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Regulatory Information Reporting Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1339
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-07-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: 
Regulatory Information Reporting Act of 2011 - Requires federal agencies, prior to publishing a final rule in the Federal Register, to submit to the Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC) of the General Services Administration (GSA) or another office within GSA as designated by the Administrator of GSA a list of all non-federal participants who provided public comments to an agency promulgating a rule. Requires such list to provide the participant's name and address, the participant's organizational affiliation, whether the participant represents an economic interest, a non-economic interest, a citizen interest, or an unknown interest, and whether any comment of the participant affected or did not affect the content of the final rule.
 
Requires the RISC to: (1) compile and keep current such information obtained on non-federal participants in a searchable database made publicly available on the Internet, (2) make available quarterly trend and overview statistics, and (3) submit annual reports to Congress summarizing data received from agencies promulgating a rule. 


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: 2011-07-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

Bill: 112-s-1341
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to proceed to any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been available on a public website for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4765-4767)
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act

Bill: 112-s-1345
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund. 
 
Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.
 
Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Tribe. 
 
Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.
 
Confirms the Secretary of the Interior's delegation of authority to the Tribe over land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation. 
 
Provides that the Secretary's delegation of authority over such lands and the payments by the Secretary and the Administrator constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of the Tribe's land to produce hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-13
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2011-10-20
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-492.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Coltsville National Historical Park Act

Bill: 112-s-1347
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Coltsville National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System in Connecticut. 
 
Requires the Park to provide interpretation and viewing of specified sites, including the East Armory and Colt Park. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a written agreement with the Connecticut State Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Colt Trust, or other public entities, as appropriate, to gain access to Colt-related artifacts to have them on display in the East Armory or within the Park. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of any properties within the Historic District or any nationally significant properties within the Park under which the Secretary may identify, interpret, restore and provide technical assistance for the preservation of such properties.
 
Requires any federal funds under such an agreement to be matched on a one-to-one basis by non-federal funds.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and public interpretation of related historic and cultural resources within the Historic District. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to complete and submit to Congress a management plan for the Park with the advice of the Coltsville National Historical Park Advisory Commission established by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-224.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4528-4529)
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4527-4528)
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act

Bill: 112-s-1348
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act - Directs the President to issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning at 2:11 p.m. eastern time, in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to clarify the effective date of policies covering properties affected by floods in progress.

Bill: 112-s-1349
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to state that, if a flood has commenced or is in progress before expiration of the 30-day waiting period before a new or modified flood insurance policy becomes effective, the insurance coverage shall take effect upon the expiration of such 30-day period. Allows coverage for damage occurring after expiration of the waiting period, however, only if the property has not suffered damage or loss as a result of such flood before the waiting period expires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 112-s-1350
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board, (2) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases, and (3) establish the National PF Registry.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan, which shall: (1) focus on strategies to increase public education and awareness of pulmonary fibrosis, (2) address the need for new physician education strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment standards, and (3) assess and monitor the costs of pulmonary fibrosis and its burden on patients and families.
 
Encourages the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to include freight and passenger rail among eligible uses of funding under the coordinated border infrastructure program and to reauthorize that program.

Bill: 112-s-1352
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Canada
Latin America
Mexico
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to make eligible for use of a state's apportionment of coordinated border infrastructure program funds certain improvements for the safe movement of freight and passenger rail at or across the borders between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico.
 
Reauthorizes the program through FY2015, indexed for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Security Administration Efficiency and Flexibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1353
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Transportation Security Administration Efficiency and Flexibility Act of 2011 - Excludes officers and employees of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from the right of federal employees to bargain collectively.
 
Subjects also to such exclusion the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) personnel management system as it applies to TSA employees.
 
Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to provide that, notwithstanding the authority of the TSA Administrator to fix the terms and conditions of employment of TSA screeners, nothing shall prohibit such an employee from joining a labor organization.
 
Authorizes screeners to: (1) appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board adverse actions brought against them which are finalized after enactment of the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, and (2) seek judicial review of any resulting Board orders or decisions.
 
Requires the FAA Administrator to provide to TSA screeners with a collaborative, integrated employee engagement mechanism to address workplace issues.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2003 to apply certain whistleblower protections to DHS employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Media for Youth Act

Bill: 112-s-1354
Sponsor: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Books and print media
Child care and development
Child health
Digital media
Food industry and services
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Television and film
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literacy of girls and boys; and (2) support the empowerment of girls or boys, including through extracurricular activities and programs. Permits grants to nonprofit organizations only if the organization agrees to make nonfederal contributions available toward the costs of the program (at least $1 for every $5 of awarded federal funds).
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to review, synthesize, and conduct or support research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media on the psychological, sexual, physical, and interpersonal development of youth.
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to convene a task force, to be known as the National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, to develop voluntary steps and goals for promoting healthy and positive depictions of girls and women in the media for the benefit of all youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Robocall Privacy Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1355
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 

 
 
 
Robocall Privacy Act of 2011 - Makes it unlawful for a person during specified periods before a federal primary or general election to make certain prerecorded political telephone calls with respect to a candidate for federal office without disclosing immediately the recorded nature of the calls, the identity of the caller, and the caller's telephone number on the recipient's caller identification service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4557-4558)
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4557)
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1356
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Medicaid
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with respect to FY2012-FY2014, to require an increase in the quarterly Medicaid payment to a state by 50% of the generic drug utilization savings amount if the state's generic substitution rate for the most recent preceding fiscal year for which data is available is greater than its rate for the most recent second preceding fiscal year for which data is available.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the state's generic substitution rate for such fiscal years.
 
Defines &quot;generic substitution rate&quot; as the share of all drug units for which Medicaid payment is made to a state for the 20 most widely prescribed multiple source drugs under the state program that have a specific National Drug Code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to exempt National Forest System land in the State of Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Bill: 112-s-1357
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Department of Agriculture
Forests, forestry, trees
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Makes the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (and successor regulations) inapplicable with respect to National Forest System land in the state of Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4558)
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Parental Bereavement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1358
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text:  
 
Parental Bereavement Act of 2011 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter.
 
Allows such an employee to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay.
 
Applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act

Bill: 112-s-1359
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available to members of the uniformed services or members of the National Guard or Reserves at a reduced rate equal to 50% of the cost of the Pass that is sold to the public. Makes such a Pass valid for one year after its date of issuance. 
 
Requires Passes to be made available, at a cost of $10, to veterans who were separated from military service under conditions other than dishonorable. Makes such a Pass valid for the lifetime of a passholder. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1362
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2011-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Human rights
Human trafficking
International organizations and cooperation
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: 
Trafficking in Persons Report Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to revise the annual trafficking in persons report, including by requiring that the report: (1) describes U.S. and foreign government anti-trafficking efforts according to the certain standards and criteria set forth in such Act, (2) describes the nature and scope of trafficking in persons in each country, and (3) analyzes the trend lines for individual governmental efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2011-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate