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Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1211
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Legislative rules and procedure
Livestock
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: 
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines &quot;critical antimicrobial animal drug&quot; as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms.
 
Requires the Secretary to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drugs in food-producing animals two years after the date of enactment of this Act unless certain safety requirements are met. Directs specified congressional committees to hold hearings on the implementation of such a withdrawal of approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3839-3841)
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3837-3839)
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Defend and Save Social Security Act

Bill: 112-s-1213
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Defend and Save Social Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the normal retirement age by specified graduated stages to 67 by 2019 and to 69 after December 31, 2026, and the early retirement age to 63 by 2019 and to 64 after December 31, 2022; (2) revise requirements for computation of the age increase factor; and (3) modify the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to 1% below the general COLA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3987-3989)
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3893-3894)
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Women Act

Bill: 112-s-1214
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Abortion
Defense spending
Health facilities and institutions
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Sex offenses
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Women Act or the MARCH for Military Women Act - Amends the prohibition on using funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) to perform abortions by adding an exception for cases where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. (Current law provides an exception only where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.)
 
Repeals a statutory restriction on using a medical treatment facility or other DOD facility to perform an abortion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1215
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Massachusetts
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange any federal land or interest within the boundaries of Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts for any non-federal land or interest owned by the state of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Massachusetts Building Authority. 
 
Requires, if facilities or infrastructure required for the management and operation of the Park are located on the federal land to be exchanged and the value of the federal and non-federal land is not of equal value, the value shall be equalized by the making of a cash equalization payment to the Secretary. Requires any such payments received by the Secretary to be credited to a special account in the Treasury and made available for the replacement of such facilities and infrastructure. Bars the Secretary from being required to equalize the value of the federal and non-federal land if the non-federal land exceeds the value of the federal land.
 
Requires loans made by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission to the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation to enable the Corporation to provide low interest loans for the preservation, restoration, or development of certain property in the Park or Lowell Historic Preservation District because of its national historic or cultural significance to have a maturity of 60 years (under current law, 35 years). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-401.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to waive the requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration.

Bill: 112-s-1216
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Waives compliance with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) minimum retroreflectivity standards by existing traffic control devices on or before the compliance dates established by the FHWA. Exempts from this waiver (thus requiring compliance with such standards by) traffic control devices installed on or after enactment of this Act.
 
(Replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide [except street name] signs is required by January 22, 2015. Replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs is required by January 22, 2018.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act

Bill: 112-s-1217
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to custom fabricated breast prostheses after a mastectomy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 112-s-1218
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe.
 
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
 
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.

action_date: 2012-08-02
text: 

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

 
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe.
 
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
 
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka without amendment. With written report No. 112-200. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2012-08-02
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka without amendment. With written report No. 112-200. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Employment Impact Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1219
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Employment Impact Act of 2011 - Requires federal agencies to: (1) assess the impact of federal actions on jobs and job opportunities, (2) include in every recommentation or report on legislative proposals and regulartory actions a jobs impact statement, and (3) review their statutory authority, regulations, and policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the purposes and provisions of this Act. 
 
Exempts implementation of this Act, including such job impact statements, from judicial review. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
GEDI Act

Bill: 112-s-1221
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Gestational Diabetes Act of 2011 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Director to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
DATA Act

Bill: 112-s-1222
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011 or DATA Act - Requires each person, state, local, or tribal government (recipient) that receives federal appropriated funds, either directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee, to report at least once quarterly each receipt and use of such funds to the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board established by this Act.
 
Requires each executive agency to report all federal obligations and expenditures to the Board.
 
Exempts an individual recipient from such reporting requirements if: (1) the total amount of federal funds received does not exceed $100,000 in the current calendar or fiscal year; and (2) no transaction in which the recipient has received federal funds during the current calendar year or fiscal year has exceeded $24,999. Authorizes the Board to grant additional exemptions for classes or categories of recipients.
 
Requires the Board to designate: (1) common data elements for information required to be reported, and (2) data reporting standards.
 
Requires the Board to establish one or more websites for the publication of all information submitted by recipients and agencies to serve as a public portal for federal financial information.
 
Requires the Board to establish a federal accountability portal (an integrated Internet-based system, consisting of one or more websites) to: (1) combine information submitted by recipients and agencies with other compilations of information; (2) permit executive agencies to verify the eligibility of recipients to receive federal funds; and (3) permit executive agencies, Inspectors General (IGs), and law enforcement agencies to track federal awards to find waste, fraud, and abuse.
 
Establishes the Board in the executive branch. Transfers all functions of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to the Board, including its employees.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to terminate the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board on October 1, 2013.
 Repeals the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3894)
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Bureau of Reclamation Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1224
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Arizona
Colorado
Endangered and threatened species
Energy revenues and royalties
Fishes
Lakes and rivers
New Mexico
Utah
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Bureau of Reclamation Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2023 to provide for the annual base funding for the intergovernmental recovery implementation program for the endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado River and the San Juan River, above and beyond the continued use of power revenues collected under the Colorado River Storage Project Act to fund the operation and maintenance of capital projects and monitoring.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-129.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act

Bill: 112-s-1225
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Land transfers
New Mexico
Public contracts and procurement
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico, all works, land, and facilities of the Fort Sumner reclamation project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and the Fort Sumner Irrigation District Concerning Principles and Elements of Proposed Transfer of Title to Fort Sumner Irrigation District Facilities. 
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress if such conveyance isn't completed within one year. Terminates, on the date of such conveyance: (1) U.S. interest in, responsibility for, and liability relating to such property; (2) a specified repayment contract between the United States and the District dated November 5, 1948; and (3) a specified payment obligation of the United States under the contract between the United States and the District for the forbearance of exercising priority water rights, dated August 21, 2009. Provides that all other terms of such forbearance agreement shall remain in effect for not less than 10 years after this Act's enactment.
 
Prohibits, effective on the date of such conveyance, any additional amounts from the reclamation fund established by the Act of June 17, 1902, from being provided for the conveyed land or facilities due to their status as part of a reclamation project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-129.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1226
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2011-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: 
Offshore Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any air quality impact of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources to be measured or modeled and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore area.
 
Provides that: (1) emissions from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source, including emissions while at the OCS source or in route to or from the OCS source within 25 miles of the OCS source, shall be considered direct emissions from the OCS source (current law) but shall not be subject to any emission control requirement applicable to such source; (2) an OCS source, for platform or drill ship exploration, is established when drilling commences at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates; and (3) an OCS source activity includes platform and drill ship exploration, construction, development, production, processing, and transportation.
 
Requires: (1) final agency action on a permit application for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source under such Act to be taken no later than 180 days after the filing of such application; (2) such final agency action to be considered to be nationally applicable under judicial review; and (3) judicial review of such action to be without additional administrative review or adjudication. Prohibits: (1) the Environmental Appeals Board of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from having any authority to consider any matter relating to the consideration, issuance, or denial of such permit; and (2) extending any administrative stay of the effectiveness of such permit beyond 180 days after the date of filing of such application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2011-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate