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International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act

Bill: 112-s-1469
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Intellectual property
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Multilateral development programs
Tariffs
Technology assessment
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act - Directs a presidentially-designated federal agency to report annually to Congress assessing: (1) the extent and nature of foreign cybercrime activities, their impact on the U.S. government, U.S. persons, or U.S. electronic commerce, and the adequacy of the legal, judicial, and law enforcement systems in such countries to combat cybercrime; and (2) multilateral efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute cybercrime, including U.S. efforts to encourage such cooperation.
 
Directs the President to give priority for assistance to improve legal, judicial, and enforcement capabilities to countries with low capacities to combat cybercrime.
 
Directs the President to develop an action plan (with legislative, institutional, or enforcement benchmarks) and an annual compliance assessment for each country determined to be a country of cyber concern: (1) from which there is a pattern of cybercrime incidents against the U.S. government, private U.S. entities, or U.S. persons; and (2) whose government is uncooperative with efforts to combat cybercrime. 
 
Urges the President to take specified trade, assistance, and financing actions against a country that has not complied with the appropriate benchmarks. 
 
Authorizes the President to waive the requirements to develop an action plan or make a determination of cyber concern if in the U.S. national interest.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to designate a high-level Department of State employee to coordinate anti-cybercrime activities.
 
Directs the President to: (1) ensure that there is a federal employee with primary responsibility for cybercrime policy in each country or region significant to U.S. anti-cybercrime efforts, and (2) take into consideration a country's anti-cybercrime efforts before finalizing or modifying any trade agreement with such country.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act

Bill: 112-s-1470
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of the Interior
Environmental regulatory procedures
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act - Exempts projects determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be geothermal exploration test projects from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
 
Defines a "geothermal exploration test project" as the drilling of a well to test or explore for geothermal resources on lands leased by the Department of the Interior for the development and production of geothermal resources, that is completed in less than 45 days, that causes less than one acre of soil or vegetation disruption at the location of each well and no more than five acres of soil or vegetation disruption during access or egress to the test site, and that is developed: (1) no deeper than 2,500 feet, (2) less than eight inches in diameter, (3) in a manner that does not require off-road motorized access other than to and from the well site along an identified off-road route, (4) without construction of new roads other than upgrading of existing drainage crossings for safety purposes, and (5) with the use of rubber-tired digging or drilling equipment vehicles.
 
Requires: (1) a leaseholder intending to carry out a geothermal exploration test project to provide notice to the Secretary within 30 days prior to the start of drilling, (2) the Secretary to review a project within 10 days of receipt of such notice and to notify such leaseholder either that such NEPA requirements do not apply or that project deficiencies preclude the NEPA exemption, and (3) the Secretary to allow such leaseholder an opportunity to remedy any such deficiencies prior to the date such leaseholder intended to start drilling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Mesquite Land Conveyances Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1473
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Nevada
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Mesquite Land Conveyances Act of 2011- Amends Public Law 99-548, commonly known as the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986, to require proceeds from sales in the fourth area to be used for the implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, including any associated groundwater monitoring plan. 
 
Extends, until November 29, 2021, withdrawal and purchase authority with respect to the fifth and sixth areas. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-642.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1474
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Income tax deductions
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow veterans a deduction from gross income, up to $400 a year, for their travel expenses, including those of a family member, to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center for treatment related to a service-connected disability or for an examination related to a claim for disability compensation or a pension.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1475
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Motor vehicles
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Nellis Dunes National Off-Hughway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal land to Clark County, Nevada, for use for: (1) a centralized off-road vehicle recreation park, and (2) a designated area and facilities to discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in environmentally sensitive areas.
 
Allows the use of federal land conveyed to Clark County for the incidental purpose of generating renewable energy and solar energy for the Clark County Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Park, a certain shooting park, and the County. 
Designates: (1) the Economic Support Area (ESA), and (2) the Nellis Dunes as the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Requires proceeds from the ESA to be used to develop and operate the Recreation Area and the park.
 
Requires the Clark County Board of Commissioners, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Nellis Air Force Base to enter into an interlocal agreement for the federal land and the Recreation Area to: (1) enhance safe off-highway recreation use, and (2) ensure that development of the federal land is consistent with the long-term mission requirements of Nellis Air Force Base.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Workforce Reduction and Reform Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1476
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Federal Workforce Reduction and Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, to extend the freeze on statutory pay adjustments for federal civilian employees and increases in the rates of basic pay for senior executives or senior-level employees through December 31, 2014. Prohibits agencies from paying bonuses (including any recruitment or retention bonus) or cash awards (including performance-based cash awards) to employees during FY2012-FY2014.
 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) take appropriate measures to ensure that the total number of federal employees or contract employees, beginning in FY2022, does not exceed 85% of the total number of federal employees on September 30, 2011; (2) continuously monitor all agencies, make a determination on whether the total number of federal employees in any quarter of a fiscal year exceeds the maximum number allowed by this Act, and notify the President and Congress if the number exceeds the maximum; and (3) ensure that there is no increase in the procurement of service contracts due to this Act unless a cost comparison demonstrates that such contracts would be financially advantageous to the federal government. 
 
Prohibits a federal agency from filling any vacancy until OMB provides written notice to the President and Congress that the number of federal or contract employees does not exceed the limitation imposed by this Act. 
 
Allows the President to waive the workforce limitations imposed by this Act if the President determines that the existence of a state or war or other national security concern or the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, public safety, property, or the environment so requires. 
 
Imposes limitations on the amount allowed for the reimbursement of travel costs incurred by federal employees (except employees of the Department of Defense [DOD]) in FY2012-FY2014 unless such expenses are incurred by threatened law enforcement personnel or for reasons relating to national security or public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5254-5255)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
BARR Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1477
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
BARR Preservation Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), upon request of a private aircraft owner or operator, to require that, with respect to that owner's or operator's noncommercial flights, the display of the owner's or operator's aircraft registration number is blocked in aircraft situational display data available to the public. Allows the Administrator, however, to make such information available to federal, state, or local government agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1479
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program.
 
Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to a MedicareAdvantage plan, once a year during the first three months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the construction, renovation, and improvement of medical school facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-s-1480
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of grants to allopathic or osteopathic medical schools for the purposes of constructing, renovating, or improving school facilities and increasing the supply of physicians. 
 
Sets forth criteria for the allocation of funds, with priority given to new schools, schools looking to create a new branch of an existing school, and schools that serve medically underserved areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Education Development Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1481
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Medical Education Development Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of grants to newly accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to support scholarships, develop residencies, build infrastructure, recruit and retain faculty, and develop research programs, for the purpose of increasing the supply of physicians. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) give first priority to schools accredited to admit students from FY2009-FY2014, (2) provide increased funding to schools that enroll larger classes while maintaining competitive faculty-to-student ratios, and (3) allocate funds to only schools that provide accountability and transparency in expending such funds.
 
Requires: (1) each school to report annually on the specific uses of funds received and on how the grant has benefited the region and the nation; and (2) the Secretary to report annually on the extent to which such grants have increased the supply of physicians, resulted in greater access to health care, enabled the creation of new care models, provided economic regional benefits, and increased the focus on medical students' communications skills.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Newtown Battlefield Special Resource Study Act

Bill: 112-s-1482
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Newtown Battlefield Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the availability of appropriations, to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Newtown Battlefield in Chemung County, New York (where the Battle of Newtown was fought on August 29, 1779, during the Revolutionary War), as well as the suitability and feasibility of the Battlefield's inclusion in the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Hyde and Related Amendments Codification Act

Bill: 112-s-1484
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
District of Columbia
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Hyde and Related Amendments Codification Act- Prohibits the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law (federal funds) for any abortion.

Prohibits federal funds from being used for any health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (Currently, federal funds cannot be used for abortion services and plans receiving federal funds must keep federal funds segregated from any funds for abortion services.)
 
Prohibits the inclusion of abortion in any health care service furnished by a federal or District of Columbia health care facility or by any physician or other individual employed by the federal government or the District.
 
Excludes from such prohibitions an abortion if: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, as certified by a physician. 
 
Makes such prohibitions applicable to District of Columbia funds.
 
Codifies the prohibition against a federal agency or program or any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from subjecting any individual or health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. Creates a cause of action for any violations of such provisions. Gives federal courts jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened violations of such provisions by issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, including an injunction or order preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of federal financial assistance until the prohibited conduct has ceased. Gives standing to institute an action to affected health care entities and the Attorney General. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive, investigate, and refer to the appropriate federal agency complaints alleging a violation of such provisions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1485
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to aviation smuggling to extend its coverage of aircraft to ultralight vehicles, as defined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
 
Subjects attempting or conspiring to commit aviation smuggling to specified criminal penalties.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering of the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify DOD equipment and technology that could also be used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to detect and track the illicit use of ultralight aircraft near the international border between the United States and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5260)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5260, S5260-5261)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1486
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to long-term care hospitals to specify: (1) the criteria for preadmission patient screening and for admission following a face-to-face evaluation by a physician, (2) core services and patient care requirements, and (3) discharge criteria. 
 
Reduces from 48 hours to 24 hours of admission the deadline by which long-term care hospitals must validate that patients meet admission criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5261)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate