Sen. Mark Begich

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US Congress 112th Congress

Parental Bereavement Act of 2011 [S.1358]
Parental Bereavement Act of 2011 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Allows such an employee to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. Applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/13/2011

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Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act [S.1359]
Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available to members of the uniformed services or members of the National Guard or Reserves at a reduced rate equal to 50% of the cost of the Pass that is sold to the public. Makes such a Pass valid for one year after its date of issuance. Requires Passes to be made available, at a cost of $10, to veterans who were separated from military service under conditions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/13/2011

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Shareholder Protection Act of 2011 [S.1360]
Shareholder Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that any solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any security of an issuer: (1) describe the specific nature (to the extent known) and total amount of expenditures proposed for political activities for the forthcoming fiscal year but not yet authorized by a vote of the issuer's shareholders, and (2) provide for a separate shareholder vote to authorize such proposed expenditures. Prohibits an issuer from making an expenditure for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/13/2011

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Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act [S.1369]
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of any silvicultural activity, such as nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4610) on 07/14/2011

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After School for America's Children Act [S.1370]
After School for America's Children Act - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program under part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). (21st Century Community Learning Centers provide students with before and afterschool programs to improve their academic performance.) Requires the Centers to provide: (1) students with activities that are targeted to their academic needs and aligned with the instruction they receive during the school day, and (2) students' families with opportunities for active (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4611-4612) on 07/14/2011

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A bill to terminate the $1 presidential coin program. [S.1385]
Terminates the program for redesign and issuance of circulating $1 coins honoring each of the Presidents of the United States (Presidential $1 Coin Program).

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/19/2011

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Tax Lien Simplification Act [S.1390]
Tax Lien Simplification Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise procedures for the filing of federal tax liens. Direct the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish and maintain a federal tax lien registry, in lieu of filing tax liens in local jurisdictions, which would be accessible to and searchable by the public through the Internet at no cost; (2) take appropriate steps to secure and prevent tampering with the data recorded in the registry; and (3) review the information in the registry to determine whether information in the registry (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4722-4724) on 07/20/2011

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. [S.1391]
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept as proof of service-connection of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) alleged to have been incurred in or aggravated by active military service a diagnosis of PTSD by a mental health professional, together with written testimony by the veteran and a written determination by the professional that such disorder is related to the veteran's service, notwithstanding the fact that there is no official record of such incurrence or aggravation in such service, and to resolve every reasonable doubt (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/27/2012

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EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 [S.1392]
EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 - Provides that the following rules shall have no force or effect and shall be treated as though they had never taken effect: (1) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (2) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (3) the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4724-4725) on 07/20/2011

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Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2011 [S.1401]
Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2011 - (Sec. 3) Defines "salmon stronghold" as a defined geographical unit meeting biological criteria for abundance, productivity, diversity (genetic and life history), habitat quality, or other biological attributes important to sustaining viable salmon populations throughout their range, as defined by the Salmon Stronghold Partnership Board (the Board) established by this Act. (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to establish the Salmon Stronghold Partnership as a cooperative, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Rockefeller With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 112-140. on 01/30/2012

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