Legislative tracking - 112th Congress

 S 191 -- Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to direct the Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study on emergency communications.

S 375 -- Good Neighbor Forestry Act

Official Title: A bill to authorize the secretary of Agriculture and the secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with state foresters authorizing state foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland and watershed restoration and protection services.

S 487 -- Burn Area Flood Prevention Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to ensure that private property, public safety and human life are protected from flood hazards that directly result from post-fire watershed conditions that are created by wildfires on federal land.

S 550 -- Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to improve the provision of assistance to fire departments, and for other purposes.

S 559 -- Securing America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act

Official Title: A bill to promote the production and use of renewable energy, and for other purposes.

S 646 -- Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to reauthorize federal natural hazards reduction programs, and for other purposes.

S 711 -- Secure Water Facilities Act

Official Title: A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works, and for other purposes.

S 741 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.

S 781 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

S 841 -- Renewable Energy Market Access Program Act

Official Title: A bill to provide cost-sharing assistance to improve access to the markets of foreign countries for energy efficiency products and renewable energy products exported by small-and medium-sized businesses in the United States, and for other purposes.

S 892 -- Consolidation of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment, and for other purposes.

S 896 -- Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service.

S 1085 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to define next generation biofuel and to allow states the option of not participating in the corn ethanol portions of the renewable fuel standard due to conflicts with agricultural, economic, energy and environmental goals.

S 1105 -- Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to provide a federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other purposes.

S 1115 -- Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010

Official Title: A bill to establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure, and for other purposes.

S 1126 -- Renewable Energy Access through Leasing (REAL) Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize the secretary of Energy to insure loans for financing of renewable energy systems leased for residential use, and for other purposes.

S 1140 -- Gulf Coast Restoration Act

Official Title: A bill to provide for restoration of the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and for other purposes.

S 1220 -- Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to lessen the dependence of the United States on foreign energy, to promote clean sources of energy, to strengthen the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.

S 1253 -- Fiscal 2012 Defense Authorization

Official Title: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

S 1294 -- Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to promote the oil independence of the United States, and for other purposes.

S 1369 -- Federal Water Pollution Control Act

Official Title: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements.

S 1392 -- EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to provide additional time for the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial and institutional boilers, process heaters and incinerators, and for other purposes.

S 1400 -- Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to restore the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches and coastal wetlands of Gulf Coast States, to create jobs and revive the economic health of communities adversely affected by the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, and for other purposes.

S 1549 -- American Jobs Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.

S 1630 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow for a more effective recovery from disasters, and for other purposes.

S 1658 -- Rural Economic Farm and Ranch Sustainability and Hunger Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to reform and reauthorize agricultural programs, and for other purposes.

S 1775 -- Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.

S 1786 -- Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty, providing for rational evaluation of regulations, providing flexibilities to states and localities, providing for infrastructure spending, and for other purposes.

S 1867 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Official Title: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

S 1881 -- Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act

Official Title: A bill to establish an integrated federal program to respond to ongoing and expected impacts of climate variability and change by protecting, restoring and conserving the natural resources of the United States and to maximize government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with state, local and tribal governments and other entities.

S 1888 -- Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches and market gardens to improve public health and nutrition, reduce energy consumption, and for other purposes.

S 1960 -- Jobs Creation Act

Official Title: A bill to provide incentives to create American jobs.

S 2122 -- Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2012.

Official Title: A bill to clarify the definition of navigable waters, and for other purposes.

S 2146 -- Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to create a market-oriented standard for clean electric energy generation, and for other purposes.

S 2155 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote biobased manufacturing.

S 2167 -- American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to increase the employment of Americans by requiring state workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H 2B nonimmigrants.

S 2218 -- United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes.

S 2261 -- Revenue Loss Assistance and Crop Insurance Enhancement Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to amend the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a revenue loss assistance program, repeal the direct payment and ACRE programs, extend commodity programs through 2017, and for other purposes.

 S 2270 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve energy programs.

S 2277 

Official Title: A bill to respond to the extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage by declaring a state of emergency and directing the secretary of Agriculture to immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner provided in Title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

S 2346 -- Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to modify the definition of the term "biobased product."

S 2365 -- Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act

Official Title: A bill to promote the economic and energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.

S 2375 -- Fiscal 2013 Agriculture Appropriations

Official Title: An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

S 3240 -- Farm Bill

Official Title: An original bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other purposes.

S 3261  

Official Title: A bill to allow the chief of the Forest Service to award certain contracts for large air tankers.

S Res 113 

Official Title: A resolution commemorating the 2011 International Year of Forests.

House Bills

HR 1 -- Fiscal 2011 Continuing Resolution

Official Title: A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2011, and for other purposes.

HR 14 -- Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act

Official Title: A bill to reauthorize federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.

HR 39 -- Polar Bear Delisting Act

Official Title: A bill to delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. [Potential amendments relative ESA]

HR 81 -- Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to promote and encourage the valuable public service, disaster relief and emergency communications provided on a volunteer basis by licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service, by undertaking a study of the uses of amateur radio for emergency and disaster relief communications, by identifying unnecessary or unreasonable impediments to the deployment of Amateur Radio emergency and disaster relief communications and by making recommendations for relief of such unreasonable restrictions so as to expand the uses of amateur radio communications in Homeland Security planning and response.

HR 230 -- 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to authorize the secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for cellulosic ethanol production technology development.

HR 235 -- Cut Unsustainable and Top-Heavy Spending (CUTS) Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to reduce unsustainable spending.

HR 271 

Official Title: A bill to direct the secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation.

HR 376 -- Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.

HR 390 -- Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act

Official Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements, and for other purposes.

HR 424 -- Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels (LEVEL) Act

Official Title: A bill to repeal certain amendments to the Clean Air Act relating to the expansion of the renewable fuel program, and for other purposes.

HR 494 -- 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act

Official Title: A bill to authorize the president to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes.

HR 527 -- Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend chapter 6 of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.

HR 587 -- Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce and the Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service.

HR 790 -- Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to authorize the secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants and offer technical assistance to local governments and others to design and implement innovative policies, programs and projects that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment, and for other purposes.

HR 922 -- Burn Area Flood Prevention Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to ensure that private property, public safety and human life are protected from flood hazards that directly result from post-fire watershed conditions that are created by wildfires on federal land.

HR 960 -- Mining Jobs Protection Act

Official Title: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the authority of the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to disapprove specifications of disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material, and to clarify the procedure under which a higher review of specifications may be requested.

HR 1309 -- Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to extend the authorization of the national flood insurance program, to achieve reforms to improve the financial integrity and stability of the program and to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risk.

HR 1363 -- Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Official Title: A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2011, and for other purposes.

HR 1379 -- Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to reauthorize federal natural hazards reduction programs, and for other purposes.

HR 1433 -- Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to protect private property rights.

HR 1485 -- Catastrophic Wildfire Community Protection Act

Official Title: A bill to address the public health and safety threat presented by the risk of catastrophic wildfire on federal forestlands by requiring the secretary of Agriculture and the secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest restoration, forest health and watershed restoration.

HR 1705 -- Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

HR 1762 -- Gulf Coast Restoration Act

Official Title: A bill to establish a Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.

HR 1907 -- Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to require the secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire interests in real property that are in compliance with habitat conservation plans approved by the secretary of the Interior under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

HR 1920 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

HR 1982 -- Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to provide a federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other purposes.

HR 2009 -- Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act

Official Title: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to define next generation biofuel and to allow states the option of not participating in the corn ethanol portions of the renewable fuel standard due to conflicts with agricultural, economic, energy or environmental goals.

HR 2018 -- Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to preserve the authority of each state to make determinations relating to the state's water quality standards, and for other purposes.

HR 2030 -- Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure, and for other purposes.

HR 2112 -- Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations

Official Title: An act making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and related programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

HR 2269 -- Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

HR 2321 -- Southeastern Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to provide temporary tax relief for areas damaged by 2011 southeastern severe storms, tornados and flooding, and for other purposes.

HR 2354 -- Fiscal 2012 Energy-Water Appropriations

Official Title: A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

HR 2401 -- Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

HR 2469 

Official Title: A bill to protect consumers from discriminatory state taxes on motor vehicle rentals.

HR 2541 -- Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Official Title: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements.

HR 2601 -- Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to provide permanent authority for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for National Forest System lands and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

HR 2630 -- Volunteer Firefighter Fairness Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of emergency service volunteers as independent contractors.

HR 2738 -- Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to authorize the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to increase resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United States.

HR 2847 

Official Title: A bill to create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

HR 2905 

Official Title: A bill to temporarily waive the risk management purchase requirement for agricultural producers adversely impacted by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee so that such producers are eligible to receive assistance under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), and Tree Assistance Program (TAP).

HR 2973 

Official Title: A bill to direct the secretary of the Interior to extend an exemption from certain requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect public health and safety.

HR 3111 -- Rural Economic Farm and Ranch Sustainability and Hunger Act of 2011

Official Title: A bill to reform and reauthorize agricultural programs, and for other purposes.

HR 3323 -- Freeing Agriculture to Reap More Act

Official Title: A bill to reduce the regulatory burden on the agricultural sector of the national economy.

HR 3389 -- Consortia-Led Energy Advancement Networks Act

Official Title: A bill to provide for the establishment of Clean Energy Consortia to enhance the Nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean energy technology.

HR 3671 -- Fiscal 2012 Omnibus Appropriations

Official Title: A bill making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

HR 3710 -- Deficit Reduction, Job Creation and Energy Security Act

Official Title: A bill to direct the secretary of Interior and the secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to initiate immediate action to create jobs in America, and for other purposes.

HR 4043 -- Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act

Official Title: A bill to amend Title 10, U.S. Code, to direct the secretary of Defense to establish Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas for national defense purposes, and for other purposes.

HR 4099 

Official Title: A bill to authorize a National Heritage Area Program, and for other purposes.

HR 2112 -- Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations

Official Title: An act making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and related programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

HR 4153 -- Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act

Official Title: A bill to support efforts to reduce pollution of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.

HR 4159 -- American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to increase the employment of Americans by requiring state workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants.

HR 4171 -- Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to repeal certain provisions relating to criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws, and for other purposes.

HR 4306 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, transportation and sale, receipt, acquisition or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species, and for other purposes.

HR 4314 

Official Title: A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program, and for other purposes.

HR 4331 

Official Title: A bill to respond to the extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, drought, disease or storm damage by declaring a state of emergency and directing the secretary of Agriculture to immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner provided in title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

HR 4396 -- Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to extend Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management stewardship end result contracting authority, and for other purposes.

HR 5325 -- Fiscal 2013 Energy-Water Appropriations

Official Title: A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

HR 5683 -- Veterans' Job Corps Act

Official Title: A bill to authorize the president to establish the Veterans' Job Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through the performance of useful public works, and for other purposes.

HR 5746 -- Update and Streamline REIT Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts, and for other purposes.

HR 5827 -- Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department of Energy's energy research, development and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable and sustainable delivery of energy and clean water resources.

HR 5900  

Official Title: A bill to modify the training requirements for certain fire departments applying for federal grants.

HR 2112 -- Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations

Official Title: An act making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and related programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

HR 5955  

Official Title: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve energy programs.

HR 5960 -- Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion and Catastrophic Fire Act of 2012

Official Title: A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to improve the response to insect infestations and related diseases and to change the funding source for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program, to codify the stewardship end result contracting and good neighbor authorities, and to amend the emergency watershed protection program to improve post fire rehabilitation, and for other purposes.

HR 5967  

Official Title: A bill to amend Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable electricity and energy efficiency standard for certain electric utilities, and for other purposes.

HR 5973 -- Fiscal 2013 Agriculture Appropriations

Official Title: A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, rural development, Food and Drug Administration and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

HR 6009  

Official Title: A bill to establish a program that will generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land through a management-focused approach, and for other purposes.

H Con Res 84 

Official Title: Concurrent resolution recognizing the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change.

H Res 84 

Official Title: A resolution commemorating 100 years of natural resource conservation achievements made possible through the vision and leadership of Representative John W. Weeks and the enactment of the Weeks Act in 1911.