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Help Find the Missing Act

Bill: 112-s-702
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Billy's Law or the Help Find the Missing Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to maintain public databases, known as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or NamUs, to contain missing persons records and unidentified remains cases to assist in identifying missing people and solve cases of unidentified human remains. (Transfers to such System all functions, personnel, assets, liabilities, and administrative actions applicable to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System carried out by the National Institute of Justice before enactment of this Act.)
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) provide for the sharing of information on missing persons and unidentified human remains contained in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) missing and unidentified person database and the NamUs database; (2) update the online data entry format for such databases to allow states to report information to each database; (3) establish a matching grant program to assist in the reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains information to the NCIC and NamUs databases; (4) issue a report to the offices of medical examiners, offices of coroners, and federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies describing the best practices for collecting, reporting, and analyzing data and information on missing persons and unidentified human remains; and (5) report to Congress on the status of the NCIC Missing and Unidentified Person File and NamUs databases. 
 
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require reports of missing children (under age 21) to NamUs databases.
 
Allows authorized agencies to remove or override information from the NamUs and NCIC databases if such information is submitted on behalf of a public user and is deemed to be inaccurate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
HEARTH Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-703
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2011 or HEARTH Act of 2011 - Extends to any Indian tribe the discretion granted under current law only to the Navajo Nation to lease restricted lands for business, agricultural, public, religious, educational, recreational, or residential purposes without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. (The Secretary must still approve the tribal regulations under which those leases are executed and mining leases still require the Secretary's approval.)
 
Sets forth the environmental review process required under tribal lease regulations before those regulations obtain the Secretary's approval. Requires the process to identify and evaluate any significant effects a proposed lease may have on the environment and allow public comment on those effects. 
 
Allows tribes to rely on a federal environmental review process rather than the tribal environmental review process if the project under review is federally funded.
 
Directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to report to Congress on the history and experience of Indian tribes that have chosen to assume the BIA's responsibility for operating the Indian Land Title and Records Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2011-04-14
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-32.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2051)
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
U.S. OUTDOOR Act

Bill: 112-s-704
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government trust funds
Manufacturing
Outdoor recreation
Research and development
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act or U.S. OUTDOOR Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear.
 
Establishes the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund (STAR Fund). 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to impose and collect, with specified exceptions, a fee of 1.5% of the appraised value of imported recreational performance outerwear and to deposit amounts collected into the STAR Fund. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to make quarterly distributions from the STAR Fund to one or more appropriate organizations to conduct applied research, development, and education activities to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in clean, eco-friendly apparel, other textile and apparel products, and sewn-product design and manufacturing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2051-2052)
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-705
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Bill: 112-s-707
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a &quot;high volume retail breeder&quot; as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. 
 
Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2052)
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Enforcement Priorities Act

Bill: 112-s-708
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Trade agreements and negotiations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Trade Enforcement Priorities Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements for identification of trade enforcement priorities by the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
 
Requires the USTR, in identifying priority foreign country trade practices, to concentrate on U.S. trading partners: (1) that represent the largest trade deficit in dollar value with the United States, excluding petroleum and petroleum products; (2) whose practices have the most negative impact on maintaining and creating U.S. jobs, wages, and productive capacity; and (3) whose practices limit market access for U.S. goods and service.
 
Requires the USTR to consult with specified congressional committees on the priorities, actions, assessments, and practices required to be identified in the report.
 
Requires the USTR, with respect to a priority trade practice of a World Trade Organization (WTO) foreign country, or a foreign country with which the United States has a bilateral or regional trade agreement in effect, to initiate: (1) dispute settlement consultations in the WTO; (2) dispute settlement consultations under the bilateral or regional trade agreement; (3) negotiations that seek an agreement for the elimination of the priority foreign country trade practice or, if elimination is not feasible, an agreement that provides for compensatory trade benefits; or (4) any other action to eliminate the priority foreign country trade practice. Prescribes certain actions with respect to the priority foreign country trade practices of other countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-712
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Business records
Commodities markets
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Government information and archives
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2011 - Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and revives or restores those the provisions of law amended by it as if that Act had not been enacted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 112-s-713
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2011-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: 
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act - Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the properties identified on the map titled &quot;Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion,&quot; and dated June 2007. 
 
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and the Army to transfer the administrative jurisdiction for approximately 1.171 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield in exchange for approximately 1.170 acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army within the boundary of the Fort Lee Military Reservation adjacent to the Battlefield. 
 
Requires the conveyed land to be included within the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-124.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011

Bill: 112-s-714
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize, until July 25, 2021, the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Makes the FLTFA non-applicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. 

action_date: 2011-09-06
text: 
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2011 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize, until July 25, 2021, the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Revises the FLTFA definition of "federally designated area" to include all the lands within specified boundaries. (Current law is limited to lands which, as of July 25, 2000, were within such specified boundaries.)
 
Makes the FLTFA non-applicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 149.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 112-69.
action_date: 2011-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 112-69.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-131.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act

Bill: 112-s-715
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Connecticut
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act - Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) reinstate the license for either or each of the projects numbered 10822 and 10823, and (2) extend for two years after the date on which either or each such project is reinstated the time period during which the licensee must commence project construction.
 
Directs FERC to: (1) transfer the reinstated licenses to the town of Canton, Connecticut, if it reinstates them and extends the time period during which the licensee is required to commence project construction; and (2) complete an environmental assessment for the projects and update the environmental analysis performed during the licensing process. 
 
Sets a deadline for FERC to make a final decision on reinstatement of either or both projects.


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: 2011-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act

Bill: 112-s-716
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering (including robotics), and mathematics (STEM) in secondary schools; (2) support the participation of secondary school students in nontraditional STEM teaching methods; and (3) broaden secondary school students' access to STEM careers.
 
Gives priority to grant applications that target: (1) a rural or urban school, (2) a low-performing school or LEA, or (3) an LEA or school that serves students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive all or part of the matching requirement for financially-strapped LEAs.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate the efficacy of the grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2150-2151)
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Online Information Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-717
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Public Online Information Act of 2011 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue and update nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available.
 
Directs the government to make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this Act's enactment. Requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet; (2) current information technology capabilities to be applied to the means by which records are made available and to the formats in which they are available; (3) public records to be made accessible through programs and equipment that are readily available to the general public; and (4) each agency to publish on the Internet a comprehensive, searchable, machine processable list of all records it makes publicly available.
 
Delineates the roles of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies, including granting narrow case-by-case exceptions to the Internet publication requirement if an agency requests an exception and demonstrates that: (1) there is clear and convincing evidence that the record should not be made available on the Internet, and (2) on balance the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet.

 
Directs the Inspector General of each agency to conduct periodic reviews regarding agency compliance with Internet publication requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding enforcement of public access by private individuals or organizations.
 
Urges: (1) judicial and legislative agencies to adopt or adapt the Advisory Committee's recommendations, and (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act  to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

Bill: 112-s-718
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that no permit shall be required for: (1) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under such Act; (2) the use of a biological control organism for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed that is in accordance with the Plant Protection Act; or (3) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity conducted in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act

Bill: 112-s-720
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2011-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: 
Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (entitled the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act or the CLASS Act) which establish a national, voluntary insurance program for purchasing community living assistance services and supports in order to provide individuals with functional limitations with tools that will allow them to maintain their personal and financial independence and live in the community.
 
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal provisions providing appropriations for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information through FY2015.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate