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Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Byrd. With written report No. 110-396. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 6/23/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of Homeland Security Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2009 for the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General.Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-403. Bill TextA bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for other purposes. 6/7/2007--Introduced. Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to provide to designated congressional committees an audit conducted by the Comptroller General that includes an accounting of funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund in excess of $100,000 that are: (1) disbursed by the National Pollution Funds Center; and (2) administered and managed by the receiving agencies.Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and federal agencies that, during the preceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund in excess of $100,000, to submit an annual accounting to the President and the public regarding their uses of the funds, including how those uses relate to: (1) oil pollution liability, compensation,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5595-5597) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. 6/12/2008--Introduced. Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend various provisions relating to energy production and conservation and to individual and business-related activities.Extends through 2009 the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities and through 2011 for closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal, small irrigation, hydropower, landfill gas, and trash combustion facilities. Includes marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy as a renewable resource for purposes of such tax credit. Extends through 2014: (1) the energy tax credits for solar energy, fuel cell, and microturbine property; and (2) the residential energy efficient property tax credit. Allows a new investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property.Provides funding for new clean renewable energy [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Advice and consent of the Senate, Animals, Budgets, Business, Buy American, Canada, Chesapeake Bay, Climate, Climate change, Coastal zone, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Coral reefs, Cost control, Data banks, Department of Commerce, Ecological research, Ecosystem management, Emergency management, Environmental assessment, Environmental education, Environmental health, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Estuaries, Executive departments, Executive Office of the President, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fishery management, Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Great Lakes, Information networks, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, Interstate relations, Latin America, Law, Long Island Sound, Marine ecology, Marine mammals, Marine pollution, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Meteorological research, Meteorology, Mexico, Mississippi River, Ocean, Oceanography, Postage stamps, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Privatization, Public contracts, Public-private partnerships, Reefs, Regional planning, Remote sensing, Research and development, Russia, Science policy, State and local government, Strategic planning, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication, Territorial waters, Trade, Treaties, Tsunamis, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, Weather forecasting
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo establish a national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a national and regional ocean governance structure, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act - Establishes a national policy to protect, maintain, and restore the health of marine ecosystems and requires that federal agencies administer U.S. policies and laws accordingly. Allows more stringent federal and state requirements. States that there shall be an agency known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), declares that Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (concerning NOAA) shall have no further force or effect, and sets forth NOAA's mission and functions. (Reestablishes NOAA and requires a reorganization plan.) Creates an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and makes that person the Administrator of NOAA. Requires [...] show full description
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14658; text as passed Senate: CR S14658; text of measure as introduced: CR S14643) Bill TextA resolution honoring those who have volunteered to assist in the cleanup of the November 7, 2007, oil spill in San Francisco Bay. 11/16/2007--Passed Senate 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.) Honors those individuals and organizations who have volunteered to assist in the cleanup of the November 7, 2007, oil spill in San Francisco Bay.
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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1854-1855) Bill TextA bill to provide for the tax treatment of income received in connection with the litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez oil spill and for other purposes. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act - Allows taxpayers who are plaintiffs in the civil action In re Exxon Valdez, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska), or their heirs or dependents, to: (1) elect to average, for income tax purposes, income received in settlement of such civil action for the period beginning on January 1, 1994, and ending on December 31 of the year in which any settlement income is received; and (2) make contributions of any amount of such settlement income to certain tax-exempt retirement plans in the year such income is received.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Automobile industry, Automobiles, Balance of trade, Business, Cartels, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Defense policy, Economic policy, Energy, Energy demand, Energy efficiency, Energy prices, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Finance, Foreign policy, Fuel consumption, Gasoline, Gross national product, Imports, International affairs, Judicial review, Law, Motor vehicle pollution control, Motor vehicle safety, National security, OPEC countries, Pipelines, Standards, Terrorism, Trade, Transportation, Water pollution
Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2700-2701) Bill TextA bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Fuel Economy Reform Act - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) revise the definitions of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition) and passenger automobiles to eliminate the exclusion for automobiles capable of off-highway operation; and (2) continue applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2012, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of four percent per year in such standard for model years 2010 through 2012. Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for all automobiles manufactured by all manufacturers for model year 2013, with an increase of four percent in the average fuel [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7508-7511) Bill TextA bill to improve energy security of the United States through a 50 percent reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States by 2030 and the prudent expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the fuel efficiency of the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil supply, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act of 2007 or the SAFE Energy Act of 2007 - Amends corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) provisions to revise the definition of: (1) "automobile" to mean any vehicle that is propelled by fuel, or by alternative fuel, and is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (currently, four-wheeled vehicles that are so propelled and manufactured for such use and that are up to 6,000 pounds and certain [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo provide for the tax treatment of income received in connection with the litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and for other purposes. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act - Allows taxpayers who are plaintiffs in the civil action In re Exxon Valdez, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska), or their heirs or dependents, to: (1) elect to average, for income tax purposes, income received in settlement of such civil action for the period beginning on January 1, 1994, and ending on December 31 of the year in which any settlement income is received; and (2) make contributions of any amount of such settlement income to certain tax-exempt retirement plans in the year such income is received.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Alaska, Animals, Biological diversity, Budgets, Camping, Cultural property, Emergency management, Endangered species, Energy, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Federal aid to transportation, Fire prevention, Flood damage prevention, Forest ecology, Forest fires, Forest roads, Habitat conservation, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Humanities, Infrastructure, Land transfers, Landscape protection, Logging, Mining leases, National forests, Natural resources, Outdoor recreation, Potable water, Public lands, Religion, Restoration ecology, Road construction, Soil conservation, Soil pollution, Solid wastes, Sports, Timber sales, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply
Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007 - Prohibits road construction and road reconstruction in inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System. Specifies exceptions, including because: (1) there is threat of a catastrophic event; (2) a natural resource restoration action is necessary; or (3) a federal-aid highway project is in the public interest or is consistent with the purposes for which the land was reserved or acquired. Prohibits timber from being cut, sold, or removed in an inventoried roadless area. Permits various exceptions, including for specified environmental reasons, if the responsible official determines that the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is expected to be infrequent.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to make modifications to roadless area maps to [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Admission of nonimmigrants, Air cargo, Air piracy, Airline passenger traffic, Airports, Alabama, Aliens, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Aviation safety, Border patrols, Bridges, Budgets, Chief financial officers, Chief information officers, Children, Citizenship, Claims, Coast guard, Competitive bidding, Congress, Congressional investigations, Criminal aliens, Criminal justice, Customs administration, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detention of persons, Disaster insurance, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, District of Columbia, Electronic government information, Emergency communication systems, Emergency housing, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Environmental protection, Evacuation of civilians, Executive departments, Explosives, Federal aid to transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal office buildings, Federal officials, Finance, Fire fighters, Fire prevention, Flood control, Floods, Food, Food relief, Forest fires, Government employees, Government information, Government liability, Government procurement, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Harbors, Hazardous substances, Housing, Hurricanes, Immigrants, Immigration, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intelligence activities, Islands, Louisiana, Maps, Marine resources, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Military pensions, Military training, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York State, Nuclear terrorism, Pennsylvania, Pensions, Personnel management, Police training, Politics and government, Presidents, Protection of officials, Public contracts, Radiation, Radiation victims, Relocation, Rescission of appropriated funds, Research and development, Research centers, Road construction, Science policy, Secret service, Security measures, Strategic planning, Survivors' benefits, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Transportation safety, Trucking, Veterans, Vice Presidents, Visas, Water pollution, Water resources, West Virginia
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Byrd. With written report No. 110-396. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 6/23/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of Homeland Security Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2009 for the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General.Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5595-5597) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. 6/12/2008--Introduced. Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend various provisions relating to energy production and conservation and to individual and business-related activities.Extends through 2009 the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities and through 2011 for closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal, small irrigation, hydropower, landfill gas, and trash combustion facilities. Includes marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy as a renewable resource for purposes of such tax credit. Extends through 2014: (1) the energy tax credits for solar energy, fuel cell, and microturbine property; and (2) the residential energy efficient property tax credit. Allows a new investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property.Provides funding for new clean renewable energy [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Coast guard, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Fuel, Marine pollution, Marine resources, Marine safety, Merchant ships, Territorial waters, Terrorism, Transportation, Water pollution, Water pollution control
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2947-2948) Bill TextA bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and title 46, United States Code, to establish a marine emergency protocol and requirements for double-hulling of vessel fuel tanks. 4/10/2008--Introduced. Marine Emergency Protocol and Hull Requirement Act of 2008 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize the Coast Guard's appropriate sector commander, during a time of a terrorist or enemy attack, dangerously low visibility at sea or in port, an oil spill over 5,000 gallons, or any other period of enhanced danger as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to assume direct authority over all vessels within the area and to issue any orders to ensure the health and safety of the individuals located in, and the environment of, the sector. Declares that nothing in the amendments made by this Act limits or otherwise preempts any state from establishing a more stringent law or regulation. Prohibits certain cargo vessels that carry a significant (as determined [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alaska, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Arctic regions, Department of the Interior, Easements, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy conservation, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Export controls, Fishery management, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Indian economic development, Indigenous peoples, Judicial review, Land transfers, Law, Marine resources, Minorities, Natural resources, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Oil well drilling, Pipelines, Prospecting, Public lands, Reclamation of land, Right-of-way, Rural affairs, Solid wastes, Trade, Transportation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Welfare, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife refuges
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to authorize the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain in Alaska. 3/13/2008--Introduced. American Energy Independence and Security Act of 2008 - Authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain in Alaska. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production in the Coastal Plain. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. States that, in connection with specified environmental protection laws, the Secretary shall not be required to: (1) identify nonleasing alternative courses of action; or (2) analyze the environmental effects of those actions. Authorizes [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Bonds, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Continental shelf, Corporation taxes, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Electric power plants, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Excise tax, Executive departments, Expatriation, Fines (Penalties), Foreign corporations, Free ports and zones, Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Geothermal resources, Government trust funds, Gulf of Mexico, Housing, Hydroelectric power, Income tax, Landfills, Law, Leases, Liability for environmental damages, Marine resources, Methane, Minimum tax, Natural resources, Ocean energy resources, Oil well drilling, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Recycling of waste products, Service stations, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Tariff, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax evasion, Tax exemption, Tax havens, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Trade, Transportation, Water pollution, Wind power
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1059-1061) Bill TextA bill to establish a national renewable energy standard, to extend and create renewable energy tax incentives, and for other purposes. 2/14/2008--Introduced. American Renewable Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require that electric utilities that sell electricity to consumers generate or purchase a specified percentage (increasing from 2% in 2010 to 20% in 2024) of their electricity from renewable resources (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal, ocean, biomass, landfill gas, or incremental hydropower or geothermal energy).Renewable Energy Tax Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax incentives for investment in renewable energy sources and conversation, including by: (1) extending the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources, the energy tax credit, the small ethanol producer tax credit, and the tax credits for investment in clean new renewable energy bonds, biodiesel used as fuel,[...] show full description
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