Sen. Mark Begich

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US Congress 112th Congress

Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act of 2011 [S.1226]
Offshore Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any air quality impact of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources to be measured or modeled and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore area. Provides that: (1) emissions from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source, including emissions while at the OCS source or in route to or from the OCS source within 25 miles of the OCS source, shall be considered direct emissions from the OCS source (current law) but shall not (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/16/2011

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Better Health in the Arctic Act [S.1227]
Better Health in the Arctic Act - Directs the Arctic Research Commission to examine the science base, gaps in knowledge, and strategies for the prevention and treatment of mental, behavioral, and physical health problems faced by populations in the Arctic, with a focus on Alaska. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a national Arctic health science policy, reviewing and taking into consideration the National Arctic Health Science Policy developed by the American Public Health Association Task Force in 1984. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Begich Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/16/2011

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United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2011 [S.1229]
United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2011 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Begich Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/16/2011

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Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 [S.1231]
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (the Act), to revise and reauthorize through FY2016 grant programs for: (1) state and local adult and juvenile offender reentry projects; (2) effective alternatives to incarceration; (3) family-based substance abuse treatment; (4) evaluation and improvement of educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (5) technology careers training; (6) offender reentry substance abuse (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Committee On The Judiciary. Ordered To Be Reported With Amendments Favorably. on 07/21/2011

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Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act [S.1239]
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, (2) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and (3) the Pentagon Memorial. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such gold medal to honor, respectively: (1) those who lost their lives in the the attack at the World Trade Center, (2) the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought down in rural Pennsylvania, and (3) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Received In The House. on 09/12/2011

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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act [S.1249]
Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to: (1) authorize a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorize a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for such costs; (3) limit the federal share of such costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) require amounts provided for such costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Committee On Environment And Public Works Subcommittee On Water And Wildlife. Hearings Held. on 04/24/2012

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Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act [S.1251]
Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act or Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act - Amends part D (Prescription Drug Benefits) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit sponsors of prescription drug plans (PDPs) from paying claims for prescription drugs that do not include the valid National Provider Identifier for the drug's prescriber. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish procedures and rules to restrict access to the National (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/22/2011

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High School Data Transparency Act of 2011 [S.1269]
High School Data Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to collect the following information annually from each coeducational secondary school that receives federal financial assistance and that has an interscholastic athletic program: (1) the number, gender, and race or ethnicity of students that attended the school; and (2) for each team that competed in athletic competition, the number, gender, and race or ethnicity of participants, the total expenditures, the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4099-4100) on 06/23/2011

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Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2011 [S.1293]
Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project to provide coordinated and integrated federal economic development assistance to remote Native American communities. Specifies: (1) the federal agencies that may coordinate such assistance, and (2) the programs that may be integrated. Requires the Secretary to provide unified accounting, budgeting, and auditing standards to an eligible Indian tribe, tribal organization, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 06/29/2011

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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act [S.1298]
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium specified property in Anchorage, Alaska, for use in connection with health and related programs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 06/29/2011

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