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Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-02-25 00:00:00

Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016

This bill prohibits a federal agency (excluding the Federal Election Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the U.S. Postal Service) from proposing or finalizing any midnight rule unless the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget finds that such a rule will not result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete internationally; or (4) a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

The bill defines "midnight rule" as an agency statement of general applicability and future effect that is issued during the moratorium period, that is intended to have the force and effect of law, and that is designed to: (1) implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy; or (2) describe the procedure or practice requirements of an agency.  The "moratorium period" begins on the day after the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every fourth year succeeding a presidential election and extends through January 20 of the following year in which a President is not serving a consecutive term.

The bill exempts any midnight rule that the President determines is necessary: (1) because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, (2) to enforce criminal laws, (3) to protect U.S. national security, or (4) to implement an international trade agreement. The moratorium does not apply to a midnight rule if the OIRA finds that such rule is limited to repealing an existing rule and publishes a certification of that finding in the Federal Register.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2016-09-14 00:00:00

Pay for Printing Act

This bill requires the sponsor of a ceremonial or commemorative Senate resolution to reimburse the Government Publishing Office for the total costs of printing the resolution out of the sponsor's Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account.

It excludes from such requirement a resolution sponsored by at least two-thirds of the Senators.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2016-09-27 00:00:00

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016 

This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike.

"First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-11-29 00:00:00

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016

This bill amends the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to consider a joint resolution to disapprove multiple regulations that federal agencies have submitted for congressional review within the last 60 legislative days of a session of Congress during the final year of a President's term. Congress may disapprove a group of such regulations together (i.e., "en bloc") instead of the current procedure of considering only one regulation at a time.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-11-29 00:00:00

Public Online Information Act of 2016

This bill establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available.

The government must make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this bill's enactment. The bill requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet; (2) current information technology to be applied to the formats and means through which records are made available; and (3) each agency to publish on the Internet a searchable, machine-processable list of all records it makes publicly available.

The bill delineates the roles of the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies. It allows exceptions to the Internet publication requirement, including a process for an agency's request for an exception to be granted if: (1) there is a clear and convincing reason for the record to not be made available on the Internet, and (2) the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet.

Inspectors general must periodically review agency compliance. Private individuals or organizations may file a complaint in federal court if an agency denies a request to place public records on the Internet.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) judicial and legislative agencies adopt or adapt the advisory committee's recommendations, and (2) the Government Publishing Office make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2016-12-05 00:00:00

Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2016

This bill establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program for the appointment of individuals who are graduates of accredited law schools to serve as congressional clerks in the Senate or House of Representatives.

The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration must each select at least six individuals for a one-year term to serve for a clerkship with an office in their respective chambers. The committees shall ensure that congressional clerks selected under this bill are apportioned equally between majority and minority party offices.

The bill expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the amount of financial assistance provided to a congressional clerk should, if practicable, be comparable to the compensation and benefits provided for similar clerkships offered through the federal judiciary and executive branches; and (2) any financial assistance provided to a clerk should not result in a net increase in the amounts appropriated for the legislative branch for any fiscal year.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2016-02-29 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to:

 bring a civil action in the name of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to enforce the subpoena issued to Carl Ferrer, Chief Executive Officer of Backpage.com, LLC; and conduct all related civil contempt proceedings.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Redesignates the White Rocks National Recreation Area in Vermont as the "Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area".
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

National Discovery Trails Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails, which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Authorizes the designation of such trails on Federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands. Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization. Sets forth requirements for designation as a national discovery trail. Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Northern Neck National Heritage Area Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northern Neck National Heritage Area to be comprised of: (1) the part of eastern coastal Virginia between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers; (2) Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond, King George, and Lancaster Counties, Virginia; and (3) other areas adjacent to or in the vicinity of those areas that have similar heritage aspects.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Protect our Veterans Memorials Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to extend federal jurisdiction over the destruction of veterans' memorials to such memorials on state or local government property.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act - Amends the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to establish an acquisition grant program for battlefields and associated sites identified in the Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States (battlefield report). Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to states or local governments (eligible entities) to pay the federal share of the cost of acquiring fee-simple or lesser interests from willing sellers in such sites. Permits eligible entities to acquire an interest in eligible sites using such grants in partnership with nonprofit organizations. Requires the non-federal share of the cost of acquisition of eligible sites to be not less than 50 percent of the total.Subjects acquired property to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act's prohibition against conversion to other than public outdoor recreation uses without the Secretary's approval. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this Act and an update of the battlefield report.Authorizes appropriations to: (1) provide grants under the Program for FY2009 through FY2013; and (2) update the battlefield report.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2007 - Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to: (1) adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana by increasing the acreage limitation; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to acquire any such additional land, water, and interests in land and water by donation, purchase (but only with the owner's consent), transfer from any other federal agency, or exchange. Requires, with respect to the Bayou aux Carpes Addition and the CIT Tract Addition, any federal land acquired in such Additions to: (1) be transferred without consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service; and (2) any federal land in the Additions that is transferred, be subject to any easements that have been agreed to by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army. Permits the acquisition of any private land, water, or interests in land and water in the Unit only with the owner's consent. Modifies and/or eliminates certain provisions related to the acquisition of property within the Unit. Permits hunting, fishing, and trapping within the Unit, but only as to land, water, or interests in land and water managed by the Secretary. Continues to provide for the designation of zones where, and established periods when, no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be permitted except for public safety reasons.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Act of 2008 - Establishes the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System. Sets forth conditions concerning the establishment of the Park.Specifies the boundaries of the Park. Sets forth provisions regarding the administration of the Park. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a management plan for the Park. Establishes the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Advisory Commission to advise the Secretary in the development of the management plan. Directs the Secretary to complete a study regarding the preservation and interpretation of Hinchliffe Stadium as listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which shall include an assessment of the potential for listing it as a National Historic Landmark as well as options for maintaining its historic integrity. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2007 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a river management plan for the designated segments.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

General Slocum Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study in Bronx County, New York, the shoreline of the area roughly bounded by 149th Street on the west and Oak Point Rail Yard spurs on the east, including North Brother Island, to evaluate the national significance of the area and the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Arts, culture, religion
Date: 2007-01-04 00:00:00

Museum of Ideas Act of 2007 - Establishes the Museum of Ideas Commission to develop a plan for establishing in Washington, D.C., a museum that presents the history and evolution of human ideas.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Commemorations
Date: 2007-01-05 00:00:00

Designates Forest Service trail number 3590 in the Willamette National Forest in Lane County, Oregon, that begins and ends at North Waldo Campground and circumnavigates Waldo Lake, as a national recreation trail that shall be known as the "Jim Weaver Loop Trail" in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to install an appropriate sign at the trailhead of the Trail to indicate the name of such trail and to provide information regarding the life and career of Congressman Weaver.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-05 00:00:00

Steel Industry National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Steel Industry National Historic Site in Pennsylvania as a unit of the National Park System. Includes within such Historic Site the following lands: (1) the location of the Battle of Homestead in Munhall, Pennsylvania; (2) the location of the Carrie Furnace complex in Swissvale and Rankin, Pennsylvania; and (3) the location of the Hot Metal Bridge in Rankin and Munhall, Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire, by donation only, certain property for inclusion in the Historic Site; (2) enter into a cooperative agreement to further the purposes of the Historic Site; and (3) provide technical assistance for preservation and maintenance of historic structures and the natural and cultural landscape in the Historic Site. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site. Grants private property owners protections from public access to private property in the Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-01-05 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-05 00:00:00

Lowell National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act - Modifies the boundary of the Lowell National Historical Park to include certain properties in the City of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-05 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to carry out a demonstration program that provides that receipts from timber sales shall be retained for expenditure within units of the National Park System from which the timber is removed as part of an approved plan for the restoration or protection of park resources or values. Instructs the Secretary to permit each of the existing 24 National Battlefields, National Battlefield Parks, National Military Parks, and National Battlefield Sites to participate in the demonstration program if the unit has in place a general management plan, cultural landscape plan, or other resources management plan approved pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that identifies specific timber for removal for purposes of cultural or historic landscape restoration or fuel load reduction. Requires each unit selected to participate in the demonstration program to retain receipts from the sale or disposal of timber removed. Provides for such receipts to be available for expenditure for within a unit for the following purposes only: (1) landscape restoration; (2) interpretive services; (3) eradication of disease, insects, or invasive species; or (4) fuel load reduction. Requires the Secretary to submit a report containing the results of such demonstration program, including: (1) a detailed accounting of the receipts generated in each unit by such program; (2) the expenditure by each unit of those receipts; and (3) any resource or other impacts, positive or negative, on each participating unit. Terminates the authority granted to the Secretary to carry out the demonstration program under this Act four years after enactment of this Act.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-05 00:00:00

NPS Concessions Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998 to increase the anticipated annual gross receipts eligible for a concessioner's preferential right of renewal. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide to any entity that submitted a proposal and who was not awarded a proposed concessions contract a debriefing as to why it was not selected as submitting the best proposal for that concessions contract. Permits a leasehold surrender interest in a capital improvement upon U.S.-owned land within a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) under a concession contract to be pledged as security for NPS contracts using a combination of leasehold surrender interest if holding one or more contracts with the NPS, and prohibits the proceeds resulting from such pledged security from being restricted for use in the park or parks for which the leasehold surrender interest was pledged. Revises guidelines governing commercial use authorizations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-09 00:00:00

Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study to determine: (1) appropriate methods for preserving and interpreting certain sites in Arizona, California, and other states that are significant to the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement in the western United States; and (2) whether any of the sites meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark. Directs the Secretary, in conducting such study, to: (1) consider the criteria for the study of areas for potential inclusion in the National Park System; and (2) consult with the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, the United Farm Workers Union, and state and local historical associations and societies. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study relating to the First and Second Battles of Newtonia (Missouri) during the Civil War, including evaluating the suitability and feasibility of adding the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating such battlefields and sites as a unit of the National Park System. Makes the criteria for the study of areas for potential inclusion in the National Park System applicable to such study. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report containing the results of such study and any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.
Topic: Public Lands — National Parks
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act - Requires the Archivist of the United States to: (1) establish, as part of the National Archives, and maintain an electronically searchable database of historic records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction (including Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records, the Southern Claims Commission Records, Records of the Freedmen's Bank, Slave Impressments Records, Slave Payroll Records, and the Slave Manifest) contained within federal agencies for genealogical and historical research; and (2) preserve relevant records.Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to provide grants to states, colleges and universities, and genealogical associations to preserve records and establish databases of local records of such information. Authorizes appropriations.