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A bill to approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi. [S.212]
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Approves the conveyance of the Yellow Creek Port properties in the custody of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at Iuka, Mississippi, from the TVA to the state of Mississippi.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Boxer Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 113-184. on 06/05/2014
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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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A bill to retain the existing vehicle weight limitations for vehicles traveling along any segment of U.S. Highway 78 within Mississippi after such segment is incorporated into the Interstate Highway System. [S.1289]
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Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Highway 78 in Mississippi designated as a highway on the Interstate System. Prohibits application of federal weight limitations to those trucks that could operate legally on such a segment before that designation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 07/11/2013
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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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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1243]
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary, (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (3) the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), (6) the Federal Railroad
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Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Cloture On The Measure Not Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 199. on 08/01/2013
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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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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 Caldwell Drive in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, as the "First Lieutenant Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr. Post Office Building". [S.1093]
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Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 Caldwell Drive in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, as the "First Lieutenant Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr. Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Signed By President. on 11/26/2014
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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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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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To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse". [HB-579]
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Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse."
Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 12/09/2014
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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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Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-5282]
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Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Medgar Wiley Evers, in recognition of his contributions and sacrifice in the fight for racial equality in the United States. Requires the medal, following its award, to be given to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, where it is to be available for display or temporary loan to be displayed elsewhere.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 07/30/2014
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4745]
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- Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 401) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. (Sec. 404) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this Act for any employee training that meets specified negative criteria. Declares that nothing in this prohibition shall prohibit, restrict,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Latham
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 430. on 06/12/2014
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Mid-Mississippi Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2014 [HB-4545]
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Mid-Mississippi Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the Pat Harrison Waterway District, without consideration, approximately 8, 307 acres of specified National Forest System land within the Bienville National Forests of Mississippi for public uses only.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 05/06/2014
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Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2013 [HB-453]
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Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2013 - Defines "Hurricane Isaac disaster area" for purposes of this Act as any parish or county of Louisiana or Mississippi in an area in which a major disaster has been declared before September 10, 2012, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of Hurricane Isaac. Provides for tax preferences in the Hurricane Isaac disaster area, including: (1) suspension of limitations on the tax deduction for personal casualty losses, (2) an extension of the carryback
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Appropriations, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 02/04/2013
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To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. [HB-4409]
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Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. Requires such medal, following its award, to be given to Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Lewis
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 04/04/2014
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To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States Route 78 in Mississippi, and for other purposes. [HB-4268]
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Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile marker 113 that is designated as a route on the Interstate System. Prohibits federal weight limitation requirements from applying to those trucks that could operate legally on such segment before that designation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/20/2014
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-3547]
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 - (Sec. 5) Makes appropriations for FY2014. (Sec. 6) Declares that each amount designated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) Declares that if, for FY2014, new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 01/17/2014