(as introduced):

Would express the sense of the United States House of Represensatives regarding the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, the kidnapping of Captain Richard Phillips by Somali pirates, the rescue of Captain Phillips by United States Navy SEALs and the crews of the USS Bainbridge,USS Boxer, USS Halyburton and Patrol Squadron (VP) 8.

(as introduced):

Would establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2011.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to ban congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to ban congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits.

5/19/10

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

(as introduced):

Would provide that all revenue derived from the excise tax on oil production should continue to pay for the cleanup of, and the damages incurred by all individuals, businesses, States, municipalities, and natural resources negatively impacted by, the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and any future spills..

(as introduced):

Would set forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.

(as introduced):

Would express the sense of Congress that with respect to the totalitarian government of Cuba, the United States should pursue a policy that insists upon freedom, democracy, and human rights, including the release of all political prisoners, the legalization of political parties, free speech and a free press, and supervised elections, before increasing United States trade and tourism to Cuba.

(as introduced):

Would establish the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2011, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2010, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2012 through 2020.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009 (division A of Public Law 110-329) to extend until March 11, 2009, specified continuing appropriations for FY2009.

(as introduced):

Would make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

(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 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.

(as introduced):

Would provide for audits of programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks.

(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 provide for the authorization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(as introduced):

Would establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded at: (1) a port in the U.S. mainland and unloaded at another such port after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) such a port in Canada and unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland.

Would defines the "Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System" as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Nova Scotia, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.

(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.

(as introduced):

Would make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit issuance of any lease or other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in the fishing grounds known as Georges Bank in the waters of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would 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 direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish and carry out a hazardous materials cooperative research program.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for obtaining transportation worker identification credentials.

(as introduced):

Would make omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct in the maritime environment a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes; (2) ensure such program's coordination with other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric identification programs; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees respecting the cost of expanding DHS biometric identification capabilities for use by departmental maritime assets.

Defines "biometric identification" as the use of fingerprint and digital photography images.

Passed House 317 - 101.

Received in Senate.
Referred to Environment and Public Works Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, including changing the tonnage duty (currently, a tax) on specified vessels entering or returning to a U.S. port.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority.

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

(as introduced):

Would amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime law enforcement.

(as introduced):

Would amend title 46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels.

(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.

Introduced.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.

(as introduced):

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

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Passed 426 - 0.

Received in Senate
Referred to Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
(NOTE: see H.R. 3619)

(as introduced):

Would restructure Coast Guard acquisition processes and policies.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

Reported by Natural Resources Committee.

Passed House by voive vote.

Received in Senate.

(as introduced):

Would reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits.

(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.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions through transportation efficiency including the advocacy of short sea shipping.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act regarding transportation fuels and establishment of a low carbon fuel standard.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would authorize the President to review and approve oil and gas exploration, development, and production projects under existing Federal oil and gas leases, both onshore and offshore, and to limit administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to such projects, upon finding that such a project complies with all applicable Federal laws.

(as introduced):

Would terminate or provide for suspension of the application of Federal laws that restrict exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale, to facilitate the construction of new crude oil refineries

(as introduced):

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

(as introduced):

Would promote secure ferry transportation.

Introduced.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.

Reported by Homeland Security Committee.

Passed House 397 - 25.

Received in Senate.
Referred to Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

(as introduced):

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

Introduced.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.
Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.

(as introduced):

Would lift the trade embargo on Cuba.

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.

Passed 368 - 60.

Received in Senate.
Passed 86 - 3.

Conference Report agreed to in House 226 - 202.

Conference Report agreed to in Senate 91 - 5.

Signed into law, P.L. 111-032.

(as introduced):

Would make supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the Foreign Agricultural Service for Public Law 480 Title II grants (supplemental food program); (2) the Department of Commerce for Economic Development Administration (EDA) for assistance programs; and (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ), including for U.S. Marshall Services, the National Security Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE), and the Federal Prison System.

Would make FY2009 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (4) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (5) the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund; (6) procurement; (7) the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund; (8) research, development, test, and evaluation; (9) Defense Working Capital Funds; (10) the Defense Health Program; (11) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; (12) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (13) the Office of Inspector General; (14) the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - Civil for operation and maintenance, and flood control and coastal emergencies; (15) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and DOD; (16) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; and (17) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005.

Would make FY2009 supplemental appropriations to: (1) the Department of Energy (DOE) for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation; (2) the Department of the Treasury; (3) the Executive Office of the President for the National Security Council and for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; (4) the Judiciary for the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (5) the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC); (6) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for state and local programs; (7) the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service, for wildland fire management; (8) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Administration for Children and Families for refugee and entrant assistance; (9) the legislative branch for the Capitol Police and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); (10) the Department of State for diplomatic and consular programs, the Office of Inspector General, and embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (11) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (12) the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for operating expenses, the Capital Investment Fund, and the Office of Inspector General; (13) bilateral economic assistance, including global health and child survival; (14) international disaster assistance; (15) the Economic Support Fund; (16) assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; (17) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (18) nonproliferation, antiterrorism, demining, and related programs; (19) migration and refugee assistance; (20) peacekeeping operations; (21) International Military Education and Training (IMET); (22) the Foreign Military Financing Program; (23) the Department of Transportation (DOT) for payments to air carriers and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for grants-in-aid for airports; and (24) multilateral development bank replenishments, including the U.S. quota in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as loans to the IMF.

(as introduced):

Would establish a National Goods Movement Improvement Fund to provide funding for infrastructure projects that will improve the movement of goods, mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods, and enhance the security of transported goods

(as introduced):

Would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.
Referred to Education and Labor Committee.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

Reported by Energy and Commerce Committee.
Discharged by Education and Labor Committee.
Discharged by Foreign Affairs Committee.

Discharged by Financial Services Sommittee.
Discharged by Science and Technology Committee.
Duscharged by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Discharged by Natural Resources Committee.
Discharged by Agriculture Committee.
Discharged by Ways and Means Committee.

Passed 219 - 212.
.

Received in Senate.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar.

(as introduced):

Would create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any legislation, if that measure or any accompanying report or joint explanatory statement of managers contains any earmark for which the intended recipient is a private, for-profit entity.

Would permit waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

(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.

Introduced.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.

(as introduced):

Would reduce the price of gasoline by allowing for offshore drilling, eliminate Federal obstacles to constructing refineries and provide incentives for investment in refineries, suspend Federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount, and promote free trade.

Introduced.
Referred to Armed Services Committee.

Reported by Armed Services Committee.

Passed House 389 - 22.

Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Conference requested.

Conference Report passed House 281 - 146.

Conference Report passed Senate 68 - 29.

Signed by President, P.L. 111-084.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 14, United States Code, to modernize the leadership of the Coast Guard, to modernize the administration of marine safety by the Coast Guard.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Passed House by voice vote.

Received in Senate.
Referred to Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
(NOTE: See H.R. 3619)

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a maritime career training loan program.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to improve vessel safety, and for other purposes.

Introduced.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would establish a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a National Climate Enterprise.

Introduced.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.

(as introduced):

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

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 establish the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 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 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.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue in the Arctic.

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.

Passed House 389 - 37.

Passed Senate 84 - 6.
Conference requested.

Conference Report agreed to in House 307 - 114.

Conference Report agreed to in Senate 79 - 19.

Signed by President, P.L. 111-083.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

(as introduced):

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

Introduced.
Referred to Budget Committee.

(as introduced):

Would reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to assist in the defense of United States mariners and vessels against piracy, to ensure the traditional right of self-defense of those vessels against piracy.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Would also continue to appropriate funding for federal agencies through December 18, 2009.

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.

Passed House 266 - 160.

Passed Senate 80 - 17.

Conference Report agreed to in House.

Conference Report agreed to in Senate.

Signed by President, P.L. 111-080.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.
Referred to Education and Labor Committee.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.
Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.

(as introduced):

Would create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trade.

Introduced.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security and agricultural development, to develop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, and would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

7/13/09

7/17/09

7/29/09

10/1/09

10/15/09

10/28/09

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.
Passed House 320 - 97.

Passed Senate 85 - 9.
Conference requested.

Conference Report agreed to in House 308 - 114.

Conference Report agreed to in Senate 80 - 17.

Signed by President, P.L. 111-085.

(as introduced):

Would making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

(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, 2010. Additionally, includes provisions for five of the remaining seven FY2010 appropriations: Commerce-Justice-Science; Financial Services; Labor-HHS; Military Construction-VA; and State-Foreign Operations.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

(as introduced):

Would expand certain restrictions relating to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

. (as introduced):

Would establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels.

Would permit qualified withdrawals from a capital construction fund account for the maintenance or repair of United States-flag vessels provided that the maintenance or repair is performed within the United States.

Would ensure the traditional right of self-defense of United States mariners against acts of piracy.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to implement on-going appropriations for withdrawals from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

(as introduced):

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

(as introduced):

Would provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the Interior.

(as introduced):

Would provide for implementation of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001.

9/22/09
9/24/09

Introduced.
Reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Would authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2010.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the establishment of the Puget Sound Program Office.

1/20/10

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Army to take action with respect to the Chicago waterway system to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan.

2/2/10

Introduced.
Referred to Armed Services Committee.

(as introduced):

Would require a study and report on the feasibility and potential of establishing a deep water sea port in the Arctic to protect and advance strategic United States interests within the evolving and ever more important region.

2/4/10

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Army to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and the tributaries of the Great Lakes.

2/23/10

Introduced.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.

(as introduced):

Would remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural commodities to Cuba and to end travel restrictions on all Americans to Cuba.

2/23/10

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

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect and restore the water quality of the Columbia River Basin, and for other purposes.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build upon and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts at the Federal, regional, State, and local level for the four-State Delaware Basin, including all of Delaware Bay and portions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, located in the Delaware River watershed.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes.

(as introduced):

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

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide loans to certain organizations in certain States to address habitats and ecosystems and to address and prevent invasive species.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to set a cap on allocated funds for earmarks.

(as introduced):

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

(as introduced):

Would make emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal a section of that Act relating to exportation or importation of natural gas.

(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 for areas of the Outer Continental Shelf at least 50 miles beyond the coastal zone of Virginia.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the construction of vessels for the Navy and to authorize appropriations for loan guarantees for commercial vessels.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of the San Francisco Bay.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reaffirm the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military construction and activities of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

(as introduced):

Would require offshore platform oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.

(as introduced):

Would suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed.

(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 establish an independent, nonpartisan commission to investigate the causes and impact of, and evaluate and improve the response to, the explosion, fire, and loss of life on and sinking of the Mobile Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon and the resulting uncontrolled release of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and to ensure that a similar disaster is not repeated.

(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 amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require Congress to establish a unified and searchable database on a public website for congressional earmarks.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

(as introduced):

Would modify the project for navigation and environmental restoration, Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1996.

(as introduced):

Would enhance homeland security in the ports and waterways of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit the Minerals Management Service from issuing permits or environmental or safety waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon.

(as introduced):

Would increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

(as introduced):

Would revise laws regarding liability in certain civil actions arising from maritime incidents.

(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.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold, or discharged under a lease under that Act.

(as introduced):

Would terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling set forth in the Minerals Management Service Notice to Lessees No. 2010-N04, dated May 30, 2010, and declares without force or effect any suspension of deepwater drilling operations issued in connection with such moratorium.

Would direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) act expeditiously to ensure that deepwater drilling operations are conducted in compliance with federal law; and (2) identify additional measures to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling, based on the most accurate information available about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident.

(as introduced):

Would require immediate payment by BP p.l.c to the United States of an amount for use to compensate all affected persons for removal costs and damages arising from the explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available to the Secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation.

(as introduced):

Would terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

(as introduced):

Would provide a statutory waiver of compliance with the Jones Act to foreign-flagged vessels assisting in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to improve oil spill response plans.

6/28/10

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(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.

6/28/10

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

(as introduced):

Would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize funds in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to be used to pay up to 100 percent of the eligible costs of preparing Federal environmental impact statements for certain navigation projects.

(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.

6/29/10

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.

(as introduced):

Would ensure full recovery from responsible parties of damages for physical and economic injuries, adverse effects on the environment, and clean up of oil spill pollution, to improve the safety of vessels and pipelines supporting offshore oil drilling, to ensure that there are adequate response plans to prevent environmental damage from oil spills.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the making of royalty and other payments for oil that is removed under an offshore oil and gas lease under that Act and discharged into waters of the United States or ocean waters.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit leasing in the North Atlantic Planning Area.

(as introduced):

Would provide for enhancement of existing efforts in support of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to advance technologies for the safe and environmentally responsible exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas resources.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the establishment of a process for quickly and effectively soliciting, assessing, and deploying offshore oil and hazardous substance cleanup technologies.

(as introduced):

Would make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

(as introduced):

Would ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue in the Arctic.

(as introduced):

Would declare that a specified suspension of (moratorium on) certain offshore permitting and drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf shall not apply to a drill permit applicant that has complied with specified National Notices and has completed all required safety inspections.

Would instruct the Secretary of the Interior to make a determination on whether to issue a permit within 30 days after determining that the applicant is in compliance with such Notices and has completed such inspections.

(as introduced):

Would amend title 49, United States Code, to eliminate waivers to Buy America to strengthen the requirement that steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in a capital project are produced in the United States.

(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct a study and develop a national intermodal transportation plan.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Defense 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 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the chief executive officer of each drilling and production operation under a lease under that Act to annually certify the operator's compliance with all applicable laws and operating regulations.

(as introduced):

Would Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with regard to oversight and judicial review in connection with offshore oil production and exploration.

(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 provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would limit the effect of legal releases in certain civil actions.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to eliminate the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the trade or business expense deduction for damages paid pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

(as introduced):

Would affirm that waters of the Great Lakes Basin are impressed with a public trust and managed consistent with public trust principles and other standards to protect the navigational, conservation, and public interests in such waters, and to provide for enforcement of such.

(as introduced):

Would deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Chicago Harbor, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to provide for timely consideration of claims submitted by States and political subdivisions for reimbursement of removal costs.

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