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Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great Lakes. 7/25/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses disapproval of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's issuance of a permit allowing BP to increase their daily dumping of ammonia and total suspended solids into Lake Michigan. Urges Indiana to reconsider issuance of such permit. Calls for Congress to take action to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) actions in the Great Lakes basin should be consistent with the goal of preserving and restoring the Great Lakes; and (2) EPA should not allow increased dumping of chemicals and pollutants into the Great Lakes.
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Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - By Senator Inouye from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 110-29. Bill TextA bill to provide improved rail and surface transportation security. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 - Title I: Improved Rail Security - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and other appropriate agencies, to establish a task force to complete a risk assessment of freight and passenger rail transportation. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, based on the assessment, to develop specific prioritized recommendations for improving rail security. Requires the development of plans for: (1) the federal government to provide adequate security support for freight and intercity passenger railroads at high threat levels of alert; (2) coordinating existing and planned rail security initiatives undertaken [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo terminate the limitations on imports of ammonium nitrate from the Russian Federation. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Declares that no limitations contained in the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate shall be imposed with respect to entry of any solid fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate imported from the Russian Federation. States that no antidumping duty deposit shall be required upon entry of such a product, nor shall any antidumping duty be assessed on it.
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Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate.Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a threshold percentage for ammonium nitrate in a substance; and (2) a process by which the owner of an ammonium nitrate facility or anyone intending to purchase ammonium nitrate must register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires the facility owner to maintain records of each sale or transfer over a two-year period.Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) exemptions involving use exclusively as an explosive material under a federal explosives license; (2) ensuring that agricultural producer access is not unduly [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7554) Bill TextA bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to improve port safety and security for especially hazardous cargos, and for other purposes. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Maritime Hazardous Cargo Security Act - Amends port security provisions to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to: (1) establish an international committee for the safe and secure handling and transportation of especially hazardous cargo to the United States; (2) develop and implement a voluntary program under which foreign ports and facilities can certify their compliance with International Ship and Port Facility Code (ISPFC) standards (including a program under which independent, third-party entities are certified to validate such ports' and facilities' compliance with such standards); and (3) establish a strategic plan (under current law, program) to utilize assistance programs to assist foreign ports and facilities that lack effective antiterrorism measures in implementing [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Provisions of Measure Incorporated into Section 563 of Title V of Division E of H.R. 2764. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists, and for other purposes. 10/23/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an entity that produces, sells, or otherwise transfers ownership of or provides application services for it to prevent its misappropriation or use in a terrorist act.Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a threshold percentage for ammonium nitrate for a substance to be treated as ammonium nitrate under this Act; and (2) a process by which each applicant for registration as the owner of an ammonium nitrate facility is required to register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and any person who seeks [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Harkin. With written report No. 110-220. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 11/2/2007--Introduced. Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Revises agricultural and related programs and provisions respecting: (1) producer income; (2) conservation; (3) trade; (4) nutrition; (5) credit; (6) rural development and investment; (7) research and related matters; (8) forestry; (9) energy; (10) livestock marketing; and (11) agricultural security.
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Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Aged, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural labor, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Animal diseases, Animals, Aquifers, Arid regions, Biomass energy, Biotechnology, Block grants, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Buy American, Chesapeake Bay, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Collection of accounts, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Consumer education, Consumers, Contracts, Cotton, Crop insurance, Customs unions, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Dams, Day care, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Disabled, Disaster relief, Discrimination, Dispute settlement, Droughts, Drug abuse, Economic policy, Electric power production, Electric power transmission, Electrification, Emergency management, Energy, Energy crops, Energy demand, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm income, Farm lands, Farmers, Federal aid to health facilities, Federally-guaranteed loans, Feed grains, Fertilizers, Finance, Floods, Food, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Forced labor, Foreclosure, Foreign policy, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Foundations, Fraud, Free trade, Fruit, Germplasm resources, Goats, Government information, Government lending, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grading (Agricultural products), Grassland ecology, Grazing, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Hawaiians, Health education, Higher education, Historic sites, Honey, Horticulture, Hospitals, Human rights, Hunger, Identification devices, Income, Indian education, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Infrastructure, Insurance premiums, International affairs, Internet, Job training, Labeling, Labor, Labor supply, Lakes, Landscape protection, Latin America, Law, Limitation of actions, Livestock, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Meat inspection, Methamphetamine, Mexico, Migrant labor, Milk, Minorities, Natural resources, Non-native species, Nongovernmental organizations, Nutrition, Organic farming, Parasitic diseases, Peanuts, Performance measurement, Pest control, Plant breeding, Plant diseases, Plant protection, Potatoes, Poultry, Propane, Puerto Rico, Rabies, Railroad freight operations, Range management, Reinsurance, Research and development, Restoration ecology, Rice, Right of privacy, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Sales tax, Saline waters, Scholarships, Science policy, Seasonal labor, Seeds, Sheep, Small business, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, State and local government, Storage, Sugar, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Territories (U.S.), Texas, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Unemployment, Vegetables, Veterinary medicine, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Water supply, Watersheds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wells, Wetlands, Wheat, Working poor
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Harkin. With written report No. 110-220. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 11/2/2007--Introduced. Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Revises agricultural and related programs and provisions respecting: (1) producer income; (2) conservation; (3) trade; (4) nutrition; (5) credit; (6) rural development and investment; (7) research and related matters; (8) forestry; (9) energy; (10) livestock marketing; and (11) agricultural security.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Chemicals, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Federal-state relations, Great Lakes, Hazardous substances, Indiana, Industrial pollution, Law, Licenses, Marine pollution, Marine resources, Restoration ecology, Solid wastes, State and local government, Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc., Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources
Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great Lakes. 7/25/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses disapproval of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's issuance of a permit allowing BP to increase their daily dumping of ammonia and total suspended solids into Lake Michigan. Urges Indiana to reconsider issuance of such permit. Calls for Congress to take action to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) actions in the Great Lakes basin should be consistent with the goal of preserving and restoring the Great Lakes; and (2) EPA should not allow increased dumping of chemicals and pollutants into the Great Lakes.
Also tagged in: Chlorine, Coast guard, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Employee training, Energy, Environmental protection, Foreign policy, Harbors, Hazardous substances, International affairs, Job training, Labor, Liquefied natural gas, Liquefied petroleum gas, Marine safety, Marine terminals, Merchant ships, Security measures, Standards, Strategic planning, Telecommunication, Terrorism, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, Transportation planning, Transportation workers
Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7554) Bill TextA bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to improve port safety and security for especially hazardous cargos, and for other purposes. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Maritime Hazardous Cargo Security Act - Amends port security provisions to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to: (1) establish an international committee for the safe and secure handling and transportation of especially hazardous cargo to the United States; (2) develop and implement a voluntary program under which foreign ports and facilities can certify their compliance with International Ship and Port Facility Code (ISPFC) standards (including a program under which independent, third-party entities are certified to validate such ports' and facilities' compliance with such standards); and (3) establish a strategic plan (under current law, program) to utilize assistance programs to assist foreign ports and facilities that lack effective antiterrorism measures in implementing [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate.Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a threshold percentage for ammonium nitrate in a substance; and (2) a process by which the owner of an ammonium nitrate facility or anyone intending to purchase ammonium nitrate must register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires the facility owner to maintain records of each sale or transfer over a two-year period.Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) exemptions involving use exclusively as an explosive material under a federal explosives license; (2) ensuring that agricultural producer access is not unduly [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Business, Business records, Chemical industries, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Emergency management, Explosives, Fertilizers, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government paperwork, Identification devices, Larceny, Law, Licenses, Nitrates, Terrorism
Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Provisions of Measure Incorporated into Section 563 of Title V of Division E of H.R. 2764. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists, and for other purposes. 10/23/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an entity that produces, sells, or otherwise transfers ownership of or provides application services for it to prevent its misappropriation or use in a terrorist act.Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a threshold percentage for ammonium nitrate for a substance to be treated as ammonium nitrate under this Act; and (2) a process by which each applicant for registration as the owner of an ammonium nitrate facility is required to register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and any person who seeks [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Countervailing duties, Dumping, Fertilizers, Foreign policy, Import restrictions, Imports, International affairs, Nitrates, Nitrogen compounds, Russia, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo terminate the limitations on imports of ammonium nitrate from the Russian Federation. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Declares that no limitations contained in the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate shall be imposed with respect to entry of any solid fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate imported from the Russian Federation. States that no antidumping duty deposit shall be required upon entry of such a product, nor shall any antidumping duty be assessed on it.
Also tagged in: Animals, Authorization, Biological warfare, Bridges, Bus drivers, Canada, Chemical warfare, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Dogs, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Employee selection, Employee training, Energy transportation, Environmental protection, Evacuation of civilians, Executive departments, Explosives, Families, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to transportation, Fines (Penalties), Fire prevention, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Identification of criminals, Infrastructure, Job training, Labor, Law, Lighting, Maryland, Motor buses, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), New York City, Nuclear terrorism, Petroleum, Pipelines, Police, Public contracts, Radiation safety, Railroad accidents, Railroad employees, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroad terminals, Research and development, Risk, Science policy, Security measures, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Terrorism, Terrorists, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, Transportation planning, Transportation rates, Transportation research, Transportation safety, Truck drivers, Trucking, Trucks, Tunnels, Whistle blowing, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - By Senator Inouye from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 110-29. Bill TextA bill to provide improved rail and surface transportation security. 2/15/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 - Title I: Improved Rail Security - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and other appropriate agencies, to establish a task force to complete a risk assessment of freight and passenger rail transportation. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, based on the assessment, to develop specific prioritized recommendations for improving rail security. Requires the development of plans for: (1) the federal government to provide adequate security support for freight and intercity passenger railroads at high threat levels of alert; (2) coordinating existing and planned rail security initiatives undertaken [...] show full description
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