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A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along the north shore of Lake Superior, in the Superior National Forest, and in the Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes. [S.3319]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Amends the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to be the one contained in the Department of the Interior description "North Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route," dated February 16, 2005, and numbered 649/80,002.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/20/2012
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [S.3301]
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[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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[Telecommunications ]
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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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Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012 [S.3251]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012 - Exempts from certain federal vessel licensing and safety inspection requirements uninspected vessels operating on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/24/2012
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Upper Mississippi CARP Act [S.2164]
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[Animals ]
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[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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Upper Mississippi Conservation and River Protection Act of 2012 or the Upper Mississippi CARP Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to: (1) study the feasibility of temporarily closing the lock at the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, or implementing control measures at the lock, including permanently closing the lock, modifying lock operations, or using an alternative technology barrier, to manage the threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi River in Minnesota; and (2) assess the potential impacts, including environmental and economic
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/06/2012
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A bill to provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950 for the establishment of an airport in Cook County, Minnesota. [S.1987]
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Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release, without consideration, specified conditions (including the reversionary interest retained by the United States) on the use of certain land conveyed to the state of Minnesota for the establishment of an airport in Cook County, Minnesota.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 12/13/2011
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Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2011 [S.1739]
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Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe for the amount, plus interest, that the Tribe contributed for the distribution of judgment funds and the payment of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses associated with the litigation of Docket No. 19 and Docket No. 188 before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Requires that the Tribe's claim for reimbursement of expended funds be certified by the Tribe as being unreimbursed to it from other funding
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Committee On Indian Affairs. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 112-626. on 02/02/2012
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St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act [S.1134]
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[Construction ]
St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act - Permits the head of any federal agency to authorize and assist in the construction of a new bridge crossing the St. Croix River approximately six miles north of the I-94 crossing if specified mitigation items described in the 2006 St. Croix River Crossing Project Memorandum of Understanding for Implementation of Riverway Mitigation Items are included as enforceable conditions. Subjects specified amounts available under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Became Public Law No: 112-100. on 03/14/2012
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Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 [S.1014]
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Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas. Converts certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona and the central district of California to permanent judgeships. Increases the filing fee for most civil actions or proceedings, excluding a writ of habeas corpus, to $360 (currently, $350). Requires that incremental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Star Print Ordered On The Reported Bill. on 11/15/2011
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 [S.1000]
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[Small Business ]
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 - Title I: Buildings - Subtitle A: Building Energy Codes - (Sec. 101) Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) support the development and updating of national model building energy codes for residential and commercial buildings; (2) encourage and support the adoption by states, Indian tribes, and local governments of building energy codes that meet or exceed the national codes; and (3) support full compliance with state and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Bingaman With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 112-71. on 09/06/2011
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To facilitate a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River, and for other purposes. [HB-850]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Permits the head of any federal agency to authorize and assist in the construction of a new bridge crossing the St. Croix River approximately six miles north of the I-94 crossing if specified mitigation items described in the 2006 St. Croix River Crossing Project Memorandum of Understanding for Implementation of Riverway Mitigation Items are included as enforceable conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Kind
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-309. on 12/01/2011
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Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2011 [HB-838]
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Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2011 - Prohibits any wolf (species, subspecies, or population segment of Canis lupus) in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan from being treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population. Provides that each state shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the management of wolves within its borders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The House Committee On Natural Resources. on 02/28/2011
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office". [HB-6661]
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[Public Safety ]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office."
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 12/13/2012
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Promoting Nuanced Taconite Regulations Act of 2012 [HB-6507]
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[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
Promoting Nuanced Taconite Regulations Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to consider as approved with respect to a taconite ore processing facility, under ambient air quality standard implementation plans for a state, any implementation plan submitted by the state (including any such plan submitted prior to enactment of this Act) that specifies the best available retrofit technology for any such facility for the purpose of eliminating or reducing any impairment of visibility. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chip Cravaack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 09/26/2012
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To amend the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes. [HB-5980]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Amends the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to be the one contained in the Department of the Interior description "North Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route," dated February 16, 2005, and numbered 649/80,002.
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 06/26/2012
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Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012 [HB-5797]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012 - Exempts from certain federal vessel licensing and safety inspection requirements owners or operators of vessels operating on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chip Cravaack
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 08/02/2012
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Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act [HB-5544]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to complete a land exchange involving National Forest System land in Minnesota and Minnesota state lands. Requires the exchange to be consummated pursuant to specified Minnesota law. Makes Minnesota responsible for the costs of the survey and all other administrative costs related to the land exchange. Adds the lands acquired by the Secretary to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and modifies the boundaries of such Wilderness to reflect their
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Kline
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 09/13/2012
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Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act [HB-4458]
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Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Requires federal investments in the Upper Mississippi River Basin to be guided by accepted and documented scientific methods and to take into account the results of studies using such methods to identify and quantify the sources, transport, and fate of nutrients and sediment and to quantify the effect of treatment methods or conservation measures on nutrient and sediment management. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, as part of an Upper Mississippi River Stewardship Initiative and acting through
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Kind
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 04/26/2012
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Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 [HB-4328]
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[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural non-point source pollution prevention. Defines "Great Lakes State" as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Higgins
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 04/12/2012
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Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 [HB-4162]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural non-point source pollution prevention. Defines "Great Lakes State" as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candice S. Miller
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 04/12/2012
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Upper Mississippi CARP Act [HB-4146]
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[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Upper Mississippi Conservation and River Protection Act of 2012 or the Upper Mississippi CARP Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to: (1) study the feasibility of temporarily closing the lock at the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, or implementing control measures at the lock, including permanently closing the lock, modifying lock operations, or using an alternative technology barrier, to manage the threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi River in Minnesota; and (2) assess the potential impacts, including environmental and economic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Ellison
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 03/07/2012