Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Alternative energy sources, Appalachia, Appalachian Regional Commission, Appropriations, Aquatic ecology, Armed forces, Army Corps of Engineers, Budgets, California, Central Valley Reclamation Project (California), Coal, Colorado, Colorado River development, Construction costs, Dams, Defense economics, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Disaster relief, Drainage, Dredging, Economic policy, Ecosystem management, Electric power distribution, Emergency management, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Everglades, Executive departments, Federal aid to water resources development, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal-Indian relations, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Flood control, Floods, Florida, Fossil fuels, Government trust funds, Gulf of Mexico, Harbors, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Heating, Hurricanes, Import restrictions, Imports, Independent regulatory commissions, Infrastructure, Inland water transportation, Inspectors general, Irrigation, Kentucky, Laboratories, Lakes, Louisiana, Minorities, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri River development, Natural gas, Nevada, New Mexico, Northeastern States, Nuclear energy, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear security measures, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Nuclear weapons, Oil shales, Oregon, Petroleum reserves, Pipelines, Politics and government, Power marketing administrations, Radioactive waste disposal, Radioactive wastes, Regional economic development, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development, Research and development facilities, Reservoirs, Restoration ecology, Revolving funds, Rivers, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Russia, Science policy, Shore protection, Solid wastes, South Carolina, Strategic materials, Technological innovations, Technology, Tennessee, Trade, Transportation, Uranium, Uranium enrichment, Utah, Warships, Water resources, Watersheds, Waterways, Weapons systems, Wetlands
Latest Action: 07/14/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dorgan. With written report No. 110-416. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 7/14/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration; (2) general investigations and construction; (3) flood damage reduction for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (4) operation and maintenance expenses; (5) administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (6) cleanup of contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the early atomic energy [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Acreage allotments, Administrative procedure, Africa (Sub-Saharan), Aged, Agricultural assistance, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural innovations, Agricultural labor, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural statistics, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural surpluses, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Alternative energy sources, American Samoa, Animals, Appropriations, Armed forces, Authorization, Biomass energy, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Caribbean area, Chesapeake Bay, Child health, Child labor, Child nutrition, Children, Civil liberties, Colorado River development, Commemorations, Community development, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Consumers, Corn, Cotton, Crop insurance, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Dams, Day care, Death, Defense policy, Department of Agriculture, Developing countries, Diet, Disabled, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, Distance education, District of Columbia, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Electric power transmission, Electric utilities, Electronic benefits transfers, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy crops, Energy efficiency, Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Estates (Law), Export finance, Exports, Famines, Farm lands, Farmers, Farms, Federal aid to research, Federally-guaranteed loans, Feed grains, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fire fighters, Fishing, Food, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Food supply, Forced labor, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Forestry, Foundations, Free trade, Fruit, Futures trading, Gardening, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grain, Grassland ecology, Grazing, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Grocery trade, Guam, Habitat conservation, Haiti, Hawaii, Hazardous substances, Higher education, Homeless, Honey, Horses, Horticulture, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human rights, Humanities, Hunger, Hunting, Illinois, Import restrictions, Imports, Indemnity, Indiana, Indians, Information technology, Infrastructure, Insurance premiums, Interest rates, International affairs, International agencies, International relief, Iowa, Irrigation, Job training, Labor, Lakes, Latin America, Law, Leadership, Leases, Legumes, Libraries, Livestock, Losses, Louisiana, Lumber trade, Malawi, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Maryland, Meat, Medical education, Mexico, Michigan, Migrant labor, Military pay, Milk, Minnesota, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Montana, Names, Natural resources, Nonprofit organizations, North Dakota, Nutrition, Nuts, Obesity, Ohio, Oilseeds, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Organic farming, Outdoor recreation, Peanuts, Plant breeding, Public contracts, Puerto Rico, Radio broadcasting, Regional economic development, Research and development facilities, Research centers, Rice, Right of privacy, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Sales tax, Saline waters, Scholarships, School lunch program, Science policy, Seasonal labor, Sediment control, Small business, Social security, Social security numbers, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Solid wastes, Sorghum, Soybeans, Sports, State and local government, State taxation, Storage, Sugar, Surveys, Sustainable agriculture, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Taxation, Technical assistance, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Telephone, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Transportation planning, Trees, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Vegetables, Virgin Islands, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply, Water treatment plants, Watersheds, Weather forecasting, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare work participation, Wetlands, Wheat, Wildlife conservation, Wind power, Wisconsin, Women, Women in government, Wool
Latest Action: 06/18/2008 - Vetoed by President. (text of veto message: CR H5535) Bill TextTo provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 6/18/2008--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Deems the Joint Explanatory Statement submitted by the Committee of Conference for the conference report to accompany H.R. 2419 of the 110th Congress (House Report 110-627) to be part of the legislative history of this Act and to have the same effect regarding implementation of this Act as it would have had regarding implementation of H.R. 2419. (Sec. 4) Repeals P.L. 110-234 (H.R. 2419) and the amendments made by that Act, effective on the date of enactment of that Act. States that, except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the earlier of: (1) the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) the date of enactment of P.L. 110-234 [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4427) Bill TextA resolution honoring the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the carving of the Crazy Horse Memorial. 5/20/2008--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 sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, the Ziolkowski family, and the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation on the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the mountain carving of the Crazy Horse Memorial (in South Dakota).
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Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4402) Bill TextHonoring the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the carving of the Crazy Horse Memorial. 5/21/2008--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.) Honors sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, the Ziolkowski family, and the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation on the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the mountain carving of the Crazy Horse Memorial (in South Dakota).
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Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 110-506. Bill TextA bill to enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program. 9/25/2008--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.)Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) carry out the modernization and improvement of facilities at the Angostura Irrigation Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program; and (2) provide for the delivery of water saved through such modernization and improvement for fish and wildlife purposes and environmental restoration on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (South Dakota). Authorizes appropriations.Establishes in the Treasury the Oglala Sioux Tribal Development Trust Fund. Directs [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project. 10/31/2007--Introduced. Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, South Dakota, through 2013.
Latest Action: 11/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Bill TextTo reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project. 10/31/2007--Introduced. Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, South Dakota, through 2013.
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Latest Action: 10/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Bill TextTo amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish and provide for the administration of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. 10/4/2007--Introduced. Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to provide behavioral health programs to participants in the agricultural sector in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and (2) provide grants to states for Network pilot projects.
Latest Action: 09/05/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11095-11097; text as passed Senate: CR S11095; text of measure as introduced: CR S11119) Bill TextA resolution concerning the return of Senator Tim Johnson. 9/5/2007--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.) Declares that as Senator Tim Johnson returns to the Senate, his fellow Members of the Senate extend their warmest welcome and express their personal happiness at his return, and offer their very best wishes for his continued good health.
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Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - For Further Action See P.L. 110-234, Title 6, Subtitle A, Sections 6025 and 6026 and Title 14, Subtitle C, Section 14217 (H.R. 2419). Bill TextTo amend title 40, United States Code, to provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely economically distressed regions in the Nation. 10/4/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Delta Regional Commission, the Northern Great Plains Regional Commission, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission.Directs each Commission, for its region, to: (1) assess needs and assets; (2) develop comprehensive and coordinated economic infrastructure development strategies to establish and approve grants for economic development; (3) establish priorities in an economic and infrastructure development plan; (4) enhance capacity of and provide support for local development districts; (5) encourage private investment [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/30/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend Public Law 98-513 to provide for the inheritance of small fractional interests within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation. 7/30/2007--Introduced. Lake Traverse Reservation Heirship Act of 2007 - Amends federal Indian law to provide for the inheritance of small fractional interests within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.
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Latest Action: 06/05/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5016-5017) Bill TextTo amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Public Land Communities Transition Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for the making of payments to units of general local government in which entitlement lands are located. Provides for 80% funding in FY2008, 90% funding in FY2009, and the making of full payments in FY2010 and FY2011. (Sec. 3) Sets forth provisions for the making of transition payments for FY2008-FY2011 to eligible states, U.S. territories, and counties previously receiving [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo grant the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact. 7/16/2007--Introduced. Grants the consent and approval of Congress to the interstate forest fire protection compact for the Great Plains region of the United States set forth in this Act.
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Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dorgan. With written report No. 110-127. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 7/9/2007--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.) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes FY2008 appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, and aquatic ecosystem restoration; (2) general investigations and construction (including rescissions of funds); (3) flood damage reduction for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (4) operation, maintenance, and administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (5) clean up of [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/24/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in Woonsocket, South Dakota, as the "Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building". 10/24/2007--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in Woonsocket, South Dakota, as the "Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building."
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Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Estates (Law), Eutrophication, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Exports, Famines, Farm lands, Farmers, Farms, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to water pollution control, Federal aid to water resources development, Federal officials, Federal-state relations, Federally-guaranteed loans, Feed grains, Feedstock, Fertilizers, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fire fighters, Fishing, Food, Food labeling, Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Food supply, Forced labor, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Foreign students, Foreign trade promotion, Forest conservation, Forest management, Forest products, Forestry, Fraud, Free trade, Fruit, Fungi, Futures trading, Gardening, Genetic engineering, Georgia, Germplasm resources, Government employees, Government information, Government internships, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Graduate education, Grain, Grassland ecology, Grazing, Great Lakes, Greenhouse gases, Grocery trade, Guam, Habitat conservation, Haiti, Hawaii, Hazardous substances, Health education, Health facilities, Health policy, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Historic sites, History, Homeless, Honey, Horticulture, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human rights, Hunger, Hunting, Hydrogen, Illinois, Import restrictions, Imports, Indemnity, Indian lands, Indiana, Indians, Influenza, Information technology, Infrastructure, Insect control, Insurance premiums, International affairs, International agencies, International education, International relief, Iowa, Irrigation, Job training, Labeling, Labor, Laboratories, Lakes, Landowners, Latin America, Law, Leadership, Leases, Legumes, Lighting, Livestock, Losses, Lumber trade, Malawi, Marketing of farm produce, Marketing orders, Marshall Islands, Maryland, Meat, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medical laboratories, Medical research, Medicine, 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health, Sales tax, Saline waters, Scholarships, School lunch program, Science policy, Scientific instruments and apparatus, Seasonal labor, Sediment control, Self-help devices for the disabled, Sheep, Single family housing, Small business, Social security, Social security numbers, Social services, Soil conservation, Soil erosion, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Sorghum, Soybeans, Sports, State and local government, State taxation, Storage, Sugar, Surplus government property, Surveys, Sustainable agriculture, Swine, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Taxation, Technical assistance, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Television broadcasting, Terrorism, Trade, Trade agreements, Transportation, Trees, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Vegetables, Veterinary medicine, Virgin Islands, Virus diseases, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply, Watersheds, Weather forecasting, Weeds, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare work participation, Wells, Wetlands, Wheat, Wildlife conservation, Wind power, Wisconsin, Women, Women in government, Wool
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. Bill TextTo provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 5/22/2008--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Title I: Commodity Programs - (Sec. 1001) Defines specified terms. Subtitle A: Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to adjust base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated; (2) cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract; or (3) the producer has eligible pulse crop or oilseed acreage. Requires election of either direct payments and counter-cyclical payments or conservation payments if the base adjustment is made due to a change in status of a conservation reserve contract. Requires a reduction in base acres if the sum of base acres and [...] show full description
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