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Bill· HRH.R. 2360 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2011
Providing for Our Workforce and Energy Resources Act or POWER Act - Amends the the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to extend the Constitution, laws, and civil and political jurisdiction of the United States to installations attached to the seabed of the outer Continetal Shelf (OCS) (as under existing law) which may be erected to produce or support production of energy from sources other than oil and gas, as well as to any installation or device (other than a ship or vessel) for transmitting such energy. Declares that energy leases on the OCS shall be maintained and issued only under the OCSLA.
Bill· HRH.R. 2322 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2011
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Extends to the Band eligibility for all federal services and benefits available to other federally recognized Indian tribes. Designates the service area for the delivery of federal services to the Band and to other Indians in the area of Cheboygan County, Michigan. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and in other geographic areas and to hold such lands in trust for the benefit of the Band. Sets forth criteria and evidentiary requirements for determining the initial membership of the Band. Requires the Band to provide a copy of its base roll to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within one year of this Act's enactment. Provides that the initial constitution of the Band shall be the constitution submitted by the Band to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment on May 2, 2005.
Bill· HRH.R. 2319 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2011
Maximizing America's Prosperity Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1995 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require: (1) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to prepare a report comparing projected total spending in such Act and the total spending limits (for FY2013-FY2021 and ensuing fiscal years), to be included in the President's annual budget; and (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare a similar report and include it in the CBO annual baseline and reestimate of the President's budget. Requires the reports to be included in spending reduction orders. Requires a specified reduction each fiscal year for unfunded federal mandates. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to set aside for emergencies 1% of new budget authority and outlays allocated to the Committees on Appropriations for the first fiscal year of a concurrent budget resolution. Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to prescribe requirements for CBO and OMB sequestration preview reports regarding discretionary and total spending limits. Prescribes administrative procedures for spending reduction orders. Exempts from such orders: (1) payments for net interest, (2) obligated balances of budget authority carried over from prior fiscal years, (3) federal obligations required to be paid under the U.S. Constitution or legally contractual obligations, and (4) intragovernmental transfers. Prohibits funding for a presidentially designated emergency program from being subjected to sequestration or counted for purposes of calculating a sequester. Requires the President's annual budget to be in compliance with the statutory cap on total federal spending. Requires the President's budget to include a plan to ensure that: (1) the Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Funds will not be exhausted during the 75-year projection period, and (2) the trust fund ratios will not be declining at the end of such period if the report from the Actuaries indicates a shortfall in them. Requires the President's budget also to prioritize non-exempt spending by ranking all federal programs, projects, and activities in five categories from the most essential, to essential, to somewhat essential, to less essential, to least essential, with not less than 12% of total non-exempt spending falling into any one category. Amends the CBA to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any concurrent budget resolution that sets forth total federal outlays for any fiscal year in excess of those specified in this Act. Legislative Line-Item Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose to Congress the rescission (line item reduction) of dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority and items of direct spending. Dedicates all related spending reductions to deficit reduction. Prescribes procedures for expedited consideration of legislation to approve such a proposal. Authorizes the President to: (1) withhold discretionary budget authority temporarily from obligation, or (2) suspend temporarily direct spending. Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. (Thus prevents federal government shutdown.) Amends the Social Security Act to require annual Social Security account statements to individuals to include: (1) estimated present value of taxes and benefits with respect to Social Security and Medicare, and (2) projected deficit-financed OASDI and Medicare benefits as a percentage of individual lifetime earnings. Amends the CBA to require CBO spending and revenue estimates to include the effect on interest and on the federal debt. Federal Sunset Act of 2011 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for its review, at least once every 12 years, of each agency with a view to its possible abolishment; (2) review the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to prepare an inventory of federal programs within each agency for the purpose of advising and assisting Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Requires amounts appropriated to carry out this Act to be offset by a reduction in amounts appropriated to carry out other agencies' programs.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 329 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2011
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) state and local governments should only execute the power of eminent domain for the public good; (2) state and local governments must always justly compensate affected individuals in accordance with the Fifth Amendment; (3) eminent domain should never be used to advantage one private party over another; (4) no state or local government should construe Kelo v. City of New London (Kelo) as justification to abuse the power of eminent domain; and (5) Congress reserves the right to address, through legislation, any abuses of eminent domain by state and local governments in light of Kelo .
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 327 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2011
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are prisoners who have been denied basic due process rights under international law and the laws of the Russian Federation for political reasons; (2) the Russian Federation's standing as a nation supporting democracy, freedom of expression, an independent judiciary, human rights, and the rule of law would be validated by overturning the convictions of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev and securing their immediate release; and (3) the Russian Federation is encouraged to take these actions in furtherance of a new and more positive relationship between the United States and Russia.
Record· Brief regering2011Z13776concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 June 2011
Uitkomst van de analyse over e-Court (internetrechtbank)
Bill· Public2011/28lapsed
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2011
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Bill· SS. 1258 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2011
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011 - Creates a lawful prospective immigrant status for a qualifying alien present in the United States, as well as for such alien's qualifying spouse and children who may be outside the United States. Provides for status adjustment to lawful permanent resident. Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 or the DREAM Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for five years preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; and (7) was age 35 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment. Provides for status adjustment to lawful permanent resident. Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to stay the removal proceedings of an alien who meets certain requirements and who is at least five years of age and enrolled full-time in a primary or secondary school. Limits the eligibility of an alien in conditional permanent resident status for higher education assistance. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such state residence. Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2011 or the AgJOBS Act of 2011 - Confers "blue card status" upon an alien who has fulfilled specified periods of agricultural employment in the United States, is otherwise admissible, and has not been convicted of specified crimes. Provides for adjustment to permanent resident status if the alien has fulfilled other specified periods of agricultural employment in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise H-2A visa (agricultural labor or temporary or seasonal services) provisions. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program. Revises unlawful presence inadmissibility provisions, including family-unity based exceptions. Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Department of Homeland Security Legalization Program Account, and (2) the Immigration Reform Penalty Account. Sets forth immigration-related worksite enforcement provisions, including provisions regarding: (1) unlawful employment of aliens, (2) document verification, (3) the employment verification system, and (4) responsibilities of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Permits the disclosure of certain taxpayer information to DHS. Requires the issuance of: (1) fraud-, tamper-, and wear-resistant Social Security cards; and (2) machine-readable, tamper-resistant employment authorization documents with biometric identifiers. Makes it an unfair immigration employment practice to discriminate based on national origin or citizenship status. Revises immigration-related activities of the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Authorizes appropriations for responsibilities under this Act for: (1) DHS, (2) SSA, (3) the DOJ, and (4) the Department of State. Prohibits the adjustment of an alien in lawful prospective immigrant status to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence until specified border related enhancements in personnel and resources are established, funded, and operational. Provides for additional: (1) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel; (2) Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) personnel; (3) DHS personnel assigned to investigate alien smuggling; (4) immigration litigation attorneys; (5) ports of entry along the northern and southern borders; and (6) equipment and assets along the borders, including unmanned aerial systems, cameras, sensors, satellites, and radar coverage. Directs the Secretary of State to report annually regarding the exchange of North American immigration, law enforcement, and security information among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Provides for: (1) increased border-related cooperation with Mexico, and (2) expansion of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs. Provides reimbursement for state and county prosecutors in border states for prosecuting federally initiated and referred drug cases. Authorizes border relief grants for tribal, state, or local law enforcement and related agencies in proximity to the border or in a designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Establishes the Immigration and United States-Mexico Border Enforcement Commission. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set out the scope of state and local immigration-related enforcement authority. Directs the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Interior, Agriculture, Defense, and Commerce to develop a border protection strategy. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Border Communities Liaison Office in every Border Patrol sector on the southern or northern border. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a visa exit tracking system, and (2) equip all U.S. ports of entry with the United States-Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system (US-VISIT). Increases: (1) civil penalties for illegal entry; (2) fines and penalties for the reentry of previously removed aliens; and (3) penalties concerning stowaways, vessels, and aircraft. Revises voluntary departure provisions. Authorizes appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP). Sets forth provisions regarding issuance of detainers by DHS personnel for aliens apprehended by state or local law enforcement officials for controlled substance violations. Revises passport, visa, and immigration fraud provisions. Directs: (1) the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend passport fraud sentencing guidelines, and (2) the Attorney General to develop immigration fraud prosecution guidelines. Expands the definition of conveyances subject to forfeiture for smuggling. Requires commercial vehicles transporting passengers from outside the United States to a U.S. airport or seaport to provide arrival/departure manifests. Authorizes DHS to share manifest and passenger name information with other government authorities, including foreign governments. Subjects an operator of a vessel or motor vehicle to fine and/or imprisonment for evading a federal checkpoint. Authorizes grants for Indian tribes adversely affected by illegal immigration. Authorizes Department of State and Foreign Service special agents to investigate: (1) illegal passport or visa issuance or use, (2) Department-related identity theft and document fraud, and (3) federal offenses committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdictions (nonmilitary) of the United States. Makes inadmissible and deportable convicted alien: (1) sex offenders who fail to register, and (2) street gang members. Sets forth, with respect to immigration-related enforcement activities: (1) protections for vulnerable populations, (2) apprehension procedures of more than 10 people involving children, and (3) detention procedures for families with children. Requires the creation of secure alternatives to detention (excluding alien terrorists). Enumerates humane detention conditions, including conditions for children and vulnerable populations. Requires the appointment of a detention commission. Authorizes access to counsel for aliens in removal proceedings. Directs the Attorney General to establish a National Legal Orientation Support and Training Center to ensure quality and consistent implementation of group legal orientation programs nationwide. Sets forth protections for: (1) refugees, including designation of refugee groups; and (2) stateless persons in the United States, including mechanisms for regularizing status. Establishes in DHS a position of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ombudsman. Eliminates the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim. Establishes the Standing Commission on Foreign Workers, Labor Markets, and the National Interest to establish employment-based immigration policies that promote economic growth while minimizing job displacement, wage depression, and unauthorized employment in the United States. Revises family and employment based immigrant visa provisions. Recaptures unused FY1992-FY2007 visas. Increases immigration visas for: (1) sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, and (2) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens. Provides a specified visa allocation for the unmarried sons and unmarried daughters of permanent resident aliens. Exempts certain aliens with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics from numerical limits. Revises the definition of "immediate relative" to include the spouse and child of a lawful permanent resident. Establishes a status adjustment process for certain military family members. Redefines "child" to include a stepchild under 21 years old. Provides specified relief for orphans and widows/widowers. Authorizes the status adjustment of a fiance/fiancee or alien spouse and any minor children (K-visa) to conditional permanent resident status if such alien marries a petitioner within three months after U.S. admission. Exempts children of certain naturalized Filipino World War II veterans from worldwide or numerical immigrant limitations. Permits workers who are eligible for permanent resident status adjustment but for whom a visa number is unavailable to apply for adjustment. Uniting American Families Act of 2011 - Includes a "permanent partner" within the scope of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Defines a "permanent partner" as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 or older in which both individuals intend a lifelong commitment; (2) is financially interdependent with the other individual; (3) is not married to, or in a permanent partnership with, anyone other than the individual; (4) is unable to contract with the other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (5) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of the other individual. Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to make the EB-5 visa (alien investor) regional center program permanent. Eliminates sunset provisions for: (1) the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program, and (2) the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program. Extends the H-1C visa program providing nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. Revises entry provisions for H-1B visa foreign medical graduates and provides for an increase under specified conditions in the annual per-state cap of 30 foreign doctors. Exempts from worldwide immigration numerical limitations alien physicians who have completed state waiver or exemption service requirements, including alien physicians who completed such service before the date of enactment of this Act. Includes nationals of Ireland coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupation services in the nonimmigrant E-3 visa category. Authorizes: (1) temporary workers (E, H, I, L O, or P visas) who have not violated their status to renew their same category visa from within the United States; and (2) alien spouses of nonimmigrant H-visa aliens to work in the United States. Gives an alien who ceases to be employed by his or her petitioning employer 60 days to leave the United States or apply for a change of status. Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act or the POWER Act - Excludes from the definition of "immigrant" a nonimmigrant alien who files a petition for status if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the alien: (1) has suffered abuse or harm as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity, (2) has suffered substantial abuse or harm related to specified labor or employment violations related to a workplace claim (workplace violation), (3) is a victim of specified criminal activity and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal, (4) has suffered a workplace violation and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal, (5) has been helpful to specified authorities investigating a workplace violation, or (6) is a material witness or is likely to be helpful in the investigation of a workplace claim and fears retaliatory activities by the employer. Sets forth provisions governing procedural requirements and protections in an enforcement action leading to a removal proceeding taken against an alien: (1) as a result of information provided to DHS in retaliation against an individual for exercising employment or other legal rights, (2) at a facility about which a workplace claim has been filed, or (3) who has filed a workplace claim or who is a material witness in any proceeding involving a workplace claim. Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to allow state leadership activity grants to be used to provide technical assistance to faith and community-based organizations. Directs the National Institute for Literacy to disseminate information regarding integrated English literacy, U.S. history, and civics education programs. Provides grants to states for integrated English literacy, U.S. history, and civics education programs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) tax credits to teachers of English language learners, (2) tax deductions for the expenses of becoming certified as such teachers, and (3) tax credits for employers' expenses in making adult education and literacy services available to their employees. Requires the Commissioner for Education Research of the National Center for Education Research to establish a national research and development center for adult education and literacy. Establishes the Presidential Award for Business Leadership in Promoting United States Citizenship to be awarded to companies and other organizations that make extraordinary efforts in assisting their employees and members to learn English and increase their understanding of U.S. history and civics. Renames the Office of Citizenship of DHS as the Office of Citizenship and New Americans. Authorizes the Office to make grants to states and subgrants to local governments to assist them in integrating immigrants. Establishes the New Citizens Award program. Provides for the status adjustment to lawful permanent resident of certain: (1) Haitian orphans, and (2) Liberian nationals. Provides grants to state courts for programs to assist individuals with limited English proficiency to access and understand state court proceedings. Provides permanent resident status adjustment for a qualifying alien who was, on September 10, 2001, the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of an alien who died as a direct result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist activity against the United States. Makes such provisions inapplicable to an alien who is inadmissible or deportable under criminal or security grounds, including September 11, 2001, terrorist activity. Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand programming that prioritizes alternatives to emigration from countries with the highest rates of irregular migration to the United States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should review U.S. policy toward Latin America in order to strengthen hemispheric security through the reduction of poverty, expansion of equitable trade, and support for democratic institutions, citizen security, and the rule of law.
Bill· SS. 1248 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2011
Enumerated Powers Act - Requires each Act of Congress, bill, resolution, conference report, or amendment to contain a concise explanation of the specific constitutional authority relied upon as the basis for enacting each portion of the measure. Permits a statement of constitutionality, to the extent that a measure limits or abolishes any federal activity, spending, or power overall, to cite the 9th or the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Declares that invoking one or more specified parts of the following clauses in a statement of constitutionality is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Act: (1) the enumerated spending clause; or (2) the commerce clause for any purpose other than the regulation of the buying and selling of goods or services, or their transportation, across boundaries with foreign nations, across state lines, or with the Indian tribes. Declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall give rise to a point of order in either chamber.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 21 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2011
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits denying or abridging equality of rights under the law by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 69 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2011
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits denying or abridging equality of rights under the law by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 322 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2011
Recognizes the contribution of the National Center for the American Revolution to the preservation of the story of the founding of the United States. Expresses support for the Center's efforts to establish an appropriate museum for the telling of such story to future generations.
Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz1276 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz
Austria · National Council · 21 June 2011
Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz über die Transparenz von Medienkooperationen sowie von Werbeaufträgen und Förderungen an Medieninhaber eines periodischen Mediums und ein Bundesgesetz über die Transparenz von Medienkooperationen sowie von Werbeaufträgen und Förderungen an Medieninhaber eines periodischen Mediums erlassen und das KommAustria-Gesetz geändert werden <i>(Medientransparenzgesetz)</i>
Decision· DCELEX 32011D0359in force
European Union · EUR-Lex · 21 June 2011
Bill· proposition de loi organiqueppl10-647lapsed
France · Senate · 17 June 2011
Record· Brief regering2011Z13171adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 17 June 2011
Kabinetsstandpunt internetconsultatie wetgeving
Amendment· AbänderungsantragAA-199abänderungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 16 June 2011
Amendment· AbänderungsantragAA-198abänderungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 16 June 2011
Bill· Selbständiger Antrag1614/Aselbständiger antrag
Austria · National Council · 16 June 2011
Antrag der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Ing. Hermann Schultes, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert, das Bundesgesetz über den unabhängigen Infrastruktursenat erlassen und das Bundesgesetz über die Prüfung der Umweltverträglichkeit (Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz 2000), das Schieneninfrastrukturfinanzierungsgesetz, das Verwaltungsgerichtshofgesetz und das Einführungsgesetz zu den Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzen 2008 geändert werden - Infrastruktursenat-Einführungsgesetz
Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz1223 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz
Austria · National Council · 15 June 2011
Bundesgesetz über die Förderung der Elektrizitätserzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energieträgern (Ökostromgesetz 2012 – ÖSG 2012)
Bill· Selbständiger Antrag1581/Aselbständiger antrag
Austria · National Council · 15 June 2011
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ewald Stadler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über die Geschäftsordnung des Nationalrates (Geschäftsordnungsgesetz 1975) geändert wird
Resolution· proposition de résolutionppr10-639lapsed
France · Senate · 15 June 2011
Question· writtenPQ 387asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
425 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of a statement in the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution that any form of preferential funding of candidates using public money is prima facie unconstitutional, how he proposes to ensure his proposed legislation linking party funding to the gender of candidates will be constitutional; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 386asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
424 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received advice as to whether his proposed legislation to link State funding of parties to the gender of candidates run by them would fall foul of the right of association under Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution as suggested by the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 384asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
411 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of gender quotas by political parties for the selection of candidates will in practice mean that persons may, on the sole grounds of the gender they hold, be prevented from running for Dáil Éireann for a political party and that if legislation were to provide for such discrimination, such legislation would appear to conflict with Article 16(3) of the Constitution which states that no law shall be enacted placing any citizen under disability or incapacity for membership of Dáil Éireann on the ground of sex; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 383asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
398 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation promoting female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail, if he has held any discussions or received advice in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Record· Brief regering2011Z12855concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 June 2011
AIV-advies ‘Hervormingen in de Arabische regio: Kansen voor democratie en rechtsstaat?’
Report· Ausschussbericht1257 d.B.ausschussbericht
Austria · National Council · 14 June 2011
Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über die Anträge 1527/A der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Wittmann, Mag. Wilhelm Molterer, Mag. Ewald Stadler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Nationalrats-Wahlordnung 1992, das Bundespräsidentenwahlgesetz 1971, die Europawahlordnung, das Wählerevidenzgesetz 1973, das Europa-Wählerevidenzgesetz, das Volksabstimmungsgesetz 1972, das Volksbefragungsgesetz 1989, das Volksbegehrengesetz 1973, die Strafprozessordnung 1975 und das Tilgungsgesetz 1972 geändert werden (Wahlrechtsänderungsgesetz 2011),
<br><br>914/A der Abgeordneten Mag. Daniela Musiol, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz BGBl Nr 1/1930 idF BGBl Nr 106/2009, geändert wird und Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundespräsidentenwahlgesetz 1971, BGBl Nr 57/1971 idF BGBl Nr 28/2007 geändert wird,
<br><br>1001/A der Abgeordneten Heinz-Christian Strache, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundespräsidentenwahlgesetz 1971, BGBl. Nr. 57/1971, geändert wird,
<br><br>1002/A der Abgeordneten Heinz-Christian Strache, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG), BGBl. Nr. 1/1930, geändert wird,
<br><br>1098/A der Abgeordneten Mag. Daniela Musiol, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Nationalrats-Wahlordnung 1992, BGBl 1992/471, zuletzt geändert durch BGBl I 2010/13, und das Europa-Wählerevidenzgesetz, BGBl 118/1996, zuletzt geändert durch BGBl I 11/2009, geändert werden,
<br><br>und 1398/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Daniela Musiol, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Reform der Briefwahl
Bill· proposition de loippl10-601lapsed
France · Senate · 14 June 2011
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 19 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011
Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
Bill· proposition de loippl10-597lapsed
France · Senate · 9 June 2011
Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz1220 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2011
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Volksgruppengesetz geändert wird
Resolution· proposition de résolutionppr10-577lapsed
France · Senate · 7 June 2011
Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2011
259 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report by the Joint Committee on the Constitution of the Oireachtas published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation that would promote female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail and recommended that the Attorney General be asked to examine the constitutional implications of such legislation, if he has obtained such advice from the Attorney General regarding proposed legislation on party funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill· Gesetzesantrag des Bundesrates1213 d.B.gesetzesantrag des bundesrates
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2011
Gesetzesantrag des Bundesrates vom 1. Juni 2011 betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem zur Stärkung der Rechte der Gemeinden das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert wird
Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz1208 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz
Austria · National Council · 31 May 2011
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, das Bundespflegegeldgesetz, das Verbrechensopfergesetz, das Poststrukturgesetz und das Bundesbehindertengesetz geändert werden (Pflegegeldreformgesetz 2012)
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 201 (112th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2011
States that the Senate: (1) acknowledges that the framework of past anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.
Bill· HRH.R. 2043 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2011
Restoration of Civil Rights Act of 2011 - Amends the Revised Statutes to authorize vicarious liability (through any employee or agent) in certain civil actions by injured parties against any person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any state, territory, or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any U.S. citizen or person within the jurisdiction of the United States to a deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the U.S. Constitution and laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 2023 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2011
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief, and deny attorneys' fees, where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings. Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 282 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 2011
States that the House of Representatives: (1) acknowledges that the framework of past anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 65 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2011
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits candidates for election to Congress from accepting contributions from individuals who do not reside in the state or congressional district the candidate seeks to represent.
Record· TOCELEX 62008TO0373decided
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 May 2011
Question· Mündliche Frage17/5875open
Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 2011
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br />
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Mit welchen nächsten Schritten will die Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung ihr am vergangenen Wochenende erneut in der Presse geäußertes Ziel, das so genannte Kooperationsverbot für Bildung im Grundgesetz überwinden zu wollen, erreichen bzw. diesem näher kommen?
Bill· SS. 1039 (112th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 2011
Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State to publish and update a list of each person the Secretary has reason to believe: (1) is responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, participated in related liability concealment efforts, or committed those frauds discovered by Sergei Magnitsky, including conspiring to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against the Hermitage foreign investment company and to misappropriate entities owned or controlled by Hermitage; or (2) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other human rights violations committed against individuals seeking to promote human rights or to expose illegal activity carried out by officials of the government of the Russian Federation. Makes an alien on such list ineligible to enter or be admitted to the United States. Revokes any visa issued for such person. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition if in the U.S. national interest. Requires congressional notification of any such waiver. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) instruct domestic financial institutions and agencies to take specified measures if the Secretary makes a money laundering determination relating to such conspiracy, and (2) freeze and prohibit U.S. property transactions of an individual who is on the list or who acts as an agent for a listed individual. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such actions if in the U.S. national interest. Requires congressional notification of any such waiver. Subjects a person who violates, attempts to violate, or causes a violation of such money laundering or asset provisions to specified penalties. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations requiring each financial institution that is a U.S. person to: (1) audit the assets within its possession or control to determine whether any such assets are required to be frozen pursuant to this Act, and (2) submit a report to the the Secretary containing the audit's results and a certification that such assets have been frozen. Subjects a financial institution that violates such regulations to specified penalties.
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8586/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 May 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Angela Lueger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur betreffend Umsetzung BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz)</i> -Kinderrechte
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8583/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 May 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Angela Lueger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung und Sport betreffend Umsetzung BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz)</i> -Kinderrechte
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8589/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 May 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Angela Lueger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Umsetzung BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz)</i> -Kinderrechte
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8588/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 May 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Angela Lueger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Justiz betreffend Umsetzung BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz)</i> -Kinderrechte
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8582/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 May 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Angela Lueger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Umsetzung BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz)</i> -Kinderrechte
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8592/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 May 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Angela Lueger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Gesundheit betreffend Umsetzung BVG <i>(Bundesverfassungsgesetz)</i> -Kinderrechte