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A resolution recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in that earthquake, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people. [SR-26]
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Honors: (1) those who lost their lives due to the tragic earthquake of January 12, 2010; and (2) the sacrifice of the men and women of the Haitian government, the U.S. government, the United Nations (U.N.), and the international community for their response to those affected by the earthquake. Expresses solidarity with the people of Haiti as they work to rebuild. Reaffirms the Senate's commitment to support long-term Haitian reconstruction. Supports the Executive Branch's efforts to improve Haitian water, sanitation, and health systems. Supports:
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S261-263; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S261-263; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S290-291) on 01/26/2011
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A resolution honoring Admiral Thad Allen of the United States Coast Guard (Ret.) for his lifetime of selfless commitment and exemplary service to the United States. [SR-170]
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Honors Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.), the 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, for his lifetime of service and commitment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thad Cochran
Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S4304) on 06/30/2011
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Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011 [S.917]
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Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prescribe a program of structural reform for management of the Outer Continental Shelf, including establishing two bureaus to carry out leasing, permitting, and safety and environmental regulatory functions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish: (1) an office to carry out the royalty and revenue management functions, and (2) an Outer Continental Shelf Safety and Environmental Advisory Board. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) recruit and directly
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Bingaman
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 112-51. on 05/17/2011
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Pay Our Troops Act [S.855]
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Pay Our Troops Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 04/14/2011
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Temporary Military Pay Act of 2011 [S.777]
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Temporary Military Pay Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to provide pay and allowances to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who perform active service. Authorizes, at the Secretary's discretion, such pay and allowances to DOD civilian and contractor personnel who provide support to such members. Terminates such authority at the end of FY2011.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 04/08/2011
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Enduring Support for Defenders of Freedom and Their Families Act [S.774]
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Enduring Support for Defenders of Freedom and Their Families Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to make available to the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (Secretaries) amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to: (1) members of the Armed Forces and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection who perform active service during the funding gap, and (2) DOD and DHS civilian and contractor personnel who provide support
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Sponsored by: Sen. Max Baucus
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2359-2360) on 04/08/2011
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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 [S.724]
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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DHS), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Allows for the provision of such pay and allowances, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, for: (1) civilian DOD
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2291, S2291-2292, S2322-2323) on 04/08/2011
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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 [S.721]
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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Prohibits any such transfer after December 31, 2011.
Sponsored by: Sen. James M. Inhofe
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 04/04/2011
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 [S.719]
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Title I: Budget and Personnel Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2011 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Select Committee On Intelligence. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Feinstein. With Written Report No. 112-12. Additional And Minority Views Filed. on 04/04/2011
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A bill to require the conveyance of the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS. [S.673]
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Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS to the Storis Museum, a nonprofit entity of Juneau, Alaska, provided that the Museum agrees to enumerated conditions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/29/2011
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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act [S.3570]
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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) within 180 days, to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters; (2) within 180 days, to issue a final rule for the regulation of ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; (3) within two years, to issue a rule establishing best management practices for discharges incidental to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/19/2012
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Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2012 [S.3537]
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Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2012 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) establish maximum passenger capacity and maximum weight capacity standards for recreational vessels, and (2) require manufacturers and operators of passenger vessels to permanently display in a legible manner and clearly visible to vessel passengers such maximum capacity requirements and a notice of the need to balance vessel weight to avoid capsizing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/13/2012
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 [S.3454]
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Title I: Budget and Personnel Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Became Public Law No: 112-277. on 01/14/2013
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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act [S.3332]
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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) within 180 days, to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters; (2) within 180 days, to issue a final rule for the regulation of ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; (3) within two years, to issue a rule establishing best management practices for discharges incidental to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/21/2012
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [S.3301]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs, (3) the Office of Inspector General, (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (5) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (7) the Alcohol
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 112-177. on 06/14/2012
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Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2012 [S.3298]
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Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2012 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to replace provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research with provisions establishing a Federal Oil Spill Research Committee for the same purpose. Requires the Committee to: (1) submit to Congress within 180 days and update every five years a report on the state of oil discharge prevention and response capabilities; (2) establish an oil pollution research and development program that provides for research, development,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/14/2012
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 [S.3254]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into
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Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin
Pursuant To The Provisions Of H. Res. 829, Papers Are Returned To The Senate. on 12/12/2012
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 [S.3216]
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2013. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, including for the headquarters and mission support consolidation; (3) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; (5) intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mary L. Landrieu
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Landrieu. With Written Report No. 112-169. on 05/22/2012
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Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 [S.1890]
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Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 - Directs the head of a U.S. agency with administrative control over a forfeited vessel to transfer such vessel to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for use in live-fire sinking exercises if the Commandant determines that the vessel would be useful for such exercises. Requires, if a forfeited vessel is not transferred to or utilized by the Commandant for such exercises, that the forfeited vessel be transferred to or otherwise under the control of the Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Begich
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 11/17/2011
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Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 [S.1665]
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Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 - Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2012-FY2013 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and related equipment; (3) research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in search and rescue,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Rockefeller With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 112-135. on 01/26/2012