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Stop Cozy Relationships with Big Oil Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3431
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Mining
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Stop Cozy Relationships with Big Oil Act of 2010 - Prohibits an employee of the Minerals Management Service (Service) of the Department of the Interior, or a successor agency, from: (1) knowingly accepting a gift from an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining; (2) owning stock or any other interest in an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining during such employee's employment by the Service; (3) being employed (outside employment) by an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining during such employee's employment in the Service; or (4) working for an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining during the two-year period beginning on the date of termination of employment by the Service.
 
Requires financial disclosure by employees of the Service in positions equivalent to GS-13 or higher.
 
Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of these prohibitions.
 

 
Amends federal criminal law to subject to fine or imprisonment any officer, employee, or agent of the Service who knowingly and willfully makes a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in the conduct of activities relating to oil and gas regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-653, pt. 5.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Capital Express Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3432
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Working Capital Express Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee loans for working capital made by lenders under the SBA's Express Loan Program to small businesses in operation for at least two years. Provides loan terms, including a guarantee limit of $750,000 for each small business.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish maximum default and delinquency rates for such loans; and (2) suspend the eligibility to make such loans in the case of any lender with a default or delinquency rate in excess of such rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3433
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Atlantic Ocean
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease or permit for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in: (1) the Pacific and Atlantic Regions of the outer Continental Shelf; or (2) certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico. 
 
Replaces current fuel economy standards for automobiles for model years 2021 through 2030 with new standards for model years 2017 through 2030. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe an average fuel economy standard for passenger and non-passenger automobiles for each model year beginning with model year 2017 to achieve a combined fuel economy average for model year 2030 of at least 55 miles per gallon for the total fleet of passenger and non-passenger automobiles manufactured for sale in the United States for that model year (excluding light-duty vehicles that draw motive power from a battery with a capacity larger than 4 kilowatt-hours).
 
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the Administrator of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), to ensure continued progress in significantly improving motor vehicle fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by setting motor vehicle emission and fuel economy standards for model year 2017 and subsequent model years that reflect the greatest emission reductions and fuel efficiency improvement achievable through the application of technology that will be available for the model year to which the standards apply, considering the costs associated with the application of technology and other appropriate factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to revise the definition of the term "adulterated" to include contamination with E. Coli.

Bill: 111-s-3435
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to include in the definition of "adulterated" any carcass or part thereof, meat, or meat food product that is contaminated with enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Shiga toxin-producing serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a motor efficiency rebate program.

Bill: 111-s-3436
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide rebates for expenditures made by entities: (1) for the purchase and installation of a new electric motor that has a nominal full load efficiency that is not less than the nominal full load efficiency as defined in NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) Standards Publication MG 1-2006 for random wound motors rated 600 volts or lower or for form wound motors rated 5000 volts or lower; and (2) to replace an installed motor the specifications of which are to be established by the Secretary not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide to the distributor of each such new electric motor purchased by an entity that received a rebate a payment to offset expenses relating to processing and motor core disposal costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
National Child Protection Training Act

Bill: 111-s-3437
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
National Child Protection Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into an agreement with the National Child Protection Training Center to establish and sustain Regional Training Centers in the midwestern, northeastern, southern, and western regions of this country.
 
Requires the Regional Training Centers to: (1) provide child protection professionals in the field with low-cost, high-quality training, technical assistance, and publications; (2) provide child protection professionals with ongoing training and assistance in developing evidence-based community prevention programs; (3) develop model undergraduate and graduate curricula on child maltreatment and, upon the Secretary's approval, disseminate them to institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (4) assist states in developing and maintaining forensic interview training programs.
 
Directs the National Child Protection Training Center to award grants to state and local governments and other nonprofit entities to: (1) assist state and local child protection professionals in developing statewide forensic interview training programs; or (2) expand forensic interview training programs to provide for additional, advanced forensic interview training courses.
 
Directs the National Child Protection Training Center to award grants to state and local governments and other nonprofit entities to assist IHEs in implementing or expanding model undergraduate or graduate curricula on child abuse and neglect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Transmission for Rural Communities Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3438
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax exclusion
Rural conditions and development
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Clean Transmission for Rural Communities Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) the issuance of clean renewable energy bonds to interconnect energy facilities to high-voltage transmission lines; and (2) the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds to finance a qualified electric transmission facility. Defines &quot;qualified electric transmission facility&quot; as a state-owned electric transmission facility which operates primarily to interconnect one or more renewable energy facilities to a high-voltage transmission line. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4540)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4539-4540)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3439
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government lending and loan guarantees
Oil and gas
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2010 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make electric loans for transmission facilities primarily for interconnecting renewable energy facilities to a high-voltage transmission line. Revokes the requirement that the rate of an electric loan for renewable energy be equal to the average tax-exempt municipal bond rate of similar maturities.
 
