(as introduced):

Would declare the sense of the House of Representatives that it should be U.S. policy to allow for the development of offshore oil and gas-rich areas in an environmentally responsible manner.

Declares that the Department of the Interior should: (1) complete promptly environmental analysis related to offshore leasing activities, including specified programs; (2) rescind promptly its announcement that the government will not propose any new oil drilling in waters off the East Coast, West Coast, or Eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least the next seven years; (3) expedite the processing and approval of both deepwater and shallow water drilling permits, exploration plans, development operations coordination documents, and development and production plans; and (4) allow new lease sales in all permissible areas of the Outer Continental Shelf, including the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and Atlantic areas.

Atlantic Ocean Lionfish Invasion

(as introduced):

Would express the need to raise awareness and promote capacity building to strategically address the lionfish invasion in the Atlantic Ocean.

Streamline Shallow and Deepwater Permitting Process

(as introduced):

Would express the sense of the House of Representatives that domestic oil and gas resources are critical to our Nation's security and economy and the Secretary of the Interior should take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater permitting process.

(as introduced):

Would recognize the importance of foreign assistance programs in promoting national security, demonstrating the American people's humanitarian spirit, and improving U.S. credibility in world affairs.

Expresses support for providing at least 1% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) each year for nonmilitary foreign assistance.

Passed Senate 91 - 9.
Signed into law, P.L. 112-4.

(as introduced):

Would make further continuing appropriations through March 18 for fiscal year 2011.

(as introduced):

Would make further continuing appropriations throurgh April 8, 2011.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011.

(as introduced):

Would amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.

(as introduced):

Would provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Science, Space and Technology Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that treatment of the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination documents, and lease sales required under Federal law for offshore drilling activity on the outer Continental Shelf as a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Introduced.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of the term "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride; and (2) declare that nothing in the Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Rules Committee.

(as introduced):

Would ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.

(as introduced):

Would preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.

(as introduced):

Would limit the total discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to the level set by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.

(as introduced):

Would establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions.

(as introduced):

Would establish a Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis, to require the periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations.

(as introduced):

Would lift the trade embargo on Cuba.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the leasing of any area of the outer Continental Shelf for the exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or any other mineral.

(as introduced):

Would permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in the State of California.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.

Summary:

(as introduced):

Would revise terms of secured loans and lines of credit used to finance certain transportation infrastructure projects to increase the maximum loan amount for such projects from the lesser of 33% to the lesser of 49% of the eligible project costs or, if the loan does not receive an investment grade rating, the amount of the senior project obligations.

Would Increase the total amount of the line of credit for such projects from 33% to 49% of the reasonably anticipated eligible project costs.

Would declare that, in the event of the obligor's bankruptcy, insolvency, or liquidation, a direct loan from the Secretary of Transportation for an infrastructure project shall not be subordinated to the claims of any holder of project obligations entered into after (not including such obligations issued to refund prior project obligations), or not contemplated by the parties at the time, the Secretary's agreement to provide the line of credit is entered into.

Would authorize appropriations for FY2011 - 2016 for such projects.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deny leases and permits to persons who engage in activities with the government of any foreign country that is subject to any sanction or an embargo established by the Government of the United States.

(as introduced):.

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to disapprove after a permit has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

(as introduced):.

Would provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.

(as introduced):.

Would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to deny nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) from the products of a foreign country that: (1) engages in violations of religious freedom, (2) restricts the freedom of workers to associate and to organize and bargain collectively, or (3) prohibits or limits the functioning of free and independent labor unions..

(as introduced):

Would authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessels LNG GEMINI, LNG LEO, and LNG VIRGO. Limits authorized coastwise trade for each vessel to the carriage of natural gas, as defined in the Deepwater Port Act of 1974.

Prohibits a vessel transported in Dry Dock #2 (if, during such transportation, such dock remains connected by a utility or other connecting line to pierside moorage in Ketchikan, Alaska) from being considered merchandise for the purposes of certain coastwise trade requirements a vessel must meet before engaging in merchandise transportation.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon.

(as introduced):

Would extend the Andean Trade Preference Act.

(as introduced):

Would deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia, under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

(as introduced):

Would repeal the wage requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.

(as introduced):

Would repeal the wage requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act .

(as introduced):

Would allow the conduct of offshore energy exploration, development, and production operations under drilling permits previously issued by the Minerals Management Service.

(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins.

(as introduced):

Would greatly enhance the Nation's environmental, energy, economic, and national security by terminating long-standing Federal prohibitions on the domestic production of abundant offshore supplies of oil and natural gas.

(as introduced):

Would expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.

(as introduced):

Would extend certain trade preference programs.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore lands that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to increase the percentage of revenues from new offshore leases that will be shared with coastal States to 50 percent.

(as introduced):

Would provide for the sale of light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and its replacement with refined petroleum product.

(as introduced):

Would secure unrestricted energy for American consumption and transmission.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal shipping investment withdrawal tax rules; and (2) allow U.S. corporate shareholders an election to deduct dividends attributable to foreign base company shipping income received from a controlled foreign corporation.

(as introduced):

Would establish judicial procedures for causes and claims relating to any action or decision by a Federal official regarding the leasing of Federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy.

(as introduced):

Would provide for merit-based investment in the freight transportation system of the United States to ensure economic growth, increase vitality and competitiveness in national and global markets, address goods mobility and accessibility issues, reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts of freight transportation, better public health conditions, enhance energy security, and improve the condition and connectivity of the freight transportation system.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to require delivery by United States mail of any transportation security card issued to an individual who resides in a remote location.

(as introduced):

Would reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico.

(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal.

(as introduced):

Would provide a Federal regulatory moratorium.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on certain vessels.

(as introduced):

Would ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishing a moratorium on rulemaking actions.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act.

(as introduced):

Would improve the efficiency, operation, and security of the national transportation system to move freight by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that advance interstate and foreign commerce.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any new lease that authorizes the production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate existing leases held by the person to incorporate limitations on royalty relief based on market price that are equal to or less than price thresholds that apply to other leases under that Act.

(as introduced):

Would make Department of Defense and further additional continuing appropriations.

(as introduced):

Would reform the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and Offshore Drilling for oil and gas, to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for discharge of oil from an offshore facility.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2012 for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion; (2) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) operation and maintenance; (5) military personnel; (6) Working Capital Funds; (7) the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund; (9) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (10) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; (11) the Defense Inspector General; (12) the Defense Health Program; (13) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; (14) overseas contingency operations; (15) chemical demilitarization; (16) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (17) National Guard and reserve forces facilities; and (18) military base closure and realignment activities.

Would authorize appropriations for FY2012 for military construction, military family housing, and energy conservation projects. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military personnel policy; (2) education and training; (3) military pay and allowances; (4) acquisition policy and management; (5) DOD organization and management; (6) civilian personnel; and (7) matters relating to foreign nations.

(as introduced):

Would enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title VII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to improve safety at manned offshore installations.

(as introduced):

Would permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modernize and enhance the Federal Government's response to oil spills, to improve oversight and regulation of offshore drilling.

(as introduced):

Would promote alternative and renewable fuels and domestic energy production.

(as introduced):

Would amend Titles 49 and 46, United States Code, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for certain improvements in surface transportation security.

(as introduced):

Would require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(as introduced):

Would provide consumers relief from high gas prices.

(as introduced):

Would provide for the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and acquisition of refined petroleum product.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for an oil spill if such person commits certain additional violations.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 to clarify that a notice of arrival is not required for certain documented vessels unless arriving from a foreign port or place.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Science, Space and Technology Committee.
Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Education and the Workforce Committee.

(as introduced):

Would safely increase domestic oil and gas production.

(as introduced):

Would require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program or issuing or denying any permit.

(as introduced):

Would promote secure ferry transportation.

(as introduced):

Would allow travel between the United States and Cuba.

(as introduced):

Would lift the trade embargo on Cuba.

(as introduced):

Would facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require, as a condition and term of any exploration plan or development and production plan submitted under that Act, that the applicant for the plan must submit an oil spill containment and clean-up plan capable of handling a worst-case scenario oil spill.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

(as introduced):

Would 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.

(as introduced):

Would amend 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.

Would provide 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 be subject to any emission control requirement applicable to such source; and (2) an OCS source, for platform or drill ship exploration, is established when drilling commences at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates.

Would require: (1) final agency action on a permit application for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source under such Act to be taken no later than six months after the filing of such application; (2) such final agency action to be considered to be nationally applicable under judicial review; and (3) judicial review of such action to be without additional administrative review or adjudication.

Would prohibit: (1) the Environmental Appeals Board of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from having any authority to consider any matter regarding the consideration, issuance, or denial of such permit; and (2) extending any administrative stay of the effectiveness of such permit beyond six months after the date of filing of such application.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for most federal government operations for the remainder of FY2012.

(as introduced):

Would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would make consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

(as introduced):

Would renew the Export Administration Act of 1979.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2011 through 2021.

(as introduced):

Would provide for a study by the National Academy of Engineering regarding improving the accuracy of collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of Federal lands and Indian lands

(as introduced):

Would assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to require further negotiation of certain provisions of the NAFTA, and to provide for the withdrawal from the NAFTA unless certain conditions are met.

(as introduced):

Would secure public investments in transportation infrastructure.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to extend the Constitution, laws, and jurisdiction of the United States to installations and devices attached to the seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf for the production and support of production of energy from sources other than oil and gas.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to facilitate the ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress.

(as introduced):

Would require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2012.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to waive the requirement to report the arrival at any port or place within the United States of a vessel of Canada if the vessel does not anchor or dock at any harbor within the customs territory of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, and would apply federal preemption provisions for vessel fluid discharges.

(as introduced):

Would suppress the threat of piracy on the high seas.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to regulate discharges from commercial vessels.

(as introduced):

Would require that vessels used to engage in drilling for oil or gas in ocean waters that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States must be documented under Chapter 121 of Title 46, United States Code.

(as introduced):

Would authorize the programs of the Transportation Security Administration relating to the provision of transportation security.

(as introduced):

Would require the periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations.

(as introduced):

Would implement United States-Columbia trade accord.

(as introduced):

Would implement United States-Panama trade accord.

(as introduced):

Would implement United States-South Korea trade accord.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require establishment of a Working Waterfront Grant Program.

(as introduced):

Would ensure the icebreaking capabilities of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would authorize certain programs of the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2012.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to require, in total, not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center.

(as introduced):

Would establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions and to repeal all rules that became effective after October 1, 1991, and are in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

(as introduced):

Would provide for a moratorium on certain regulations.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to require the Maritime Administrator, in making determinations regarding the non-availability of qualified United States flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, to identify any actions that could be taken to enable such capacity to meet some or all of those requirements.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content.

Introduced.
Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.

(as introduced):

Would provide for a time-out on certain regulations.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units.

Introduced.
Referred to Budget Committee.
Referred to Rules Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would establish a program to improve freight mobility in the United States, and would create the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund.

Introduced.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Education and the Workforce Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee
Referred to Agriculture Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Referred to Science, Space and Technology Committee.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Referred to Small Business Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee
Referred to Veterans' Affairs Committee
Referred to Budget Committee.
Referred to Armed Services Committee
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee

(as introduced):

Would establish a variety of stimulus programs including a National Infrastructure Development Bank.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to ensure that annual expenditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to pay for operation and maintenance costs are allocated equitably among eligible harbor projects

Introduced.
Referred to Appropriations Committee.
Referred to Budget Committee. .

(as introduced):

Would make consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

Introduced.
Referred to Rules Committee.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives of any legislation containing an earmark.

Introduced.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would provide $50,000,000,000 in new transportation infrastructure funding through bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, and inland waterways.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Science, Space and Technology Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would improve the ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems by maintaining and sustaining their capabilities relating to oil spill preparedness, prevention, response, restoration, and research.

(as introduced):

Would express the sense of the Senate that domestic oil and gas resources are critical to our Nation's security and economy and the Secretary of the Interior should take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater permitting process.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on certain vessels.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

(as introduced):

Would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in collaboration with other federal agencies, to direct research and take action to improve oil spill prevention, response, and recovery in Arctic waters.

Would amend the Oil Polllution Act of 1990 to require the NOAA Administrator and the Commandant of the Coast Guard to use amounts made available under this Act for research and related activities in advance of energy exploration and production in the Arctic.

Would require the Coast Guard to assess and take action to reduce the risk of, and improve U.S. response to, a maritime diaster in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.

Would set forth additional Interagency Committee Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research functions, including requiring the Committee to request the National Research Council to conduct an oil spill risk assessment and make recommendations that will enhances safety and lessen the potential adverse environmental impacts of industrial activities in Arctic waters.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the OilSpill Liability Trust Fund by 3 cents a barrel for domestic crude oil and by 7 cents a barrel for other crude oil; and (2) repeal the termination date of such financing rate.

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to expand the allowable uses of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund amounts to include: (1) payment of costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Coast Guard, and other federal agencies to maintain research, prevention, and response capabilities with respect to discharges of oil; (2) payment of costs to carry out environmental assessment studies; and (3) grants to affected states, institutions of higher education, and other entities for research relating to discharges of oil on the Outer Continental Shelf.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil produced from Federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported by pipeline to onshore facilities and to provide for the sharing of certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in the Alaska Adjacent Zone.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify and confirm the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material.

(as introduced):

Would amend Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.

(as introduced):

Would extend trade adjustment assistance and certain trade preference programs.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling.

(as introduced):

Would authorize the exploration, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain in Alaska.

(as introduced):

Would improve the efficiency, operation, and security of the national transportation system to move freight by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that advance interstate and foreign commerce.

(as introduced):

Would extend the Andean Trade Preference Act.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide a requirement for certain lessees.

(as introduced):

Would ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.

(as introduced):

Would extend certain trade preference programs.

(as introduced):

Would provide for comprehensive budget reform in order to increase transparency and reduce the deficit.

(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins.

Sen. Inhofe

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.

Sen. DeMint

(as introduced):

Would establish a harbor maintenance block grant program to provide maximum flexibility to each State to carry out harbor maintenance and deepening projects in the State, to require transparency for water resources development projects carried out by the Corps of Engineers.

Sen. Whitehouse

(as introduced):

Would amend title 46, United States Code, to remove the cap on punitive damages established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Company v. Baker.

Sen. Whitehouse

(as introduced):

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to facilitate the ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress.

Sen. Menendez

(as introduced):

Would promote the diligent development of Federal oil and gas leases.

Sen. Collins

(as introduced):

Would require regulatory reform.

Sen. Klobucher

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning.

Sen. Cantwell

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the United States.

Sen. Graham

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to prioritize the use of amounts made available to the Secretary for general investigations to carry out harbor deepening projects.

Sen. Collins

(as introduced):

Would reauthorize certain port security programs.

Sen. Begich

(as introduced):

Would establish outer Continental Shelf lease and permit processing coordination offices.

Sen. Bingaman

(as introduced):

Would facilitate appropriate oil and gas development on Federal land and waters to limit dependence of the United States on foreign sources of oil and gas.

Sen. Bingaman

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to reform the management of energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Sen. Menendez

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.

Sen. Vitter

(as introduced):

Would require congressional approval before implementation of certain agency actions.

Sen. Rockfeller

(as introduced):

Would establish the American Infrastructure Investment Fund and other activities to facilitate investments in infrastructure projects that significantly enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States by improving economic output, productivity, or competitive commercial advantage.

Sen. Murray

(as introduced):

Would provide for improved investment in national transportation infrastructure.

Sen. McConnell

(as introduced):

Would authorize the conduct of certain lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify the requirements for exploration.

Sen. Whitehouse

(as introduced):

Would create the National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of the United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems.

Sen. Murray

(as introduced):

Would promote secure ferry transportation.

Sen. Levin

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

Sen. DeMint

(as introduced):

Would allow the Army Corps of Engineers to receive and expend non-Federal amounts to carry out certain studies in the same manner that non-Federal amounts may be used to carry out construction activities.

Sen. Murkowski

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to address air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf activities.

Sen. Durbin

(as introduced):

Would secure public investments in transportation infrastructure.

Sen. Levin

(as introduced):

Would 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.

Sen. Levin

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

Sen. Toomey

(as introduced):

Would require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance document, endangerment finding, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or denying any permit.

Sen. Lautenberg

(as introduced):

Would authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation.

Sen. Wyden

(as introduced):

Would provide $50,000,000,000 in new transportation infrastructure funding through bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, and inland waterways.

Sen. Johanns

(as introduced):

Would provide a Federal regulatory moratorium.

Sen. Collins

(as introduced):

Would suspend the effective date of certain covered regulations for one-year beginning on the enactment of this Act. Defines a "covered regulation" as a final regulation that did not take effect before September 1, 2011, that increases costs on businesses in a manner that will have an adverse effect on job creation, job retention, productivity, competitiveness, or the efficient functioning of the economy, and that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (3) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action by another agency; (4) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients; or (5) raise novel legal or policy issues.

Would allow agency heads to exempt covered regulations that: (1) are necessary due to an imminent threat to human health or safety or any other emergency; (2) are necessary to enforce criminal laws, (3) foster private sector job creation; (4) encourage economic growth; (5) reduce regulatory burdens; (6) pertain to a military or foreign affiars function; or (7) are limited to interpreting, implementing, or administering the Internal Revenue Code.

Sen. Lieberman

(as introduced):

Would authorize certain programs of the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2012.

Sen. Johnson (SD)

(as introduced):

Would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Sen. Murray

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

Sen. Portman

(as introduced):

Would reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents.

Sen. Begich

(as introduced):

Would ensure the icebreaking capabilities of the United States.

Sen. Baucus

(as introduced):

Would implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.

Sen. Baucus

(as introduced):

Would implement the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

Sen. Baucus

(as introduced):

Would implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.

Sen. Begich

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

Sen. Begich Thune

(as introduced):

Would ensure effective control over the Congressional budget process.

Sen. Landrieu

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to require the Maritime Administrator, in making determinations regarding the non-availability of qualified United States flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, to identify any actions that could be taken to enable such capacity to meet some or all of those requirements.

Sen. Paul

(as introduced):

Would modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports.

Sen. Stabenow

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System.

Sen. Ayotte

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not required to visit a designated enrollment center more than once.