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112-S-615 | Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act of 2011 - Requires each executive agency to obtain a life-cycle cost analysis for each major infrastructure project prior to obligating funds. Defines "life-cycle cost analysis" as a process for evaluating the total economic worth of an infrastructure project by analyzing specified costs over a minimum 50-year period. Authorizes the use of alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures for awarding contracts for projects on the National Highway System and for major infrastructure projects. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to require states to utilize the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project I-37A) for the initial design phase of all authorized highway projects. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Government operations and politics | 2011-03-17 | fiscal accountability transparency infrastructure spending act requires executive agency obtain life cycle cost analysis major infrastructure project prior obligating funds defines life cycle cost analysis process evaluating total economic worth infrastructure project analyzing specified costs minimum year period authorizes use alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures awarding contracts projects major infrastructure projects requires secretary transportation require states utilize developed initial design phase authorized highway projects |
112-S-782 | Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for economic development assistance programs under such Act for FY2011-FY2015. (Sec. 3) Includes: (1) within the definition of "Regional Commissions" the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, the Northern Border Regional Commission, and the Southwest Border Regional Commission; and (2) among the purposes for which assistance may be provided encouraging and supporting public-private partnerships that promote innovation and entrepreneurship that is critical to economic competitiveness. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to: (1) cooperate with other agencies, state and local governments, and consortia of governmental organizations that can assist in addressing challenges and capitalize on opportunities that require intergovernmental coordination; and (2) make grants for activities the Secretary determines would be necessary or useful to support the establishment and operation of public works, public service, or development facilities on an ongoing basis,. (Sec. 7) Modifies provisions regarding grants for planning and administrative expenses for public works and economic development to authorize funding for: (1) fostering regional collaboration among local jurisdictions and organizations, and (2) facilitating a stakeholder process that assists the community or region in creating an economic development vision that takes into account local and regional assets and global economic change. Requires any overall state economic development planning assisted to be part of a comprehensive planning process that considers the provision of public works to support practices that enhance energy and water efficiency, reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, and encourage efficient coordination and leveraging of public and private investments. Directs the Secretary, in determining the amount of funds to provide a recipient for planning assistance, to take into account recipients located in regions that are: (1) eligible for an investment rate of 80% or higher, or (2) experiencing severe need due to long-term economic deterioration or sudden and severe economic distress. Authorizes the Secretary in order to encourage district organizations to develop regional economic competitiveness strategies on a broader basis in collaboration with other district organizations and entities outside the confines of a single economic development district, to increase the federal share applicable to, or the amount of assistance provided to, recipients. (Sec. 8) Limits the federal share to 50% for public works and economic development grants, with a specified increased federal share: (1) based on the relative needs of an area (e.g., the unemployment rate and the impact of severe outmigration, sudden and severe economic dislocations, and other related economic circumstances) (up to 80% funding); and (2) in the case of a federally declared major disaster (up to 100% funding). (Sec. 9) Allows training, research, and technical grant assistance to be used for a peer exchange program to promote industry-leading practices and innovations relating to the organizational development, program delivery, and regional initiatives of economic development districts. (Sec. 10) Authorizes assistance for activities identified by communities the economies of which are impacted (currently, injured) by: (1) military base closures, realignments, or mission growth for help in diversifying economies or supporting economic adjustment activities of the Secretary of Defense through projects to be carried out on federal installations or elsewhere in the communities; or (2) the loss of information technology, manufacturing, natural resource-based, agricultural, or service sector jobs, for reinvesting in and diversifying the economies of the communities. Authorizes the Secretary to solicit comments periodically regarding the guidelines and performance requirements for the revolving loan fund program and recommendations for improving the performance. Authorizes a recipient of an economic adjustment grant who determines that a revolving loan fund established using such assistance is no longer needed, or that the recipient could make better use of the assistance to carry out another project that meets the requirements of the Act, to request the Secretary to approve conversion of the assistance by: (1) selling fund assets to a third party; or (2) retaining repayments of principal and interest on loans provided through the fund. Requires such a recipient to use the net proceeds from a sale of assets to pay any portion of the costs of one or more projects that meet Act requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate not more than 2% of the amounts made available for economic adjustment grants for development and maintenance of an automated tracking and monitoring system to ensure the proper operation and financial integrity of the revolving loan program. (Sec. 11) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to make grants for the redevelopment of brownfield sites into renewable energy sites (currently, into brightfield sites) through incorporation of one or more renewable energy technologies (currently, one or more solar technologies); and (2) appropriations for such grants for FY2011-FY2015. Requires the Secretary, in administering programs under such Act, to support activities that employ economic development practices that enhance energy and water efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. (Sec. 14) Directs each economic development district to engage in the full range of economic development activities included in the list contained in the comprehensive economic development strategy of the district that has been approved by the Economic Development Administration (EDA). (Sec. 15) Authorizes the Secretary to consult with any persons who can assist in addressing the problems of area and regional outmigration. (Sec. 16) Declares that the state of Montana shall be served by the Seattle office of the EDA. (Sec. 17) Authorizes funding for administrative expenses incident to projects associated with the authorized transfers of funds from other federal agencies to the extent that the expenses do not exceed 3% for projects not involving construction and 5% for projects that involve construction. (Sec. 18) Directs the Secretary, before providing investment assistance for a construction project, to establish the expected period during which: (1) the recipient shall make best efforts to achieve economic development objectives, (2) any property that is acquired or improved shall be held in trust for the project's benefit, and (3) the Secretary shall retain an undivided equitable reversionary interest in the property. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the reversionary interest when the recipient has fulfilled its obligations, taking into consideration the economic conditions. Provides for an alternative method of termination. (Sec. 20) Increases the minimum level of funding for planning and grants for administrative expenses, subject to total appropriations. (Sec. 21) Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works a report that describes the specific programs (and portions thereof) of other federal agencies that are duplicative of programs administered by EDA, including those carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Small Business Administration (SBA). | Transportation | Infrastructure | Economics and public finance | 2011-04-08 | economic development revitalization act amends public_works_and_economic_development_act authorize appropriations economic development assistance programs act fy2011 fy2015 sec includes definition regional commissions southeast_crescent_regional_commission northern_border_regional_commission purposes assistance provided encouraging supporting public private partnerships promote innovation entrepreneurship critical economic competitiveness sec authorizes secretary commerce secretary cooperate agencies state local governments consortia governmental organizations assist addressing challenges capitalize opportunities require intergovernmental coordination grants activities secretary determines necessary useful support establishment operation public works public service development facilities ongoing basis sec modifies provisions grants planning administrative expenses public works economic development authorize funding fostering regional collaboration local jurisdictions organizations facilitating stakeholder process assists community region creating economic development vision takes account local regional assets global economic change requires overall state economic development planning assisted comprehensive planning process considers provision public works support practices enhance energy water efficiency reduce dependence foreign oil encourage efficient coordination leveraging public private investments directs secretary determining funds provide recipient planning assistance account recipients located regions eligible investment rate higher experiencing severe need long term economic deterioration sudden severe economic distress authorizes secretary order encourage district organizations develop regional economic competitiveness strategies broader basis collaboration district organizations entities outside single economic development district increase federal share applicable assistance provided recipients sec limits federal share public works economic development grants specified increased federal share based relative needs area unemployment rate impact severe sudden severe economic related economic circumstances funding case federally declared major disaster funding sec allows training research technical grant assistance peer exchange program promote industry leading practices innovations relating organizational development program delivery regional initiatives economic development districts sec authorizes assistance activities identified communities economies impacted currently injured military base closures realignments mission growth help diversifying economies supporting economic adjustment activities secretary defense projects carried federal installations communities loss information technology manufacturing natural resource based agricultural service sector jobs reinvesting diversifying economies communities authorizes secretary solicit comments periodically guidelines performance requirements revolving loan fund program recommendations improving performance authorizes recipient economic adjustment grant determines revolving loan fund established assistance longer needed recipient better use assistance carry project meets requirements act request secretary approve conversion assistance selling fund assets party retaining repayments principal interest loans provided fund requires recipient use net proceeds sale assets pay portion costs projects meet act requirements authorizes secretary allocate amounts available economic adjustment grants development maintenance automated tracking monitoring system ensure proper operation financial integrity revolving loan program sec authorizes secretary grants redevelopment brownfield sites renewable energy sites currently sites incorporation renewable energy technologies currently solar technologies appropriations grants fy2011 fy2015 requires secretary administering programs act support activities employ economic development practices enhance energy water efficiency reduce dependence foreign oil sec directs economic development district engage range economic development activities included list contained comprehensive economic development strategy district approved economic_development_administration eda sec authorizes secretary consult persons assist addressing problems area regional sec declares state montana shall served seattle office eda sec authorizes funding administrative expenses incident projects associated authorized transfers funds federal agencies extent expenses exceed projects involving construction projects involve construction sec directs secretary providing investment assistance construction project establish expected period recipient shall best efforts achieve economic development objectives property acquired improved shall held trust project benefit secretary shall retain undivided equitable reversionary interest property authorizes secretary terminate reversionary interest recipient fulfilled obligations taking consideration economic conditions provides alternative method termination sec increases minimum level funding planning grants administrative expenses subject total appropriations sec directs government_accountability_office gao submit senate_committee_on_environment_and_public_works report describes specific programs portions thereof federal agencies duplicative programs administered eda including carried department_of_housing_and_urban_development hud department_of_agriculture usda small_business_administration sba |
112-S-936 | American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act of 2011 - Establishes the American Infrastructure Investment Fund in the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) invest in infrastructure projects that increase or otherwise improve U.S. economic output, productivity, or competitive commercial advantage; (2) provide funding for projects that face significant funding barriers because of the need to combine resources across multiple jurisdictions or modes of transportation; and (3) improve the efficiency or throughput, the safety, and the environmental sustainability of a national or regional transportation network. Requires the Fund to publish: (1) a detailed description of its strategy in an Investment Prospectus, and (2) its Operating Guidance for the Fund's management. Requires the President to appoint the Fund's Executive Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as well as a Fund Advisory Committee. Authorizes the Fund to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to eligible recipients for activities related to the planning, preparation, or design of an eligible project proposal. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish: (1) a competitive national infrastructure investment grant program, and (2) an oversight program to monitor the effective and efficient use of funds authorized under this Act. Sets forth the federal share of net project costs at 80%. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Economics and public finance | 2011-05-10 | establishes department_of_transportation dot invest infrastructure projects increase improve economic output productivity competitive commercial advantage provide funding projects face significant funding barriers need combine resources multiple jurisdictions modes transportation improve efficiency throughput safety environmental sustainability national regional transportation network requires fund publish detailed description strategy investment prospectus operating guidance fund management requires president appoint fund executive director advice consent senate authorizes fund provide direct loans loan guarantees eligible recipients activities related planning preparation design eligible project proposal directs secretary transportation establish competitive national infrastructure investment grant program oversight program monitor effective efficient use funds authorized act sets forth federal share net project costs |
112-S-942 | Transportation Infrastructure Grants and Economic Reinvestment Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national infrastructure investment program to provide competitive grants (of $10-$500 million), secured loans, and loan guarantees to a state, local government, or transit agency for eligible transportation projects (including highway or bridge, public transportation, passenger or freight rail transportation, and port infrastructure projects) that would have a significant beneficial impact on a state, metropolitan area, region, or the United States. Requires the Secretary to give grant priority to eligible projects that require a contribution of federal funds to complete an overall financing package for such projects. Sets aside at least 20% of funds for grants for eligible projects located in rural areas. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2011-05-10 | transportation infrastructure grants economic reinvestment act directs secretary transportation dot establish national infrastructure investment program provide competitive grants million secured loans loan guarantees state local government transit agency eligible transportation projects including highway bridge public transportation passenger freight rail transportation port infrastructure projects significant beneficial impact state metropolitan area region united_states requires secretary grant priority eligible projects require contribution federal funds complete overall financing package projects sets aside funds grants eligible projects located rural areas |
112-S-1230 | Protecting Taxpayers in Transportation Asset Transfers Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program for: (1) the attachment of federal liens to public transportation assets (federal-aid highways, highway or mass transit projects, air navigation facilities, or federally-assisted train or multimodal stations); and (2) release of such liens in connection with concession agreements between state or local governments and private individuals or entities. Limits the meaning of public transportation asset to a transportation facility constructed, maintained, or upgraded before, on, or after enactment of this Act using federal funds: (1) whose fair market value is more than $500 million, and which has received any federal funding; (2) whose fair market value is less than $500 million, and which has received $25 million or more in federal funding; or (3) in which a significant national public interest (such as interstate commerce, homeland security, public health, or the environment) is at stake. Prohibits any asset transaction (entry into a concession agreement for, or contract for the sale or lease of, a public transportation asset) for an asset attached with a federal lien unless: (1) the lien is released, and (2) the state or local government and the private individual or entity seeking the asset transaction enter into agreements with the Secretary. Defines "concession agreement" as one entered into by a private individual or entity and a state or local government with jurisdiction over a public transportation asset to convey to the private individual or entity the right to manage, operate, and maintain the asset for a specific period of time in exchange for the authorization to impose and collect a toll or other user fee from a person for each use of the asset during that period. Prohibits the release of a federal lien on a public transportation asset unless: (1) the state or local government or other public sponsor seeking the asset transaction pays the Secretary an amount determined according to a specified formula, and (2) the Secretary certifies that the required concession agreements have been signed and their terms incorporated into the asset transaction terms. Permits a private individual or entity to enter into an asset transaction covering National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) facilities and equipment provided certain conditions are met. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2011-06-16 | protecting_taxpayers transportation asset transfers act directs secretary transportation dot establish program attachment federal liens public transportation assets federal aid highways highway mass transit projects air navigation facilities federally assisted train multimodal stations release liens connection concession agreements state local governments private individuals entities limits meaning public transportation asset transportation facility constructed maintained upgraded enactment act federal funds fair market value million received federal funding fair market value million received million federal funding significant national public interest interstate commerce homeland security public health environment stake prohibits asset transaction entry concession agreement contract sale lease public transportation asset asset attached federal lien lien released state local government private individual entity seeking asset transaction enter agreements secretary defines concession agreement entered private individual entity state local government jurisdiction public transportation asset convey private individual entity right manage operate maintain asset specific period time exchange authorization impose collect toll user fee person use asset period prohibits release federal lien public transportation asset state local government public sponsor seeking asset transaction pays secretary determined according specified formula secretary certifies required concession agreements signed terms incorporated asset transaction terms permits private individual entity enter asset transaction covering national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak facilities equipment provided certain conditions met |
112-S-1550 | National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011 - Establishes an independent National Infrastructure Bank to: (1) designate qualified transit, public housing, water, highway, bridge, aviation, freight, passenger rail, or road infrastructure projects for loans, loan guarantees, and other financial assistance; and (2) issue general purpose and project-based infrastructure bonds exempt from state and local taxation. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Economics and public finance | 2011-09-13 | establishes independent designate qualified transit public housing water highway bridge aviation freight passenger rail road infrastructure projects loans loan guarantees financial assistance issue general purpose project based infrastructure bonds exempt state local taxation |
112-S-1604 | Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to hire, by the end of FY2016, an additional: (1) 5,000 full-time U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to serve on all inspection lanes and enforcement teams at U.S. land ports of entry on the northern and southern borders of the United States, and (2) 350 full-time support staff for all U.S. ports of entry. Directs the Secretary to: (1) equip each CBP officer with a secure communication and satellite-enabled device that allows communication between ports of entry and inspection stations, and with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement entities; and (2) establish a grant program for the purchase of detection equipment at land ports of entry and communication and biometric devices for state and local law enforcement officers serving on the southern border. Authorizes: (1) the Commissioner of CBP to construct land ports of entry, acquire necessary land or land interests, and construct additional ports of entry along the borders; and (2) the Secretary to acquire necessary real property leaseholds. Authorizes appropriations. Rescinds specified funds equal to such appropriations. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Government operations and politics | 2011-09-22 | emergency infrastructure funding act directs secretary homeland_security dhs hire end fy2016 additional time cbp officers serve inspection lanes enforcement teams land ports entry northern southern borders united_states time support staff ports entry directs secretary equip cbp officer secure communication satellite enabled device allows communication ports entry inspection stations federal state local tribal law enforcement entities establish grant program purchase detection equipment land ports entry communication biometric devices state local law enforcement officers serving southern border authorizes commissioner cbp construct land ports entry acquire necessary land land interests construct additional ports entry borders secretary acquire necessary real property authorizes appropriations rescinds specified funds equal appropriations |
112-S-1786 | Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to reduce the amount apportioned for a surface transportation program, project, or activity for FY2012 by amounts apportioned or allocated under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011, Part II for the period October 1, 2011-March 4, 2012. Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011, Part II to continue through FY2013, and authorizes appropriations for, specified federal-aid highway programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Includes among extended funds those for: (1) the surface transportation research, development, and deployment program; (2) training and education; (3) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (4) university transportation research; and (5) intelligent transportation systems (ITS) research. Repeals the set-aside of surface transportation program funds to states for a fiscal year for transportation enhancement activities. Extends for FY2012 and FY2013 the prohibition against additional funding of certain allocated transportation programs found to be sufficiently funded before or during FY2011. Authorizes the appropriation of $425 million from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for administrative expenses of the federal-aid highway program for FY2012 and FY2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2013 authority for expenditures from: (1) the HTF Highway and Mass Transit accounts, (2) the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and (3) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. Extends through FY2013 excise taxes on: (1) fuel used by certain buses, (2) certain alcohol fuels, (3) gasoline (other than aviation gasoline) and diesel fuel or kerosene, (4) certain heavy trucks and trailers, and (5) tires. Extends through FY2014 the excise tax on certain heavy vehicles. Extends through March 31, 2014, the requirement to credit or refund paid floor stocks taxes for unsold tires and taxable fuel. Extends through FY2013 the exemptions from excise taxes on: (1) certain sales, and (2) motor vehicles used by a state and local government. Directs the Secretary to carry out a project delivery acceleration initiative to identify, develop, and advance the use of best practices and deployment of technology and innovation to accelerate project delivery and to reduce project costs for transportation projects and programs while enhancing safety and protecting the environment. Authorizes a contracting agency (state transportation department) to award, on a competitive basis, a two-phase contract to a construction manager or general contractor for pre-construction and construction services on federal-aid highway projects. Amends National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to authorize a lead agency (DOT or a state transportation department) to apply one or more categorical exclusions (that do not involve significant environmental impact) to certain components of a multimodal transportation project if specified circumstances apply. Authorizes the Secretary, subject to specified conditions, to adopt and use any planning product (decisionmaking process) that integrates the planning and environmental review process of transportation projects or programs. Revises NEPA requirements involving the environmental review process of transportation projects and programs. Authorizes a public authority to acquire real property that may be used for an approved surface transportation project before the completion of the environmental review process under NEPA for such project. Revises and makes permanent the surface transportation project delivery pilot program. Authorizes the reconstruction, in the same location with the same capacity, dimensions, and design, and without environmental oversight, of any federal road, highway, or bridge that is in operation for less than 30 years or under construction that is damaged by a state- or federally-declared emergency. Declares specified rules without force or effect, and to be treated as though they had never taken effect, with respect to: (1) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants; and (2) Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units, and Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials that are Solid Waste, insofar as such rules are applicable to the Portland cement manufacturing industry and Portland cement plants. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in place of such rules, to promulgate regulations, meeting specified requirements, for the Portland cement manufacturing industry and Portland cement plants. Authorizes appropriations from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and the General Fund of the Treasury for FY2012 and FY2013 for public transportation programs, projects, and activities under SAFETEA-LU and other federal transportation law, with a limit on obligational authority for the programs equal to the total authorized for such programs for FY2011. Amends SAFETEA-LU to extend for FY2012 and FY2013 the authorization of appropriations for specified National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs. Authorizes appropriations through FY2013 for: (1) drug-impaired driving enforcement, and (2) older driver safety and law enforcement training. Extends for FY2012 and FY2013 the funding for hazardous materials (hazmat) research projects. Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through FY2013 the authorized distribution of funds under such Act for coastal wetlands, recreational boating safety, projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 19921, boating infrastructure projects, and the National Outreach and Communications Program. Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011 or REINS Act - Rewrites requirements for congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect. (Currently, major rules take effect unless Congress passes and the President signs a joint resolution disapproving them). Defines "major rule" as any that has resulted in or is likely to result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or U.S. competitiveness. Declares that, if a joint resolution of approval of a major rule is not enacted within a certain period of time, the rule shall be deemed not to be approved and shall not take effect. Permits a major rule to take effect for 90 calendar days without such approval if necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, for the enforcement of criminal laws, for national security, or to implement an international trade agreement. Prescribes House and Senate procedures for joint resolutions approving major rules and disapproving non-major rules. EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 - Declares specified rules without force or effect, and to be treated as though they had never taken effect, with respect to: (1) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (2) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (3) the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; and (4) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That are Solid Waste. Requires the EPA Administrator, in place of such rules, to promulgate regulations, meeting specified requirements, for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units. Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011 - Suspends the effective date of certain covered regulations for one-year beginning on the enactment of this Act. Defines a "covered regulation" as a final regulation that did not take effect before September 1, 2011, that increases costs on businesses in a manner that will have an adverse effect on job creation, job retention, productivity, competitiveness, or the efficient functioning of the economy, and that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (3) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action by another agency; (4) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients; or (5) raise novel legal or policy issues. Allows agency heads to exempt covered regulations in certain circumstances . Rescinds $40 billion of appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Corps of Engineers, or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2011-11-02 | directs secretary transportation dot reduce apportioned surface transportation program project activity fy2012 amounts apportioned allocated period october march amends continue fy2013 authorizes appropriations specified federal aid highway programs safe accountable flexible efficient transportation equity act legacy users safetea transportation equity act 21st century includes extended funds surface transportation research development deployment program training education university transportation research transportation systems research repeals set aside surface transportation program funds states fiscal year transportation enhancement activities extends fy2012 fy2013 prohibition additional funding certain allocated transportation programs found sufficiently funded fy2011 authorizes appropriation million highway_trust_fund mass transit account administrative expenses federal aid highway program fy2012 fy2013 amends internal revenue code extend fy2013 authority expenditures mass transit accounts sport_fish_restoration boating_trust_fund leaking underground storage tank trust fund extends fy2013 excise taxes fuel certain buses certain alcohol fuels gasoline aviation gasoline diesel fuel kerosene certain heavy trucks trailers tires extends fy2014 excise tax certain heavy vehicles extends march requirement credit refund paid floor stocks taxes tires taxable fuel extends fy2013 exemptions excise taxes certain sales motor vehicles state local government directs secretary carry project delivery acceleration initiative identify develop advance use best practices deployment technology innovation accelerate project delivery reduce project costs transportation projects programs enhancing safety protecting environment authorizes contracting agency state transportation department award competitive basis phase contract construction manager general contractor pre construction construction services federal aid highway projects nepa authorize lead agency dot state transportation department apply categorical exclusions involve significant environmental impact certain components multimodal transportation project specified circumstances apply authorizes secretary subject specified conditions adopt use planning product decisionmaking process integrates planning environmental review process transportation projects programs revises nepa requirements involving environmental review process transportation projects programs authorizes public authority acquire real property approved surface transportation project completion environmental review process nepa project revises makes permanent surface transportation project delivery pilot program authorizes reconstruction location capacity dimensions design environmental oversight federal road highway bridge operation years construction damaged state- federally declared emergency declares specified rules force effect treated taken effect respect national emission standards standards performance new stationary sources emission guidelines existing sources commercial industrial_solid_waste_incineration_units identification non-hazardous_secondary_materials solid_waste insofar rules applicable portland cement manufacturing industry portland cement plants requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa place rules promulgate regulations meeting specified requirements portland cement manufacturing industry portland cement plants authorizes appropriations mass transit account highway_trust_fund htf general_fund treasury fy2012 fy2013 public transportation programs projects activities federal transportation law limit obligational authority programs equal total authorized programs fy2011 extend fy2012 fy2013 authorization appropriations specified national_highway_traffic_safety_administration nhtsa safety programs federal_motor_carrier_safety_administration fmcsa programs authorizes appropriations fy2013 drug impaired driving enforcement older driver safety law enforcement training extends fy2012 fy2013 funding hazardous materials hazmat research projects amends dingell johnson sport fish restoration act extend fy2013 authorized distribution funds act coastal wetlands recreational boating safety projects clean vessel act boating infrastructure projects regulations executive need scrutiny act requirements congressional review agency rulemaking require congressional approval major rules executive branch effect currently major rules effect congress passes president signs joint resolution disapproving defines major rule resulted likely result annual effect economy million major increase costs prices significant adverse effects competition employment investment productivity innovation competitiveness declares joint resolution approval major rule enacted certain period time rule shall deemed approved shall effect permits major rule effect calendar days approval necessary imminent threat health safety emergency enforcement criminal laws national security implement international trade agreement prescribes house senate procedures joint resolutions approving major rules disapproving non major rules epa regulatory relief act declares specified rules force effect treated taken effect respect major sources industrial commercial institutional boilers process heaters industrial commercial standards performance new stationary sources emission guidelines existing sources commercial industrial_solid_waste_incineration_units identification non-hazardous_secondary_materials solid_waste requires place rules promulgate regulations meeting specified requirements industrial commercial institutional boilers process heaters commercial industrial solid waste incinerator units suspends effective date certain covered regulations year beginning enactment act defines covered regulation final regulation effect september increases costs businesses manner adverse effect job creation job retention productivity competitiveness efficient functioning economy likely annual effect economy million adversely affect material way economy productivity competition jobs environment public health safety state local tribal governments communities create inconsistency interfere action agency materially alter budgetary impact entitlements grants user fees loan programs rights obligations recipients raise novel legal policy issues allows agency heads exempt covered regulations certain circumstances rescinds billion appropriated unobligated discretionary funds exempts unobligated funds department_of_defense dod corps_of_engineers department_of_veterans_affairs |
112-S-1968 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program under which the Secretary conducts case studies of states and metropolitan planning organizations that are designed to: (1) provide more detailed, in-depth analysis and data collection regarding transportation programs; and (2) apply rigorous methods of measuring and addressing the effectiveness of pilot program participants in achieving national transportation goals. Requires states and metropolitan planning organizations participating in the program to work cooperatively with the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the methods and metrics they use in measuring their effectiveness in achieving national transportation goals, and (2) identify steps to improve those methods and metrics. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to program participants to assist them in these efforts. Directs the Secretary, within 21 months of this Act's enactment, to analyze the pilot program case studies and develop and implement a plan for the DOT to use outcome-oriented performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of transportation programs in achieving national transportation goals. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2011-12-08 | directs secretary transportation dot establish pilot program secretary conducts case studies states metropolitan planning organizations designed provide detailed depth analysis data collection transportation programs apply rigorous methods measuring addressing effectiveness pilot program participants achieving national transportation goals requires states metropolitan planning organizations participating program work cooperatively secretary evaluate methods metrics use measuring effectiveness achieving national transportation goals identify steps improve methods metrics authorizes secretary provide financial assistance program participants assist efforts directs secretary months act enactment analyze pilot program case studies develop implement plan dot use outcome oriented performance measures evaluate effectiveness transportation programs achieving national transportation goals |
112-S-3279 | Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with persons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide customs and immigration services at a land border port of entry, subject to payment of a fee to reimburse the CBP for providing such services. Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish procedures for evaluating proposals submitted by persons to: (1) enter into cost-sharing or reimbursement agreements with the General Services Administration (GSA) for the construction or maintenance of infrastructure at a land border port of entry, and (2) provide GSA an unconditional gift of property for use in the construction or maintenance of such infrastructure. Prescribes minimum requirements for such procedures. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Government operations and politics | 2012-06-07 | authorizes secretary homeland_security dhs enter agreements persons cbp provide customs immigration services land border port entry subject payment fee reimburse cbp providing services directs administrator general_services establish procedures evaluating proposals submitted persons enter cost sharing reimbursement agreements general_services_administration gsa construction maintenance infrastructure land border port entry provide gsa unconditional gift property use construction maintenance infrastructure prescribes minimum requirements procedures |
113-HR-136 | Flood Protection Public Safety Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement any flood risk management project for which the Secretary has transmitted to Congress, before the date of enactment of this Act, a letter that includes: (1) a description of the project as recommended in a report by the Chief of Engineers that concludes that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified; and (2) notification that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has concluded that the report's recommendations are consistent with the President's policy and programs. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Water resources development | 2013-01-03 | authorizes secretary army acting chief engineers implement flood risk management project secretary transmitted congress date enactment act letter includes description project recommended report chief_of_engineers concludes project technically sound environmentally acceptable economically justified notification office_of_management_and_budget omb concluded report recommendations consistent president policy programs |
113-HR-3518 | Restarting Local Economies Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to: (1) authorize the use of grants for economic adjustment for activities identified by communities, the economies of which are injured by the closure of a local government entity that had an economic development mission and left obligations related to economic development projects unfulfilled when closed; and (2) authorize the Secretary of Commerce to increase the federal share for a grant to up to 100% of the cost of a project that assists such a community. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Economics and public finance | 2013-11-15 | local economies act amends public_works_and_economic_development_act authorize use grants economic adjustment activities identified communities economies injured closure local government entity economic development mission left obligations related economic development projects closed authorize secretary commerce increase federal share grant cost project assists community |
113-S-387 | American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act - Establishes the American Infrastructure Investment Fund in the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) invest in infrastructure projects that increase or otherwise improve U.S. economic output, productivity, or competitive commercial advantage; (2) provide funding for projects that face significant funding barriers because of the need to combine resources across multiple jurisdictions or modes of transportation; and (3) improve the efficiency or throughput, the safety, and the environmental sustainability of a national or regional transportation network.
Requires the Fund to publish: (1) a detailed description of its strategy in an Investment Prospectus, and (2) its Operating Guidance for the Fund's management.
Requires the President to appoint the Fund's Executive Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as well as a Fund Advisory Committee.
Authorizes the Fund to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to eligible recipients for activities related to the planning, preparation, or design of an eligible project proposal.
Prohibits the use of funds for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in the project is domestic, except in certain circumstances.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish: (1) a competitive national infrastructure investment grant program, and (2) an oversight program to monitor the effective and efficient use of funds authorized under this Act.
Sets forth the federal share of net project costs at 80%. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Economics and public finance | 2013-02-26 | act establishes department_of_transportation dot invest infrastructure projects increase improve economic output productivity competitive commercial advantage provide funding projects face significant funding barriers need combine resources multiple jurisdictions modes transportation improve efficiency throughput safety environmental sustainability national regional transportation network requires fund publish detailed description strategy investment prospectus operating guidance fund management requires president appoint fund executive director advice consent senate authorizes fund provide direct loans loan guarantees eligible recipients activities related planning preparation design eligible project proposal prohibits use funds project construction alteration maintenance repair public building public work iron steel project domestic certain circumstances directs secretary transportation establish competitive national infrastructure investment grant program oversight program monitor effective efficient use funds authorized act sets forth federal share net project costs |
113-S-1716 | Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act or BRIDGE Act - Establishes the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of transportation, water, and energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $50 million ($10 million for rural infrastructure projects).
Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Establishes an Office of Technical and Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance to state and local governments and parties in public-private partnerships in the development and financing of eligible infrastructure projects, including rural infrastructure projects.
Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the business activities of IFA.
Prohibits financial assistance from IFA for any private project for which no public benefit is created. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for eligible infrastructure projects and for the repayment of such loans. Requires an annual independent audit of IFA finances.
Requires the Chief Executive Officer of IFA to: (1) establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover IFA's administrative costs; and (2) take actions to make IFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2013-11-14 | building renewing infrastructure development growth employment act bridge act establishes wholly owned government corporation headed chief executive officer managed board_of_directors shall provide direct loans loan guarantees facilitate construction consolidation alteration repair transportation water energy infrastructure projects requires infrastructure projects assisted act costs reasonably anticipated equal exceed million million rural infrastructure projects sets forth special requirements infrastructure projects rural areas provide technical assistance state local governments parties public private partnerships development financing eligible infrastructure projects including rural infrastructure projects conduct supervise coordinate audits investigations business activities prohibits financial assistance private project public benefit created sets forth terms loans loan guarantees eligible infrastructure projects repayment loans requires annual independent audit finances requires chief executive officer establish fees respect loans loan guarantees sufficient cover administrative costs actions self sustaining entity administrative federal credit subsidy costs fully funded fees risk premiums loans loan guarantees |
113-S-1957 | Partnership to Build America Act of 2014 - Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments, non-profit infrastructure providers, private parties, and public-private partnerships for state or local government sponsored transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). Authorizes AIF also to make equity investments in QIPs .
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, to issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. Requires proceeds from the sale of the bonds to be deposited into the AIF.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow U.S. corporations to exclude from gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received during a taxable year from a foreign-controlled corporation equal to the face value of qualified infrastructure bonds the corporation has purchased.
Prohibits allowance of a foreign tax credit to the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation. Prohibits also the allowance of a deduction for expenses related to that excludable portion. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2014-01-16 | partnership build america act establishes wholly owned government corporation provide bond guarantees loans state local governments non profit infrastructure providers private parties public private partnerships state local government sponsored transportation energy water communications educational facility infrastructure projects qualified infrastructure projects authorizes equity investments directs secretary treasury acting issue american infrastructure bonds aggregate face value billion requires proceeds sale bonds deposited amends internal revenue code allow corporations exclude gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received taxable year foreign controlled corporation equal face value qualified infrastructure bonds corporation purchased prohibits allowance foreign tax credit excluded portion dividend received corporation prohibits allowance deduction expenses related excludable portion |
114-HR-2332 | Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2015
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program to award grants to state and local governments, transit agencies, and port authorities for certain public transportation projects (including water infrastructure projects) that will significantly impact a metropolitan area, a region, or all of the United States.
Specifies the federal share of project costs at 100%.
Requires the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in the United States, except in specified circumstances.
Requires the Secretary to coordinate with relevant federal departments and agencies to ensure that environmental reviews are made in a manner that accelerates delivery of such projects.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Nation Building Here at Home Financing Initiative. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2015-05-14 | nation building home act directs secretary transportation secretary establish transformational infrastructure competitive grant program award grants state local governments transit agencies port authorities certain public transportation projects including water infrastructure projects significantly impact metropolitan area region united_states specifies federal share project costs requires iron steel manufactured goods projects funded act produced united_states specified circumstances requires secretary coordinate relevant federal departments agencies ensure environmental reviews manner accelerates delivery projects directs secretary treasury establish nation building home financing initiative |
114-HR-2485 | Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Act of 2015
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to establish a regional infrastructure accelerator program to provide grants to regional infrastructure accelerators to establish and administer a process for developing the priorities of, and acquiring financing for, covered infrastructure projects.
A "regional infrastructure accelerator" is defined as a multi-jurisdictional organization dedicated to provide technical assistance, financing options, and resources for covered infrastructure projects within the represented jurisdictions. A "covered infrastructure project" is as an infrastructure project sponsored by a state, local, or regional public entity that involves the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of rail, bus, or public transportation facilities or equipment, highway facilities (including bridges and tunnels), airports, port or marine facilities and equipment, pipelines, inland waterways, intermodal facilities and equipment, water treatment and solid waste disposal facilities, storm water management systems, dams and levees, and facilities or equipment for energy transmission, distribution, or storage.
From applications received, Treasury shall select five regional infrastructure accelerators from geographically diverse regions to receive initial grants. A regional infrastructure accelerator shall use such a grant to:
assess regional approaches to advancing innovative investment in covered infrastructure projects; develop strategies for transparency in the analysis of such projects to ensure protection of the public interest, for the bundling of smaller scale and rural projects into a larger transaction for investment, and for reducing transaction costs; facilitate the creation of a catalog of covered infrastructure projects available for investment; and analyze and apply project procurement methods. Treasury shall review reports submitted by such accelerators and select four of them to receive subsequent grants. A selected accelerator may use such subsequent grant to make subgrants to public entities for covered infrastructure predevelopment costs, which may include project planning, feasibility studies, economic assessments, cost-benefit analyses, public benefit studies, design and engineering, financial planning, permitting, environmental review, assessment of the impacts on the area, workforce and wages and benefits, assessment of infrastructure vulnerability and resilience to the impacts of climate change and other risks, and public outreach and community engagement. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2015-05-20 | regional infrastructure accelerator act bill authorizes department_of_the_treasury establish regional infrastructure accelerator program provide grants regional infrastructure accelerators establish administer process developing priorities acquiring financing covered infrastructure projects regional infrastructure accelerator defined multi jurisdictional organization dedicated provide technical assistance financing options resources covered infrastructure projects represented jurisdictions covered infrastructure project infrastructure project sponsored state local regional public entity involves construction consolidation alteration repair rail bus public transportation facilities equipment highway facilities including bridges tunnels airports port marine facilities equipment pipelines inland waterways intermodal facilities equipment water treatment solid waste disposal facilities storm water management systems dams levees facilities equipment energy transmission distribution storage applications received treasury shall select regional infrastructure accelerators geographically diverse regions receive initial grants regional infrastructure accelerator shall use grant assess regional approaches advancing innovative investment covered infrastructure projects develop strategies transparency analysis projects ensure protection public interest bundling smaller scale rural projects larger transaction investment reducing transaction costs facilitate creation catalog covered infrastructure projects available investment analyze apply project procurement methods treasury shall review reports submitted accelerators select receive subsequent grants selected accelerator use subsequent grant subgrants public entities covered infrastructure predevelopment costs include project planning feasibility studies economic assessments cost benefit analyses public benefit studies design engineering financial planning permitting environmental review assessment impacts area workforce wages benefits assessment infrastructure vulnerability resilience impacts climate change risks public outreach community engagement |
114-HR-3337 | National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2015
Establishes the National Infrastructure Development Bank as a wholly owned government corporation.
Makes the Bank's Board of Directors responsible for monitoring and overseeing energy, environmental, telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure projects. Authorizes the Board to: (1) make senior and subordinated direct loans and loan guarantees to assist in the financing or refinancing of an infrastructure project, (2) issue public benefit bonds and provide financing to infrastructure projects, and (3) pay an interest subsidy to the issuer of American Infrastructure Bonds.
Requires the Board to establish an Executive Committee to establish requirements and make recommendations for project proposals to be considered for financial assistance.
Requires the Bank to establish a Risk Management Committee, which shall: (1) create financial, credit, and operational risk management guidelines for the Bank; (2) set guidelines to ensure diversification of lending activities by geographic region and infrastructure project type; (3) create conforming standards for all financial assistance provided by the Bank; (4) monitor financial, credit, and operational exposure of the Bank; (5) provide financial recommendations to the Board; and (6) ensure that the aggregate amount of interest subsidies provided for American Infrastructure Bonds in a given calendar year does not exceed 28% of interest payable under all such Bonds.
Requires the Bank to establish an audit committee.
Requires the Board to approve criteria established by the Executive Committee for determining project eligibility for financial assistance. Sets forth criteria to be considered by the Board for each type of infrastructure project. Requires the Executive Committee to conduct an analysis that considers the economic, environmental, and social benefits and costs of each project under consideration, prioritizing projects that contribute to economic growth, lead to job creation, and are of regional or national significance.
Requires any financial assistance for an infrastructure project to be repayable from dedicated revenue sources that also secure the infrastructure project obligations. Limits the amount of assistance under this Act to 50% of reasonably anticipated project costs.
Exempts all bonds issued by the Bank from state or local government taxation.
Sets forth requirements regarding compliance of assisted projects with wage rate, domestic content, and buy American statutes.
Requires the Board to establish an American Infrastructure Bond program. Establishes in the Treasury the National Infrastructure Development Bank Trust Fund into which an amount estimated to equal the tax receipts attributable to interest payable under such Bonds is to be appropriated. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Government operations and politics | 2015-07-29 | act establishes wholly owned government corporation makes bank board_of_directors responsible monitoring overseeing energy environmental telecommunications transportation infrastructure projects authorizes board senior subordinated direct loans loan guarantees assist financing refinancing infrastructure project issue public benefit bonds provide financing infrastructure projects pay interest subsidy issuer requires board establish establish requirements recommendations project proposals considered financial assistance requires bank establish shall create financial credit operational risk management guidelines bank set guidelines ensure diversification lending activities geographic region infrastructure project type create conforming standards financial assistance provided bank monitor financial credit operational exposure bank provide financial recommendations board ensure aggregate interest subsidies provided given calendar year exceed interest payable bonds requires bank establish audit committee requires board approve criteria established determining project eligibility financial assistance sets forth criteria considered board type infrastructure project requires conduct analysis considers economic environmental social benefits costs project consideration prioritizing projects contribute economic growth lead job creation regional national significance requires financial assistance infrastructure project repayable dedicated revenue sources secure infrastructure project obligations limits assistance act reasonably anticipated project costs exempts bonds issued bank state local government taxation sets forth requirements compliance assisted projects wage rate domestic content buy american statutes requires board establish american infrastructure bond program establishes treasury estimated equal tax receipts attributable interest payable bonds appropriated |
114-S-1296 | Build USA Act
This bill establishes the American Infrastructure Bank as a wholly owned government corporation.
The Bank's Board of Directors has authority, among other operations, to issue public benefit bonds and provide financing to core infrastructure projects from bond proceeds.
State governments may enter into minimum three-year remittance agreements with the Bank under which:
a state agrees to remit to the Bank at least 60% of the total amount of federal-aid highway activities funds it receives from the federal government in each of the three years, the Board will issue to the state funds from the Bank equal to 90% of the amount the state remitted to the Bank, and the state will use those funds to carry out core infrastructure projects. The Bank may grant a loan to a state or a unit of local government to implement core transportation infrastructure projects.
The deduction from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for temporary dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) decreases from 85% to 81.4% of the cash dividends received by a U.S. corporate shareholder from a CFC during the taxable year. Allowance of the deduction applies, if the taxpayer elects it, to the three-taxable year period beginning with:
the taxpayer's last taxable year which begins before the enactment of this Act, or the taxpayer's first taxable year which begins during the one-year period beginning on that date of enactment. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2015-05-12 | bill establishes wholly owned government corporation bank board_of_directors authority operations issue public benefit bonds provide financing core infrastructure projects bond proceeds state governments enter minimum year remittance agreements bank state agrees remit bank total federal aid highway activities funds receives federal government years board issue state funds bank equal state remitted bank state use funds carry core infrastructure projects bank grant loan state unit local government implement core transportation infrastructure projects deduction gross income internal revenue code temporary dividends received controlled foreign corporation cfc decreases cash dividends received corporate shareholder cfc taxable year allowance deduction applies taxpayer elects taxable year period beginning taxpayer taxable year begins enactment act taxpayer taxable year begins year period beginning date enactment |
114-S-1589 | Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act or the BRIDGE Act
Establishes the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of transportation, water, and energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $50 million ($10 million for rural infrastructure projects).
Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas.
Establishes an Office of Technical and Rural Assistance to:
provide technical assistance to state and local governments and parties in public-private partnerships in the development and financing of eligible, including rural, infrastructure projects; and establish a regional infrastructure accelerator demonstration program. Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the business activities of IFA.
Prohibits IFA financing of a project if:
it is private or does not create a public benefit, or the loan applicant is unable to demonstrate a sufficient revenue stream. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for eligible infrastructure projects and for the repayment of such loans. Requires an annual independent audit of IFA finances.
Requires the President, immediately after IFA approves financing for a proposed project, to convene a meeting of representatives of all permitting agencies to:
establish a permitting timetable for the environmental review of a project, and coordinate with relevant state agencies and regional infrastructure development agencies in the review of such projects. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of IFA to:
establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover IFA's administrative costs; and take actions to make IFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $15 billion to $16 billion the aggregate amount of proceeds from tax-exempt facility bonds the Department of Transportation shall allocate among qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities. | Transportation | Infrastructure | Transportation and public works | 2015-06-16 | building renewing infrastructure development growth employment act bridge act establishes infrastructure financing authority wholly owned government corporation headed chief executive officer managed board_of_directors shall provide direct loans loan guarantees facilitate construction consolidation alteration repair transportation water energy infrastructure projects requires infrastructure projects assisted act costs reasonably anticipated equal exceed million million rural infrastructure projects sets forth special requirements infrastructure projects rural areas provide technical assistance state local governments parties public private partnerships development financing eligible including rural infrastructure projects establish regional infrastructure accelerator demonstration program conduct supervise coordinate audits investigations business activities financing project private create public benefit loan applicant unable demonstrate sufficient revenue stream sets forth terms loans loan guarantees eligible infrastructure projects repayment loans requires annual independent audit finances requires president immediately approves financing proposed project convene meeting representatives permitting agencies establish permitting timetable environmental review project coordinate relevant state agencies regional infrastructure development agencies review projects requires chief executive officer establish fees respect loans loan guarantees sufficient cover administrative costs actions self sustaining entity administrative federal credit subsidy costs fully funded fees risk premiums loans loan guarantees amends internal revenue code increase billion billion aggregate proceeds tax exempt facility bonds department_of_transportation shall allocate qualified highway surface freight transfer facilities |
110-HR-3620 | Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for a study of the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of members and former members of the Armed Forces who deployed in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, and their families. Requires: (1) reports, from the Academy to the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs and from the Secretary to Congress, on such study; (2) the public availability of the reports; (3) such Secretaries to develop a joint plan to address report findings; and (4) the public availability of the Secretaries' response. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2007-09-20 | oversight act directs secretary defense enter agreement national_academy_of_sciences study physical mental health readjustment needs members members armed_forces deployed operations iraqi freedom enduring_freedom families requires reports academy secretaries defense veterans_affairs secretary congress study public availability reports secretaries develop joint plan address report findings public availability secretaries response |
110-HR-3916 | Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that any federal government interagency or intra-agency agreement entered into by the Under Secretary to develop and transition new technology explicitly characterizes the requirements, expected use, and concept of operations for that technology.(Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to terminate the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee on December 31, 2012 (currently, 2008).(Sec. 4) Requires the Under Secretary to enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council for a one-year assessment of the basic science research needs in the border and maritime security domain.(Sec. 5) Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Joint Planning and Development Office to research and develop technologies to permit routine operation of unmanned aerial vehicles, including autonomously piloted drones, within the national airspace for border and maritime security missions without degradation of existing safety levels for national airspace system users; and (2) the Secretary to coordinate with the Director and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enter into pilot projects in sparsely populated, low-density Class G air traffic airspace to conduct experiments and collect data to accelerate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as part of research activities of the Office.(Sec. 6) Requires: (1) the Under Secretary to research and develop technologies to permit detection of near surface voids, such as tunnels, with an emphasis on technologies with real time capability; and (2) the Secretary to coordinate with other federal agencies to ensure the integration of such research and development activities with their efforts.(Sec. 7) Requires the Under Secretary and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a joint research and development program on anticounterfeit technologies and standards.(Sec. 8) Directs the Under Secretary to study and report to Congress on the need for next generation global positioning system technology as it relates to border security.(Sec. 9) Directs the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to establish a research program on the use of mobile biometric technology at the nation's borders between the ports of entry. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the program is coordinated with other DHS biometric identification programs. | Defense | R&D | Emergency management | 2007-10-22 | innovation act sec requires secretary dhs ensure federal government interagency intra agency agreement entered secretary develop transition new technology explicitly requirements expected use concept operations amends homeland security act terminate december currently requires secretary enter arrangement national_research_council year assessment basic science research needs border maritime security directs secretary homeland_security director research develop technologies permit routine operation unmanned aerial vehicles including piloted drones national airspace border maritime security missions degradation existing safety levels national airspace system users secretary coordinate director administrator federal_aviation_administration faa enter pilot projects populated low density class air traffic airspace conduct experiments collect data accelerate safe integration unmanned aircraft systems national airspace system research activities requires secretary research develop technologies permit detection near surface voids tunnels emphasis technologies real time capability secretary coordinate federal agencies ensure integration research development activities requires secretary director national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist establish joint research development program technologies directs secretary study report congress need generation global positioning system technology relates border directs secretary coordination commissioner cbp establish research program use mobile biometric technology nation borders ports entry requires secretary ensure program coordinated dhs biometric identification programs |
110-S-1425 | Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 relating to the defense nanotechnology research and development program (program) to: (1) revise program purposes; (2) replace the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics as program administrator; (3) outline program activities, including the development of a strategic plan for defense nanotechnology research and development that is integrated with the strategic plan for the National Nanotechnology Initiative; and (4) extend through 2011 program report requirements. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on progress made by the Department of Defense (DOD) in achieving program purposes. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2007-05-17 | amends bob stump national defense authorization act fiscal year relating defense nanotechnology research development program program revise program purposes replace director secretary logistics program administrator outline program activities including development strategic plan defense nanotechnology research development integrated strategic plan extend program report requirements requires report comptroller_general congressional defense appropriations committees progress department_of_defense dod achieving program purposes |
111-HR-1537 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded research and development center to carry out a comprehensive study of policies, procedures, organization, and regulatory constraints affecting the acquisition of technologies supporting network-centric operations. Requires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to carry out an independent study of the same subject. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2009-03-16 | directs secretary defense contract federally funded research development center carry comprehensive study policies procedures organization regulatory constraints affecting acquisition technologies supporting network operations requires chairman joint_chiefs_of_staff jcs carry independent study subject |
111-HR-5063 | Light Weight Armor Research Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness Act or LT WARRIOR Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish the Joint Task Force Light Weight Armor Research Requirements for Individual Operational Readiness, or JTF-LT WARRIOR, to: (1) synchronize efforts among the military departments to identify and examine the requirements for lighter weight body armor; and (2) serve as the centralized body for determining and coordinating issues regarding such armor and other personal protective equipment, including its development and procurement. Requires the Task Force to report to the Secretary semiannually over a two-year period recommending ways to more effectively address the research, development, and procurement requirements regarding reducing the weight of body armor. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2010-04-15 | light weight armor research requirements individual operational readiness act warrior act directs secretary defense dod establish armor research requirements warrior efforts military departments identify examine requirements lighter weight body armor serve centralized body determining coordinating issues armor personal protective equipment including development procurement requires task force report secretary semiannually year period recommending ways effectively address research development procurement requirements reducing weight body armor |
111-S-3552 | Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) conduct a study on the ability of the major air test and training range infrastructure to support the full spectrum of Air Force operations; (2) develop a master plan for requirements and proposed investments to meet Air Force training and test needs through 2025; and (3) submit to the congressional defense and appropriations committees an interim and final report on the master plan. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2010-06-30 | directs secretary air_force conduct study ability major air test training range infrastructure support spectrum air_force operations develop master plan requirements proposed investments meet air_force training test needs submit congressional defense appropriations committees interim final report master plan |
112-HR-1247 | Reduces by 10% the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2012 for studies, analysis, and evaluations under Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide operation and maintenance funds. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2011-03-29 | reduces amounts authorized appropriated department_of_defense dod fy2012 studies analysis evaluations army navy marine_corps air_force defense wide operation maintenance funds |
113-HR-1443 | Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) recognize tinnitus as a condition for research and treatment by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Auditory Centers of Excellence; (2) recognize the need to enhance the research and treatment of tinnitus and to ensure the allocation of appropriate resources for such research and treatment conducted by such Centers, commensurate with peer-review protocols; and (3) ensure VA cooperation with the Hearing Center of Excellence established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to further research on tinnitus. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2013-04-09 | treatment act directs secretary veterans_affairs recognize tinnitus condition research treatment department_of_veterans_affairs auditory centers excellence recognize need enhance research treatment tinnitus ensure allocation appropriate resources research treatment conducted centers commensurate peer review protocols ensure cooperation established department_of_defense dod research tinnitus |
113-HR-4410 | DoD Laboratory Authorities for Breakthrough Scientific Research Act or the DoD LABS Research Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense (DOD) from disallowing an employee of a defense laboratory from traveling to a technical symposium or conference if the head of such laboratory determines that there is a sufficient amount available to the laboratory for such travel and approves such travel using standard travel approval procedures.
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 to allow the director of any DOD science and technology laboratory to appoint as an employee, through 2019, any student enrolled in a program of undergraduate or graduate instruction leading to a bachelor's or master's degree in a scientific, technical, engineering, mathematical, or medical course of study. (Under current law, such a director may only appoint through such period a candidate already possessing a bachelor's degree or a qualified veteran.)
Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional defense committees on the implementation and use by DOD of specified hiring authorities provided under federal law, prior defense authorization Acts, and the Intergovernmental Personnel Act.
Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to reinstate and make permanent a DOD personnel program for the hiring of scientific and technical personnel. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2014-04-04 | research act secretary defense dod employee defense laboratory traveling technical conference head laboratory determines sufficient available laboratory travel approves travel standard travel approval procedures amends national defense authorization act fiscal year allow director dod science technology laboratory appoint employee student enrolled program undergraduate graduate instruction leading bachelor master degree scientific technical engineering mathematical medical course study current law director appoint period candidate possessing bachelor degree qualified veteran directs secretary report congressional defense committees implementation use dod specified hiring authorities provided federal law prior defense authorization acts intergovernmental personnel act amends fiscal year reinstate permanent dod personnel program hiring scientific technical personnel |
113-S-521 | Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to award grants to carry out research for the advancement of orthotic and prosthetic clinical care for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and civilians who have undergone amputation, traumatic brain injury, and other serious physical injury as a result of combat or military experience. Includes under such research the prevention of amputations, orthotic and prosthetic intervention, and orthotics and prosthetic materials and technology research. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2013-03-11 | secretary defense dod award grants carry research advancement orthotic prosthetic clinical care members armed_forces veterans civilians undergone traumatic brain injury physical injury result combat military experience includes research prevention orthotic prosthetic intervention orthotics prosthetic materials technology research |
113-S-877 | Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available on a publicly-available Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website: (1) data files that contain information on VA research, (2) a data dictionary on each data file, and (3) instructions on how to obtain access to each data file for use in research.
Directs the Secretary, within 540 days after enactment of this Act, to require, as a condition on the use of any data gathered or formulated from research funded by the VA, that any final, peer-reviewed manuscript prepared for publication that uses such data be submitted to the Secretary for deposit in a digital archive (established by the Secretary under this Act). Requires such archive to be publicly available.
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive to submit to the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) options and recommendations for establishing a program of long-term cooperation and data-sharing between and within the VA and DOD to facilitate research on outcomes of military service, readjustment after combat deployment, and other topics of importance to veterans, members of the Armed Forces (members), their families, and members of communities that have a significant population of veterans or members. | Defense | R&D | Armed forces and national security | 2013-05-07 | transparency act directs secretary veterans_affairs available publicly available department_of_veterans_affairs website data files contain information research data data file instructions obtain access data file use research directs secretary days enactment act require condition use data gathered formulated research funded final peer reviewed prepared publication uses data submitted secretary deposit digital archive established secretary act requires archive publicly available requires department veterans affairs department defense joint executive submit secretary secretary defense dod options recommendations establishing program long term cooperation data sharing dod facilitate research outcomes military service readjustment combat deployment topics importance veterans members armed_forces members families members communities significant population veterans members |
110-HR-3646 | Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Labor to jointly conduct a study (with annual updates) on employment fields with the greatest need for employees in various geographic areas. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make the study's findings available on the Department of Veterans Affairs website. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Armed forces and national security | 2007-09-24 | directs secretaries veterans_affairs labor jointly conduct study annual updates employment fields greatest need employees geographic areas directs secretary veterans_affairs study findings available department_of_veterans_affairs website |
110-S-3165 | Summer Travel Delay Prevention Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop: (1) a plan for opening up to commercial flights special use airspace for additional lanes of air traffic at specific choke points; and (2) a permanent plan for sharing military airspace off the eastern U.S. coast by such flights. Authorizes the Director of the New York Integration Office of the FAA to transfer appropriated amounts for Office operations to flight delay reduction projects in airspace over the New York-New Jersey region. Requires the FAA Administrator to establish an Aviation Traveler Task Force to: (1) clarify interpretations of FAA safety directives with which air carriers will soon need to comply; (2) develop contingency plans in the event that additional aircraft do not comply with such safety directives and need to be grounded; and (3) design a notification system to alert passengers of potential service disruptions. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Transportation and public works | 2008-06-19 | delay prevention act directs administrator federal_aviation_administration faa develop plan opening commercial flights special use airspace additional lanes air traffic specific points permanent plan sharing military airspace eastern coast flights authorizes director transfer appropriated amounts office operations flight delay reduction projects airspace new_york new_jersey region requires faa administrator establish clarify interpretations faa safety directives air carriers soon need comply develop contingency plans event additional aircraft comply safety directives need grounded design notification system alert passengers potential service disruptions |
111-HR-2078 | National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act - Establishes the National Commission on Employment and Economic Security to: (1) examine the effects of economic and psychological insecurity caused by employment displacement and the decreasing number of well-paid jobs on U.S. workers and their families; and (2) recommend to the President and Congress potential solutions, including legislative and administrative action, to alleviate such problems. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2009-04-23 | security act establishes examine effects economic psychological insecurity caused employment displacement decreasing number paid jobs workers families recommend president congress potential solutions including legislative administrative action alleviate problems |
111-HR-4074 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the temporary (through June 2011) increase in the rate of the unemployment tax (thus reducing such rate from 6.2% to 6.0% of total wages). | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Taxation | 2009-11-16 | amends internal revenue code repeal temporary june increase rate unemployment tax reducing rate total wages |
111-HR-4282 | Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Fund) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, to extend through December 31, 2012, the waiver of certain interest payments on advances made to states from the federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. (Thus continues temporary assistance for states with such advances.) | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2009-12-10 | amends title social security act added assistance_for_unemployed_workers struggling families act extend december waiver certain interest payments advances states federal unemployment account unemployment_trust_fund continues temporary assistance states advances |
111-S-1641 | Increases the federal share of federal-aid highway construction projects for FY2011 and FY2012 for any state with an unemployment rate equal to or exceeding 11% at any time during FY2009 and FY2010. Increases the federal share of costs for FY2011-FY2012: (1) from 90% to 95% for Interstate System projects; and (2) from 80% to 85% for other transportation projects. Suspends certain eligibility requirements with respect to the use of tolls as a credit toward the non-federal share of project costs in such states for those fiscal years. Makes eligible for use as such a credit for such fiscal years any tolls that were not previously eligible. Suspends, as well, certain state transportation capital expenditure maintenance of effort requirements during FY2011-FY2012. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Transportation and public works | 2009-08-06 | increases federal share federal aid highway construction projects fy2011 fy2012 state unemployment rate equal exceeding time fy2009 fy2010 increases federal share costs fy2011 fy2012 projects transportation projects suspends certain eligibility requirements respect use tolls credit non federal share project costs states fiscal years makes eligible use credit fiscal years tolls previously eligible suspends certain state transportation capital expenditure maintenance effort requirements fy2011 fy2012 |
111-S-1662 | Business Incubator Promotion Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act to include among the Act's goals encouraging distressed communities to support the formation of business incubators to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in economically distressed areas. Defines "business incubator" as an entity established to foster the startup of businesses or accelerate the growth of fledgling companies by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to produce viable businesses that can help create jobs and restore vitality to distressed areas, excluding an entity organized primarily as for-profit venture. Modifies criteria for the eligibility of an area for grants under such Act for public works and economic development or economic adjustment projects to require an area to have had an unemployment rate of at least 1% greater than the national average for the most recent 12-month (currently, 24-month) period for which data are available. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) increase the federal share for public works and economic development project grants based upon an area's unemployment rate or per capita income compared to the national average; and (2) reduce or waive the non-federal or local share required for participation in such grant assistance for a special need area in cases of severe economic distress. Authorizes the Secretary to provide competitive grants for: (1) the development and implementation of feasibility studies and plans for the creation or expansion of business incubators; and (2) the temporary support of operations of business incubators that is essential to self-sustainability. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2009-09-10 | business incubator promotion act amends public_works_and_economic_development_act include act goals encouraging distressed communities support formation business incubators promote innovation entrepreneurship economically distressed areas defines business incubator entity established foster startup businesses accelerate growth companies providing entrepreneurs resources services produce viable businesses help create jobs restore vitality distressed areas excluding entity organized primarily profit venture modifies criteria eligibility area grants act public works economic development economic adjustment projects require area unemployment rate greater national average recent month currently month period data available authorizes secretary commerce increase federal share public works economic development project grants based area unemployment rate capita income compared national average reduce waive non federal local share required participation grant assistance special need area cases severe economic distress authorizes secretary provide competitive grants development implementation feasibility studies plans creation expansion business incubators temporary support operations business incubators essential self sustainability |
111-S-3990 | Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until June 9, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011. Rescinds permanently, out of all available unobligated federal funds, $95 billion in appropriated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply from, including amounts. Exempts from rescission any unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2010-11-30 | emergency unemployment benefits extension act amends supplemental appropriations act respect state established individual emergency unemployment compensation account euca extends final date entering federal state agreement program january postpones termination program june amends assistance_for_unemployed_workers struggling families act extend january requirements federal payments states cover euc amends unemployment compensation extension act exempt weeks unemployment enactment act june prohibition federal-state_extended_unemployment_compensation_act federal matching payments state week individual eligibility period extended compensation sharable regular compensation paid state law provides payment regular compensation individual week compensable unemployment allows temporary federal matching week extended benefits states waiting period amends federal-state_extended_unemployment_compensation_act authorize state law apply certain requirements act specified substitutions determining extended unemployment compensation period requires state indicators based rate insured unemployment rate total unemployment period enactment act later date established pursuant state law ending december rescinds permanently available unobligated federal funds billion appropriated discretionary funds requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb identify report secretary treasury congress appropriation accounts rescission shall apply including amounts exempts rescission unobligated funds department_of_defense dod department_of_veterans_affairs |
112-HR-3346 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2012. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2012, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10. Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through FY2012 the waiver on payment of interest by a state in repayment to the federal Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) of advances from it. Denies this extension, however, to any state that has not entered a voluntary agreement with the Secretary of Labor to refrain from modifying state unemployment compensation law to lower its unemployment compensation benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to reductions in credits against the federal unemployment tax for an employer's contributions to a state unemployment fund in a state which has received advances from the UTF. Postpones the commencement of such reductions until January 1, 2013, for any state entering such an agreement with the Secretary. Amends SSA title IX (Employment Security Administrative Financing) to require the payment of a solvency bonus for any quarter to the book account in the UTF of the state unemployment compensation agency of a solvent state (whose outstanding balance of advances from the UTF is zero). Makes the bonus equal to two percentage points above the average rate of interest of special obligations of the United States in which the UTF is invested. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2011-11-03 | emergency unemployment compensation extension act amends supplemental appropriations act respect state established individual emergency unemployment compensation account euca extends final date entering federal state agreement program january postpones termination program june amends assistance_for_unemployed_workers struggling families act extend january requirements federal payments states cover euc amends unemployment compensation extension act exempt weeks unemployment enactment act june prohibition federal-state_extended_unemployment_compensation_act federal matching payments state week individual eligibility period extended compensation sharable regular compensation paid state law provides payment regular compensation individual week compensable unemployment allows temporary federal matching week extended benefits states waiting period amends federal-state_extended_unemployment_compensation_act authorize state law apply certain requirements act specified substitutions determining extended unemployment compensation period requires state indicators based rate insured unemployment rate total unemployment period enactment act later date established pursuant state law ending december amends railroad_unemployment_insurance_act extend december temporary increase extended unemployment benefits employees years service amends title social security act ssa extend fy2012 waiver payment interest state repayment federal unemployment_trust_fund advances denies extension state entered voluntary agreement secretary labor refrain modifying state unemployment compensation law lower unemployment compensation benefits amends internal revenue code respect reductions credits federal unemployment tax employer contributions state unemployment fund state received advances postpones commencement reductions january state entering agreement secretary amends ssa title employment security administrative financing require payment solvency bonus quarter book account state unemployment compensation agency solvent state outstanding balance advances zero makes bonus equal percentage points average rate interest special obligations united_states invested |
112-HR-3787 | Jobs Score Act of 2012 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of any public bill or resolution reported from a congressional committee (except on Appropriations of each chamber) to estimate the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such measure in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the four ensuing fiscal years, together with the basis for each such estimate. Requires such analysis, to the extent practicable, to include regional and state-level estimates of such jobs. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2012-01-18 | amends congressional budget act require congressional_budget_office cbo analysis public bill resolution reported congressional committee appropriations chamber estimate number jobs created sustained lost carrying measure fiscal year effective ensuing fiscal years basis estimate requires analysis extent practicable include regional state level estimates jobs |
112-HR-4128 | Real Unemployment Calculation Act - Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2012-03-01 | real unemployment calculation act treats measure unemployment issued bureau_of_labor_statistics known official primary measure unemployment united_states |
112-S-1438 | Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 - Prohibits any federal agency from taking any significant regulatory action until the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports a monthly unemployment rate equal to or less than 7.7%. Defines as "significant" any regulatory action that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, small entities, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with another agency's action; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy issues. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if the President notifies Congress that a waiver is necessary on the basis of national security or a national emergency. Allows judicial review of all claims under this Act. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Government operations and politics | 2011-07-28 | regulation moratorium jobs preservation act prohibits federal agency taking significant regulatory action bureau_of_labor_statistics bls reports monthly unemployment rate equal defines significant regulatory action likely annual effect economy million adversely affect economy productivity competition jobs environment public health safety small entities state local tribal governments communities create inconsistency interfere agency action materially alter budgetary impact entitlements grants user fees loan programs rights obligations recipients thereof raise novel legal policy issues authorizes president waive prohibition president notifies congress waiver necessary basis national security national emergency allows judicial review claims act |
112-S-1720 | Jobs Through Growth Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that S.J. Res. 10 (a balanced budget amendment) should be passed and submitted to the states for ratification within 90 days after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act. Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests. Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission. Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report legislation that will lower, consolidate, and simplify: (1) the individual income tax system, with not more than three tax rates, the highest being 25%; and (2) the corporate income tax system, with a top tax rate of 25% and a consolidation of the system into two tax rates. Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Repeals the provision of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring federal, state, and local governmental entities to withhold 3% of payments due to vendors providing goods and services to such entities. Rescinds $39 billion in offsetting appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify the appropriation accounts to which such rescissions shall apply. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act or provisions. Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2011 or the MCAP Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services, including provisions shortening the statute of limitations, setting limits on noneconomic and punitive damages, restricting contingency fees, prescribing qualifications for expert witnesses, and reducing damaged based on collateral source benefits. Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), and revives or restores the provisions of law amended by it as if Dodd-Frank had not been enacted. REINS Act - Rewrites provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect (currently, major rules take effect unless Congress passes and the President signs a joint resolution disapproving them). Defines "major rule" as any rule, including an interim final rule, that has resulted in or is likely to result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or U.S. competitiveness. Provides that if a joint resolution of approval of a major rule is not enacted by the end of 70 session days or legislative days after the agency proposing the rule submits its report on such rule to Congress, the rule shall be deemed not to be approved and shall not take effect. Permits a major rule to take effect for 90 calendar days without such approval if the President determines such rule is necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, for the enforcement of criminal laws, for national security, or to implement an international trade agreement. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for joint resolutions approving major rules and disapproving non-major rules. Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act - Prohibits any federal agency from taking any significant regulatory action until the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports a monthly unemployment rate equal to or less than 7.7%. Defines a "significant regulatory action" as an action that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, small entities, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with another agency's action; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy issues. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if the President notifies Congress that a waiver is necessary on the basis of national security or a national emergency. Allows judicial review of all claims under this Act. Freedom from Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) to revise the regulatory process (rulemaking) with respect to small entities (e.g., small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions). Defines "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule to mean: (1) the economic effects on small entities directly regulated by the rule, and (2) the reasonably foreseeable economic effects of the rule on small entities resulting from their transactions with other businesses and entities directly regulated by the rule. Expands judicial review of agency rulemaking to permit small entities to seek judicial review of initial regulatory flexibility analyses and to obtain an injunction of a proposed rule that is noncompliant with RFA requirements. Requires each agency to establish a plan for the periodic (every nine years) review of: (1) its rules that have a significant adverse economic impact on small entities, and (2) any small entity compliance guide required to be published by an agency. Sets forth criteria for review of a rule, including the continued need for the rule, the complexity of the rule, and the impact of the rule on small entities. Expands to all agencies the procedures for gathering comments on rules that will have a significant economic impact on small entities. Extends RFA requirements to informal agency guidance documents. Amends the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to require each agency to review on a periodic basis the civil penalties it imposes on small entities for violations of statutory or regulatory requirements. Imposes certain additional requirements on agencies prior to the issuance of a final rule, including requirements for: (1) publication of an initial regulatory flexibility analysis, (2) a determination of the average cost of a rule for affected small entities and the number of small entities affected or reasonably presumed to be affected, and (3) consultation with the Chief Counsel for Advocacy for the Small Business Administration (SBA) with respect to the accuracy of information relating to the cost and impact of a final rule. Authorizes appropriations to SBA for FY2012-FY2014 to carry out this Act. Repeals certain provisions of the Small Business Act and the Energy Security and Efficiency Act of 2007 to offset the costs of carrying out this Act and to reduce the federal deficit. Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act - Amends the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to: (1) require regulatory impact analyses for rules that do not involve a legislative mandate and for final rules that do not have a prior notice of proposed rulemaking; (2) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or that may result in the expenditure of $100 million or more in any one year by state, local, and tribal governments; (3) require such agencies to identify and consider regulatory alternatives before promulgating any proposed or final rule and select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (4) define "cost" as the cost of compliance and any reasonably foreseeable indirect cost resulting from agency rulemaking; (5) exempt rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee from provisions of such Act relating to regulatory accountability and reform, review of federal mandates, and judicial review; and (6) expand provisions relating to judicial review of regulatory impact analyses. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require independent regulatory agencies to conduct regulatory impact analyses. Government Litigation Savings Act - Revises provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and the federal judicial code relating to the fees and other expenses of parties in agency proceedings and court cases against the federal government to: (1) restrict awards of fees and other expenses under such Act to prevailing parties with a direct and personal monetary interest in an adjudication, including because of personal injury, property damage, or an unpaid agency disbursement; (2) require the reduction or denial of awards commensurate with pro bono hours and related fees and expenses to parties who have acted in an obdurate, dilatory, mendacious, or oppressive manner or in bad faith; (3) limit awards to not more than $200,000 in any single adversary adjudication or for more than three adversary adjudications in the same calendar year (unless the adjudicating officer or judge determines that a higher award is required to avoid severe and unjust harm to the prevailing party); and (4) expand the reporting requirements of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States with respect to fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties during the preceding fiscal year. Requires the Comptroller General to audit the implementation of EAJA for the years 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted. Employment Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) analyze the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to promulgating a regulation, policy statement, guidance document, or endangerment finding, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit (action); (2) hold public hearings on such action; and (3) provide notice, prior to such action taking effect, to the congressional delegation, governor, and state legislature upon determining it will have more than a de minimis negative impact. Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 - Exempts nuisance dust (defined as particulate matter generated from natural sources and agricultural activities typically conducted in rural areas or consisting primarily of soil, windblown dust, or other natural materials) from the Clean Air Act (CAA) and excludes nuisance dust from references in such Act to particulate matter. Makes exceptions with respect to geographical areas where such dust is not regulated under state, tribal, or local law to the extent that the Administrator finds that: (1) nuisance dust causes substantial adverse public health and welfare effects at ambient concentrations; and (2) the benefits of applying CAA standards and other requirements to such dust outweigh the costs. Prohibits the Administrator, for one year after enactment of this Act, from proposing, finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulation revising the national primary ambient air quality standard or the national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 2.5 micrometers under the CAA. National Labor Relations Board Reform Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to deny the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) any power to: (1) order an employer (or seek an order against an employer) to restore or reinstate any work, product, production line, or equipment; (2) rescind any relocation, transfer, subcontracting, outsourcing, or other change regarding the location, entity, or employer engaged in production or other business operations; or (3) require any employer to make an initial or additional investment at a particular plant, facility, or location. Applies this denial of power to any complaint for which a final adjudication by the NLRB has not been made by enactment of this Act. Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or forbid a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor to enter into or adhere to agreements with a labor organization with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement. Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve national security. Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act with respect to the applicable federal contracts. Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act - Prohibits a federal financial regulatory agency from issuing notices of proposed or final rulemakings unless specified analyses have been included in them. Prohibits an agency from publishing a notice of final rulemaking if it determines that the quantified costs are greater than the quantified benefits. Requires an agency to make available on its public website sufficient information about the data, methodologies, and assumptions underlying its analyses so that its analytical results are capable of being substantially reproduced. Requires the chief economist of an agency, within five years after publication in the Federal Register of a notice of final rulemaking, to report to certain congressional committees on the economic impact of the subject regulation, including its direct and indirect costs and benefits. Requires each federal agency to develop, report to certain congressional committees, and post on its public website a plan to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal existing regulations so as to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives. Authorizes judicial review for a person adversely affected or aggrieved by a regulation. Establishes the Chief Economists Council to report to certain congressional committees on activities of the financial regulatory agencies. Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to report separately to certain congressional committees their plans for subjecting to the requirements of this Act the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and registered national securities associations on the one hand, and registered futures associations on the other. Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act - Sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations. Requires federal agencies to: (1) propose or adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination that the benefits of such regulations justify their costs; (2) tailor regulations to impose the least burden on society and to maximize economic and other benefits; (3) involve the public and parties affected by regulations in the regulatory process; (4) develop regulatory actions that promote innovation, flexibility, and objectivity; (5) consider methods to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome; and (6) develop plans for reviewing on a periodic basis significant regulation actions (i.e., those having an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or otherwise adversely affecting the economy). Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit under the CWA for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide. Makes exceptions with respect to: (1) a discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of FIFRA that is relevant to protecting water quality, if the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation or if the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; and (2) stormwater discharges, municipal or industrial effluent discharges, treatment works effluent discharges, and discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that are regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act - Considers that the Secretary of the Interior has approved the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf planning area (except the North Atlantic Planning Area) for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas production leases, and (2) hold lease sales for specified areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, and the state of Virginia. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to require the Secretary to approve or disapprove a drill permit application within 20 days after submission. Grants United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit exclusive jurisdiction over challenges to offshore energy projects and permits to drill carried out in the Gulf of Mexico. Amends the Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 to require (current law authorizes) the Secretary to conduct lease sales under commercial leasing program regulations in any state if the Secretary finds sufficient support and interest exists in such state for the development of tar sands and oil shale resources. Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to require completion of the review of environmental impact statements within 270 days after commencement of such review or the action concerned shall be considered a final agency action with no significant environmental impact. Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) declare that carbon dioxide, methane from agriculture or livestock, and water vapor are not air pollutants; and (2) require an economic analysis of any requirement of such Act that results in an adverse effect on employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish an economic review board to assess such an analysis. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, upon a state governor's declaration of an emergency, to exempt from the prohibition against taking and the prohibition against adverse modification of critical habitat any action reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the emergency. Prohibits consideration of the impact of greenhouse gas on any species of fish or wildlife or plant for any purpose in the implementation of the ESA. Instructs the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to approve the specification of the areas described in the notice entitled "Final Determination of the Assistant Administrator for Water Pursuant to Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act Concerning the Spruce No. 1 Mine, Logan County, WV." Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to issue or reissue each lease for the production of oil or gas in Utah that was canceled during calendar years 2009 through 2011. Prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior and any California state agency operating a water project in connection with the Central Valley Project from restricting operations of an applicable project pursuant to any biological opinion issued under ESA if it would result in a level of allocation of water less than the historical maximum allocation under the project. Instructs the EPA Administrator to issue without further review or analysis a permit to Shell Oil Company to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea. Prohibits the award or federal payment of legal fees to an environmental nongovernmental organization in connection with any action: (1) preventing, terminating, or reducing access to production of energy, mineral resources, water by agricultural producers, a resource by commercial or recreational fishermen, or grazing or timber production on federal land; (2) diminishing a property owner's private property value; or (3) eliminating or preventing one or more jobs. Jobs and Energy Permitting Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any air quality impact of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources to be measured or modeled and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore area. Revises requirements for controlling air pollution from OCS sources located offshore of the states along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Coasts, and along the U.S. Gulf Coast off Florida. Exempts any direct emission from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source from any emission control requirement applicable to such source. Declares that an OCS source, for platform or drill ship exploration, is established when drilling commences at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates. Requires: (1) final agency action on a permit application for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source under such Act to be taken no later than 180 days after the filing of such application;(2) such final agency action to be considered to be nationally applicable under judicial review; and (3) judicial review of such action to be without additional administrative review or adjudication. Denies the Environmental Appeals Board of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) any authority to consider any matter regarding the consideration, issuance, or denial of such permit. Prohibits extension of any administrative stay of the effectiveness of such permit beyond 180 days after the date of filing of such application. American Energy and Western Jobs Act - Rescinds and declares without force or effect: (1) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Instruction Memoranda numbered 2010-117 (Oil and Gas Leasing Reform -- Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews) and 2010-118 (Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categorical Exclusion Policy Revision), both issued on May 17, 2010; and (2) Secretarial Order No. 3310 (Wild Lands Policy) issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to instruct the Secretary to automatically issue a lease 60 days after the date of the payment by the successful bidder of the remainder of the bonus bid and the annual rental for the first lease year, unless the Secretary can issue the lease before that date. Directs the Secretary, before modifying and implementing any onshore oil or natural gas preleasing or leasing and development policy, or a policy relating to protecting the wilderness characteristics of public land, to complete an economic impact assessment and determine that the proposed policy modification will not: (1) result in a detrimental impact on employment opportunities relating to oil- and natural gas-related development, (2) contribute to an increase in the domestic use of imported petroleum resources, or (3) contribute to an aggregate loss of oil and natural gas receipts. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to submit and publicize an annual report detailing for each field office the revenues generated by specified uses of public land. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas managed by the federal government; and (2) hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources in accordance with a specified solicitation of bids for leases. Applies the final rule entitled "Oil Shale Management-General" to all commercial leasing for the management of federally owned oil shale and associated minerals located on federal land. Mining Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal provisions that require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consult with the Secretary of the Army before denying or restricting the use of specified areas as disposal sites for discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. Requires the Administrator to provide to the Secretary notice of any concerns with respect to a specification for a disposal site proposed to be issued under a permit to discharge into navigable waters and the reasons for any disapproval of permits. Removes the Administrator's authority to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site: (1) 60 days after the Administrator receives the proposed specification from the Secretary for review; and (2) once the Secretary has issued a permit for dredged or fill material. Authorizes the Secretary to reevaluate and reissue, or to elect not to reissue, a specification in any case in which, before the enactment of this Act, the Administrator disapproved it after it was issued by the Secretary. Sets forth requirements that must be met before the Administrator or the head of another agency requests that a proposed permit for dredged or fill material receive a higher level of review by the Secretary. Energy Tax Prevention Act - Amends the Clean Air Act, subject to exemptions, to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration, the emission of a greenhouse gas (GHG) to address climate change. Excludes GHGs from the definition of "air pollutant" for purposes of addressing climate change. Repeals and makes ineffective specified rules and actions concerning permit requirements or emission standards for GHGs to address climate change. Prohibits the Administrator from waiving, and invalidates waivers by the Administrator before the enactment of this Act of, the prohibition against states adopting or enforcing standards relating to the control of emissions from new motor vehicles or engines with respect to GHG emissions for model year 2017 or any subsequent model year. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the prohibition against any federal agency contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use (other than for research or testing) unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle GHG emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to greenhouse gas emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources. Public Lands Job Creation Act - Declares that if, by 45 days after a state Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office has submitted a Federal Register notice to the Washington, DC, office of the BLM for review by the Department of the Interior, the review has not been completed: (1) the notice shall consider to be approved, and (2) the state BLM office shall immediately forward the notice to the Federal Register for publication. Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 - Amends the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 to authorize the President to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and nontariff trade barriers: (1) on and after enactment of this Act and before June 1, 2013; or (2) on and after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013, if certain congressional trade authorities procedures for implementing trade bills are extended for such period. Applies certain congressional and presidential (fast track) trade authorities requirements with respect to agreements on tariff and nontariff barriers to a trade agreement establishing a Trans-Pacific Partnership that resulted from negotiations commenced before enactment of this Act. Revises the standard for the application of certain congressional trade authorities procedures to implementing bills for trade agreements regarding tariff and nontariff trade barriers. Treats as an implementing bill subject to such procedures any bill containing provisions necessary to the implementation and enforcement of a trade agreement. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2011-10-17 | jobs growth act expresses sense congress balanced budget amendment passed submitted states ratification days enactment act amends impoundment control act require office_of_management_and_budget omb transmit calendar days enactment funding question message congress specified information requesting rescission president proposes procedures act prescribes requirements timing packaging rescission requests authorizes omb subject specified time limit withhold funding obligation temporarily president proposes rescission sets forth procedures expedited congressional consideration proposed rescissions directs senate_committee_on_finance house_committee ways_and_means report legislation lower consolidate simplify individual income tax system tax rates highest corporate income tax system tax rate consolidation system tax rates repeals provision tax_increase_prevention_and_reconciliation_act requiring federal state local governmental entities withhold payments vendors providing goods services entities rescinds billion offsetting appropriated unobligated discretionary funds requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb identify appropriation accounts rescissions shall apply exempts unobligated funds department_of_defense dod department_of_veterans_affairs repeals patient_protection affordable care act health care related provisions health_care_and_education reconciliation act restores provisions law amended act provisions act sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits health care liability claims related provision health care services including provisions statute limitations setting limits noneconomic punitive damages restricting contingency fees prescribing qualifications expert witnesses reducing damaged based collateral source benefits repeals dodd-frank_wall_street_reform consumer protection act dodd-frank revives restores provisions law amended dodd-frank enacted provisions relating congressional review agency rulemaking require congressional approval major rules executive branch effect currently major rules effect congress passes president signs joint resolution disapproving defines major rule rule including interim final rule resulted likely result annual effect economy million major increase costs prices significant adverse effects competition employment investment productivity innovation competitiveness provides joint resolution approval major rule enacted end session days legislative days agency proposing rule submits report rule congress rule shall deemed approved shall effect permits major rule effect calendar days approval president determines rule necessary imminent threat health safety emergency enforcement criminal laws national security implement international trade agreement sets forth house senate procedures joint resolutions approving major rules disapproving non major rules regulation moratorium jobs preservation act prohibits federal agency taking significant regulatory action bureau_of_labor_statistics bls reports monthly unemployment rate equal defines significant regulatory action action likely annual effect economy million adversely affect material way economy productivity competition jobs environment public health safety small entities state local tribal governments communities create inconsistency interfere agency action materially alter budgetary impact entitlements grants user fees loan programs rights obligations recipients thereof raise novel legal policy issues authorizes president waive prohibition president notifies congress waiver necessary basis national security national emergency allows judicial review claims act freedom mandates act amends regulatory flexibility act rfa revise regulatory process rulemaking respect small entities small businesses small organizations small governmental jurisdictions defines economic impact respect proposed final rule mean economic effects small entities directly regulated rule reasonably foreseeable economic effects rule small entities resulting transactions businesses entities directly regulated rule expands judicial review agency rulemaking permit small entities seek judicial review initial regulatory flexibility analyses obtain injunction proposed rule noncompliant rfa requirements requires agency establish plan periodic years review rules significant adverse economic impact small entities small entity compliance guide required published agency sets forth criteria review rule including continued need rule complexity rule impact rule small entities expands agencies procedures gathering comments rules significant economic impact small entities extends rfa requirements informal agency guidance documents amends small_business_regulatory_enforcement fairness act require agency review periodic basis civil penalties imposes small entities violations statutory regulatory requirements imposes certain additional requirements agencies prior issuance final rule including requirements publication initial regulatory flexibility analysis determination average cost rule affected small entities number small entities affected reasonably presumed affected consultation chief counsel advocacy small_business_administration sba respect accuracy information relating cost impact final rule authorizes appropriations sba fy2012-fy2014 carry act repeals certain provisions small_business_act offset costs carrying act reduce federal deficit unfunded mandates accountability act amends unfunded mandates reform act require regulatory impact analyses rules involve legislative mandate final rules prior notice proposed rulemaking require federal agencies prepare publish federal_register initial final regulatory impact analysis prior promulgating proposed final rule annual effect economy million result expenditure million year state local tribal governments require agencies identify consider regulatory alternatives promulgating proposed final rule select costly cost effective burdensome alternative define cost cost compliance reasonably foreseeable indirect cost resulting agency rulemaking exempt rules concerning monetary policy proposed implemented board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_open_market_committee provisions act relating regulatory accountability reform review federal mandates judicial review expand provisions relating judicial review regulatory impact analyses amends congressional_budget impoundment control act require independent regulatory agencies conduct regulatory impact analyses provisions equal_access justice act eaja federal judicial code relating fees expenses parties agency proceedings court cases federal government restrict awards fees expenses act prevailing parties direct personal monetary interest adjudication including personal injury property damage unpaid agency disbursement require reduction denial awards commensurate pro bono hours related fees expenses parties acted oppressive manner bad faith limit awards single adjudication adjudications calendar year adjudicating officer judge determines higher award required avoid severe unjust harm prevailing party expand reporting requirements chairman administrative_conference_of_the_united_states respect fees expenses awarded prevailing parties preceding fiscal year requires comptroller general audit implementation eaja years end calendar year act enacted employment protection act requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa analyze impact employment levels economic activity prior promulgating regulation policy statement guidance document endangerment finding implementing new substantially altered program issuing denying permit action hold public hearings action provide notice prior action taking effect congressional delegation governor state legislature determining minimis negative impact farm dust regulation prevention act exempts nuisance dust defined particulate matter generated natural sources agricultural activities typically conducted rural areas consisting primarily soil dust natural materials clean air act caa excludes nuisance dust references act particulate matter makes exceptions respect geographical areas dust regulated state tribal local law extent administrator finds nuisance dust causes substantial adverse public health welfare effects ambient concentrations benefits applying caa standards requirements dust outweigh costs prohibits administrator year enactment act proposing finalizing implementing enforcing regulation revising national primary ambient air quality standard national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable particulate matter aerodynamic diameter greater micrometers caa national_labor_relations_board reform act amends national_labor_relations_act deny national_labor_relations_board nlrb power order employer seek order employer restore reinstate work product production line equipment rescind relocation transfer subcontracting outsourcing change location entity employer engaged production business operations require employer initial additional investment particular plant facility location applies denial power complaint final adjudication nlrb enactment act government neutrality contracting act directs head federal agency awards obligates funds construction contract awards grants provides financial assistance enters cooperative agreements construction projects ensure bid specifications project agreements controlling documents require forbid bidder offeror contractor subcontractor enter adhere agreements labor organization respect construction project related construction project discriminate party signatory adhere agreement allows exemptions avert imminent threat public health safety serve national security directs federal_acquisition_regulatory_council amend federal_acquisition_regulation implement act respect applicable federal contracts financial regulatory responsibility act prohibits federal financial regulatory agency issuing notices proposed final rulemakings specified analyses included prohibits agency publishing notice final rulemaking determines costs greater benefits requires agency available public website sufficient information data methodologies assumptions underlying analyses analytical results capable substantially requires chief economist agency years publication federal_register notice final rulemaking report certain congressional committees economic impact subject regulation including direct indirect costs benefits requires federal agency develop report certain congressional committees post public website plan modify streamline expand repeal existing regulations agency regulatory program effective burdensome achieving regulatory objectives authorizes judicial review person adversely affected aggrieved regulation establishes chief council report certain congressional committees activities financial regulatory agencies requires securities_and_exchange_commission sec commodity_futures_trading_commission cftc report separately certain congressional committees plans subjecting requirements act public_company_accounting_oversight_board municipal_securities_rulemaking_board registered national securities associations hand registered futures associations regulatory responsibility economy act sets forth general requirements federal regulatory system including protection public health welfare safety environment promotion predictability regulatory process consideration benefits costs regulations requires federal agencies propose adopt regulations reasoned determination benefits regulations justify costs tailor regulations impose burden society maximize economic benefits involve public parties affected regulations regulatory process develop regulatory actions promote innovation flexibility objectivity consider methods promote retrospective analysis rules outmoded ineffective insufficient excessively burdensome develop plans reviewing periodic basis significant regulation actions having annual effect economy million adversely affecting economy reducing regulatory amends federal insecticide fungicide rodenticide_act fifra federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act cwa prohibit administrator environmental_protection_agency epa state requiring permit cwa discharge point source navigable waters pesticide authorized sale distribution use fifra residue pesticide resulting application pesticide makes exceptions respect discharge resulting application pesticide violation fifra relevant protecting water quality discharge occurred violation pesticide pesticide residue discharge greater occurred violation stormwater discharges municipal industrial effluent discharges treatment works effluent discharges discharges incidental normal operation vessel regulated national_pollutant_discharge_elimination_system deficit reduction act considers secretary interior approved draft proposed outer continental shelf oil gas leasing program final oil gas leasing program outer_continental_shelf_lands_act directs secretary conduct lease sale outer continental_shelf planning area commercial interest purchasing federal oil gas production leases hold lease sales specified areas central_gulf mexico western_gulf mexico state virginia amends outer_continental_shelf lands act ocsla require secretary approve disapprove drill permit application days submission exclusive jurisdiction challenges offshore energy projects permits drill carried gulf_of_mexico amends oil_shale tar_sands strategic unconventional fuels act require current law authorizes secretary conduct lease sales commercial leasing program regulations state secretary finds sufficient support interest exists state development tar sands oil shale resources amends national_environmental_policy_act nepa require completion review environmental impact statements days commencement review action concerned shall considered final agency action significant environmental impact amends clean air act declare carbon dioxide methane agriculture livestock water vapor air pollutants require economic analysis requirement act results adverse effect employment requires secretary commerce establish economic review board assess analysis amends endangered species act esa require secretary interior secretary commerce state governor declaration emergency exempt prohibition taking prohibition adverse modification critical habitat action reasonably necessary avoid ameliorate impact emergency prohibits consideration impact greenhouse gas species fish wildlife plant purpose implementation esa instructs administrator epa approve specification areas described notice entitled final determination assistant administrator water pursuant section clean water act concerning instructs secretary interior issue reissue lease production oil gas utah canceled calendar years prohibits california state agency operating water project connection central_valley_project restricting operations applicable project pursuant biological opinion issued esa result level allocation water historical maximum allocation project instructs epa administrator issue review analysis permit drill oil beaufort_sea prohibits award federal payment legal fees environmental nongovernmental organization connection action preventing terminating reducing access production energy mineral resources water agricultural producers resource commercial recreational fishermen grazing timber production federal land diminishing property owner private property value eliminating preventing jobs jobs energy permitting act amends clean air act require air quality impact outer_continental_shelf ocs sources measured modeled determined solely respect impacts corresponding onshore area revises requirements controlling air pollution ocs sources located offshore states pacific arctic atlantic coasts gulf_coast florida exempts direct emission vessel servicing associated ocs source emission control requirement applicable source declares ocs source platform drill ship exploration established drilling commences location ceases exist drilling activity ends location temporarily interrupted platform drill ship relocates requires final agency action permit application platform drill ship exploration ocs source act taken later days filing final agency action considered nationally applicable judicial review judicial review action additional administrative review adjudication denies environmental_protection_agency epa authority consider matter consideration issuance denial permit prohibits extension administrative stay effectiveness permit days date filing application declares force effect bureau_of_land_management blm instruction memoranda numbered oil gas leasing reform land use planning lease parcel reviews energy policy act section categorical exclusion policy revision issued secretarial order wild lands policy issued secretary interior december amends mineral leasing act instruct secretary automatically issue lease days date payment successful bidder remainder bonus bid annual rental lease year secretary issue lease date directs secretary modifying implementing onshore oil natural gas preleasing leasing development policy policy relating protecting wilderness characteristics public land complete economic impact assessment determine proposed policy modification result detrimental impact employment opportunities relating oil- natural gas related development contribute increase domestic use imported petroleum resources contribute aggregate loss oil natural gas receipts directs secretary acting director bureau_of_land_management secretary agriculture acting chief forest_service submit publicize annual report detailing field office revenues generated specified uses public land directs secretary establish domestic strategic production goal development oil natural gas managed federal government hold lease sale offering additional parcels lease research development demonstration oil shale resources accordance specified solicitation bids leases applies final rule entitled oil shale management general commercial leasing management federally owned oil shale associated minerals located federal land mining jobs protection act amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act repeal provisions require administrator environmental_protection_agency epa consult secretary army denying restricting use specified areas disposal sites discharges dredged fill material waters united_states requires administrator provide secretary notice concerns respect specification disposal site proposed issued permit discharge navigable waters reasons disapproval permits removes administrator authority prohibit specification defined area disposal site days administrator receives proposed specification secretary review secretary issued permit dredged fill material authorizes secretary reevaluate reissue elect reissue specification case enactment act administrator disapproved issued secretary sets forth requirements met administrator head agency requests proposed permit dredged fill material receive higher level review secretary energy tax prevention act amends clean air act subject exemptions prohibit administrator environmental_protection_agency epa promulgating regulation concerning taking action relating taking consideration emission greenhouse gas ghg address climate change excludes ghgs definition air pollutant purposes addressing climate change repeals makes ineffective specified rules actions concerning permit requirements emission standards ghgs address climate change prohibits administrator waiving invalidates waivers administrator enactment act prohibition states adopting enforcing standards relating control emissions new motor vehicles engines respect ghg emissions model year subsequent model year amends energy_independence_and_security_act repeal prohibition federal agency contract procurement alternative synthetic fuel mobility related use research testing contract specifies lifecycle ghg emissions associated production combustion fuel supplied contract ongoing basis equal greenhouse gas emissions equivalent conventional fuel produced conventional petroleum sources public lands job creation act declares days state bureau_of_land_management blm office submitted federal_register notice washington office blm review department_of_the_interior review completed notice shall consider approved state blm office shall immediately forward notice federal_register publication creating american jobs exports act amends act authorize president enter trade agreements foreign countries tariff nontariff trade barriers enactment act june june december certain congressional trade authorities procedures implementing trade bills extended period applies certain congressional presidential fast track trade authorities requirements respect agreements tariff nontariff barriers trade agreement establishing resulted negotiations commenced enactment act revises standard application certain congressional trade authorities procedures implementing bills trade agreements tariff nontariff trade barriers treats implementing bill subject procedures bill containing provisions necessary implementation enforcement trade agreement |
112-S-2140 | Business Incubator Promotion Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act to include among the Act's goals encouraging distressed communities to support the formation of business incubators to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in economically distressed areas. Defines "business incubator" as an entity established to foster the startup of businesses or accelerate the growth of fledgling companies by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to produce viable businesses that can help create jobs and restore vitality to distressed areas, excluding an entity organized primarily as for-profit venture. Modifies criteria for the eligibility of an area for grants under such Act for public works and economic development or economic adjustment projects to require an area to have had an unemployment rate of at least 1% greater than the national average for the most recent 12-month (currently, 24-month) period for which data are available. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) increase the federal share for public works and economic development project grants based upon an area's unemployment rate or per capita income compared to the national average, and (2) reduce or waive the non-federal or local share required for participation in such grant assistance for a special need area in cases of severe economic distress. Authorizes the Secretary to provide competitive grants for: (1) the development and implementation of feasibility studies and plans for the creation or expansion of business incubators, and (2) the temporary support of operations of business incubators that is essential to self-sustainability. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2012-02-29 | business incubator promotion act amends public_works_and_economic_development_act include act goals encouraging distressed communities support formation business incubators promote innovation entrepreneurship economically distressed areas defines business incubator entity established foster startup businesses accelerate growth companies providing entrepreneurs resources services produce viable businesses help create jobs restore vitality distressed areas excluding entity organized primarily profit venture modifies criteria eligibility area grants act public works economic development economic adjustment projects require area unemployment rate greater national average recent month currently month period data available authorizes secretary commerce increase federal share public works economic development project grants based area unemployment rate capita income compared national average reduce waive non federal local share required participation grant assistance special need area cases severe economic distress authorizes secretary provide competitive grants development implementation feasibility studies plans creation expansion business incubators temporary support operations business incubators essential self sustainability |
112-S-2145 | Fair Playing Field Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the classification of workers for employment tax purposes, to: (1) repeal the prohibition against issuance of regulations and guidance by the Secretary of the Treasury on workers' employment tax status (i.e., as an employee or as an independent contractor) enacted by the Revenue Act of 1978; (2) direct the Secretary to issue regulations and other guidance to clarify the proper employment status of workers for employment tax purposes; (3) prohibit a retroactive assessment of employment tax, except with respect to certain skilled workers, for tax periods after December 31, 1978, and before a specified reclassification date for worker misclassifications, unless the taxpayer had no reasonable basis for not treating a worker as an employee; (4) require taxpayers who hire independent contractors on a regular and ongoing basis to provide such contractors with notice of their federal tax obligations, the labor and employment law protections that do not apply to them, and their right to seek a status determination from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (5) eliminate reduced penalty provisions for failure to withhold income taxes for taxpayers who lack a reasonable basis for treating a worker as other than an employee (i.e., as an independent contractor). Provides that for purposes of determining whether a registered representative of a securities broker-dealer is an employee for employment tax purposes, no weight shall be given to instructions from a service recipient which are imposed only in compliance with investor protection standards. Makes this rule applicable to services performed by a broker-dealer after December 31, 1997. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Taxation | 2012-03-01 | fair playing field act amends internal revenue code respect classification workers employment tax purposes repeal prohibition issuance regulations guidance secretary treasury workers employment tax status employee independent contractor enacted revenue act direct secretary issue regulations guidance clarify proper employment status workers employment tax purposes prohibit retroactive assessment employment tax respect certain skilled workers tax periods december specified reclassification date worker misclassifications taxpayer reasonable basis treating worker employee require taxpayers hire independent contractors regular ongoing basis provide contractors notice federal tax obligations labor employment law protections apply right seek status determination internal_revenue_service irs eliminate reduced penalty provisions failure withhold income taxes taxpayers lack reasonable basis treating worker employee independent contractor provides purposes determining registered representative securities broker dealer employee employment tax purposes weight shall given instructions service recipient imposed compliance investor protection standards makes rule applicable services performed broker dealer december |
113-HR-24 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 16, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2014 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) complete, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, the required audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and of the Federal Reserve Banks; and (2) submit to Congress, within 90 days of audit completion, a detailed report of audit findings and conclusions.
Repeals certain limitations placed upon such audit.
Repeals GAO authority to conduct audits of the Federal Reserve Board, a Federal Reserve Bank, or a credit facility pursuant to its determination that they are appropriate for specified assessments of a credit facility or a covered transaction. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2013-01-03 | measure amended reported house september summary version repeated federal reserve transparency act directs comptroller general gao complete months enactment act required audit board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_board federal_reserve_banks submit congress days audit completion detailed report audit findings conclusions repeals certain limitations placed audit repeals gao authority conduct audits federal_reserve_board federal_reserve_bank credit facility pursuant determination appropriate specified assessments credit facility covered transaction |
113-HR-73 | Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act - Abolishes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and each federal reserve bank.
Repeals the Federal Reserve Act. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2013-01-03 | federal_reserve_board abolition act abolishes board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal reserve bank repeals federal reserve act |
113-HR-130 | Democratizing the Federal Reserve System Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to reduce from 14 years to 7 years the term of office of the members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Increases from two years to four years the post-service restriction which renders Board members ineligible to hold any office, position, or employment in any member bank.
Revises the terms for ongoing service on the Board with respect to its Chairman and Vice Chairman.
Requires the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, and specified committee chairpersons and ranking members to create jointly a list of five candidates in rank order to present to the President for consideration for a Board vacancy if the President has not made a nomination to fill it within a specified time period.
Requires the President, no later than 30 days after the transmittal of such list, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy, whether from such list or another person.
Increases the membership of the Federal Open Market Committee from five to six members. Revises the distribution of Federal Open Market Committee membership. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2013-01-03 | amends federal reserve act reduce years years term office members board_of_governors federal_reserve_system increases years years post service restriction renders board members ineligible hold office position employment member bank revises terms ongoing service board respect chairman vice chairman requires speaker minority leader house_of_representatives majority leader minority leader senate specified committee chairpersons ranking members create jointly list candidates rank order present president consideration board vacancy president nomination fill specified time period requires president later days transmittal list nominate person fill vacancy list person increases membership federal_open_market_committee members revises distribution federal_open_market_committee membership |
113-HR-484 | Real Unemployment Calculation Act - Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2013-02-04 | real unemployment calculation act treats measure unemployment issued bureau_of_labor_statistics known official primary measure unemployment united_states |
113-HR-492 | Focusing the Fed on the Currency of the United States Act of 2013, or FFOCUS Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the joint mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to make maximum employment one of the goals of their duty to maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the U.S. economy's long run potential to increase production. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2013-02-04 | focusing fed currency united states act act amends federal reserve act repeal joint mandate board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_open_market_committee maximum employment goals duty maintain long run growth monetary credit aggregates commensurate economy long run potential increase production |
113-HR-1174 | Sound Dollar Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to: (1) pursue the goal of long-term price stability, and (2) establish metrics to evaluate whether long-term price stability is being achieved.
Prescribes procedures for the establishment and evaluation of such metrics.
Directs the Board and the FOMC to: (1) make such information available to the public on a website, and (2) report to Congress each time such metrics are set or revised.
Directs the Board to include in its semiannual report to Congress: (1) the results of the evaluation process, (2) whether the goal of long-term price stability is being met, (3) the main monetary policy instruments and strategy used by the Board and the FOMC to achieve long-term price stability, and (4) an analysis of how the policies of the Board and the FOMC are affecting the foreign exchange rate value of the U.S. dollar.
Directs the Board to clearly articulate its lender-of-last-resort policy.
Revamps FOMC membership to consist of one representative from each of the Federal Reserve banks (in addition to members of the Board).
Directs the FOMC to release meeting transcripts to the public within three years after each meeting.
Redesignates the Department of the Treasury stabilization fund as the Special Drawing Rights Fund. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to liquidate all property in the Fund (other than Special Drawing Rights) and to use all such amounts to reduce the public debt.
Limits the availability of the Fund solely to stabilize exchange rates and arrangements. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to deal in U.S. instruments of credit and securities. Permits only Special Drawing Rights to be deposited into the Fund. Requires funds that would otherwise have been deposited into the Fund to be paid, instead, to the Secretary to reduce the public debt.
Amends the FRA to authorize the FOMC, in unusual and exigent circumstances, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members, to grant any Federal Reserve bank emergency authority to buy and sell U.S. debt obligations and revenue bonds in anticipation of the collection of taxes or the receipt of assured revenues by any state or local governmental entity, as well as obligations of, or guaranteed by, a foreign government or agency.
Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal: (1) funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and (2) the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Fund. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2013-03-14 | sound dollar act amends federal reserve act fra direct board_of_governors federal_reserve_system board federal_open_market_committee fomc pursue goal long term price stability establish metrics evaluate long term price stability achieved prescribes procedures establishment evaluation metrics fomc information available public website report congress time metrics set revised directs board include semiannual report congress results evaluation process goal long term price stability met main monetary policy instruments strategy board fomc achieve long term price stability analysis policies board fomc affecting foreign exchange rate value dollar directs board clearly articulate lender resort policy membership consist representative federal_reserve banks addition members board directs fomc release meeting transcripts public years meeting stabilization fund special_drawing_rights_fund instructs secretary treasury liquidate property fund special drawing rights use amounts reduce public debt limits availability fund solely stabilize exchange rates arrangements repeals authority secretary deal instruments credit securities permits special drawing rights deposited fund requires funds deposited fund paid instead secretary reduce public debt amends fra authorize fomc unusual exigent circumstances affirmative vote thirds members grant federal_reserve bank emergency authority buy sell debt obligations revenue bonds anticipation collection taxes receipt assured revenues state local governmental entity obligations guaranteed foreign government agency amends consumer financial protection act repeal funding consumer_financial_protection_bureau cfpb bureau_of_consumer_financial_protection_fund |
113-HR-1617 | Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date.
Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Reserves 2% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian schools.
Reserves 5% of the grant funds for LEAs serving geographic areas: (1) with significant economic distress, (2) recovering from a natural disaster, or (3) containing a military installation selected for closure.
Requires states to reallocate such grant funds to LEAs on the basis of each LEA's share of school improvement funds received by LEAs in the state for the previous fiscal year.
Allows LEAs to give priority to projects involving the abatement, removal, or interim control of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, or a proven carcinogen.
Requires the iron and steel used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in the United States, subject to specified exceptions.
Directs LEA grantees to use their grants for public school modernization, renovation, repairs, construction, or maintenance that meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System standards, Energy Star standards, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over such LEAs.
Requires the Secretary to work with grant recipients to promote appropriate opportunities for individuals enrolled in YouthBuild, Job Corps, junior or community college, or preapprenticeship programs to gain employment experience on projects funded under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to institutions of higher education to provide an additional 250,000 part-time work-study jobs; (2) creation of an additional 100,000 Public Lands Corps positions; (3) the retention, rehiring, and hiring of 300,000 education jobs; (4) grants to state, local, and Indian tribal governments to hire and rehire overall an additional 40,000 career law enforcement officers; and (5) the hiring and rehiring of an additional 12,000 firefighters.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible health care and long-term care (LTC) providers to hire and retain 40,000 health care and LTC professionals.
Authorizes appropriations for state and local government units to establish a Community Corps to create an additional 750,000 jobs for unemployed individuals to carry out specified activities.
Amends the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations to employ an additional 100,000 full-time infant and toddler Head Start specialists. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2013-04-18 | emergency jobs restore american dream act requires secretary education grants states modernization renovation repair public schools including early learning facilities charter schools safe healthy high performing technologically date allocates grant funds states basis relative portion school improvement funds provided local educational agencies leas state elementary secondary education act reserves grant funds assistance outlying areas indian schools reserves grant funds leas serving geographic areas significant economic distress recovering natural disaster containing military installation selected closure requires states reallocate grant funds leas basis lea share school improvement funds received leas state previous fiscal year allows leas priority projects involving abatement removal interim control asbestos polychlorinated biphenyls mold lead based hazards proven requires iron steel projects funded act produced united_states subject specified exceptions directs lea grantees use grants public school modernization renovation repairs construction maintenance meet leadership energy environmental design leed green building rating system standards energy_star standards collaborative high performance schools chps criteria green building initiative environmental design rating standards green_globes equivalent standards adopted entities jurisdiction leas requires secretary work grant recipients promote appropriate opportunities individuals enrolled job_corps junior community college programs gain employment experience projects funded act authorizes appropriations grants institutions higher education provide additional time work study jobs creation additional public_lands_corps positions retention rehiring hiring education jobs grants state local indian tribal governments hire rehire overall additional career law enforcement officers hiring rehiring additional firefighters amends public_health_service_act authorize secretary health_and_human_services hhs grants eligible health care long term care ltc providers hire retain health care ltc professionals authorizes appropriations state local government units establish create additional jobs unemployed individuals carry specified activities amends head start act authorize appropriations employ additional time infant toddler head start specialists |
113-HR-2674 | Job Creation Act of 2013 - Title I: Trade - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets, (2) the future growth of the U.S. economy requires this pro-growth strategy, (3) China's intellectual property rights violations are a problem for the U.S. economy.
Title II: Tax Reform - Expresses the sense of Congress that reforming the federal tax code will benefit taxpayers and the U.S. economy.
Title III: Balanced Budget Amendment - Expresses the sense of Congress that it needs to pass a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and send it to the states for ratification.
Title IV: Energy - American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain of Alaska.
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Deems any oil and gas leasing programs and activities authorized by this Act to be in compliance with ANWR purposes.
Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a Special Area, after consultation with the state of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough.
Permits directional drilling in the Special Area.
Prescribes procedures governing Coastal Plain lease sales, as well as terms and conditions, including: (1) environmental protection, (2) federal and state distribution of revenues, (3) rights-of-way, and (4) local government impact aid and community service assistance.
Sets forth: (1) a "no significant adverse effect" standard to govern Coastal Plain activities, and (2) guidelines for expedited judicial review of complaints.
Establishes the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund.
Title V: Northern Route Approval Act - Northern Route Approval Act - Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.
Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari).
Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.
States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Deems the Secretary to have issued: (1) a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and (2) a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (described in a certain application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline).
Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue permits pursuant the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline. Authorizes such Secretary to waive any procedural requirement that the Secretary considers desirable in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting an activity or use of an area that is authorized under this Act.
Requires a pipeline owner or operator required under federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL pipeline to make such plan available to the governor of each state in which the pipeline operates. Requires a plan update to be submitted to the governor within seven days after it is made.
Title VI: Repeal of Employer Health Insurance Mandate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.
Title VII: Secret Ballot Protection Act - Secret Ballot Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), or (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.
Title VIII: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Improvements - Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit) to: (1) require courts to award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, to a prevailing party in a Rule 11 proceeding (currently discretionary); and (2) eliminate the 21-day period allowed for withdrawing or correcting a claim deemed frivolous.
Requires state courts to apply Rule 11 to actions in state courts that substantially affect interstate commerce.
Limits venue for personal injury claims filed in state or federal courts to the county or district: (1) in which the plaintiff or defendant resides, (2) where the plaintiff resided at the time of the alleged injury, or (3) the district in which the defendant's principal place of business is located.
Imposes additional sanctions: (1) on attorneys who are found to violate Rule 11 three or more times, and (2) for willful and intentional destruction of documents relevant to a pending action in federal court. Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a Rule 11 violation if a plaintiff attempts to litigate a claim that has already been litigated and lost on the merits.
Prohibits a court in a Rule 11 proceeding from ordering the nondisclosure of the record of the proceeding unless the court makes a specific finding of fact that justifies such an order.
Title IX: Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 - Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) to revise the definition of "rule" under such Act to exclude a rule of particular (and not general) applicability relating to rates, wages, and other financial indicators and to define "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule as any direct economic effect on small entities from such rule and any indirect economic effect on small entities that is reasonably foreseeable and that results from such rule. Includes tribal organizations within the definition of "small governmental jurisdictions" for purposes of such Act.
Requires initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses to: (1) describe alternatives to a proposed rule that minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize the beneficial significant economic impact on small entities, and (2) include revisions or amendments to a land management plan developed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior under specified Acts.
Expands elements of initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses under RFA to include estimates and descriptions of the cumulative economic impact of a proposed rule on a small entity.
Repeals provisions allowing a waiver or delay of the completion of an initial regulatory flexibility analysis. Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue rules governing federal agency compliance with RFA requirements. Authorizes the Chief Counsel to modify or amend such rules, to intervene in agency adjudication relating to such rules, and to inform an agency of the impact of its rulemaking on small entities.
Revises requirements for agency notification of the SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy prior to the publication of any proposed rule. Requires agencies to provide the Chief Counsel with: (1) all materials prepared or utilized in making the proposed rule, and (2) information on the potential adverse and beneficial economic impacts of the proposed rule on small entities.
Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the periodic review of existing and new rules that have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities to determine whether such rules should be continued, changed, or rescinded.
Provides for judicial review of an agency final rule for compliance with RFA requirements after the publication of such rule. Grants federal courts of appeal jurisdiction to review all final rules issued in accordance with RFA. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2013-07-11 | job creation act title trade expresses sense congress congress continue work administration expand trading markets future growth economy requires pro growth strategy china intellectual property rights violations problem economy title tax reform expresses sense congress reforming federal tax code benefit taxpayers economy title iii balanced budget amendment expresses sense congress needs pass balanced budget amendment send states ratification title energy american energy independence price reduction act directs secretary interior implement competitive leasing program exploration development production oil gas resources coastal_plain_of_alaska amends alaska_national_interest_lands_conservation_act repeal prohibition leasing development leading production oil gas arctic_national_wildlife_refuge anwr deems oil gas leasing programs activities authorized act compliance anwr purposes authorizes secretary designate acres coastal_plain special_area consultation state alaska city kaktovik north_slope_borough permits directional drilling special_area prescribes procedures governing coastal_plain lease sales terms conditions including environmental protection federal state distribution revenues rights way local government impact aid community service assistance sets forth significant adverse effect standard govern coastal_plain activities guidelines expedited judicial review complaints establishes anwr_alternative_energy_trust_fund title northern route approval act northern route approval act declares presidential permit shall required pipeline described application filed department_of_state keystone pipeline including nebraska reroute evaluated final_evaluation_report issued nebraska_department_of_environmental_quality january approved nebraska governor deems final environmental impact statement issued secretary state august final_evaluation_report satisfy requirements national_environmental_policy_act national_historic_preservation_act grants original exclusive jurisdiction determine specified issues review supreme_court writ certiorari deems secretary interior issued written statement setting forth secretary opinion keystone_xl pipeline project jeopardize continued existence american beetle destroy adversely modify american beetle critical habitat states taking american beetle incidental construction operation maintenance keystone_xl pipeline shall considered prohibited taking species endangered species act deems secretary issued grant right way temporary use permit pursuant mineral_leasing_act federal_land_policy_and_management_act special purpose permit migratory bird treaty act described certain application filed united_states fish_and_wildlife_service keystone pipeline directs secretary army issue permits pursuant construction operation maintenance keystone_xl pipeline authorizes secretary waive procedural requirement secretary considers desirable order accomplish purposes act prohibits administrator environmental_protection_agency epa prohibiting restricting activity use area authorized act requires pipeline owner operator required federal law develop oil spill response plan keystone pipeline plan available governor state pipeline operates requires plan update submitted governor seven days title repeal provisions added patient_protection affordable care act requiring certain employers workforce time employees provide health insurance coverage employees title vii secret ballot protection act secret ballot protection act amends national_labor_relations_act unfair labor practice employer recognize bargain collectively labor organization selected majority employees unit appropriate purposes secret ballot election conducted national_labor_relations_board nlrb labor organization cause attempt cause employer recognize bargain collectively representative selected manner title viii federal_rules_of_civil_procedure sanctions filing frivolous lawsuit require courts award reasonable expenses including attorney fees prevailing party rule proceeding currently discretionary eliminate day period allowed withdrawing correcting claim deemed frivolous requires state courts apply rule actions state courts substantially affect interstate commerce limits venue personal injury claims filed state federal courts county district plaintiff defendant resides plaintiff resided time alleged injury district defendant principal place business located imposes additional sanctions attorneys found violate rule times willful intentional destruction documents relevant pending action federal court establishes rebuttable presumption rule violation plaintiff attempts litigate claim lost merits prohibits court rule proceeding ordering nondisclosure record proceeding court makes specific finding fact justifies order title regulatory flexibility improvements act regulatory flexibility improvements act amends regulatory flexibility act rfa revise definition rule act exclude rule particular general applicability relating rates wages financial indicators define economic impact respect proposed final rule direct economic effect small entities rule indirect economic effect small entities reasonably foreseeable results rule includes tribal organizations definition small governmental jurisdictions purposes act requires initial final regulatory flexibility analyses describe alternatives proposed rule minimize adverse significant economic impact maximize beneficial significant economic impact small entities include revisions amendments land management plan developed secretary agriculture secretary interior specified acts expands elements initial final regulatory flexibility analyses rfa include estimates descriptions cumulative economic impact proposed rule small entity repeals provisions allowing waiver delay completion initial regulatory flexibility analysis requires chief counsel advocacy small_business_administration sba issue rules governing federal agency compliance rfa requirements authorizes chief counsel modify amend rules intervene agency adjudication relating rules inform agency impact rulemaking small entities revises requirements agency notification sba chief counsel advocacy prior publication proposed rule requires agencies provide chief counsel materials prepared utilized making proposed rule information potential adverse beneficial economic impacts proposed rule small entities requires agency publish federal_register plan periodic review existing new rules significant impact substantial number small entities determine rules continued changed rescinded provides judicial review agency final rule compliance rfa requirements publication rule grants federal courts appeal jurisdiction review final rules issued accordance rfa |
113-HR-2821 | American Jobs Act of 2013 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.
Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on federally-assisted projects to be paid wages at the locally prevailing rates (Davis-Bacon Act).
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) restore the making work pay tax credit in 2014, and (2) extend the additional allowance for depreciation (bonus depreciation) for 3 years.
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $2 million to $5 million through FY2014 the limit on the guarantee for contract surety bonds and on the liability for bonds obtained by fraud or misrepresentation.
Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Interior (for schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education) to reserve through FY2014 appropriated amounts to provide educational assistance to outlying areas based on their respective needs. Provides for allocations to states and local educational entities for early childhood learning programs in FY2014-FY2015 at specified levels.
Directs the Attorney General to carry out a competitive grant program pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of career law enforcement officers. Makes appropriations to the Community Oriented Policing Stabilization Fund to carry out such program and provides for a transfer to a First Responder Stabilization Fund, from which the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall make competitive grants for hiring additional firefighters pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention Control Act of 1974.
Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to modernize, renovate, or repair early learning or elementary or secondary education facilities and existing facilities at community colleges.
Makes specified funds available to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) grants-in-aid for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning projects under the airport improvement program (AIP); (2) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation air traffic control system advancements; (3) highway and bridge restoration, repair, and construction projects and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects; (4) grants for high-speed rail projects, capital investment grants for intercity passenger rail service, and grants to reduce congestion on intercity rail passenger transportation; (5) capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); (6) transit capital assistance grants; (7) capital projects for existing fixed guideway system modernization, replacement and repair of buses and bus-related equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities; and (8) discretionary capital investment grants for surface transportation infrastructure.
Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation to make direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects).
Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Requires the AIFA Chief Lending Officer to establish: (1) an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects, and (2) a Center for Excellence to provide such assistance to public sector borrowers in the development and financing of infrastructure projects.
Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to audit and investigate the business activities of AIFA.
Makes private projects for which no public benefit is created ineligible for financial assistance. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for infrastructure projects.
Requires the Chief Executive Officer of AIFA to establish and collect fees sufficient to cover all or a portion of AIFA administrative costs.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the exemption from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for certain tax-exempt private activity bonds.
Appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities, including state and local governments, qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses, or eligible consortia, for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties and for stabilization of affected neighborhoods (Project Rebuild). Allows the use of funds to: (1) establish financing mechanisms for the purchase and redevelopment of such properties; (2) purchase and rehabilitate such properties; (3) establish and operate land banks for them; (4) demolish blighted structures (except public housing); and (5) redevelop abandoned, foreclosed, demolished, or vacant properties.
Requires each state to receive at least $20 million of formula funds, all of which shall be used with respect to low and moderate-income individuals and families.
Requires each state and local government grantee to establish procedures to create preferences for development of affordable rental housing.
Allows a grantee to use up to 10% of a grant to create jobs by establishing and operating a program to maintain eligible neighborhood properties.
Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program until January 1, 2016.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through December 31, 2015, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2015, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for employees with less than 10 years of service. Permits the use of pre-existing appropriated funds under such Act to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits and the cost of current benefits.
Establishes the Reemployment NOW program to facilitate the reemployment of individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation (EUC claimants). Requires a state to submit for approval by the Secretary of Labor a plan meeting certain minimum requirements in order to be eligible for an allotment of federal funds under such program.
Authorizes a state to use its allotted funds to: (1) establish a Bridge to Work program to provide EUC claimants with short-term work experience placements with eligible employers; (2) provide a wage insurance program to pay, for up to two years, an EUC claimant who obtains reemployment up to 50% of the difference between the wages received at the time of work separation and the wages received for reemployment; and (3) provide a program of enhanced reemployment services to EUC claimants, including unemployed individuals who have exhausted their EUC rights.
Provides for federal financing of state short-time compensation programs. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) award grants to states that enact such programs; (2) develop model legislative language for use by states in developing, enacting, and implementing such programs; and (3) report to Congress and the President on the implementation of such programs.
Allows an increased work opportunity tax credit for long-term unemployed individuals (individuals who are unemployed and receiving unemployment compensation for six months or more).
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes programs to subsidize employment for unemployed, low-income adults, to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth, and for work-based training. Provides for an initial appropriation of $5 billion, with funds available for obligation by the Secretary of Labor until December 31, 2014, and for expenditure by grantees and subgrantees until September 30, 2015.
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2013 - Makes it an unlawful practice for certain employers to: (1) publish a job advertisement or announcement that includes provisions indicating that an individual's status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for employment or that the employer will not consider or hire an individual for employment based on such status, (2) fail or refuse to consider or hire an individual because of such status, or (3) direct or request that an employment agency take an individual's status into account to disqualify an applicant for consideration for employment or when screening or referring employees.
Makes it an unlawful practice for an employment agency to commit similar acts, including to: (1) screen, or fail or refuse to consider or refer, an individual for employment because of the individual's unemployed status; or (2) limit, segregate, or classify any such individual in any manner that would limit access to job information or consideration, screening, or referral for jobs.
Makes it unlawful for any employer or employment agency to: (1) interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of any right provided under this Act; or (2) fail or refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an employee because such individual opposed any practice made unlawful by this Act or asserted any right under it.
Prescribes enforcement authorities and legal remedies for violations of this Act.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for offsets against decreases in revenue by: (1) limiting tax deductions and other tax exclusions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return), (2) treating income received by a partner from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income for income tax purposes, and (3) treating all general aviation aircraft (including corporate jets) as seven-year property for depreciation purposes.
Repeals, after 2013, certain tax expenditures for the oil and gas industry, including: (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (2) the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenditures; (3) percentage depletion for oil and gas wells; (4) the tax deduction for income from activities relating to oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses; and (6) the tax credits for enhanced oil recovery and for producing oil and gas from marginal wells. Increases from two to seven years the period for amortizing geological and geophysical expenditures.
Denies the foreign tax credit for amounts paid or accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign country or U.S. possession. Defines "dual capacity taxpayer" as a person who is subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and who receives a specific economic benefit from such country or possession. Sets forth a special rule for the treatment of taxes paid on foreign oil and gas income for purposes of the foreign tax credit.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm--Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal its budget goal enforcement requirements (sequestration mandate). | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2013-07-24 | american jobs act prohibits use funds available act project construction alteration maintenance repair public building public work iron steel manufactured goods project produced united_states buy american waives prohibition cases prohibition inconsistent public interest iron steel relevant manufactured goods produced united_states sufficient reasonably available quantities satisfactory quality inclusion iron steel manufactured goods produced united_states increase cost overall project requires laborers mechanics employed contractors subcontractors federally assisted projects paid wages locally prevailing rates davis-bacon_act amends internal revenue code restore making work pay tax credit extend additional allowance depreciation bonus depreciation years amends small_business_investment_act increase million million fy2014 limit guarantee contract surety bonds liability bonds obtained fraud misrepresentation directs secretaries education interior schools operated bureau_of_indian_education reserve fy2014 appropriated amounts provide educational assistance outlying areas based respective needs provides allocations states local educational entities early childhood learning programs fy2014 fy2015 specified levels directs attorney general carry competitive grant program pursuant omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act hiring rehiring retention career law enforcement officers makes appropriations carry program provides transfer responder stabilization fund secretary homeland_security dhs shall competitive grants hiring additional firefighters pursuant directs secretary education award grants states modernize renovate repair early learning elementary secondary education facilities existing facilities community colleges makes specified funds available secretary transportation dot grants aid airport planning development noise compatibility planning projects airport improvement program aip federal_aviation_administration faa generation air traffic control system advancements highway bridge restoration repair construction projects passenger freight rail transportation port infrastructure projects grants high speed rail projects capital investment grants intercity passenger rail service grants reduce congestion intercity rail passenger transportation capital grants national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak transit capital assistance grants capital projects existing fixed guideway system modernization replacement repair buses bus related equipment construction bus related facilities discretionary capital investment grants surface transportation infrastructure building upgrading infrastructure long term development act establishes wholly owned government corporation direct loans loan guarantees facilitate transportation water energy infrastructure projects requires infrastructure projects assisted act costs reasonably anticipated equal exceed million million rural infrastructure projects sets forth special requirements infrastructure projects rural areas requires chief lending officer establish provide technical assistance development financing rural infrastructure projects center excellence provide assistance public sector borrowers development financing infrastructure projects audit investigate business activities makes private projects public benefit created ineligible financial assistance sets forth terms loans loan guarantees infrastructure projects requires chief executive officer establish collect fees sufficient cover portion administrative costs amends internal revenue code extend exemption alternative minimum tax amt certain tax exempt private activity bonds appropriates funds assistance eligible entities including state local governments qualified nonprofit organizations businesses eligible consortia redevelopment abandoned foreclosed properties stabilization affected neighborhoods allows use funds establish financing mechanisms purchase redevelopment properties purchase rehabilitate properties establish operate land banks demolish blighted structures public housing redevelop abandoned foreclosed demolished vacant properties requires state receive million formula funds shall respect low moderate income individuals families requires state local government grantee establish procedures create preferences development affordable rental housing allows grantee use grant create jobs establishing operating program maintain eligible neighborhood properties amends supplemental appropriations act extend emergency unemployment compensation euc program january amends assistance unemployed workers struggling families act extend december requirements federal payments states cover euc amends railroad unemployment insurance act extend december temporary increase extended unemployment benefits employees years service employees years service permits use pre existing appropriated funds act cover cost additional extended unemployment benefits cost current benefits establishes reemployment program facilitate reemployment individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation euc claimants requires state submit approval secretary labor plan meeting certain minimum requirements order eligible allotment federal funds program authorizes state use allotted funds establish bridge work program provide euc claimants short term work experience placements eligible employers provide wage insurance program pay years euc claimant obtains reemployment difference wages received time work separation wages received reemployment provide program enhanced reemployment services euc claimants including unemployed individuals exhausted euc rights provides federal financing state short time compensation programs requires secretary labor award grants states enact programs develop model legislative language use states developing enacting implementing programs report congress president implementation programs allows increased work opportunity tax credit long term unemployed individuals individuals unemployed receiving unemployment compensation months pathways work act establishes programs subsidize employment unemployed low income adults provide summer year round employment opportunities low income youth work based training provides initial appropriation billion funds available obligation secretary labor december expenditure grantees subgrantees september subjects activities funded act federal labor standards nondiscrimination protections fair employment opportunity act makes unlawful practice certain employers publish job advertisement announcement includes provisions indicating individual status unemployed disqualifies individual employment employer consider hire individual employment based status fail refuse consider hire individual status direct request employment agency individual status account disqualify applicant consideration employment screening referring employees makes unlawful practice employment agency commit similar acts including screen fail refuse consider refer individual employment individual unemployed status limit classify individual manner limit access job information consideration screening referral jobs makes unlawful employer employment agency interfere restrain deny exercise right provided act fail refuse hire discharge discriminate employee individual opposed practice unlawful act asserted right prescribes enforcement authorities legal remedies violations act amends internal revenue code provide offsets decreases revenue limiting tax deductions tax exclusions taxpayers adjusted gross income exceeds married taxpayers filing joint return treating income received partner investment services partnership interest ordinary income income tax purposes treating general aviation aircraft including corporate seven year property depreciation purposes repeals certain tax expenditures oil gas industry including tax deduction intangible drilling development costs oil gas wells tax deduction tertiary injectant expenditures percentage depletion oil gas wells tax deduction income activities relating oil natural gas primary product thereof exemption limitations passive activity losses tax credits enhanced oil recovery producing oil gas marginal wells increases seven years period amortizing geological geophysical expenditures denies foreign tax credit amounts paid accrued dual capacity taxpayer foreign country possession defines dual capacity taxpayer person subject levy foreign country possession receives specific economic benefit country possession sets forth special rule treatment taxes paid foreign oil gas income purposes foreign tax credit amends balanced_budget emergency deficit control act gramm rudman hollings act amended budget_control_act repeal budget goal enforcement requirements sequestration mandate |
113-HR-3773 | Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2013 or Unemployed Jobhunters Protection and Assistance Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the House of Representatives and the Senate should reconvene on or before December 18, 2013, to take appropriate action to enact this legislation. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2013-12-16 | unemployment benefits extension act assistance act amends supplemental appropriations act extend emergency unemployment compensation euc payments eligible individuals weeks employment ending january expresses sense congress house_of_representatives senate december appropriate action enact legislation |
113-HR-4171 | Labor Statistics Improvement Act - Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics.
Directs the Commission to: (1) examine and make an assessment of the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; (2) formulate recommendations for any improvement to such process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, taking into account evidence that the official unemployment rate doesn't always accurately reflect labor market strength; and (3) develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill set or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education.
Directs the Commission to transmit a report to the President and Congress within 180 days after all of its original members have been appointed. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits such report. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2014-03-06 | labor_statistics improvement act establishes independent commission directs commission examine assessment process bureau_of_labor_statistics bls collects processes analyzes disseminates statistical data relating unemployment rates including methods determining individual considered looking work formulate recommendations improvement process methods including proposals alternative measures labor force participation taking account evidence official unemployment rate accurately reflect labor market strength develop new method determining reporting takes consideration workers jobs match skill set education earning workers similar occupations similar skill sets education directs commission transmit report president congress days original members appointed terminates commission days submits report |
113-HR-4550 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)
Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.
Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.
Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods.
Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to:
better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits in for personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services; and provide them with early access to specific strategies that can help get them back into the workforce faster, including through: (1) the development of a reemployment plan, (2) provision of access to relevant labor market information, (3) provision of access to information about industry-recognized credentials that are regionally relevant or nationally portable, (4) provision of referrals to reemployment services and training, and (5) an assessment of the individual's on-going eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through May 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.
Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria.
(Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.)
Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement was terminated, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.)
Prohibits the use of federal funds to: (1) make payments of unemployment compensation to any individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was at least $1 million, or (2) determine whether or not this prohibition applies to an individual.
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) study the use of work suitability requirements to strengthen them to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are being provided to individuals who are actively looking for work and truly want to return to the labor force; and (2) brief Congress on the ongoing study, including preliminary recommendations for appropriate legislation and administrative action.
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise the applicable percentages for determining minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans (funding stabilization). Exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions from the application of such standards.
Amends ERISA, with respect to pension insurance premiums paid by a designated payor (i.e., the contributing sponsor or plan administrator for a single employer pension plan and the plan administrator for the multiemployer plan) to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Allows a designated payor to elect to prepay, during any plan year, the applicable PBGC flat dollar insurance premium due for up to five consecutive subsequent plan years specified in the election.
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2024 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise.
Amends the IRC to provide that a bona fide volunteer providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or tax-exempt organization shall not be counted in determining the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Excludes services rendered as a bona fide volunteer to any governmental entity and any tax-exempt organization (specified employer) from the determination of the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of such mandate. Defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee whose only compensation from a specified employer is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performances of volunteer services; or (2) reasonable benefits and nominal fees, customarily paid in connection with the performance of volunteer services. Amends the IRC to allow states, for a 120-day period beginning on enactment of this Act, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directly to employees, under which an eligible individual is issued an employment assistance voucher and is hired by a participating employer who receives a subsidy from the state for the wages paid to the employee. Defines an "eligible employee" as an individual who has been unemployed for at least six months, who is eligible for unemployment compensation, and who is likely to exhaust such compensation.
Amends MAP-21 to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires the set-aside to include veteran-owned small business concerns.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish: (1) a voluntary America Star Program under which manufacturers may have products certified as meeting the standards of labels that indicate to consumers the extent to which the products are manufactured in the United States; and (2) such America Star labels, including the content of the labels and the standards that a product shall meet in order to bear a particular label. Requires the labels to be consistent with public perceptions of the meaning of descriptions of the extent to which a product is manufactured in the United States.
Requires the Secretary, after receiving an application, to certify a product as meeting a label's standards, notify the manufacturer, conduct monitoring and compliance review to ensure that a product continues to meet such standards, notify a manufacturer of any corrective action needed, and withdraw certification of a product if such action is not taken. Provides for an expedited appeals procedure for actions that adversely affect a person.
Prohibits a person from placing an America Star label on a product, using such label in marketing such product, or in any other way representing that such product meets the standards of such label unless a certification by the Secretary is in effect. Bars the Secretary from certifying the product for a five-year period after determining that a manufacturer has violated the purposes of the Program.
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to redefine "accelerated filer" with respect to issuers of securities required to meet accelerated deadlines for filing their Form 10-Q quarterly reports. Requires the SEC to include among accelerated filers any issuers of securities that have: (1) annual revenues in excess of $100 million, and (2) an aggregated worldwide market value between $250 million and $700 million of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates.
Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments and non-profit infrastructure providers for transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). Requires AIF also to make equity investments in QIPs such entities sponsor.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, to issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. Requires proceeds from the sale of the bonds to be deposited into the AIF.
Amends the IRC to allow U.S. corporations to exclude from gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received during a taxable year from a foreign-controlled corporation equal to the face value of qualified infrastructure bonds the corporation has purchased.
Prohibits allowance of a foreign tax credit to the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation. Prohibits also the allowance of a deduction for expenses related to that excludable portion.
Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of border crossing facilities for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2014-05-01 | emergency unemployment compensation extension act amends supplemental appropriations act saa extend emergency unemployment compensation euc payments eligible individuals weeks employment ending june amends assistance unemployed workers struggling families act extend requirements federal payments states cover euc amends unemployment compensation extension act exempt weeks unemployment enactment act november prohibition federal-state_extended_unemployment_compensation_act fseuca federal matching payments state week individual eligibility period extended compensation sharable regular compensation paid state law provides payment regular compensation individual week compensable unemployment allows temporary federal matching week extended benefits states waiting period amends fseuca postpone similarly december termination period state determine indicators according specified temporary substitutions formula amends saa appropriate funds employment security administration account months fy2015 assist states providing reemployment eligibility assessment activities requires provision activities individual minimum time period begins receive tier-1 euc benefits applicable time period begins receive tier-3 euc benefits requires secretary labor determine appropriate time periods specifies purposes activities better link unemployed overall workforce system bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits personalized assessments referrals reemployment services provide early access specific strategies help workforce faster including development reemployment plan provision access relevant labor market information provision access information industry recognized credentials regionally relevant nationally portable provision referrals reemployment services training assessment individual going eligibility unemployment insurance benefits amends railroad_unemployment_insurance_act extend temporary increase extended unemployment benefits makes change application certain requirement nonreduction rule state entered federal state euc agreement federal government reimburse state unemployment compensation agency making euc payments individuals exhausted rights regular unemployment compensation state federal law meet specified criteria nonreduction rule agreement apply respect state method computing regular unemployment compensation state law modified average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid june paid june declares nonreduction rule shall apply state enacted law december taking effect violate nonreduction rule allows state agreement terminated enter subsequent federal state euc agreement enactment act taking account inapplicability nonreduction rule meet requirements euc agreement allows subsequent euc agreement permit payment average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid june prohibits use federal funds payments unemployment compensation individual adjusted gross income preceding year million determine prohibition applies individual requires comptroller general gao study use work suitability requirements strengthen ensure unemployment insurance benefits provided individuals actively looking work truly want return labor force brief congress ongoing study including preliminary recommendations appropriate legislation administrative action amends employee retirement income security act erisa internal_revenue_code irc revise applicable percentages determining minimum funding standards single employer defined benefit pension plans funding stabilization exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions application standards amends erisa respect pension insurance premiums paid designated payor contributing sponsor plan administrator single employer pension plan plan administrator multiemployer plan pension_benefit_guaranty_corporation pbgc allows designated payor elect prepay plan year applicable pbgc flat dollar insurance premium consecutive subsequent plan years specified election amends consolidated_omnibus_budget reconciliation act extend fy2024 authority secretary treasury collect customs user fees processing certain merchandise amends irc provide bona fide volunteer providing firefighting prevention services emergency medical services ambulance services state local government tax exempt organization shall counted determining number time employees employer purposes employer mandate provide minimum essential health care coverage patient_protection affordable care act excludes services rendered bona fide volunteer governmental entity tax exempt organization specified employer determination number time employees employer purposes mandate defines bona fide volunteer employee compensation specified employer form reimbursement reasonable allowance reasonable expenses incurred performances volunteer services reasonable benefits nominal fees customarily paid connection performance volunteer services amends irc allow states day period beginning enactment act implement employment assistance voucher program lieu paying unemployment compensation directly employees eligible individual issued employment assistance voucher hired participating employer receives subsidy state wages paid employee defines eligible employee individual unemployed months eligible unemployment compensation likely exhaust compensation amends revise requirement award contracts federal aid highway federal public transportation highway safety research development programs set aside small business concerns owned controlled socially economically disadvantaged individuals requires set aside include veteran owned small business concerns directs secretary commerce establish voluntary manufacturers products certified meeting standards labels indicate consumers extent products manufactured united_states labels including content labels standards product shall meet order bear particular label requires labels consistent public meaning descriptions extent product manufactured united_states requires secretary receiving application certify product meeting label standards notify manufacturer conduct monitoring compliance review ensure product continues meet standards notify manufacturer corrective action needed withdraw certification product action taken provides expedited appeals procedure actions adversely affect person prohibits person placing label product label marketing product way representing product meets standards label certification secretary effect bars secretary certifying product year period determining manufacturer violated purposes program directs securities_and_exchange_commission sec redefine accelerated filer respect issuers securities required meet accelerated deadlines filing form quarterly reports requires sec include accelerated filers issuers securities annual revenues excess million aggregated worldwide market value million million voting non voting common equity held non affiliates establishes wholly owned government corporation provide bond guarantees loans state local governments non profit infrastructure providers transportation energy water communications educational facility infrastructure projects qualified infrastructure projects requires equity investments entities sponsor directs secretary treasury acting issue american infrastructure bonds aggregate face value billion requires proceeds sale bonds deposited amends irc allow corporations exclude gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received taxable year foreign controlled corporation equal face value qualified infrastructure bonds corporation purchased prohibits allowance foreign tax credit excluded portion dividend received corporation prohibits allowance deduction expenses related excludable portion declares presidential permit shall required construction connection operation maintenance border crossing facilities keystone oil pipeline |
113-HR-5018 | Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to direct the Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and to certain congressional committees a Directive Policy Rule (DPR), including an identification of FOMC members who voted in its favor.
Defines DPR as a policy rule developed by the FOMC that meets specified requirements and provides the basis for the Open Market Operations Directive.
Directs GAO to study whether the DPR has materially changed, audit any materially changed DPR, and report to certain congressional committees on whether the ensuing DPR and the FOMC are in compliance with this Act.
Requires the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) to testify before certain congressional committees as to why non-compliance with this Act, if any, exists.
Establishes a one-week blackout period during which permissible public communications by FOMC members and staff are restricted with respect to: (1) macroeconomic or financial developments; or (2) current, or prospective monetary policy issues.
Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to direct the Federal Reserve Board to issue regulations, after public notice and comment, that provide for the at least three different sets of conditions (baseline, adverse, and severely adverse) and related methodologies required under current law for the evaluation of nonbank financial companies and certain bank holding companies with over $50 billion in assets.
Directs the Federal Reserve Board to disclose publicly the aggregate number of supervisory letters sent to such bank holding companies, including the aggregate number of such letters designated as either "Matters Requiring Attention" or "Matters Requiring Immediate Attention."
Increases from semi-annual to quarterly the number of times the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is required to give testimony to Congress.
Amends the FRA to require the Vice Chairman for Supervision to give written testimony on the status of all pending and anticipated rulemakings made by the Board.
Requires the Federal Reserve Board, before issuing any regulation, to assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and choose the approach that maximizes net benefits and is tailored to impose the least impact on the availability of credit, economic growth, and the least burden on society.
Prescribes the contents of a post-adoption impact assessment plan the Board must develop whenever it adopts or amends a major rule.
Amends the FRA to prescribe ethics standards governing Federal Reserve Board members and employees, including requirements for disclosure of staff salaries and financial information.
Prescribes requirements for Federal Reserve Board negotiations with any foreign or multinational entity.
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe requirements for negotiations by the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) with any foreign or multinational entity.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as a prerequisite to entering into negotiations with any foreign or multinational entity, to notify and consult with certain congressional committees regarding the nature of the agreement and its anticipated effects upon the economy. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2014-07-07 | transparency_act amends federal reserve act fra direct chairman federal_open_market_committee fomc submit comptroller_general gao certain congressional committees directive policy rule including identification fomc members voted favor defines policy rule developed fomc meets specified requirements provides basis directs gao study materially changed audit materially changed report certain congressional committees ensuing fomc compliance act requires chairman board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_board testify certain congressional committees non compliance act exists establishes week blackout period permissible public communications fomc members staff restricted respect macroeconomic financial developments current prospective monetary policy issues amends dodd frank wall street reform consumer protection act dodd-frank direct federal_reserve_board issue regulations public notice comment provide different sets conditions baseline adverse severely adverse related methodologies required current law evaluation nonbank financial companies certain bank holding companies billion assets directs federal_reserve_board disclose publicly aggregate number supervisory letters sent bank holding companies including aggregate number letters designated matters requiring attention matters requiring immediate attention increases semi annual quarterly number times chairman federal_reserve_board required testimony congress amends fra require vice chairman supervision written testimony status pending anticipated rulemakings board requires federal_reserve_board issuing regulation assess costs benefits available regulatory alternatives choose approach maximizes net benefits tailored impose impact availability credit economic growth burden society prescribes contents post adoption impact assessment plan board develop adopts amends major rule amends fra prescribe ethics standards governing federal_reserve_board members employees including requirements disclosure staff salaries financial information prescribes requirements federal_reserve_board negotiations foreign multinational entity amends federal_deposit_insurance_act prescribe requirements negotiations board_of_directors federal_deposit_insurance_corporation fdic foreign multinational entity directs secretary treasury prerequisite entering negotiations foreign multinational entity notify consult certain congressional committees nature agreement anticipated effects economy |
113-S-2937 | Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of five years.
Requires the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to testify annually to certain congressional committees. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2014-11-18 | amends federal_reserve_act require president federal_reserve_bank new_york appointed president advice consent senate terms years requires president federal_reserve_bank new_york testify annually certain congressional committees |
114-HR-24 | Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to: (1) complete, within 12 months of enactment, the required audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and of the Federal Reserve Banks; and (2) submit to Congress, within 90 days of audit completion, a detailed report of audit findings and conclusions.
The bill repeals certain limitations placed upon audits of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks concerning: (1) international financial transactions, (2) deliberations or actions on monetary policy matters, (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee, or (4) a part of a discussion or communication among members of the Federal Reserve Board and officers and employees of the Federal Reserve System related to these matters. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2015-01-06 | federal_reserve transparency act sec bill directs government_accountability_office complete months enactment required audit board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_board federal_reserve_banks submit congress days audit completion detailed report audit findings conclusions bill repeals certain limitations placed audits federal_reserve_board federal_reserve banks concerning international financial transactions deliberations actions monetary policy matters transactions direction federal_open_market_committee discussion communication members federal_reserve_board officers employees federal_reserve_system related matters |
114-HR-113 | Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2015
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to consider specified economic impacts of any regulation before issuing it.
Directs the Board, in deciding whether and how to regulate, to assess the costs and benefits of regulatory alternatives, including the alternative of not regulating, and choose the approach that maximizes net benefits.
Prescribes forth additional considerations, including market liquidity in the securities markets and global competitiveness.
Requires the Board, whenever it adopts or amends a regulation designated as a"major rule," to make a post-adoption impact assessment, including intended and unintended consequences of the regulation.
Requires a one-week blackout period before each meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, until midnight of the day after the meeting, during which restrictions are imposed upon public communications by Board members and staff, with specified exceptions, regarding macroeconomic or financial developments or current or prospective monetary policy issues.
Applies to Board members and staff the ethics standards that apply to Securities and Exchange commission (SEC) employees with respect to financial interests and transactions. Prescribes requirements for disclosure of brokerage accounts.
Directs the Board to make publicly available on its website staff salaries and financial information.
Directs the Comptroller General to study the employee pay and pay scale used by the Board.
Requires the Vice Chairman for Supervision to testify to Congress on the status of all pending and anticipated Board rulemakings.
Revises requirements for Board communications with Congress.
Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require the Board to: (1) issue regulations for nonbank financial company stress test conditions, and (2) disclose and update publicly the aggregate number of supervisory letters sent to bank holding companies.
Requires the Board to: (1) submit audits and performance reviews to certain congressional committees, and (2) designate as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal reserve bank and as Federal reserve agent one of either class A or class B directors with tested banking experience.
Eliminates Class C Directors who are required to represent the public with due but not exclusive consideration to the interests of agriculture, commerce, industry, services, labor, and consumers.
Requires the Board to choose its chairman instead of the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Revises requirements for: (1) the terms of Board Directors, and (2) the filling of vacancies.
Prohibits Board members and employees from international travel for purposes of performing any Board function.
Requires the Board to notify Congress and the public before entering into negotiations with either a foreign or multinational entity.
Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978, and the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Institutions Examination Council and the Financial Stability Oversight Council, before issuing any regulation, to: (1) identify and assess the nature and source of the problem to be addressed, (2) assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives, and (3) make a post-adoption impact assessment of any major rule.
Subjects members and employeees of both Councils to the same ethics standards and outside employment and activity requirements as govern SEC employees. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2015-01-06 | transparency_act amends federal_reserve_act require board_of_governors federal_reserve_system board consider specified economic impacts regulation issuing directs board deciding regulate assess costs benefits regulatory alternatives including alternative regulating choose approach maximizes net benefits prescribes forth additional considerations including market liquidity securities markets global competitiveness requires board adopts amends regulation designated rule post adoption impact assessment including intended unintended consequences regulation requires week blackout period meeting federal_open_market_committee midnight day meeting restrictions imposed public communications board members staff specified exceptions macroeconomic financial developments current prospective monetary policy issues applies board members staff ethics standards apply commission sec employees respect financial interests transactions prescribes requirements disclosure brokerage accounts directs board publicly available website staff salaries financial information directs comptroller general study employee pay pay scale board requires vice chairman supervision testify congress status pending anticipated board rulemakings revises requirements board communications congress amends dodd frank wall street reform consumer protection act require board issue regulations nonbank financial company stress test conditions disclose update publicly aggregate number supervisory letters sent bank holding companies requires board submit audits performance reviews certain congressional committees designate chairman board directors federal reserve bank federal reserve agent class class directors tested banking experience eliminates class directors required represent public exclusive consideration interests agriculture commerce industry services labor consumers requires board choose chairman instead president advice consent senate revises requirements terms board directors filling vacancies members employees international travel purposes performing board function requires board notify congress public entering negotiations foreign multinational entity amends federal_financial_institutions_examination_council_act financial stability act require financial institutions examination council financial_stability_oversight_council issuing regulation identify assess nature source problem addressed assess costs benefits available regulatory alternatives post adoption impact assessment major rule subjects members councils ethics standards outside employment activity requirements govern sec employees |
114-HR-1000 | Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2015
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, publicly-funded elementary and secondary educational institutions, educational institutions in the Federal Work-Study Program, and tax-exempt non-profit organizations for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.
Requires the Secretary, through studies conducted by the Department of Labor or through independent studies, to:
review the effectiveness of job training and job creation programs under this Act; disseminate information concerning best practices for achieving the Act's goals; and acquire a better understanding of the true cost of the programs. Establishes arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes for grant recipients. Requires the Secretary to post a whistleblower hotline on the Department's website for the public to report noncompliance with the Act's requirements.
Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to meet annually to discuss the role of this Act in addressing all aspects of the problems of unemployment, the sharing of best practices in addressing those problems, and the discussion of problems in the administration of this Act.
Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce development boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the transfer of ownership in certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities or brokers that deal in such transactions. Prescribes a penalty for persons who fail to include such transactions on any tax return or statement.
Directs the Secretary to suspend new hiring of unemployed persons and to freeze the hourly wages paid for jobs funded under this Act whenever it is determined that:
the unemployment rate is less than 4%, and the consumer price index (inflation) is greater than 3%. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2015-02-13 | 21st training act directs secretary labor establish separate accounts employment opportunity grants states indian tribes local governments publicly funded elementary secondary educational institutions educational institutions tax exempt non profit organizations job creating activities communities economy level employment workforce investment programs requires secretary studies conducted department_of_labor independent studies review effectiveness job training job creation programs act disseminate information concerning best practices achieving act goals acquire better understanding true cost programs establishes arbitration procedures resolution disputes grant recipients requires secretary post whistleblower hotline department website public report noncompliance act requirements directs secretary convene national employment conference meet annually discuss role act addressing aspects problems unemployment sharing best practices addressing problems discussion problems administration act amends workforce innovation opportunity act revise member composition requirements state local workforce development boards include chief executive officers minority serving community based organizations amends internal revenue code impose tax transfer ownership certain covered securities transactions payable trading facilities brokers deal transactions prescribes penalty persons fail include transactions tax return statement directs secretary suspend new hiring unemployed persons freeze hourly wages paid jobs funded act determined unemployment rate consumer price index inflation greater |
114-HR-1154 | Focusing the Fed on the Currency of the United States Act of 2015 or the FFOCUS Act of 2015
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the joint mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to make maximum employment one of the goals of their duty to maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the U.S. economy's long run potential to increase production. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Economics and public finance | 2015-02-27 | focusing fed currency united states act act amends federal_reserve_act repeal joint mandate board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_open_market_committee maximum employment goals duty maintain long run growth monetary credit aggregates commensurate economy long run potential increase production |
114-HR-1476 | No Taxpayer Bailouts for Unsustainable State and Local Pensions Act
This bill prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from providing loans, grants, or other forms of financial assistance to state and local government pension plan funds. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2015-03-19 | taxpayer bailouts bill prohibits secretary treasury board_of_governors federal_reserve_system providing loans grants forms financial assistance state local government pension plan funds |
114-HR-1876 | Real Unemployment Calculation Act
Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2015-04-16 | real unemployment calculation act treats measure unemployment issued bureau_of_labor_statistics known official primary measure unemployment united_states |
114-HR-2682 | Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2015
Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on:
the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Government operations and politics | 2015-06-04 | fighting american jobs act directs federal agency provides contracts grants loans loan guarantees businesses require condition assistance businesses provide annually information number employees employed united_states territories possessions number employed outside united_states wage information employees percentage workforce laid forced preceding year prohibits situation corrected subsequent federal assistance businesses lay greater percentage workers united_states territories possessions countries |
114-HR-3674 | Labor Statistics Improvement Act
Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics.
Directs the Commission to:
examine and assess the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; recommend any improvement to the process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, taking into account evidence that the official unemployment rate doesn't always accurately reflect labor market strength; and develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill sets or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Labor and employment | 2015-10-01 | labor_statistics improvement act establishes independent commission directs commission examine assess process bureau_of_labor_statistics department_of_labor collects processes analyzes disseminates statistical data relating unemployment rates including methods determining individual considered looking work recommend improvement process methods including proposals alternative measures labor force participation taking account evidence official unemployment rate accurately reflect labor market strength develop new method determining reporting takes consideration workers jobs match skill sets education earning workers similar occupations similar skill sets education |
114-S-264 | Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to: (1) commence and complete an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Reserve Banks within 12 months of enactment of this Act, and (2) report findings and conclusions to Congress within 90 days of completing the audit.
The bill also repeals certain limitations upon such an audit.
GAO shall audit and report on the review of loan files of homeowners in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010, required as part of the enforcement actions taken by the Board against supervised financial institutions.
Audit contents shall include: (1) the guidance given by the Board to independent consultants retained by the supervised financial institutions regarding procedures to be followed in conducting the file reviews; (2) the factors considered by independent consultants when evaluating loan files and the results obtained pursuant to those reviews; and (3) the determinations made by such consultants regarding the nature and extent of financial injury sustained by each homeowner, as well as the level and type of remediation offered. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2015-01-27 | federal_reserve transparency act bill directs government_accountability_office gao commence complete audit board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_banks months enactment act report findings conclusions congress days completing audit bill repeals certain limitations audit gao shall audit report review loan files homeowners foreclosure required enforcement actions taken board supervised financial institutions audit contents shall include guidance given board independent consultants retained supervised financial institutions procedures followed conducting file reviews factors considered independent consultants evaluating loan files results obtained pursuant reviews determinations consultants nature extent financial injury sustained homeowner level type remediation offered |
114-S-530 | Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of five years.
Requires the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to testify annually to certain congressional committees. | Macroeconomics | Unemployment Rate | Finance and financial sector | 2015-02-23 | amends federal_reserve_act require president federal_reserve_bank new_york appointed president advice consent senate terms years requires president federal_reserve_bank new_york testify annually certain congressional committees |
110-HR-3855 | Prohibits the sale or donation of Department of Defense designated as Identification Friend or Foe equipment or accessories, with specified exceptions. Subjects to civil or criminal penalties, or both, persons who manufacture, sell, or possess such items without authorization. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2007-10-16 | prohibits sale donation department_of_defense designated identification friend equipment accessories specified exceptions subjects civil criminal penalties persons manufacture sell possess items authorization |
110-HR-3909 | United States Airlift Requirements Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to study alternatives for the asset size and mix for the Air Force intertheater airlift force, focusing on current and planned capabilities and costs of the C-5 and C-17 fleets. Requires that the study be conducted through a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in concert with the United States Transportation Command. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2007-10-18 | united_states airlift requirements act directs secretary defense study alternatives asset size mix air_force airlift force focusing current planned capabilities costs fleets requires study conducted federally funded research development center ffrdc concert |
110-HR-4097 | Prohibits the sale or donation of Department of Defense designated as Identification Friend or Foe equipment or accessories, with specified exceptions. Subjects to civil or criminal penalties, or both, persons who manufacture, sell, or possess such items without authorization. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2007-11-06 | prohibits sale donation department_of_defense designated identification friend equipment accessories specified exceptions subjects civil criminal penalties persons manufacture sell possess items authorization |
110-HR-6037 | National Security Culture and Language Training Act - Establishes an: (1) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Irregular Warfare, Cultural Training, and Social Sciences Initiatives; and (2) Office of Irregular Warfare, Cultural Training, and Social Sciences Initiatives. Requires the Office to, among other things: (1) devise and implement a training doctrine that includes the development of cultural, sociological, and psychological knowledge and skills for members of the Armed Forces; and (2) use existing military cultural training programs to expand training efforts for all military personnel. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to pay: (1) a skill proficiency bonus to a regular or reserve member in training to acquire proficiency in a foreign language or expertise in foreign cultural studies or a related skill designated as critical by the Secretary concerned; and (2) incentive pay to a person enrolled in an officer training program to also participate in an education or training program to acquire such proficiency. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a pilot program to provide a skill proficiency bonus to a member of the reserves receiving compensation for inactive-duty training while participating in an education or training program to acquire such proficiency. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2008-05-13 | language training act establishes assistant secretary cultural training office irregular warfare cultural training requires office things devise implement training doctrine includes development cultural psychological knowledge skills members armed_forces use existing military cultural training programs expand training efforts military personnel authorizes secretary military department concerned secretary concerned pay skill proficiency bonus regular reserve member training acquire proficiency foreign language expertise foreign cultural studies related skill designated critical secretary concerned incentive pay person enrolled officer training program participate education training program acquire proficiency directs secretary defense conduct pilot program provide skill proficiency bonus member reserves receiving compensation inactive duty training participating education training program acquire proficiency |
110-HR-6125 | Authorizes the President to authorize the design and construction of a petroleum refinery for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that will be located on a military installation and reserved for the exclusive purpose of manufacturing petroleum products designated for consumption by units and elements of that branch of the Armed Forces.Directs the President to solicit proposals for the design and construction of a refinery under this Act. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the reduced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions requirement relating to federal agency procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2008-05-22 | authorizes president authorize design construction petroleum refinery army navy air_force marine_corps located military installation reserved exclusive purpose manufacturing petroleum products designated consumption units elements branch armed_forces directs president solicit proposals design construction refinery act amends energy_independence_and_security_act repeal reduced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions requirement relating federal agency procurement acquisition alternative fuels |
110-HR-6894 | Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008 - Extends and reauthorizes the Defense Production Act of 1950 through FY2009. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2008-09-15 | defense production act extension reauthorization extends reauthorizes defense production act fy2009 |
110-S-1914 | Nuclear Policy and Posture Review Act of 2007 - Directs the President to conduct a nuclear policy review to consider a range of options on the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security policy. Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive review of the U.S. nuclear posture to clarify U.S. nuclear deterrence policy and strategy. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President's review should be used as the basis for establishing future U.S. strategic arms control objectives and negotiating positions. Prohibits the appropriation or availability of funds for the Reliable Replacement Warhead Program for FY2008-FY2010 until reports on the above reviews have been submitted to Congress. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2007-08-01 | nuclear policy posture review act directs president conduct nuclear policy review consider range options role nuclear weapons security policy requires secretary defense conduct comprehensive review nuclear posture clarify nuclear deterrence policy strategy expresses sense congress president review basis establishing future strategic arms control objectives negotiating positions prohibits appropriation availability funds fy2008 fy2010 reports reviews submitted congress |
110-S-2039 | Strategic Deterrent Sustainment Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees respecting the capability of the U.S. industrial base to: (1) maintain, modernize, and sustain the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system until at least 2030; and (2) replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with a follow-on land-based strategic deterrent system after 2030. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2007-09-11 | strategic deterrent sustainment act directs secretary defense report congressional defense committees respecting capability industrial base maintain modernize sustain iii intercontinental ballistic missile system replace iii intercontinental ballistic missile follow land based strategic deterrent system |
110-S-2854 | National Guard and Reserve Medical Readiness Act of 2008 - Revises the effective date for being considered on active duty, for purposes of entitlement to active-duty medical and dental care, for members of the reserves receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2008-04-14 | readiness act revises effective date considered active duty purposes entitlement active duty medical dental care members reserves receiving alert order anticipating order active duty support contingency operation |
110-S-3467 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend through April 1, 2009, the approval of specified waivers under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for the MinnesotaCare Medicaid demonstration project. | Defense | Readiness | Health | 2008-09-10 | directs secretary health_and_human_services extend april approval specified waivers title xix medicaid social security act demonstration project |
111-HR-1657 | Requires the Secretary of Defense: (1) in the case of a member of the Armed Forces who is exposed to a potentially harmful material or contaminant, to notify the member of such exposure and any associated health risks; and (2) in the case of a member of a reserve component, to also notify the state military department of that member. Directs the Secretary, if such a determination is made while a member is deployed, to notify the member while the member is so deployed. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2009-03-19 | requires secretary defense case member armed_forces exposed potentially harmful material contaminant notify member exposure associated health risks case member reserve component notify state military department member directs secretary determination member deployed notify member member deployed |
111-S-983 | Rural Aviation Improvement Act - Repeals the Essential Air Service Local Participation Program. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from compensating an air carrier for providing essential air service to an eligible community in the 48 contiguous states if such community: (1) is located fewer than 70 miles from a large or medium hub airport; or (2) is fewer than 210 miles from a large or medium hub airport and providing such air transportation would require a per passenger subsidy in excess of $200 for calendar year 2010, including any increase or decrease for each ensuing calendar year. Authorizes a state or local government to submit a proposal to the Secretary to: (1) compensate an air carrier for essential air service to an eligible community above the $200 per passenger subsidy cap; (2) compensate a preferred air carrier for providing such service (i.e., an air carrier preferred by the affected community although it is not the lowest bidder); and (3) restore the eligibility of a community to receive subsidized essential air service. Requires the Secretary, in determining compensation (or eligibility for it) for essential air service based on highway mileage, to use the highway mileage of the most commonly used route between the eligible community and the nearest large or medium hub airport. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Rural Aviation. Requires adjustment of compensation to air carriers for providing essential air service in order to take into account significant increases in fuel costs. Directs the Secretary to treat passenger boardings on aircraft operated by charter air carriers at airports receiving essential air service as passenger boardings for purposes of making apportionments of airport improvement grant funds. | Defense | Readiness | Transportation and public works | 2009-05-06 | prohibits secretary transportation compensating air carrier providing essential air service eligible community contiguous states community located fewer miles large medium hub airport fewer miles large medium hub airport providing air transportation require passenger subsidy excess calendar year including increase decrease ensuing calendar year authorizes state local government submit proposal secretary compensate air carrier essential air service eligible community passenger subsidy cap compensate preferred air carrier providing service air carrier preferred affected community lowest bidder restore eligibility community receive subsidized essential air service requires secretary determining compensation eligibility essential air service based highway mileage use highway mileage commonly route eligible community nearest large medium hub airport establishes office_of_the_secretary requires adjustment compensation air carriers providing essential air service order account significant increases fuel costs directs secretary treat passenger boardings aircraft operated charter air carriers airports receiving essential air service passenger boardings purposes making apportionments airport improvement grant funds |
112-HR-1731 | Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notification of: (1) the status with respect to compliance with the body armor procurement line item requirement under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, and (2) the reasons why the Secretary has failed to comply with such requirement. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2011-05-04 | directs secretary defense dod shall submit congressional defense committees written notification status respect compliance body armor procurement line item requirement national defense authorization act fiscal year reasons secretary failed comply requirement |
112-HR-3911 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from planning or executing the permanent relocation of any C-130 aircraft assigned to Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station (Pennsylvania) as of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs such Secretary to ensure that the number of such aircraft so assigned as of September 30, 2012, equals or exceeds the number assigned as of October 1, 2011. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-02-07 | prohibits secretary air_force planning executing permanent relocation c-130 aircraft assigned pennsylvania date enactment act directs secretary ensure number aircraft assigned september equals exceeds number assigned october |
112-HR-3974 | Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act - Prohibits using funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2013 or thereafter: (1) to arm a B-2 or B-52 aircraft with a nuclear weapon; (2) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (3) to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; or (4) for the B61 or W78 life extension program. Requires that, beginning in FY2013, the Navy shall include no more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment. Prohibits the use of DOD funds: (1) for FY2013-FY2023 to procure an SSBN-X submarine, and (2) for FY2024 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines. Prohibits using DOD funds for FY2013 or thereafter: (1) to maintain more than 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), (2) to maintain more than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new ICBM, or (4) for the medium extended air defense system. Prohibits using DOD or Department of Energy (DOE) funds for FY2013 or thereafter for: (1) the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project, (2) the chemistry and metallurgy research replacement nuclear facility, and (3) the uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Requires an initial and subsequent annual reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to Congress outlining their respective plans to carry out the requirements of this Act. Directs the President to submit annually to Congress a comprehensive accounting by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the amounts obligated or expended by the federal government for each nuclear weapon and related nuclear program during the fiscal year covered by the report and the life cycle of such weapon or program. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-02-08 | nuclear expenditures act prohibits funds appropriated department_of_defense dod fy2013 arm aircraft nuclear weapon research development test evaluation procurement long range penetrating bomber aircraft f-35 joint strike fighter aircraft capable carrying nuclear weapons life extension program requires beginning fy2013 navy shall include operational ballistic missile submarines available deployment prohibits use dod funds fy2013 fy2023 procure submarine fy2024 procure submarines prohibits dod funds fy2013 maintain intercontinental ballistic missiles maintain submarine launched ballistic missiles procurement new medium extended air defense system prohibits dod department_of_energy doe funds fy2013 mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project chemistry research replacement nuclear facility uranium processing facility requires initial subsequent annual reports outlining respective plans carry requirements act directs president submit annually congress comprehensive accounting director office_of_management_and_budget omb amounts obligated expended federal government nuclear weapon related nuclear program fiscal year covered report life cycle weapon program |
112-HR-4043 | Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas for national defense purposes (thereby conserving the southern sea otter [otter] in such Areas while allowing reasonable military readiness activities). Allows certain incidental otter takings in such Areas in the course of a military readiness activity, while authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to revise or terminate such authorized takings upon determining that the military activities are substantially impeding otter conservation or the return of such otters to optimum sustainable levels. Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Navy to monitor the Areas, at least annually, to evaluate otter status; and (2) the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to report jointly every three years to Congress and the public on such monitoring. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon ending a specified otter relocation and management plan and in planning and implementing recovery and conservation measures to allow for the expansion of otter range, to coordinate and cooperate with: (1) the Secretary of the Navy, (2) the Secretary of Commerce regarding recovery efforts for endangered species, and (3) the state of California in continuing viable commercial harvest of state fisheries. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-02-15 | military readiness southern sea otter conservation act directs secretary defense dod establish national defense purposes conserving southern sea otter otter areas allowing reasonable military readiness activities allows certain incidental otter takings areas course military readiness activity authorizing secretary interior revise terminate authorized takings determining military activities substantially impeding otter conservation return optimum sustainable levels directs secretary navy monitor areas annually evaluate otter status secretaries navy interior report jointly years congress public monitoring requires secretary interior ending specified otter relocation management plan planning implementing recovery conservation measures allow expansion otter range coordinate cooperate secretary navy secretary commerce recovery efforts endangered species state california continuing viable commercial harvest state fisheries |
112-HR-4178 | Maintaining the President's Commitment to Our Nuclear Deterrent and National Security Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to: (1) ensuring the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of its nuclear forces; (2) proceeding with a robust stockpile stewardship program and maintaining and modernizing nuclear weapons production capabilities and capacities; (3) reinvigorating and sustaining its nuclear security laboratories and preserving their core nuclear weapons competencies; and (4) providing the resources needed to achieve these objectives. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to direct the President, upon determining that an appropriations Act fails to meet the resource levels needed to carry out the President's 10-year nuclear resources modernization plan, to submit to Congress a plan to remedy the shortfall, together with related information. Prohibits any reduction in the number of deployed nuclear warheads until 120 days after the President certifies that the identified shortfall has been addressed. Provides warhead reduction exceptions. Prohibits, during FY2012-FY2021, any funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) from being used to carry out decisions made pursuant to the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study until the President certifies, among other things, inclusion in that year's budget of necessary resources to carry out such implementation, and that the resources have been provided in an appropriations Act. Directs the President to annually certify to Congress whether plans to modernize or replace strategic delivery systems are fully resourced and being executed at planned levels. Requires the President, during any year in which the President recommends to reduce by more than 1% the number of nuclear weapons in the active and inactive U.S. stockpiles, to certify to Congress whether such reduction will cause the number of such weapons to be fewer than the number of such weapons in the active and inactive stockpiles of the Russian Federation. Prohibits, for FY2012 and thereafter, DOD or National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) funds from being used to carry out any reductions in nuclear forces unless the President includes in a report covering each country with nuclear weapons consideration of the expansion of the nuclear forces of any such country. Requires the President, beginning with FY2013, to annually certify whether: (1) construction of both the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement building and the Uranium Processing Facility with be completed by no later than 2021, and (2) both facilities will be fully operational by no later than 2024. Prohibits the use of DOD or NNSA funds for FY2012 or thereafter to reduce to only one the number of nuclear warheads contained on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) unless the President certifies that the Russian Federation and China are both carrying out a similar reduction. Provides an exception. Expresses U.S. policy on the reduction of Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons and the U.S. extended deterrence commitment to Europe. Provides a limitation, for FY2012 and thereafter, on the reduction, consolidation, or withdrawal of U.S. nuclear forces based in Europe. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-03-08 | maintaining president commitment nuclear deterrent national security act expresses sense congress united_states committed ensuring safety security reliability credibility nuclear forces proceeding robust stockpile stewardship program maintaining modernizing nuclear weapons production capabilities capacities sustaining nuclear security laboratories preserving core nuclear weapons competencies providing resources needed achieve objectives amends national_defense_authorization_act fiscal year direct president determining appropriations act fails meet resource levels needed carry president year nuclear resources modernization plan submit congress plan remedy shortfall related information prohibits reduction number deployed nuclear days president certifies identified shortfall addressed provides reduction exceptions prohibits fy2012-fy2021 funds appropriated department_of_defense dod carry decisions pursuant nuclear posture review implementation study president certifies things inclusion year budget necessary resources carry implementation resources provided appropriations act directs president annually certify congress plans modernize replace strategic delivery systems fully executed planned levels requires president year president recommends reduce number nuclear weapons active inactive stockpiles certify congress reduction cause number weapons fewer number weapons active inactive stockpiles russian_federation prohibits fy2012 dod national_nuclear_security_administration nnsa funds carry reductions nuclear forces president includes report covering country nuclear weapons consideration expansion nuclear forces country requires president beginning fy2013 annually certify construction chemistry building completed later facilities fully operational later prohibits use dod nnsa funds fy2012 reduce number nuclear contained intercontinental ballistic missile president certifies russian_federation china carrying similar reduction provides exception expresses policy reduction russian nuclear weapons extended deterrence commitment europe provides limitation fy2012 reduction consolidation withdrawal nuclear forces based europe |
112-HR-4294 | Limited End Strength Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the President, upon determining that a reduction in end strength of the regular Army or Marine Corps (or both) is necessary for any of FY2014-FY2017, to submit to Congress with the budget request for that year a certification that such reduction, should the assumptions of the most recent National Security Strategy prove to be incorrect, will not: (1) undermine the ability of the Armed Forces to meet the requirements of the Strategy, (2) increase U.S. security risks, or (3) compel members of the Armed Forces to endure diminished dwell time and repeated deployments. Prohibits: (1) the Army end strength from being reduced by more than 15,000 during each such year from the end strength of the preceding year; and (2) the Marine Corps end strength from being reduced by more than 5,000 in the same manner. Requires the defense budget for each such year: (1) to include amounts for maintaining an end strength sufficient to comply with current active-duty end strength requirements; and (2) to not rely on any emergency, supplemental, or overseas contingency operations funding. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-03-28 | limited end strength reduction act directs president determining reduction end strength regular army marine_corps necessary submit congress budget request year certification reduction assumptions recent prove incorrect undermine ability armed_forces meet requirements strategy increase security risks compel members armed_forces diminished time repeated deployments prohibits army end strength reduced year end strength preceding year marine_corps end strength reduced manner requires defense budget year include amounts maintaining end strength sufficient comply current active duty end strength requirements rely emergency supplemental overseas contingency operations funding |
112-S-1704 | Strategic Airlift Force Structure Reform Act of 2011 - Reduces the minimum inventory of strategic airlift aircraft required to be maintained by the Secretary of the Air Force to 301 aircraft. (Current law requires the Secretary to maintain at least 316 of such aircraft.) | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2011-10-13 | strategic airlift force structure reform act reduces minimum inventory strategic airlift aircraft required maintained secretary air_force aircraft current law requires secretary maintain aircraft |
112-S-2073 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from planning or executing the permanent relocation of any F-16 aircraft assigned to Eielson Air Force Base (Alaska) as of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs such Secretary to ensure that the number of such aircraft assigned to Eielson as of September 30, 2012, equals or exceeds the number assigned as of October 1, 2011. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-02-06 | prohibits secretary air_force planning executing permanent relocation aircraft assigned alaska date enactment act directs secretary ensure number aircraft assigned september equals exceeds number assigned october |
112-S-3554 | Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide for an appropriate federally funded research and development center to study the effectiveness of simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2012-09-19 | simulated tactical flight training study act directs secretary defense dod provide appropriate federally funded research development center study effectiveness simulated tactical flight training sustained environment |
113-HR-5574 | Abolishes the Army Chemical Corps and transfers its functions to the Army Ordnance Corps. Directs the Secretary of the Army to reassign to the Ordnance Corps all members and officers of the Army who were assigned to the Chemical Corps. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2014-09-18 | abolishes transfers functions directs secretary army reassign members officers army assigned |
113-S-1581 | Survivors of Military Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling and care and services for sexual trauma to active-duty members of the Armed Forces. (Under current law, such services are provided only to veterans.) Prohibits such a member from being required to obtain a referral before receiving such services.
Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a screening mechanism to be used when a veteran seeks VA health care services to detect if such veteran has been a victim of domestic abuse in order to improve such treatment and assess the prevalence of such abuse in the veteran population.
Requires the Secretary to report to the congressional veterans committees on treatment and services available from the VA for male veterans who experience military sexual trauma compared to such treatment and services available to female veterans who experience such trauma.
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee, annually for a six-year period, to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the transition from the Department of Defense (DOD) to the VA of treatment of individuals who have experienced military sexual trauma or domestic abuse. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2013-10-28 | survivors military sexual assault domestic abuse act authorizes secretary veterans_affairs provide counseling care services sexual trauma active duty members armed_forces current law services provided veterans prohibits member required obtain referral receiving services directs secretary develop implement screening mechanism veteran seeks health care services detect veteran victim domestic abuse order improve treatment assess prevalence abuse veteran population requires secretary report congressional veterans committees treatment services available male veterans experience military sexual trauma compared treatment services available female veterans experience trauma directs annually year period report defense appropriations committees transition department_of_defense dod treatment individuals experienced military sexual trauma domestic abuse |
114-HR-4534 | Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land force, the planned drawdown of land forces should be stopped.
The bill sets forth:
FY2016 Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels; and Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. Any proposal to lower the end strength levels established by this Act must first be approved by Congress through enactment of a law to that effect. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2016-02-11 | protecting security utilizing right sized end strength act posture act bill expresses sense congress given uncertain world need trained ready land force planned drawdown land forces stopped bill sets forth marine_corps selected_reserve strength levels army navy marine_corps air_force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels proposal lower end strength levels established act approved congress enactment law effect |
114-HR-4690 | Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding DOD legacy items with a contract value equal to $5 million or more.
DOD shall use Army arsenals for the production of these legacy items.
DOD shall: (1) report to Congress listing all sole source contracts for the procurement of manufactured items the lack of which would constitute a critical national security issue, and (2) establish Army arsenals as a second source for production of any such manufactured item.
DOD shall report to Congress regarding:
DOD contracts awarded during FY2011-FY2015 using other than competitive procedures for the procurement of equipment, weapons, weapons systems, and components with a contract value of $3 million or more; plans to update practices on Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), including through the use of the organic industrial base as a resource in the implementation of a DMSMS management plan; and critical capabilities and minimum workloads of the Army arsenals, and fundamental elements for implementing the United States Army Organic Industrial Base Strategic Plan 2012-2022. DOD shall establish a three-year pilot program to permit Army arsenals to adjust their labor rates periodically throughout the year based upon changes in workload and other factors. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2016-03-03 | bill requires department_of_defense dod report congress dod legacy items contract value equal million dod shall use army production legacy items dod shall report congress listing sole source contracts procurement manufactured items lack constitute critical national security issue establish army second source production manufactured item dod shall report congress dod contracts awarded fy2011 fy2015 competitive procedures procurement equipment weapons weapons systems components contract value million plans update practices including use organic industrial base resource implementation management plan critical capabilities minimum workloads army fundamental elements implementing strategic plan dod shall establish year pilot program permit army adjust labor rates periodically year based changes workload factors |
114-S-1265 | Long Range Bomber Sustainment Act of 2015
This bill prohibits a B-1, B-2, or B-52 bomber aircraft from being retired during a fiscal year unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that:
the retirement of the aircraft will not detrimentally affect the U.S. Armed Forces' capacity to carry out the full range of long range bomber aircraft missions anticipated in operational plans of the Armed Forces in effect as of the date of the submission of that certification; the Secretary has completed assessments of planning scenarios that span the range of plausible future challenges for such aircraft, and the severity, likelihood, and imminence of risk associated with each such planning scenario; the Secretary has concluded, based on such assessments, that retirements of B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft in the near term will not detrimentally affect operational capability; and the Secretary has developed a plan to replace any operational capability lost as a result of the retirement of such bomber aircraft. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2015-05-11 | long range bomber sustainment act bill prohibits bomber aircraft retired fiscal year secretary defense certifies retirement aircraft affect capacity carry range long range bomber aircraft missions anticipated operational plans armed_forces effect date submission certification secretary completed assessments planning scenarios span range future challenges aircraft severity likelihood risk associated planning scenario secretary concluded based assessments bomber aircraft near term affect operational capability secretary developed plan replace operational capability lost result retirement bomber aircraft |
114-S-1477 | Long Range Strike Aircraft Mix Act of 2015
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the results of a to-be-performed independent study that determines a future mix for the Armed Forces of: (1) shorter range fighter-class strike aircraft and long-range strike aircraft platforms, and (2) manned aerial platforms and unmanned aerial platforms. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2015-06-02 | strike aircraft mix act bill directs secretary defense report congress results performed independent study determines future mix shorter range fighter class strike aircraft long range strike aircraft platforms manned aerial platforms unmanned aerial platforms |
114-S-2516 | Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016
This bill requires the Defense Logistics Agency to report to Congress regarding Department of Defense (DOD) legacy items with a contract value equal to $5 million or more.
DOD shall use Army arsenals for the production of these legacy items.
DOD shall: (1) report to Congress listing all sole source contracts for the procurement of manufactured items the lack of which would constitute a critical national security issue, and (2) establish Army arsenals as a second source for production of any such manufactured item.
DOD shall report to Congress regarding:
DOD contracts awarded during FY2011-FY2015 using noncompetitive procedures for the procurement of equipment, weapons, weapons systems, and components with a contract value of $3 million or more; plans to update practices on Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), including through the use of the organic industrial base as a resource in the implementation of a DMSMS management plan; and critical capabilities and minimum workloads of the Army arsenals, and fundamental elements for implementing the United States Army Organic Industrial Base Strategic Plan 2012-2022. DOD shall establish a three-year pilot program to permit Army arsenals to adjust their labor rates periodically throughout the year based upon changes in workload and other factors. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2016-02-09 | bill requires defense_logistics_agency report dod legacy items contract value equal million dod shall use army production legacy items dod shall report congress listing sole source contracts procurement manufactured items lack constitute critical national security issue establish army second source production manufactured item dod shall report congress dod contracts awarded fy2011 fy2015 noncompetitive procedures procurement equipment weapons weapons systems components contract value million plans update practices including use organic industrial base resource implementation management plan critical capabilities minimum workloads army fundamental elements implementing strategic plan dod shall establish year pilot program permit army adjust labor rates periodically year based changes workload factors |
114-S-2563 | Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strengths Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act of 2016
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land forces, the planned drawdown of land forces should cease.
The bill sets forth:
Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels as of September 30, 2016; and Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. | Defense | Readiness | Armed forces and national security | 2016-02-22 | protecting security utilizing right sized end strengths act posture act bill expresses sense congress given uncertain world need trained ready land forces planned drawdown land forces cease bill sets forth army marine_corps selected_reserve strength levels september army navy marine_corps air_force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels |
110-HR-4182 | Executive Branch Prosecutions Act of 2007 - Excludes from any period of limitation for the bringing of a criminal action against an individual holding the office of President or Vice President the time during which such individual held either office. | Government Operations | Scandals | Crime and law enforcement | 2007-11-14 | executive branch prosecutions act excludes period limitation bringing criminal action individual holding office president vice president time individual held office |
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