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary to make and insure loans to improve the economic and environmental climate by encouraging the development and construction of infrastructure to provide access to natural gas in rural communities; and (2) define &quot;natural gas&quot; as unmixed natural gas or any mixture of natural and artificial gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4540)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Biodiesel Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3440
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Emergency Biodiesel Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel and the excise tax credit for biodiesel fuel mixtures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4540)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
All-STAR Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3441
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Building construction
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
All Students Achieving through Reform Act of 2010 or All-STAR Act of 2010 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to certain eligible entities and, through them, subgrants to successful public charter schools to allow such schools to expand or replicate to serve additional students.
 
Lists, as eligible grantees, state and local educational agencies, authorized public chartering agencies, and tax-exempt organizations that have successfully supported the replication and expansion of such schools.
 
Sets forth the attributes that are to give such entities grant priority, including their serving or planning to serve a large percentage of low-income students from public schools with low-graduation rates or schools identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Authorizes grantees to use up to 25% of a grant to establish a reserve account to assist them in acquiring and developing new facilities for successful public charter schools through: (1) credit enhancement initiatives; (2) the establishment of revolving loan funds; (3) direct spending or financing; or (4) partnerships with community development or other mission-based financial institutions.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct an independent, comprehensive, and scientifically sound evaluation of the effect this Act's initiatives have on student achievement and other areas, as determined by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4541-4544)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4540-4541)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to eliminate the 30-day time limit for exploration plans.

Bill: 111-s-3443
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
 Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior approve plans for geological and geophysical (including oil and natural gas) explorations in the outer Continental Shelf within 30 days after submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Training in Federal Contracting Certification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3444
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic development
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Small Business Training in Federal Contracting Certification Act of 2010 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to direct the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to establish a training certification program for federal contracting officers regarding small business government contracting set-aside programs, including: (1) programs for HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses and small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans or women; (2) programs for socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses; and (3) contracting under the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4544-4545)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4544)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Equity for School Teachers Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3445
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Licensing and registrations
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Tax Equity for School Teachers Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reinstate and revise the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (allowed whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions); (2) make such deduction permanent; and (3) expand such deduction to include expenses for professional development and expenses related to the initial certification of qualified science, technology, engineering, or math teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4546-4547)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4545-4546)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3446
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Child Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to replace the team nutrition network program with the wellness and nutrition network (TWNN) program: a nationwide, multidisciplinary program that promotes healthy eating and physical activity by children and is funded and overseen at the federal level, administered at the state level, and implemented at the local level.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and carry out a comprehensive, integrated national strategy that coordinates federal, state, and local efforts to promote and support healthy eating, physical activity, and positive behavioral changes.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide grants to states to: (1) establish a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated wellness and nutrition network in their state; and (2) allocate funding to local educational agencies (LEAs) and other institutions providing services under the child nutrition programs to support child nutrition promotion and education.
 
Requires LEAs and other institutions to use such funds to: (1) implement, assess, or strengthen a local wellness policy established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; (2) improve the nutritional quality of meals and snacks served through the child nutrition programs; (3) increase children's acceptance of nutritious meals and snacks; (4) implement federal, state, or other health guidelines; (5) provide children with regular physical activity; or (6) work with public and private organizations to promote and support healthy eating and physical activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4547)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring All Students Year-round (EASY) Access to Meals and Snacks Act

Bill: 111-s-3448
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Ensuring All Students Year-round (EASY) Access to Meals and Snacks Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reimburse private nonprofit and local government service institutions (other than public schools) under the school lunch program for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Service for Healthier Kids Act

Bill: 111-s-3449
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
National and community service
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Service for Healthier Kids Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service that provides the Corporation with funding for a Nutrition Corps to carry out national service programs that: (1) increase access to, participation in, and the quality of, the nutrition assistance programs the Secretary administers; and (2) support local agriculture and farm to school initiatives undertaken by the Secretary.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate