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A bill to amend Title I of PL 99-658 regarding the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Palau, to approve the results of the 15-year review of the Compact, including the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review, and to appropriate funds for the purposes of the amended PL 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or before September 30, 2024, to carry out the agreements resulting from that review.

Bill: 112-s-343
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
International law and treaties
Palau

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
 Approves the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-121.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S691-695)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S690-691, S695)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-344
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011 - Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more).
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S696)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S695-696)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ibrahim Parlak.

Bill: 112-s-345
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Provides for the relief of Ibrahim Parlak.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-346
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Public transit
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
 Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2011 - Grants state, county, and municipal governments, as well as multi-jurisdictional transportation authorities that operate or manage roads, bridges, railroads, buses, ferries, or other transportation systems, rulemaking authority to establish toll, user fee, or fare discount programs for their local residents or commuters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

Bill: 112-s-347
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax benefits relating to bonds issed by a state or political subdivision during any period in which such state or political subdivision is noncompliant with specified reporting requirements for state or local government employee pension benefit plans. 
 
Requires plan sponsors of a state or local government employee pension benefit plan to file with the Secretary of the Treasury an annual report setting forth: (1) a schedule of the funding status of the plan; (2) a schedule of contributions by the plan sponsor for the plan year; (3) alternative projections for each of the next 20 plan years relating to the amount of annual conotributions, the fair market value of plan assets, current liability, the funding percentage, and other matters specified by the Secretary; (4) a statement of the actuarial assumptions used for the plan year; (5) a statement of the number of plan participants who are retired or separated from service and are either receiving benefits or are entitled to future benefits and those who are active under the plan; (6) a statement of the plan's investment returns; (7) a statement of the degree to which unfunded liabilities are expected to be eliminated; and (8) a statement of the amount of pension obligation bonds outstanding.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop model reporting statements and create and maintain a public website, with searchable capabilities, for purposes of posting plan information required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-348
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an Inspector General from office.
 
Requires the OIG to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the judicial branch, including the Supreme Court; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.
 
Provides for whistleblower protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-350
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 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: 2011-02-15
text: 
Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011 - 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 such Act. 

action_date: 2011-05-19
text: 

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

 
Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011 - 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 such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
action_date: 2011-05-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-05-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-05-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S748-749)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S748)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act

Bill: 112-s-351
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Department of the Interior
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Judicial review and appeals
Oil and gas
State and local finance
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act - Authorizes exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas from the Western Coastal Plain.
 
Defines the Western Coastal Plain as the area of Coastal Plain: (1) that borders the land of Alaska to the west and Alaska offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea on the north, and (2) from which the Secretary of the Interior finds oil and gas can be produced through horizontal drilling or other subsurface technology from sites outside or underneath the Coastal Plain surface.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Western Coastal Plain.
 
Considers such program to be compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish lease sale procedures, and (2) offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to grant a lease for land on the Western Coastal Plain to the highest responsible qualified bidder. Prescribes lease terms and conditions.
 
Provides for expedited judicial review.

Directs the Secretary to establish in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to offset any planning, land use-related, or service-related impacts of offshore development caused by this Act.
 
Prescribes a scheme for the allocation of revenues produced by bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from the federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S749-751)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
American Energy Independence and Security Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-352
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Alternative and renewable resources
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Department of the Interior
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government trust funds
Indian social and development programs
Judicial review and appeals
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
American Energy Independence and Security Act of 2011 - Authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain in Alaska.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production in the Coastal Plain.
 
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
 
States that, in connection with specified environmental protection laws, the Secretary shall not be required to: (1) identify nonleasing alternative courses of action, or (2) analyze the environmental effects of those actions.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to designate not more than 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a special area (including the Sadlerochit Spring area).

Prohibits surface occupancy of land comprising the special area if the Secretary leases all or a portion of such special area for oil and gas exploration and development.

Authorizes the Secretary to lease all or a portion of a special area under terms that permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located outside the special area (directional drilling).
 
Sets forth procedures for lease sales and lease grants.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from closing land within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing, exploration, or development, except in accordance with this Act.
 
Sets forth procedures for: (1) Coastal Plain environmental protection, (2) expedited judicial review, (3) rights-of-way and easements, and (4) local government impact aid and community service assistance, including Alaska establishment of a Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund.
 
Prescribes a revenue allocation scheme derived from adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty receipts from federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S749-751)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Classified Information Procedures Reform and Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-354
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Classified Information Procedures Reform and Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Classified Information Procedures Act, with respect to the use and disclosure of classified information in legal proceedings, to: (1) allow ex parte pretrial conferences where the presence of both parties reasonably could be expected to cause damage to national security or the defendant's ability to make a defense; (2) expand protective orders to limit the use of or access to classified information; (3) expand discovery rules to restrict access to classified information, other than documents; (4) expand a defendant's notice requirement to include intent to use classified information; (5) establish additional standards for the admissibility, use, and disclosure of classified information at trial; (6) expand the interlocutory appeal rights of the United States; and (7) allow a court to fashion alternative procedures to prevent unnecessary disclosures of classified information at trial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S753-754)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S753)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Espionage Statutes Modernization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-355
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Jurisdiction and venue
Subversive activities
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Espionage Statutes Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years on a covered individual who intentionally discloses, delivers, communicates, or transmits classified information, without authorization, knowing or having reason to know that such action is a violation of the terms of the classified information nondisclosure agreement entered into by such individual. Defines "covered individual" as an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of a federal agency who agrees to be legally bound by the terms of a classified information nondisclosure agreement. Exempts from such prohibition disclosures made in accordance with a federal whistleblower protection statute or regulation.

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to a person convicted of an offense under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S755-756)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S754-755)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-356
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe. 
 
States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition, and (2) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-02
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-626.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-358
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2011-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: 
Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2011 - Sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations. 
 
Requires federal agencies to: (1) propose or adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination that the benefits of such regulations justify their costs; (2) tailor regulations to impose the least burden on society and to maximize economic and other benefits; (3) involve the public and parties affected by regulations in the regulatory process; (4) develop regulatory actions that promote innovation, flexibility, and objectivity; and (5) consider methods to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and develop plans for reviewing on a periodic basis significant regulation actions (i.e., those having an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or otherwise adversely affecting the economy). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-220.
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-220.
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S766-768)
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-359
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2011-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: 
Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal requirements for the reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments of $600 or more to corporations that are not tax-exempt and of gross proceeds paid in consideration for any type of property, (2) repeal requirements for reporting payments made with respect to rental property which is not part of a trade or business, and (3) increase the limitation on recapture of excess advance payments of the tax credit for health insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate