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A bill to establish a Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.

Bill: 112-s-14
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Establishes the Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. Directs the President to designate two Commission co-chairpersons.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; (2) divide such programs into four equal budgetary parts; (3) evaluate executive agencies and their programs identified in each unit identified in the assessment; and (4) submit to Congress each of the next four years a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.

Bill: 112-s-15
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
India
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of any other federal agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that China, India, and Russia have initiated measures that require carbon dioxide emission reductions that are substantially similar to those proposed for the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Patient Choice Restoration Act

Bill: 112-s-16
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Patient Choice Restoration Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-17
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act - Repeals the Internal Revenue Code provision, added by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, that imposes an excise tax on medical devices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act

Bill: 112-s-18
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision (added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more.
 
Rescinds $39 billion of appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and identify from which appropriation accounts such rescissions shall apply and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on such rescissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
American Liberty Restoration Act

Bill: 112-s-19
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
American Liberty Restoration Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if such provisions had never been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
American Job Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-20
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
American Job Protection Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require large employers to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if such provisions had never been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-21
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Electric power generation and transmission
Financial services and investments
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011 - Calls for the enactment of bipartisan legislation to secure the United States against cyber attack, enhance American competitiveness and create jobs in the information technology industry, and protect the identities and sensitive information of American citizens and businesses by: (1) enhancing the security and resiliency of U.S. government communications and information networks against cyber attack; (2) incentivizing the private sector to quantify, assess, and mitigate cyber risks to networks; (3) promoting investments in the American information technology sector; (4) improving the capability of the government and the private sector to assess cyber risks and prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks; (5) preventing and mitigating identity theft; (6) enhancing U.S. diplomatic capacity and international cooperation to respond to emerging cyber threats; (7) protecting and increasing the resiliency of U.S critical infrastructure and assets against cyber attacks; (8) expanding resources for investigating and prosecuting cyber crimes in a manner that respects privacy rights and civil liberties and promotes American innovation; and (9) maintaining robust protections of the privacy of American citizens and their on-line activities and communications.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S130)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-22
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the standard tax deduction for real property taxes available to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their deductions; and (2) repeal the $500 limitation on such deduction. Makes this Act applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the election to deduct State and local sales taxes.

Bill: 112-s-24
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SUGAR Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-25
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Stop Unfair Giveaways and Restrictions Act of 2011 or SUGAR Act of 2011 - Eliminates nonrecourse support loans for sugar producers.
 
Lowers sugarcane and sugar beet loans rates each year from 2012-2014 until they are $0 for the 2015 crop.
 
Eliminates: (1) sugar price supports and sugar processor loans as of 2015, and (2) sugar marketing quotas and allotments. 
 
Eliminates: (1) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) forfeited sugar storage payments, (2) sugar processor storage facility loans, and (3) the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers as of the 2013 sugar beet crop year.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a program to increase the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars that ensures a competitive U.S. sugar processing industry and an adequate supply of reasonably priced sugar in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S142-143)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock MiningIndustry Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-26
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Income tax deductions
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Dedicates revenues resulting from this Act to deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S143)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Bill: 112-s-28
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Emergency communications systems
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) ensure the deployment of a nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network in the 700 MHz band which is deployed in both rural and urban areas; (2) reallocate and integrate the 700 MHz D block spectrum for use by public safety entities; (3) permit flexible use of the narrowband spectrum; (4) ensure that the nationwide public safety broadband network is fully interoperable on a nationwide basis; and (5) establish a 10-year public safety advisory board.
 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the electromagnetic spectrum allocation for public safety services by 10 megahertz.
 
Permits the FCC, if consistent with the public interest for a licensee to relinquish voluntarily some or all of its licensed spectrum usage rights in order to permit the assignment of new initial licenses, to disburse to that licensee portions of the auction proceeds related to the new use that are attributable to the licensee's relinquished spectrum usage.
 
Extends FCC auction authority until September 30, 2020.
 
 Authorizes secondary use of the public safety spectrum, subject to specified limitations and conditions.
 
Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Construction Fund; and (2) the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Maintenance and Operation Fund.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a grant program to assist public safety entities establish a nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network in the 700 MHz band.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S146-149)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S146)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act

Bill: 112-s-29
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California. 
 
Designates the Delta Protection Commission as the management entity for the Heritage Area.
 
Requires the Commission to submit a proposed management plan for the Heritage Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. 
 
Bars approval of the management plan until the Secretary has received certification from the Commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the Council pursuant to state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-401.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S150-151)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S149-150)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to provide an additional year for the extension of the placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rules applicable to the GO Zone.

Bill: 112-s-30
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Income tax credits
Louisiana
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Extends until January 1, 2013, the placed-in-service date for buildings in the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone, the Rita GO Zone, or the Wilma GO Zone after which such buildings are eligible for allocations of the low-income housing tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-31
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to prescription drug plans to repeal the prohibition against: (1) interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors, and (2) requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs.
 
Grants the Secretary authority similar to that of other federal entities that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S151-152)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act

Bill: 112-s-32
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for its lawful possession within the United States on or before the date of this Act's enactment; and (2) the importation or bringing into the United States of such a device.
 
Sets forth exceptions to such ban.
 
Sets penalties for violations.

Requires a large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after this Act's enactment to be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured after enactment and such other identification as the Attorney General may prescribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

Bill: 112-s-33
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arctic and polar regions
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S152)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-34
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of a firearms or explosives license or permit (or revoke such license or permit) if the Attorney General: (1) determines that the transferee is known (or appropriately suspected) to be engaged in terrorism or has provided material support or resources for terrorism; and (2) has a reasonable belief that the transferee may use a firearm in connection with terrorism. Allows any individual whose firearms or explosives license application has been denied to bring legal action to challenge the denial. 

Extends the prohibition against the sale or distribution of firearms or explosives to include individuals whom the Attorney General has determined to be engaged in terrorist activities. Imposes criminal penalties on individuals engaged in terrorist activities who smuggle or knowingly bring firearms into the United States.

Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold information in firearms and explosives license denial revocation lawsuits and from employers if the Attorney General determines that the disclosure of such information would likely compromise national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-35
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors. 
Provides that if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show, each licensed importer, manufacturer, and dealer who transfers one or more firearms to a person who is not licensed shall, within 10 days after the transfer, submit a report of the transfer to the Attorney General. Sets forth penalties for violations. 
Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the place of business of any gun show promoter and any place where a gun show is held, during business hours and without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, for purposes of examining records and the inventory of licensees conducting business to determine compliance with this Act. 
Increases penalties for: (1) serious record-keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate