Enacting President Obama's Recommendations for Program Termination Act

Bill: 112-s-475
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2011-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Air quality
Alaska
Appropriations
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Census and government statistics
Child health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Disability assistance
Economic development
Education programs funding
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employment and training programs
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Homeland security
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Lawyers and legal services
Massachusetts
Medical education
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Science Foundation
New Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Postal service
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Trade adjustment assistance
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: 
Enacting President Obama's Recommendations for Program Termination Act - Prohibits federal expenditures for specified programs in: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), (2) the Department of Education, (3) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), (4) the Department of Labor, (5) the Department of Defense (DOE), (6) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (7) the Department of Agriculture, (8) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), (9) the Department of Energy (DOE), (10) the Department of Justice (DOJ), (11) the Department of the Interior, and (12) the Department of Commerce.
 
Prohibits federal expenditures for: (1) the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, (2) the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory of the National Science Foundation (NSF), (3) Election Reform Grants of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), (4) the NSF STEM Fellows in K-12 Education, (5) the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, (6) the NSF STEM Distributed Learning (Digital Library), (7) NSF Grants to Broad Participation in Biology, (8) the Revenue Forgone from Reduced Rate Mail of the Postal Service, (9) NSF Synchrotron Radiation Center, and (10) the Water and Wastewater Treatment of the Corps of Engineer.
 
Provides that any funds appropriated to or unobligated by such programs shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury.
 
Deems any authorization in law for such programs to be repealed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate