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United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2013 [HB-1917]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Human Rights ]
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United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo on trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise by the President with respect to Cuba of certain authorities conferred by the Trading With the Enemy Act and exercised on July 1, 1977, as a result of a specified national emergency. Makes ineffective any prohibition on exports to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Authorizes the President to impose export controls with respect to Cuba and exercise certain authorities under the International
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby L. Rush
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 06/14/2013
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Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013 [HB-1897]
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[Religion ]
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Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013 - Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam in excess of FY2012 amounts unless the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has made substantial progress respecting political, media, and religious freedoms, minority rights, access to U.S. refugee programs, return of confiscated religious estates and property, and actions to end trafficking in persons and the release of political prisoners. Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 09/09/2013
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To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes. [HB-1513]
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Requires the inclusion of the land and interests commonly known as Gettysburg Train Station and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the land and interests located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, in Gettysburg National Military Park if the owner of the property has provided written consent for its inclusion. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of such property. States that the fact that an activity or use can be seen or heard from within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Marino
Received In The Senate. on 01/14/2014
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Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act [HB-1459]
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[Budget and Spending ]
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Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to subject national monument declarations by the President to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Prohibits: (1) the President from making more than one such declaration in a state during any presidential four-year term of office without an express Act of Congress, or (2) such a declaration from including private property without the informed written consent of the affected private property owner. Requires such a declaration:
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/27/2014
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Project Rebuild Act of 2013 [HB-1397]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Project Rebuild Act of 2013 - Appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities including state and local governments, and qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses or eligible consortia for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties and for stabilization of affected neighborhoods (Project Rebuild). Allows the use of funds to: (1) establish financing mechanisms for the purchase and redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties; (2) purchase and rehabilitate such properties; (3) establish and operate land banks
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 03/21/2013
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An Act Concerning Adverse Possession [HB-688]
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An Act Concerning Adverse Possession
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Libby
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/14/2013
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An Act To Connect the Citizens of the State to the State's Natural Resources by Establishing Standards for Relief from Regulatory Burdens [SB-1450]
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An Act To Connect the Citizens of the State to the State's Natural Resources by Establishing Standards for Relief from Regulatory Burdens
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald F. Collins
Reports Read. on 06/17/2013
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An Act To Allow a Setoff of a Third-party Bailor's Property under Certain Conditions [HB-1419]
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An Act To Allow a Setoff of a Third-party Bailor's Property under Certain Conditions
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark N. Dion
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/28/2013
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An Act To Prohibit the Placement of Cameras and Electronic Surveillance Equipment on Private Property without the Written Permission of the Landowner [SB-1040]
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An Act To Prohibit the Placement of Cameras and Electronic Surveillance Equipment on Private Property without the Written Permission of the Landowner
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian D. Langley
Passed To Be Enacted. on 06/17/2013
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras. [SR-516]
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Recognizes the unmet needs of many Holocaust survivors and the urgency of addressing those needs. Expresses appreciation for the efforts of the European countries that have implemented legislation for the restitution of, or compensation for, private, communal, and religious property confiscated during the Nazi or Communist eras and welcomes the efforts of the governments of many post-Communist countries to address the status of such property. Urges each government that has not already done so to implement legislation to effect the in rem return
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Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
Committee On Foreign Relations. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 09/19/2012
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Agency Overreach Moratorium Act [S.927]
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[Mining ]
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Agency Overreach Moratorium Act - Prohibits a federal agency from: (1) retroactively withdrawing any permit issued for federal land or any area of the outer Continental Shelf that would have been used to produce or harvest a domestic natural resource or to create one or more jobs, or (2) issuing a designation under any law that would restrict or prohibit access to those resources on such land or any such area, unless approved by an Act of Congress. Prohibits the implementation of a proclamation issued under the Antiquities Act of 1906 for the designation
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/10/2011
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A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names. [S.603]
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[International ]
Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/16/2011
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Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act [S.3450]
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Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, before December 31, 2013, from issuing or approving any proposed or final regulation under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 that would: (1) adversely impact employment in coal mines in the United States; (2) cause a reduction in revenue received by the federal government or any state, tribal, or local government, by reducing through regulation the quantity of coal in the United States that is available for mining;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/26/2012
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Domestic Energy and Jobs Act [S.3445]
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Domestic Energy and Jobs Act - Title I: Keystone XL Permit Approval - Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for a specified pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. Title II: Impacts of EPA Rules and Actions on Energy Prices - Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012 - Requires the President to establish the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to analyze and report
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5488-5489) on 07/26/2012
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Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2012 [S.3334]
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Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2012 - Declares that the power of eminent domain shall be available only for public use, which shall not include economic development. Applies such limitation to all exercises of eminent domain by the federal government or by state and local governments using federal funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/21/2012
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Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012 [S.3193]
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Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 to revise the description of the land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California. States that the parcel of private, non-Indian land that is excluded from the revised description was not intended to be held in trust for the Band or considered to be part of its reservation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Signed By President. on 12/28/2012
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act [S.2212]
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts (under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act) in cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property (or any property exchanged for it) is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States; or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1848-1849) on 03/20/2012
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Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2012 [S.2122]
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Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to redefine "navigable waters" to specify that included territorial seas are those that are: (1) navigable-in-fact; or (2) permanent, standing, or continuously flowing bodies of water that form geographical features commonly known as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes that are connected to waters that are navigable-in-fact. Excludes from such term: (1) waters that do not physically abut navigable waters and lack
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/16/2012
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Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act [S.1988]
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Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), when deciding whether to issue a hydropower project license, to give equal consideration to private landownership by any nonlicensee and private use of land. Requires a hydropower project licensee, in developing any recreational resource within the project boundary, to consider private landownership by any nonlicensee as a means to encourage and facilitate private investment and increased tourism and recreational
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/14/2011
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Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act of 2011 [S.1897]
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Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act of 2011 - Requires the inclusion of the Gettysburg Train Station in Gettysburg National Military Park, including land located in close proximity to the Train Station that is in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the property that is adjacent to Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire only by purchase from a willing seller publicly owned property that is within the area of the Train Station, if efforts to acquire such property without
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 112-578. on 06/27/2012