings in the United States to reduce the emission of air pollutants and building operating costs by constructing highly efficient buildings or increasing the efficiency of, and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with, existing buildings.
 
Defines &quot;advanced green biofuel&quot; to mean an advanced biofuel that the Administrator determines: (1) has life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 60% less than the baseline life cycle greenhouse gas emissions; (2) is made from advanced renewable biomass; and (3) minimizes biorefinery water requirements to the maximum extent achievable, taking into consideration costs and other appropriate factors.
 
Defines &quot;advanced renewable biomass&quot; to mean renewable biomass that is produced using sustainable practices as determined by the Administrator taking into consideration factors such as: (1) the maintenance and enhancement of the quality and productivity of the soil; (2) the conservation of soil, water, energy, natural resources, and fish, and wildlife habitat; and (3) the protection of the health and safety of individuals involved in the production system.
 
Requires the Administrator to establish the 1,000,000,000-Gallon Challenge Grant Program under which the Administrator shall provide grants to owners and operators of projects that have the potential, in the aggregate, to produce up to 500,000,000 gallons in annual domestic production capacity of advanced green biofuels. Requires the Administrator to provide four types of grants: (1) a research and development grant; (2) a planning grant; (3) translational grants; and (4) construction grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of securities of a controlled corporation exchanged for assets in certain reorganizations.

Bill: 111-s-3380
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2010-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax exclusion
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow nonrecognition of gain in a corporate reorganization for corporations that exchange property solely for stock other than nonqualified preferred stock. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate