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A bill to require publicly traded coal companies to include certain safety records in their reports to the Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3450
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Coal
Government information and archives
Mining
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
Requires a publicly traded coal or other mine company that is required to file a periodic securities report with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to include in the report: (1) the total number of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly contribute to the cause and effect of a coal or other mine safety or health hazard for which the operator of the coal or other mine received a citation or order to comply from the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (2) a list of such coal or other mines that have received written notice of a pattern of such violations from the Administration; and (3) any pending legal action before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission involving such coal or other mine.
 
Requires publicly traded coal or other mine companies to file a current report with the SEC on Form 8-K disclosing any receipt of: (1) an imminent danger order to shutdown issued by the Secretary of Labor; and (2) any written notice of a pattern of violations from the Administration.


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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4550-4551)
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act

Bill: 111-s-3451
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: 
United States-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to the government of Israel for the procurement, maintenance, and sustainment of the Iron Dome Short Range Artillery Rocket Defense System for purposes of intercepting short-range rockets, missiles, and mortars launched against Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide an exception from the payout requirements established for certain section 501(c)(3) type III supporting organizations under section 1241(d) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Bill: 111-s-3453
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-05-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: 
Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to exempt certain type III supporting organizations from the payout requirements that such organizations, to stay exempt from federal taxation, must make distributions of a percentage of either income or assets to supported organizations in order to ensure that a significant amount is paid to such organizations.
 
Limits such exemption to type III supporting organizations classified as such before August 17, 2006, no substantial contributor to which was alive on such date, and having no family member of a substantial contributor as an organization manager or a borrower or lessee of property from the organization, if either: (1) the organization has not accepted any contribution from a substantial contributor after December 31, 1970, other than by operation of the creator's will or other gift instrument executed before December 31, 1970; or (2) the organization normally distributes each year, to keep its tax exemption, at least 85% of its adjusted net income for the immediately preceding year and holds 30% or more of the reasonably estimated value of its total assets, other than those used or held for use directly in carrying out one or more specified religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational, or related purposes, in the form of assets for which market quotations are not readily available but which normally produce gross investment income.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Section 8(a) Improvements Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3458
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2010-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Government lending and loan guarantees
Inflation and prices
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: 
Section 8(a) Improvements Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) assign each North American Industry Classification System industry code to a category of either manufacturing, construction, professional services, or general services; and (2) for each category, establish a maximum net worth for the socially disadvantaged individuals who own or control small businesses in that category, for purposes of participation in a program for the award of federal procurement subcontracts to socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses (program). Requires an annual inflationary adjustment to the average income and maximum net worth limits of owners of such businesses, as well as a temporary adjustment within the first 30 days after the enactment of this Act.
 
Establishes a transition period of three years after a small business has graduated from the 8(a) program, during which period such business may receive developmental assistance through the SBA.
 
Requires the Comptroller General and the Administrator to each evaluate the program and report evaluation results to the congressional small business committees.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish a surety bond pilot program under which the Administrator may guarantee any surety against loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bid bond, payment bond, performance bond, or bonds ancillary thereto by a participating eligible small business. Allows the Administrator, under the pilot program, to pay a surety up to 90% of the loss incurred. Requires the Administrator to provide, for up to three years, technical assistance and educational training to a small business participating in the pilot program. Establishes a pilot program advisory board and a Small Business Surety Bond Pilot Program Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4624-4625)
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4623-4624)
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
On-the-Job Training Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3459
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2010-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: 
On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training; and (2) use up to 10% of funds authorized under this Act to make grants to states, local boards, and federally recognized tribal organizations for developing on-the-job training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide subpoena power to the National Commission on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-3462
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2010-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: 
Authorizes the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, or any subcommittee or member of the Commission, as considered advisable in consultation with the Attorney General, to: (1) hold hearings, meet and act, take testimony and receive evidence, and administer oaths; and (2) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, and materials.
 
Authorizes, in the case of contumacy or failure of a person to obey a subpoena, a U.S. district court for the district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found to issue an order requiring appearance at any designated place to testify or to produce documentary or other evidence. Deems failure to obey such an order to be contempt of court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Survivors Equality Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3463
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2010-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employee benefits and pensions
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: 
Survivors Equality Act of 2010 - Revises the amount and apportionment of recovery by the personal representative of a decedent who brings a civil action in admiralty against the person or vessel responsible for the decedent's death when the death was caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond three nautical miles from the U.S. shore.
 
Allows recovery of a fair compensation for nonpecuniary loss (as well as pecuniary loss, as under current law), plus damages for the decedent's pre-death pain and suffering. Defines &quot;nonpecuniary loss&quot; as loss of care, comfort, and companionship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4660)
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4659-4660)
action_date: 2010-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, Massachusetts, as the "Michael C. Rothberg Post Office".

Bill: 111-s-3465
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Massachusetts
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, Massachusetts, as the "Michael C. Rothberg Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 449.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4746)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3466
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crime prevention
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Environmental regulatory procedures
Marine pollution
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010 - Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reflect the intent of Congress that penalties for such offenses be increased to appropriately account for the actual harm to the public and the environment from such offenses. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to require mandatory restitution to victims of crimes under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 

action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2010 - Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reflect the intent of Congress that penalties for such offenses be increased to appropriately account for the actual harm to the public and the environment from such offenses. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to require mandatory restitution for harm resulting from negligent and intentional violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4747)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4746)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3467
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to develop, submit to specified congressional committees, and make publicly available a Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy. Requires such Strategy to: (1) set forth the strategy for preventing the illegal trafficking of drugs across the U.S.-Canadian border; (2) state the specific roles and responsibilities of the relevant National Drug Control Program agencies for implementing such Strategy; (3) identify the specific resources required to implement such Strategy; (4) reflect the unique nature of small communities along the border; and (5) include a strategy to end the illegal trafficking of drugs through Indian reservations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3468
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Postal service
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2010- Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a federal or state prison inmate convicted of a crime of violence from knowingly placing in the mail or causing to be delivered in interstate or foreign commerce any property, article, or object. Sets forth exceptions for a mailing or delivery of title to real property, title to motor vehicles, or a security to satisfy debt that is: (1) imposed by law or a court order; or (2) incurred through a contract for legal services, a mortgage on the primary residence of the immediate family of the inmate, the education or medical care of the inmate or a member of the immediate family of the inmate, or life, health, home, or car insurance. 
 
Provides for civil and criminal forfeiture of real or personal property used to commit such a crime or obtained as a result of such crime.
 
Provides civil remedies, including injunctions, damages, and attorney fees, for persons aggrieved by prisoners using the mail in violation of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Lead Act

Bill: 111-s-3469
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Performance measurement
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Lead Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to award a competitive grant to a partnership between a nonprofit organization and an institution of higher education (IHE) to establish a school leadership academy that develops and provides evidence-based leadership training to school leaders (turnaround leaders) and their supporting mentors (turnaround mentors) to transform and improve turnaround schools.
 
Defines &quot;turnaround schools&quot; as schools that are subject to corrective action or restructuring under the ESEA or are secondary schools that have a graduation rate below 60%.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to partnerships between or among a nonprofit organization, IHE, or a nonprofit organization and an IHE, and state or local educational agencies to establish school leadership centers of excellence, after the initial cohort of turnaround leaders and mentors have been trained by the school leadership academy.
 
Directs such centers to: (1) adopt and adapt the leadership training program developed by the school leadership academy so that such program is informed, on an ongoing basis, by evidence regarding effective school leadership and meets the needs of the local educational agencies they serve; and (2) work with the school leadership academy to best train and support program participants.
 
Requires leadership training participants at the academy and the centers of excellence to receive a stipend for participating and agree to serve for at least four years at turnaround schools.
 
Requires the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences to support: (1) research on identifying the skills and conditions necessary for school leaders to improve turnaround schools; and (2) evaluations of this Act's programs and activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3470
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Tennessee
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2010 - Designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4748)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4747-4748, S4748-4749)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3472
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines liable for all discharge removal costs and damages for each incident (under current law such party is liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million).
 
Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3474
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2010-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: 
Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act.
 
Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests.
 
Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission.
 
Prohibits the President from invoking such expedited procedures or such authority to withhold funding on more than one occasion for any Act providing funding.
 
Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4750-4752)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4749-4750)
action_date: 2010-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate