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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act [S.869]
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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama. Designates the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, requires the Center to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area, and sets forth procedures for the approval or disapproval of such plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard C. Shelby
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 113-93. on 07/31/2013
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A bill to grant exclusive fishery management authority over the red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico to certain States. [S.747]
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Directs the Secretary of Commerce to grant to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas exclusive fishery management authority over red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico in the area located between the coast line of each such state and the point that is 200 miles seaward of the coast line, consistent with the jurisdictional limit of the exclusive economic zone. Conditions the grant of authority on the governors of such states agreeing on a fishery management plan, certified to the Secretary within a specified period, to govern the management
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/17/2013
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Offshore Fairness Act [S.681]
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Offshore Fairness Act - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to a line three marine leagues (currently, three geographic miles) distant from the coast line. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) notify such states of the right to request a conveyance of the applicable interest of the United States in and to the expanded submerged land; and (2) at such a state's request, convey to the applicable state the interest
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 04/09/2013
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FAIR Act of 2013 [S.630]
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Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act of 2013 or FAIR Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit in the Treasury 37.5% of all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums payable to the United States from energy development on the outer Continental Shelf (OCS) areas of coastal states (those within 200 nautical miles of a leased tract in the OCS which are not, however, in a Gulf producing state). Excludes from deposit under these terms any revenues
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Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/20/2013
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Water Resources Development Act of 2013 [S.601]
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Water Resources Development Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Boxer
See Also H.r. 3080. on 10/31/2013
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A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where the 4 little Black girls lost their lives, which served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. [S.186]
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Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals, with amounts
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/30/2013
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Gulf Coast Oil Recovery Zone Tax Relief and Economic Recovery Act [S.1506]
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Gulf Coast Oil Recovery Zone Tax Relief and Economic Recovery Act - Allows non-recognition, for income tax purposes, of proceeds or payments from insurance received in connection with the Gulf oil spill or any payment for damages attributable to the oil spill under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 that are invested in a qualified recovery zone trade or business within five years after the later of an oil spill payment or the enactment of this Act. Defines: (1) "Gulf oil spill' as the discharge of oil by reason of the explosion on, and sinking of, the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/17/2013
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Domestic Energy and Jobs Act [S.1401]
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Domestic Energy and Jobs Act - Gasoline Regulations Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to analyze and report on the cumulative impacts of certain covered rules and actions under the Clean Air Act. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing specified rules until at least six months after the Committee submits its final report. Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) authorize the Administrator to waive temporarily a control or prohibition governing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/31/2013
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FAIR Act of 2013 [S.1273]
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Fixing America's Inequities with Revenues Act of 2013 or FAIR Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to deposit into a special account in the Treasury 37.5% of all revenues payable to the United States from oil, natural gas, and alternative and renewable energy on the outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Instructs the Secretary to disburse such revenues (with certain exceptions) according to this formula: (1) 27.5% of such revenues to coastal states and coastal political subdivisions,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 113-122. on 07/23/2013
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Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013 [S.1161]
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Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013 - Directs the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission to prepare, adopt, and submit to the Secretary of Commerce a fishery management plan providing for the conservation and management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper and specifying the requirements necessary for Gulf coastal states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) to comply with such plan. Requires the Commission to ensure an opportunity for public participation in the preparation of the plan. Prohibits such plan, for a three-year
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/13/2013
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Artificial Reef Promotion Act of 2013 [S.1079]
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Artificial Reef Promotion Act of 2013 - Amends the National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 to require the Secretary of the Army, in issuing a permit for artificial reefs, to ensure that a state assuming liability for future damages has established an artificial reef maintenance fund. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to promulgate regulations that expedite the review of a final application submitted to dispose of or remove an offshore oil and gas
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/23/2013
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A bill to direct the General Accountability Office to conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection. [S.105]
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Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in coordination with the National Academy of Engineering, to conduct and submit to Congress a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/23/2013
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Recognizing Birmingham, Alabama, as home to the first and longest-running celebration of Veterans Day and home of the National Veteran Award. [HR-395]
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Recognizes: (1) Birmingham, Alabama, as the home to the first and longest running national celebration of Veterans Day; and (2) Raymond Weeks for his 40 years of patriotic and pioneering efforts establishing Veterans Day and the National Veteran Award. Congratulates the Tuskegee Airmen for Receiving the National Veteran Award. Honors U.S. veterans and their families for providing freedom of life and liberty. Pays tribute to U.S. men and women in uniform who risk life and limb at home and overseas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri A. Sewell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 01/24/2014
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Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act [HB-70]
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Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for an additional 10% of acreage of the outer Continental Shelf proposed to be leased under the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017. Requires: (1) such additional acreage to be known as the Deficit Reduction Acreage, and (2) the Secretary to lease at least 20% of such Deficit Reduction Acreage in each such year. Establishes the Deficit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/04/2013
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Veterans' Toxic Wounds Research Act of 2014 [HB-5680]
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Veterans' Toxic Wounds Research Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a master registry of veterans who experienced toxic exposures while serving in the Armed Forces. Includes in the master registry the registries for: Agent Orange; exposure to toxins relating to a deployment during the Persian Gulf War; exposure to toxins relating to a deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Operation Enduring Freedom, or the Global War on Terror; exposure to toxins relating to a deployment to Bosnia,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/28/2014
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Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 [HB-5449]
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Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2018 to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for: the Northeast Corridor Improvement Fund account, the National Network account, the Office of the Inspector General, and national infrastructure investment capital grants. Directs Amtrak to establish internal controls to ensure its costs and revenues are allocated to either the Northeast Corridor or the National Network. Directs the Secretary to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roger Williams
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-629. on 12/01/2014
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-5016]
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- Sets forth permissions for and restrictions upon the use of funds under this Act. (Sec. 606) Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act by an entity unless it agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 607) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act by any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 610) Prohibits the Executive Office of the President from using funds provided in this Act to request either a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background investigation or an IRS determination
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ander Crenshaw
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 07/17/2014
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Fort McClellan Health Registry Act [HB-411]
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Fort McClellan Health Registry Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Fort McClellan Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Forces, was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, during the period beginning on January 1, 1935, and ending on May 20, 1999, and who: (1) applies for care or services from the VA; (2) files a claim for compensation on the basis of any disability which may be associated with such service; (3) dies and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/08/2013
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Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [HB-3979]
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) 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. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Signed By President. on 12/19/2014
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To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. [HB-360]
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Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). Requires such medal to be given to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL, where it
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Signed By President. on 05/24/2013