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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-635
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Land transfers
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-636
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Floods and storm protection
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Designates specified federal land within Olympic National Park, Washington, as wilderness or potential wilderness. Incorporates such land in the Olympic Wilderness.
 
Removes certain federal land within the Park's Olympic Wilderness from inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
Places specified federal land within the Park and specified nonfederal land owned by the Quileute Indian Tribe in trust for the Tribe. Includes those lands in the Quileute Indian Reservation. 
 
Subjects portions of the federal land conveyed to the Tribe to easements and conditions that preserve the natural condition of the land and provide the public with recreational access to the land and Park. 
 
Exempts land conveyed to the Tribe along the southern boundary of the Reservation from any easements or conditions. Allows that land to be altered to allow for the relocation of Tribe members and structures outside the tsunami and Quillayute River flood zones.
 
 
Extinguishes the Tribe's claims against the United States relating to the Park's past or present ownership, entry, use, surveys, or other activities upon the conveyance of the land to the Tribe and a formal Tribal Council resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2011-04-14
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-32.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Earthquake Insurance Affordability Act

Bill: 112-s-637
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Natural disasters
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
 Earthquake Insurance Affordability Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee holders of debt against loss of principal or interest, or both, on debt issued by eligible state programs designed to: (1) promote the availability of private capital to provide liquidity and capacity to state earthquake (specifically, residential property) insurance programs, and (2) expedite the payment of claims under such programs and better assist financial recovery from significant earthquakes.
 
Prescribes operational requirements for eligible state programs which include an established earthquake insurance program that: (1) offers residential property insurance coverage for insured losses to property, contents, and additional living expenses; and (2) does not require insurers to pool resources to provide property insurance coverage for earthquakes.
 
Includes among such operational requirements that the state: (1) has in effect and enforces, or the appropriate local governments within the state have in effect and enforce, nationally recognized building, seismic-design, and safety codes and consensus-based standards; and (2) has taken actions to establish an insurance rate structure that takes into account measures to mitigate insured losses.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for certification of an eligible state program.
 
Limits to $5 billion, including interest, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt obligations guaranteed by the Secretary. 
 
Makes appropriations to satisfy debt guarantee commitments.
 
Requires the Secretary, upon request of an eligible state program, to provide such debt guarantees.
 
Pledges the full faith and credit of the United States to the payment of all guarantees issued under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1845-1846)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-638
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Foreign labor
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2011- Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reimburse states under the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. (Currently, such reimbursement is for incarceration of undocumented aliens convicted of a felony or two or more misdemeanors.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1846)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
SCAAP Reauthorization Act

Bill: 112-s-639
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
SCAAP Reauthorization Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) through FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-640
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the President to instruct the U.S. delegate to the Convention on Nuclear Safety to encourage: (1) parties to more systematically assess their progress in improving safety, (2) parties to increase the number of national reports and related answers to questions available to the public by posting them to a publicly available website of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), (3) the IAEA to assist the preparation of national reports and provide technical support to improve civilian nuclear program safety, and (4) countries that currently have or are considering the establishment of a civilian nuclear power program to formally join the Convention.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress the U.S. government's strategic plan and goals for international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements regarding: (1) implementation of such strategic plan, and (2) U.S. efforts to further international nuclear safety.
 
 
Defines &quot;party'' as a nation that has formally joined the Convention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1847-1848)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1846-1847)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act

Bill: 112-s-642
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to make the EB-5 visa (alien investor) regional center program permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1851)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1850-1851)
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fix HIT Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-643
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Fix HIT Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require direct Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act

Bill: 112-s-644
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act - Excludes as creditable service under the Federal Employees' Retirement System any service performed by an employee or Member of Congress (including military service) performed after December 31, 2012, if that individual did not perform any period of creditable service (including military service) before January 1, 2013. Prohibits an employing agency from making any deduction or withholding from the basic pay of any employee or Member for such excluded service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Montana Mineral Conveyance Act

Bill: 112-s-647
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Mining
Montana

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Montana Mineral Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (the Great Northern Properties) conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified aggregate tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States in and to the coal underlying specified unleased federal tracts in Montana outside of the Tribe's reservation. 
 
Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive each legal claim relating to the failure of the United States to acquire in trust for the Tribe the private mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation. 
 
Instructs the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Northern Properties to jointly notify the Secretary in writing when they have agreed on a formula for the sharing of revenue from the coal produced from the federal tracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-648
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Hereditary and development disorders
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease. 
 
Amends SSA title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the Medicare program for individuals diagnosed with Hunington's Disease.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act

Bill: 112-s-649
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand, intensify, and coordinate the Institute's activities with respect to scleroderma, with particular emphasis on: (1) research focused on the etiology of scleroderma and the development of new treatment options, (2) clinical research to evaluate new treatment options, (3) basic research on the relationship between scleroderma and secondary conditions, (4) establishment of scleroderma patient registries, and (5) support for training of new clinicians and investigators with expertise in scleroderma.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to carry out an educational campaign to increase public awareness of scleroderma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Waiver Transparency Act

Bill: 112-s-650
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Health Care Waiver Transparency Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish detailed criteria used by the Secretary to approve a waiver, adjustment, or other compliance relief provided for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including how significant of a decrease in benefits or increase in premiums would need to occur in order to be approved for a waiver. Directs the Secretary to publish each application for a waiver and the approval or rejection of the waiver while ensuring the confidentiality of proprietary information of each applicant.
 
Prohibits any preferential treatment to be given to an applicant based on political contributions or association with a labor union, a health plan provided for under a collective bargaining agreement, or another organized labor group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act

Bill: 112-s-651
Sponsor: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery in Richmond County, North Carolina, to the state of North Carolina to be used by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission as a component of the fish culture program of the state. 
 
Requires the state to allow the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to use such property for the propagation of any critically important aquatic resource held in public trust to address the specific restoration or recovery needs of such resource. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development

Bill: 112-s-652
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2011-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax rates
Infrastructure development
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: 
Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects). 
 
Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Establishes an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects. 
 
Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the business activities of AIFA.
 
Prohibits financial assistance from AIFA for any private project for which no public benefit is created. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for infrastructure projects and for the repayment of such loans. Requires an annual independent audit of AIFA finances.
 
Requires the Chief Executive Officer of AIFA to: (1) establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover AIFA's administrative costs, and (2) take actions to make AIFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the exemption from alternative minimum tax (AMT) for tax-exempt private activity bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-653
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2011-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Small business
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: 
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program (Program) under which the Administrator may waive, for up to three years and $15,000 total, the interest payments of small businesses that resume operations in a declared disaster area during the period beginning on: (1) September 1, 2005, and ending on October 1, 2006, for loans relating to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita of 2005; or (2) September 1, 2008, and ending on January 1, 2009, for loans relating to Hurricanes Gustav or Ike of 2008. Includes under the Program any small business that demonstrates substantial economic injury as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of April 20, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1897-1898)
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1896-1897)
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Djibril Coulibaly.

Bill: 112-s-654
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2011-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Provides for the relief of Djibril Coulibaly.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-656
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Immigration status and procedures
Liberia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: 
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011 - Adjusts to permanent resident status a qualifying Liberian national who: (1) has been continuously present in the United States between January 1, 2011, through the date of status adjustment application; or (2) is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of such an alien.
 
Requires adjustment applications to be filed not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1898)
action_date: 2011-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate