Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2011 [S.511]
Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to temporarily waive a control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive if: (1) it is in the public interest to grant such a waiver; and (2) the Administrator determines, and the Secretary of Energy (DOE) concurs, that extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive supply circumstances exist that are the result of an unexpected problem with distribution or delivery equipment. Requires the Administrator,
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S.511: Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/08/2011
Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act of 2011 [S.516]
Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act of 2011- Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend by one year the term of each oil and gas lease (covered lease) for the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf region that was: (1) not producing as of April 30, 2010; or (2) suspended from operations, permit processing, or consideration, in accordance with either a certain moratorium dated May 30, 2010, or the decision memorandum of the Secretary dated July 12, 2010. States that this extension of covered leases is in addition to any suspension of operations
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S.516: Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Shelby
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 112-51. on 05/17/2011
Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act [S.520]
Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the immediate repeal (the current expiration date is December 31, 2011) of the income and excise tax credits for alchol fuel mixtures (ethanol).
Brewer's Employment and Excise Relief Act of 2011 [S.534]
Brewer's Employment and Excise Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year.
S.534: Brewer's Employment and Excise Relief Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1510-1511) on 03/09/2011
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2011 [S.596]
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Attorney General should implement changes to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database to ensure that a child will be automatically designated as an endangered juvenile if the child has been reported missing three times in a year and that the database will cross-reference newly entered reports with historical records and include a visual cue on the record of a child designated as an endangered juvenile; (2) funds
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S.596: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1752-1753) on 03/16/2011
Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011 [S.609]
Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Cumulative Regulatory Assessment Committee to assess the cumulative energy and economic impacts of federal regulatory mandates that: (1) are promulgated or issued (or are expected to be initiated) by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or local government from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2020; (2) apply to one or more impacted unit; and (3) implement any provision or requirement relating
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S.609: Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/17/2011
Budget Control Act of 2011 [S.627]
Budget Control Act of 2011 - Title I: Ten-Year Discretionary Caps with Sequester - (Sec. 101) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise sequestration requirements for enforcement of discretionary spending limits (spending caps). Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct such a sequestration to eliminate a budget year breach, if any. Eliminates specific formula requirements for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for: (1) highways, (2) allowances for the
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S.627: Budget Control Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
S.amdt.593 Considered By Senate. (consideration: Cr S5156) on 08/01/2011
Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act [S.644]
Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act - Excludes as creditable service under the Federal Employees' Retirement System any service performed by an employee or Member of Congress (including military service) performed after December 31, 2012, if that individual did not perform any period of creditable service (including military service) before January 1, 2013. Prohibits an employing agency from making any deduction or withholding from the basic pay of any employee or Member for such excluded service.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Referred To Subcommittee On Oversight Of Government Management, The Federal Workforce, And The District Of Columbia. on 05/09/2011
Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act [S.668]
Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board charged with developing and submitting to the President, for Congress to consider, detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.
S.668: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/29/2011
Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act of 2011 [S.671]
Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code and the federal criminal code to authorize the United States Marshals Service to issue administrative subpoenas solely for the investigation of unregistered sex offenders. Directs the Attorney General to report annually on: (1) the number of such subpoenas issued, (2) the crime being investigated pursuant to each subpoena, and (3) the number of unregistered sex offenders arrested subsequent to the issuance of such a subpoena and the information that led to each individual's
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S.671: Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On The Judiciary. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably. on 12/01/2011