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69 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation under which the Property Services Regulatory Authority, which was set up by Michael McDowell in 2005, operates; the actions taken since its formation up to November this year; if the recent legislation passed enables it to fully investigate claims as intended at its 2005 formation; if so, the number of investigations underway; the budget that was allocated to it in 2011 and if that budget includes office rental. [39254/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

69 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation under which the Property Services Regulatory Authority, which was set up by Michael McDowell in 2005, operates; the actions taken since its formation up to November this year; if the recent legislation passed enables it to fully investigate claims as intended at its 2005 formation; if so, the number of investigations underway; the budget that was allocated to it in 2011 and if that budget includes office rental. [39254/11]

58 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his overall budget in respect of consultancy for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 in relation to the establishment of Irish Water. [39270/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

58 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his overall budget in respect of consultancy for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 in relation to the establishment of Irish Water. [39270/11]

53 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his budget for consultancy in relation to the independent assessment of the establishment of a water utility referenced in a Dáil Éireann speech on 16 June 2011. [39265/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

53 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his budget for consultancy in relation to the independent assessment of the establishment of a water utility referenced in a Dáil Éireann speech on 16 June 2011. [39265/11]

Startup Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Startup Act of 2011 - Requires the head of any federal or independent regulatory agency, before issuing a notice of rulemaking in connection with the issuance of a proposed major rule, to complete a review that, among other things, analyzes the problem that the rule intends to address, and identifies and analyzes the rule's expected impact on state, local, and tribal governments, as well as on the ability of new businesses to form and expand. Requires a rule cost-benefit analysis. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a permanent full tax exclusion on gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years, (2) repeal the minimum tax preference and the 28% capital gains rate on such stock, and (3) provide a limited tax credit for certain startup small businesses. Directs the Comptroller General to assess the costs and benefits to prospective investors, shareholders, and securities markets of allowing smaller stock issuers to opt out of company regulatory requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to use certain federal agency extramural budget funds to award grants to institutions of higher education for initiatives to improve the commercialization and expedited transfer of university-based research and resultant technology. Establishes the Committee on Research Commercialization Improvement. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) adjust to conditional permanent resident the status of up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM); and (2) issue a conditional immigrant visa to up to 75,000 qualified alien entrepreneurs. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to regularly compile: (1) information from each of the states and the District of Columbia on laws that affect the formation and growth of new businesses, and (2) quantitative and qualitative information on U.S. businesses that are not more than one year old. Requires related reports.

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Taxpayers Right to Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency in each fiscal year to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. Requires agency heads to publish on agency websites the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of unspent and unobligated program funds held by the agency and grant recipients, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Expands the scope of information required in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to include: (1) programs providing assistance to foreign nations, international organizations, and services provided or funded by agencies operating outside the United States; (2) information required by this Act; and (3) budget functions and authorization and appropriation amounts for each assistance program in the Catalog.

LIHEAP Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

LIHEAP Protection Act - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Expresses the sense of Congress that this Act should be implemented in a manner consistent with the Budget Control Act of 2011, and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) should: (1) continue and expedite efforts to identify best practices used by LIHEAP grant recipients; (2) provide training and technical assistance to such grant recipients; (3) recommend policy changes, and assess and mitigate risk at governmental levels in order to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse; and (4) strengthen the Program so all funds reach the households who need them the most.

Sanierung des Bundeshaushaltes ohne Steuererhöhungen

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Josef Bucher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einbringung einer Regierungsvorlage für ein Maßnahmenpaket zur Sanierung des Bundeshaushaltes ohne Steuererhöhungen

Gehaltsbeschränkungen für Manager staatsnaher Betriebe

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Alois Gradauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Gehaltsbeschränkungen für Manager staatsnaher Betriebe und Manager jener Banken und Versicherungen, die Unterstützung des Bundes in Anspruch nehmen

Anhebung des Förderzinses für flüssige und gasförmige Kohlenwasserstoffe

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einbringung einer Regierungsvorlage zur Novellierung des Mineralrohstoffgesetzes zur Anhebung des Förderzinses für flüssige und gasförmige Kohlenwasserstoffe

"Plattform Forum Land"

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Harald Jannach, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend "Plattform Forum Land" <i>(Förderungen)</i>

"Ökosoziales Forum Österreich" und "Ökosoziales Forum Europa"

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Harald Jannach, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend "Ökosoziales Forum Österreich" und "Ökosoziales Forum Europa" <i>(Förderungen)</i>

Festschreibung einer Schuldenbremse in der Verfassung

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Ernest Windholz (BZÖ) an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend Dr. Reinhold Mitterlehner betreffend Festschreibung einer Schuldenbremse in der Verfassung <br><br>Aus welchem Grund haben Sie als Wirtschaftsminister im Ministerrat einer Schuldenbremse ohne zeitgleiche Festschreibung einer Steuer- und Abgabengrenze in der Verfassung die Zustimmung erteilt?

Austria Wirtschaft Service-Maßnahmen gegen die restriktive Kreditvergabe an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen gemäß Basel III

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Dr. Christoph Matznetter (SPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend Dr. Reinhold Mitterlehner betreffend Austria Wirtschaft Service-Maßnahmen gegen die restriktive Kreditvergabe an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen gemäß Basel III <br><br>Basel III wird sich restriktiv auf die Kreditvergabe an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen auswirken. Welche Maßnahmen werden insbesondere im Rahmen der Austria Wirtschaft Service dagegen gesetzt?

Bundeshaushaltsgesetz 2013

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Wiedereinführung IFB

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Bernhard Themessl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Wiedereinführung IFB <i>(Investitionsfreibetrag)</i>

Rücknahme der Streichung der Gruppenrechtsschutzversicherung für Exekutivbedienstete

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Werner Herbert, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einbringung einer Regierungsvorlage zur Rücknahme der Streichung der Gruppenrechtsschutzversicherung für Exekutivbedienstete

Aufnahme von Verhandlungen über eine Vereinbarung gem. Art. 15a B-VG zur Konsolidierung der Staatsfinanzen

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Konrad Steindl, Kai Jan Krainer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Aufnahme von Verhandlungen über eine Vereinbarung gem. Art. 15a B-VG über die gemeinsame Aufgabe von Bund, Ländern und Gemeinden zur Konsolidierung der Staatsfinanzen

6 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding budget cuts under the ECB — EU agreement and also the VAT increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39076/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011

6 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding budget cuts under the ECB — EU agreement and also the VAT increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39076/11]

LIHEAP Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

LIHEAP Protection Act - Makes appropriations for FY2012 for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Expresses the sense of the Senate that this Act should be implemented in a manner consistent with the Budget Control Act of 2011, and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) should: (1) continue and expedite efforts to identify best practices used by LIHEAP grant recipients; (2) provide training and technical assistance to such grant recipients; (3) recommend policy changes, and assess and mitigate risk at governmental levels in order to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse; and (4) strengthen the Program so all funds reach the households who need them the most.

Jobs Creation Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Jobs Creation Act - Title I: Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Payroll Tax Holiday - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to: (1) extend through 2012 the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employees and self-employed individuals (payroll tax holiday), (2) allow a 2% reduction of the employment tax rate for employers and tax-exempt organizations, and (3) allow an additional 2% reduction in the tax rate for self-employed individuals. Subtitle B: American Opportunity - American Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 25% of a qualified equity investment in a qualified small business entity (angel investment tax credit). Defines "qualified small business entity" as a domestic corporation or partnership that: (1) is a small business headquartered in the United States; (2) is engaged in a high technology trade or business; (3) has been in existence for less than five years as of the date of the qualified equity investment; and (4) employs less than 100 full-time employees, more than 50% of whom perform substantially all of their services in the United States. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $500 million for each of calendar years 2011 through 2015. Subtitle C: Extension of Expiring Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for one year: (1) bonus depreciation and the 100% expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; (2) the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax (AMT) credit in lieu of bonus depreciation; (3) the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses; (4) the tax credit for increasing research activities; (5) accelerated depreciation for qualified leasehold improvements, qualified restaurant buildings and improvements, and qualified retail improvements; (6) the tax deductions for charitable contributions of food inventory and book inventories to public elementary or secondary schools; and (7) the tax deduction for corporate contributions of computer technology or equipment for educational purposes. Title II: Infrastructure Provisions - Revises the state infrastructure bank program to make $10 billion available to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make a special single allocation to each state for deposit into the state infrastructure bank. Authorizes a state to use 20% of allocated funds for: (1) investigating the viability of identifying revenue sources for repayment capital transportation projects, (2) technical assistance, (3) promotion to potential borrowers, and (4) other activities to enhance the project pipeline. Directs the Secretary to make allocations to each state that elects not to establish, or is prohibited by state law from establishing, an infrastructure bank of: (1) 20% of funds that would otherwise be allocated to the state for such activities, or (2) 10% of funds that would otherwise be allocated for other surface transportation projects. Appropriates $25 billion to the Secretary for: (1) certain highway improvement projects (including bridges on public roads), (2) seismic retrofit and painting of bridges, and (3) mitigation costs to address adverse impacts of projects. Prescribes the federal share of project costs at up to 100%. Makes $800 million available to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for state water pollution control revolving funds and state drinking water treatment revolving loan funds. Title III: Regulatory Reform - Subtitle A: Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens - Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens Act or the CURB Act - Requires each federal agency to: (1) report to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on the costs and benefits of each significant regulatory action and of identified alternatives; (2) develop or have written procedures for the approval of significant guidance documents; (3) maintain on its website a list of such documents in effect; (4) establish and advertise on its website a means for the public to electronically submit comments on such documents and a request for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of such documents; and (5) publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing that a draft of an economically significant guidance document is available, make such document publicly available, invite comment on such draft, and respond to such comments. Defines a &quot;significant regulatory action&quot; as any regulatory action that is likely to result in a regulation that may: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates and the priorities, principles, and provisions of this Act. Authorizes an agency head, in consultation with the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, to identify a particular document or category of such documents for which the procedures of this Act are not feasible or appropriate. Allows a reduction or waiver of civil penalties on small entities for failure to comply with collection of information or recordkeeping requirements. Subtitle B: EPA Regulatory Relief - EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 - Provides that the following rules shall have no force or effect and shall be treated as though they had never taken effect: (1) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (2) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (3) the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; and (4) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That are Solid Waste. Requires the EPA Administrator, in place of such rules, to promulgate within 15 months regulations for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units subject to such rules, that: (1) establish maximum achievable control technology standards, performance standards, and other requirements for hazardous air pollutants or solid waste combustion under the Clean Air Act; and (2) identify non-hazardous secondary materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units of such boilers, heaters, or incinerator units, are solid waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for purposes of determining the extent to which such combustion units are required to meet emission standards for such pollutants under such Act. Requires the Administrator to establish compliance dates for such standards and requirements after considering compliance costs, non-air quality health and environmental impacts and energy requirements, the feasibility of implementation, the availability of equipment, suppliers, and labor, and potential net employment impacts. Sets forth guidelines for such rules and regulations, including requiring the Administrator to: (1) ensure that emissions standards for existing and new sources can be met under actual operating conditions consistently and concurrently with emission standards for all other air pollutants regulated by the rule for the source category, and (2) impose the least burdensome regulatory alternative for each regulation promulgated. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of nonhazardous secondary materials that are not solid waste when combusted in units designed for energy recovery. Specifies material to be included in such list. Title IV: Workforce Development - Subtitle A: Job Training Program Consolidation - Job Training Program Consolidation Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to study the effectiveness of current federal job training programs and the consolidation of duplicative job training programs. Requires the Director to prepare recommendations for legislation that: (1) reduce the number and costs of job training programs, and (2) consolidate all such programs under a single agency that emphasizes job training that develops skills needed by state or local employers. Prescribes uses of saved funds due to recommended legislation, including: (1) half to increase funds for individual training accounts of adults and dislocated workers, and (2) half for federal debt reduction. Subtitle B: Innovation and Job Creation - National Innovation and Job Creation Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the National Innovation Council to: (1) formulate federal innovation policy, and (2) provide financial assistance for state and local innovation initiatives. Transfers to the Council several other specified federal programs. Establishes the National Innovation Council Board. Establishes within the Council the CLUSTER (Competitive Leadership for the United States Through its Economic Regions) Information Center (CLIC). Directs the CLIC to maintain a publicly available registry of CLUSTER Initiatives and CLUSTER Programs. Directs the Council to award grants to eligible entities to operate a CLUSTER Grant Program for the award of grants to CLUSTER Initiatives. Directs the Council to award: (1) competitive National Sector Research grants to eligible companies and joint ventures to encourage innovation through research partnerships between U.S. academic institutions and industry research alliances, (2) Productivity Enhancement Research grants to U.S. academic institutions and to joint ventures composed of academic institutions and private companies to support early-staged research into methods of increasing industry productivity and innovation, (3) State Innovation-Based Economic Development Partnership grants to state economic development entities to spur innovation or productivity activities, and (4) Technology Diffusion grants to manufacturing extension partnership centers to promote the diffusion of existing technological innovations to companies in which such innovations are underutilized. Title V: Offsets - Subtitle A: Surtax on High-income Taxpayers - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional 2% tax in taxable years beginning after 2012 and before 2023 on the modified adjusted gross income of any individual taxpayer in excess of $1 million. Subtitle B: Closing Big Oil Tax Loopholes - Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny to any major integrated oil company (an oil company which had gross receipts in excess of $1 billion for its last taxable year ending during 2005 and an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels for a taxable year): (1) a foreign tax credit if such company is a dual capacity taxpayer (a person who is subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and who receives a specific economic benefit from such country or possession directly or indirectly); (2) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (3) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs; (4) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells; and (5) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to grant royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for natural gas production from certain deep wells and deep water oil and natural gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf.

Taxpayers Right to Know Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Taxpayers Right to Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency in each fiscal year to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3)&nbsp;estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program;&nbsp;(4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees&nbsp;who administer&nbsp;each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. Requires agency heads to publish on agency websites the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates,&nbsp;the total amount of unspent and unobligated program funds held by the agency and grant recipients, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Expands the scope of information required in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to include: (1) programs providing assistance to foreign nations, international organizations, and services provided or funded&nbsp;by&nbsp;agencies operating outside the United States; (2) information required by this Act; and (3) budget functions and authorization and appropriation amounts for each assistance program in the Catalog.

A bill to restore the exemption from fees for certain customs services for passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, and islands adjacent to the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to restore the exemptions from the payment of customs users for arriving passengers whose journey originated in, or originated in the United States and was limited to, Canada, Mexico, or adjacent islands. (Retains the current customs user fee exemptions for arriving passengers whose journey originated in, or originated in the United States and was limited to, a U.S. territory and possession.)

Balancing Our Obligations for the Long-Term Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Balancing Our Obligations for the Long-Term Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish for FY2030-FY2050: (1) direct spending limits, and (2) total spending limits. Prescribes certain deficit control mechanisms (sequestration and reduction orders) for such period. Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) determine common scorekeeping guidelines, and (2) prepare estimates in conformance with such guidelines. Prescribes and/or revises requirements for discretionary, direct, total, and deficit sequestration preview and final reports. Eliminates Pay-As-You-Go reports. Adds the following programs and activities to the list exempted from sequestration orders: (1) obligated balances of budget authority carried over from prior fiscal years; (2) federal obligations required to be paid under the U.S. Constitution or legally contractual obligations; (3) Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts (20-1895-0-1-808); and (4) intragovernmental transfers. Modifies and/or repeals certain mandatory general and special sequestration rules. Amends the Act to establish the baseline for the three 10-fiscal years beginning after the last such outyear based on enacted law, as an estimate of current year levels of budget authority, outlays, or receipts for: (1) discretionary spending; (2) Medicare; (3) Medicaid and other health-related spending; (4) other direct spending; (5) social security; (6) other categories, as appropriate; and (7) net interest. Amends the Congessional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make an annual projection for at least 40 years of total spending, revenue, deficits, and debt beginning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered in the most recently enacted budget resolution as a percentage of current projected gross domestic product (GDP), based on current law and current law levels as modified to maintain current policy. Requires CBO to issue an annual Spending Review Report on the solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Fund and the long-range sustainability of the spending levels of Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending as well as other direct spending. Prescribes procedures for introduction and expedited consideration in each chamber of spending review legislation if such report indicates OASDI Trust Fund insolvency or the non-sustainability of other specified direct spending. Replaces the requirement that budget resolutions include new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category with a requirement that they include subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending (excluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. Requires budget resolutions to set forth appropriate levels, as a percent of the current GDP, for total federal revenues, total outlays, debt held by the public, and the surplus or deficit in the budget for the 10th, 20th, and 30th fiscal years after the last fiscal year of the budget resolution (long-term budgeting). Requires inclusion in a budget resolution of specified long-term reconciliation directives. Requires CBO to estimate whether each measure reported from committee (except those under the Committee on Appropriations) causes a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four ensuing 10-year periods. Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any measure that causes such a net increase in deficits. Requires CBO to prepare a specified long-term cost analysis and submit it to the requesting chairman or ranking member of the congressional budget committee or of the committee of jurisdiction for: (1) major legislation reported by any congressional committee, and (2) any bill or resolution requested by such chairman or ranking member. Requires inclusion of specified long-term budgeting in the President's budget submission. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report, in the President's budget submission, on the federal government's financial condition, including the long-term unfunded obligations. Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to revise legislative procedures for congressional consideration of the President's proposed legislation in response to a Medicare funding warning (Medicare trigger). Requires the appropriate chairman of the congressional budget committee to adjust the appropriate allocations, aggregates, and other levels to reflect the budget impact achieved by such introduced legislation for CBA purposes, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, the Rules of the House of Representatives, or the Standing Rules of the Senate.

Review Every Dollar Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Review Every Dollar Act of 2011 - Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill, joint resolution, or other measure that: (1) reauthorizes any federal program for more than seven fiscal years, or (2) establishes a new federal program that exceeds such period. Requires each standing congressional committee with legislative jurisdiction over any direct spending program by July 31 during the second session of each Congress to apply specified criteria to determine whether any such program should be modified, terminated, or reauthorized. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require each of the chairs of the congressional budget committees to maintain a deficit reduction discretionary account and a deficit reduction direct spending account. Prescribes procedures for the crediting to such accounts of the amounts of either discretionary or direct spending deficit reduction in any amendment to a bill that reduces the appropriate budget authority. Requires any measure or Act that transfers funds from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund to be counted as new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal year in which it occurs. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the authorization of appropriations and the appropriation of additional Pell Grant funds after FY2012 that were to be used to increase the maximum Pell Grant amount. Maintains the amount of a Pell Grant at $5,500 for academic years 2013-2014 through 2017-2018, minus the expected family contribution. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to adjustments to discretionary spending limits for the budget year and each outyear to reflect changes in concepts. Defines changing a program from direct spending to discretionary spending or from discretionary spending to direct spending as such a change of concept, if it does not cause a net increase in new budget authority or outlays for FY2012-FY2021. Prohibits from taking effect, except according to a specified procedure, any rule made to carry out a direct spending program that would require new budget authority of at least $100 million for the fiscal year it takes effect or for any of the nine ensuing fiscal years. Limits exceptions to this prohibition to rules necessary: (1) because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, for the enforcement of criminal laws, or for national security; or (2) to implement an international trade agreement. Requires also for such an exception that the new budget authority to carry it out is provided by law. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) review proposed rules requiring new budget authority before their effective dates, and (2) take specified administrative steps to prevent further agency action pertaining to such rulemaking.

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) (title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) to revise the budgetary treatment of federal direct loans and loan guarantees to account for them on a fair value basis (currently, a FCRA accrual basis). Requires the President's budget from FY1992 on to reflect the Treasury discounting component of direct loan and loan guarantee programs. Defines the &quot;Treasury discounting component&quot; as the estimated long-term cost to the federal government of a direct loan or loan guarantee (or modification) calculated on a net present value basis, excluding administrative costs and any incidental effects on governmental receipts or outlays. Revises other requirements for the President's budget, beginning with FY2015, including conditions for new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments. Requires new budget authority for such loans or loan guarantee commitments to be provided in advance in an appropriation Act. Exempts a direct loan or loan guarantee program that constitutes an entitlement (such as the guaranteed student loan program or the veteran's home loan guaranty program) as well as all existing credit programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) from: (1) the above requirement, and (2) the prohibition against modification of an outstanding direct loan or loan guarantee in a manner that increases its costs unless budget authority for the additional cost has been provided in advance in an appropriation Act. Repeals the general authorization of appropriations to federal agencies for the cost associated with such direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments. Revises requirements for Treasury transactions with financing accounts (nonbudget accounts associated with each program account which holds balances, receives the cost payment from the program account, and also includes all other cash flows to and from the federal government resulting from direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments made on or after October 1, 1991). Limits the availability of amounts in liquidating accounts to specified payments resulting from direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments made before October 1, 1991. Requires each of the Directors of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to study and make recommendations to the congressional budget committees on the feasibility of applying fair value concepts to budgeting for the costs of federal insurance programs. Requires the receipts and disbursements, including the administrative expenses, of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) to be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of: (1) the President's budget, (2) the congressional budget, and (3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDC) (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Treats the face amount of obligations issued after the 90th day after the enactment of this Act by the GSEs outstanding at one time as issued by the federal government. (Thus subjects their debt to the public debt limit.) Repeals mandatory off-budget treatment of the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund. (Thus returns such Fund to an on-budget status.) Repeals the requirement that Competitive Products Fund receipts and disbursements be accorded the same budgetary treatment accorded to Postal Service Fund receipts and disbursements. Requires CBO and OMB to: (1) prepare jointly a study of the history of offsetting collections against expenditures and the amount of receipts collected annually, the historical application of the budgetary terms &quot;revenue,&quot; &quot;offsetting collections,&quot; and &quot;offsetting receipts&quot;; and (2) review the application of those terms and make recommendations to the congressional budget committees on whether such usage should be continued or modified. Requires a federal agency, whenever it prepares and submits written budget justification materials for any congressional committee, to post them on the same day as its submission on its public website.

Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare for each major bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee (except the congressional appropriations committees), as a supplement to CBO cost estimates, a macroeconomic impact analysis of the costs of such legislation for: (1) the period for which the cost estimate is prepared, and (2) the 10-fiscal year period beginning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such estimate was prepared and each of the 2 next 10-fiscal year periods. Defines &quot;major bill or resolution&quot; as any bill or resolution whose budgetary effects, for any fiscal year in the period for which a CBO cost estimate is prepared, is estimated to be greater than .25% of the current projected U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) for that fiscal year. Requires the analysis to describe: (1) the potential economic impact of the bill or resolution on major economic variables, including real GDP, business investment, the capital stock, employment, and labor supply; and (2) the potential fiscal effects of the measure, including any estimates of revenue increases or decreases resulting from changes in GDP.

Baseline Reform Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Baseline Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline. Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to mean a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority (as under current law), outlays (as under current law), or receipts (instead of revenues) and the surplus or deficit (as under current law) for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date. Includes estimates for direct spending in the baseline calculation formula for the budget year and each outyear. Revises the formula for calculating the baseline for discretionary spending for the budget year and each outyear to eliminate adjustments for: (1) expiring multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the Railroad Retirement account; (3) offsets to federal employees' annual pay; and (4) certain inflators used to adjust budgetary resources in the Act. Amends the Act to define: (1) Medicare as programs within budget function 570; (2) Medicaid and other health-related spending as programs within budget function 550; and (2) other direct spending as programs other than those within budget functions 550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net interest. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), after the President's budget submission and in addition to the baseline projections, to report a supplemental projection to the congressional budget committees, assuming extension of current tax policy for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, with an alternative projection for that fiscal year, again assuming the extension of current tax policy, excluding emergency provisions, in the previous fiscal year. Requires CBO to report to such committees, on or before July 1 of each year, the Long-Term Budget Outlook for: (1) the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, and (2) at least the ensuing 30 fiscal years.

Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require joint budget resolutions signed by the President instead of the concurrent resolutions now required (which do not have to be signed by the President). Revises accordingly the congressional procedures for considering joint budget resolutions. Prohibits the consideration of budget-related legislation before the joint budget resolution becomes law. Permits revisions of joint budget resolutions already enacted. Makes a conforming amendment to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any joint budget resolution, amendment, or conference report that contains certain matter prohibited by the CBA, particularly inclusion in the surplus or deficit totals of any outlays and revenue totals of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program under title II of the Social Security Act. Deems the aggregates, allocations, and any other matters that pertain solely to Congress specified in a joint budget resolution, to operate and be enforceable in both chambers as if such resolution had been enacted notwithstanding a presidential veto of the resolution. (Thus creates an automatic standing order upon a presidential veto of a joint budget resolution.) Authorizes a joint budget resolution to set forth the public debt limit. Makes conforming amendments to: (1) the Rules of the House of Representatives, and (2) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and the CBA.

Spending Control Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Spending Control Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish for FY2013-FY2021: (1) direct spending limits, (2) total spending limits, and (3) deficit limits. Prescribes certain deficit control mechanisms (sequestration and reduction orders) for such period. Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) determine common scorekeeping guidelines, and (2) prepare estimates in conformance with such guidelines. Requires OMB and CBO each to make annual comparisons for the current and the ten ensuing fiscal years of projected total deficits and specified deficit limits. Repeals the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. Prescribes and/or revises requirements for direct, total, and deficit sequestration preview and final reports. Eliminates Pay-As-You-Go reports. Adds the following programs and activities to the list exempted from sequestration orders: (1) obligated balances of budget authority carried over from prior fiscal years; (2) federal obligations required to be paid under the U.S. Constitution or legally contractual obligations; (3) Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts (20-1895-0-1-808); and (4) intragovernmental transfers. Modifies and/or repeals certain mandatory general and special sequestration rules. Requires an appropriate adjustment for the discretionary spending limit of an outyear if an appropriation for the budget year causes a change in direct spending in that outyear. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to: (1) repeal the current requirement for adjusting the allocation of discretionary spending in the House of Representatives if a budget resolution is not adopted by April 15, and (2) allow the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a budget resolution to include an allocation of the level for the global war on terrorism (GWOT) for that fiscal year. Prescribes administrative and legislative procedures for emergency and GWOT adjustments. Amends the CBA to make it out of order in both chambers to consider legislation, if the provisions of such measure have the net effect of increasing direct spending for the current year, the budget year, and the four or nine fiscal years following that budget year. (Thus enforces Cut-As-You-Go.) Repeals Clause 10 of Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Amends the CBA to permit waiver or suspension in the Senate of certain prohibitions under such Act and the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members.

Schriftelijke beantwoording vragen eerste termijn Begroting EL&I, deel landbouw en natuur (sts ELI)

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 7 December 2011

Schriftelijke beantwoording vragen eerste termijn Begroting EL&I, deel landbouw en natuur (sts ELI)

Sonderfinanzierung von Auslandseinsätzen gem. § 1 Z 1 lit. a und b KSE-BVG

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Fichtenbauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Sonderfinanzierung von Auslandseinsätzen gem. § 1 Z 1 lit. a und b KSE-BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz über Kooperation bei der</i> <i>Entsendung von Einheiten und Einzelpersonen in das Ausland)</i>

Selbstbedienungsladen BIG

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Huber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Selbstbedienungsladen BIG <i>(Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H.)</i>

steuerliche Forschungsförderung

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Kai Jan Krainer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Finanzen betreffend steuerliche Forschungsförderung

Einsetzung einer CSI Hypo Tirol Bank AG

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Huber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Finanzen betreffend die Einsetzung einer CSI Hypo Tirol Bank AG

Schadenersatzklage der BAWAG gegen die Stadt Linz

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Elmar Podgorschek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Finanzen betreffend Schadenersatzklage der BAWAG gegen die Stadt Linz

Zusammenlegung der Wetterdienste

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Daniela Musiol, Wolfgang Zanger, Gerald Grosz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einbringung einer Regierungsvorlage zur Zusammenlegung der Wetterdienste

457 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the overall mental health service staffing level is maintained and that funding for posts is preserved at the level of budget 2011 to allow recruitment of staff to reconfigure services towards AVFC model. [38862/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

457 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the overall mental health service staffing level is maintained and that funding for posts is preserved at the level of budget 2011 to allow recruitment of staff to reconfigure services towards AVFC model. [38862/11]

430 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount that was allocated in budget 2011 for the treatment of self-harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38770/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

430 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount that was allocated in budget 2011 for the treatment of self-harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38770/11]

428 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount that was allocated in budget 2011 for the treatment of bulimia nervosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38768/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

428 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount that was allocated in budget 2011 for the treatment of bulimia nervosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38768/11]

426 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount that was allocated in budget 2011 for the treatment of anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38766/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

426 Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount that was allocated in budget 2011 for the treatment of anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38766/11]

391 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health not to cut funding for an organisation (details supplied) and for those with intellectual disabilities in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38490/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

391 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health not to cut funding for an organisation (details supplied) and for those with intellectual disabilities in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38490/11]

406 Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the current budgetary cost of operating Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal annually and the details of any reductions in this budget over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38541/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

406 Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the current budgetary cost of operating Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal annually and the details of any reductions in this budget over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38541/11]

138 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital budget granted to Science Foundation Ireland that was spent on salaries of researchers from 2000 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

138 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital budget granted to Science Foundation Ireland that was spent on salaries of researchers from 2000 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/11]

137 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget expenditure granted to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis from 2000 to 2011 in tabular form, with a breakdown of capital and current funding; if he will provide the total cost of remunerating the board of SFI, a breakdown of the individual remuneration provided to each board member, and the salary of the chief executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

137 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget expenditure granted to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis from 2000 to 2011 in tabular form, with a breakdown of capital and current funding; if he will provide the total cost of remunerating the board of SFI, a breakdown of the individual remuneration provided to each board member, and the salary of the chief executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/11]

106 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget allocated for the refurbishment and extensions to Garda stations for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and the amount spent in each of these years. [39009/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

106 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget allocated for the refurbishment and extensions to Garda stations for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and the amount spent in each of these years. [39009/11]

90 Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills his capital budget for the next five years for County Carlow schools and County Kilkenny schools separately. [38819/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

90 Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills his capital budget for the next five years for County Carlow schools and County Kilkenny schools separately. [38819/11]

51 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to him of in-service training for primary teachers; the role the Teaching Council of Ireland plays in providing in-service training days; the annual budget for the Teaching Council of Ireland; the way the estimated €5.4 million paid to the Teaching Council of Ireland in teacher registration fees is being used; if the provision of in-service training days could be transferred from him to the Teaching Council of Ireland as a cost saving measure and provided for by the teacher registration fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

51 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to him of in-service training for primary teachers; the role the Teaching Council of Ireland plays in providing in-service training days; the annual budget for the Teaching Council of Ireland; the way the estimated €5.4 million paid to the Teaching Council of Ireland in teacher registration fees is being used; if the provision of in-service training days could be transferred from him to the Teaching Council of Ireland as a cost saving measure and provided for by the teacher registration fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/11]

34 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider taxing children’s allowance given to wealthy families those with incomes of greater than €100,000 as part of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38579/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

34 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider taxing children’s allowance given to wealthy families those with incomes of greater than €100,000 as part of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38579/11]

24 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will exempt from any budget VAT increase on certain repairs for example shoe repairs, bicycle repairs and alterations to personal clothing, when the charge to the consumer is less than €25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

24 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will exempt from any budget VAT increase on certain repairs for example shoe repairs, bicycle repairs and alterations to personal clothing, when the charge to the consumer is less than €25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/11]