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Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-322
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: 
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act - Designates certain land in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the state of Washington, which shall be considered to become a part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie and Pratt Rivers in Washington as scenic and/or wild rivers. 

action_date: 2012-01-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act - Designates certain land in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the state of Washington, which shall be considered to become a part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
Makes any land or interests within the proposed boundary acquired by the United States part of the Wilderness. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie and Pratt Rivers in Washington as scenic and/or wild rivers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.
action_date: 2012-01-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/17/2011 without amendment. With written report No. 112-108.
action_date: 2012-01-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/17/2011 without amendment. With written report No. 112-108.
action_date: 2011-11-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-39.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

Bill: 112-s-324
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2011-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Dams and canals
District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: 
Amends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission for an additional 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-214.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S645-646)
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S645)
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-325
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military education and training
Military medicine
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: 
Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide to each reserve member performing inactive-duty training during scheduled unit training assemblies access to mental health assessments with a licensed mental health professional, who shall be available for referrals during duty hours at the principal duty location of the member's unit. Requires all mental health services provided to be subject to and comply with applicable federal privacy and security rules.
 
Requires each reserve member participating in annual training or individual duty training to have access, during such participation, to specified behavioral health support programs, including: (1) suicide prevention and post-suicide response, and (2) psychological health programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-326
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2011-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Performance measurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: 
Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act of 2011 - Declares it is U.S. policy to develop a national surface transportation system that advances the national interest and defense, interstate and foreign commerce, the efficient and safe interstate mobility of people and goods, and the protection of the environment.
 
Sets forth certain U.S. policy objectives and goals, including to: (1) reduce national per capita motor vehicle miles traveled annually; (2) reduce national surface transportation-generated carbon dioxide levels by 40% by 2030; (3) reduce national surface transportation (including passenger and freight) delays and congestion at U.S. points of entry; (4) increase the total usage of public transportation, intercity passenger rail services, and non-motorized transportation; and (5) ensure adequate transportation of domestic energy supplies.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) develop performance criteria and data collections systems to evaluate the effectiveness of federal surface transportation programs; (2) implement such programs to meet the policy, objectives, goals, and performance criteria established by this Act; and (3) develop and implement a National Surface Transportation Performance Plan.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to amend the goals established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs telehealth clinic in Craig, Colorado, as the "Major William Edward Adams Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 112-s-327
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Health facilities and institutions
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) telehealth clinic in Craig, Colorado, as the &quot;Major William Edward Adams Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S684)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act

Bill: 112-s-328
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Currency
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Latin America
Mexico
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a &quot;countervailable subsidy&quot; requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the United States from foreign countries with fundamentally undervalued currency.
 
Defines &quot;benefit conferred,&quot; in cases where the currency of a foreign country is exchanged for foreign currency (i.e., U.S. dollars) obtained from export transactions, as the difference between: (1) the amount of currency provided by a foreign country in which the subject merchandise is produced; and (2) the amount of currency such country would have provided if the real effective exchange rate of its currency were not fundamentally undervalued.
 
Declares that the fact that such a subsidy is also provided in circumstances not involving export shall not, for that reason alone, mean it cannot be considered export contingent and actionable under a countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceeding.
 
Requires the administering authority to determine that the currency of a foreign country is fundamentally undervalued if for an 18-month period: (1) the government of the country engages in protracted, large-scale intervention in one or more foreign exchange markets; (2) the country's real effective exchange rate is undervalued by at least 5%; (3) the country has experienced significant and persistent global current account surpluses; and (4) the country's government has foreign asset reserves exceeding the amount necessary to repay all its debt obligations falling due within the coming 12 months, 20% percent of the country's money supply, and the value of the country's imports during the previous 4 months.
 
Requires the use, for calculating a country's &quot;real effective exchange rate undervaluation,&quot; of certain guidelines of the Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or, if those guidelines are not available, generally accepted economic and econometric techniques and methodologies. Requires the use, also, of inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted exchange rates.
 
Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Safety From Sex Offenders Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-329
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Real estate business
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Safety From Sex Offenders Act of 2011 - Prohibits a property manager from providing a key or other means of access to a residence to a sex offender, and prohibits a sex offender from possessing such means of access while acting on behalf of a property manager, unless the owner or lessor of the residence: (1) is notified of any offense for which the individual was convicted that requires the individual to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and (2) provides a written authorization for such access. 
 
Imposes a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both for violations of this Act.


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
Consumer Recall Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-330
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Meat
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Consumer Recall Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits a person from selling to consumers any covered product that is subject to a recall. Exempts from such prohibition the sale of a covered product that was subject to a recall because of a defect in such product if: (1) such defect was remedied prior to such sale; and (2) the seller of such product notifies such consumer of such recall, defect, and remedy.
 
Defines a &quot;covered product&quot; to include a motor vehicle or replacement equipment, food, drugs, devices, cosmetics, a biological product, a consumer product, a meat or meat food product, a poultry or poultry product, and an egg or egg product.
 
Defines "recall" for each type of covered product.
 
Treats a violation of such prohibition as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice described under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish, maintain, and make available to the public a searchable list of covered products that are subject to a recall.


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
Military and Overseas Voters' Relief Act

Bill: 112-s-331
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Military and Overseas Voters' Relief Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (the Act) to allow any person aggrieved by a violation of voting rights under the Act to bring a civil action for necessary declaratory or injunctive relief. (Under current law, only the Attorney General may bring such an action.) Allows for the award of reasonable attorney's fees for the prevailing party.
 
Requires a report from the Attorney General in each year in which a general election for federal office is scheduled on the number of attorneys and other staff within the Department of Justice (DOJ) assigned to enforce the Act, as well as a plan to detect noncompliance by state and local election officials with requirements of the law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Salah Naji Sujaa.

Bill: 112-s-335
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Provides for the relief of Salah Naji Sujaa.

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
Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-336
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Capital gains tax
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011 - Eliminates: (1) the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the tax relief provisions of such Act permanent; and (2) the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to reductions in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase-in between 2011 through 2021increases in the exemption amount for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); and (2) make permanent offsets against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits.
 
Makes permanent the repeal of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes for decedents dying, gifts made, and generation skipping transfers after December 31, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Sali Bregaj and Mjaftime Bregaj.

Bill: 112-s-337
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Provides for the relief of Sali Bregaj and Mjaftime Bregaj.

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
Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act

Bill: 112-s-338
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any oil or gas lease sale under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with royalty-based incentives in any tract located in water depths of 400 meters or more on the outer Continental Shelf.
 
 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for deep water oil and gas production in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico (including the portion of the Eastern Planning Area encompassing whole lease blocks lying west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude).
 
 Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary from reducing or eliminating any royalty or net profit share for any lease or unit located in water depths of 400 meters or more on the outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S686)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S685-686)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-339
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S686-687)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
No Contracting with the Enemy Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-341
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Conflicts and wars
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
No Contracting with the Enemy Act of 2011 - Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to prohibit the awarding of a federal contract to an enemy of the United States and to provide that any such contract shall be null and void and may be immediately terminated or rescinded. Extends similar prohibitions to subcontracts. Defines &quot;enemy of the United States&quot; as any person or organization determined by the Secretary of Defense or State to be hostile to U.S. forces or interests or providing support to any person or organization hostile to U.S. forces or interests during the time of a declared war, peacekeeping operation, or other military or contingency operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-342
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Marshall Islands
Medical research
Micronesia
Nuclear weapons
Public contracts and procurement
Radiation
Water quality
Water use and supply
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: 
Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2011 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to periodically conduct: (1) a visual study of the concrete exterior of the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island, and (2) a radiochemical analysis of the groundwater surrounding and in the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island. Makes specified funds available to conduct such radiochemical groundwater analysis.
 
 
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include a citizen or national of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia within the definitions of &quot;covered employee,&quot; &quot;atomic weapons employee,&quot; and &quot;Department of Energy contractor employee.&quot;
 
 
 Reduces compensation awarded to an individual under such Act who also received compensation under the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the same illness by any compensation received under such Compact, other than medical benefits and benefits for vocational rehabilitation that the individual received by reason of the illness, after deducting the reasonable costs of obtaining those benefits.
 
 Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands an annual supplemental health care grant to: (1) provide enhanced primary health care, with an emphasis on providing regular screenings for radiogenic illnesses by upgrading existing services or by providing quarterly medical field team visits in Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap, Utrik, Ailuk, Mejit, Likiep, Wotho, Wotje, and Ujelang Atolls, which were affected by the U.S. nuclear testing program; (2) enhance the capabilities of the Marshall Islands to provide secondary treatment for radiogenic illness; and (3) operate a whole-body counting facility on Utrik Atoll.
 
 
Provides for a National Academy of Sciences assessment of the U.S. nuclear testing program's health impacts on the residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S689-690)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S688-689, S690)
action_date: 2011-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate