Rule of law

Verklaring dat er grond bestaat een voorstel in overweging te nemen tot verandering in de Grondwet, strekkende tot het opnemen van een constitutionele basis voor de openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba en het regelen van de betrokkenheid van hun algemeen vertegenwoordigende organen bij de verkiezing van de leden van de Eerste Kamer

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 December 2011

Verklaring dat er grond bestaat een voorstel in overweging te nemen tot verandering in de Grondwet, strekkende tot het opnemen van een constitutionele basis voor de openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba en het regelen van de betrokkenheid van hun algemeen vertegenwoordigende organen bij de verkiezing van de leden van de Eerste Kamer

Opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón delivered on 21 December 2011.#Republic of Poland v European Commission.#Appeal — Common organisation of the markets — Transitional measures adopted because of the accession of new Member States — Regulation (EC) No 60/2004 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector — Action for annulment — Period within which an action must be brought — Point from which that period starts to run — Lateness — Inadmissibility — Grounds of appeal — Infringement of the principles underlying a community based on the rule of law and of the principle of effective judicial protection.#Case C-336/09 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 21 December 2011

Opferfürsorgegesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2011

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Opferfürsorgegesetz geändert wird

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Denies as protected speech any financial expenditures, or in kind equivalents, with respect to a candidate for federal office, without regard to whether or not a communication expressly advocates the election or defeat of a specified candidate in the election. Gives Congress the power to enact a mandatory public financing system to provide funds to qualified candidates in federal elections, which shall be the sole source of funds raised or spent with respect to federal elections. Requires Congress to set forth a legal public holiday for the purpose of voting in regularly scheduled general elections for federal office.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 4 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to four terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.

2011/849/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EULEX/2/2011 of 16 December 2011 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO

European Union · EUR-Lex · 16 December 2011

Digitaal klachtenformulier - Rechtspraak

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 16 December 2011

Digitaal klachtenformulier - Rechtspraak

To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2011

Amends detainee and military custody provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, with respect to the authority of the President and the U.S. Armed Forces pursuant the Authorization for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40), to specify that no U.S. citizen may be detained against his or her will without all the rights of due process afforded to the citizen in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the U.S. Constitution.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limits on the number of terms a Member of Congress may serve.

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.

Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeits-Novelle 2012

Austria · National Council · 14 December 2011

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, das Finanz-Verfassungsgesetz 1948, das Finanzstrafgesetz, das Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Invalideneinstellungsgesetz 1969 geändert wird, das Bundessozialamtsgesetz, das Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz 2000, das Bundesgesetzblattgesetz, das Verwaltungsgerichtshofgesetz 1985 und das Verfassungsgerichtshofgesetz 1953 geändert und einige Bundesverfassungsgesetze und in einfachen Bundesgesetzen enthaltene Verfassungsbestimmungen aufgehoben werden (Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeits-Novelle 2012)

THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW IN RUSSIA: U.S. POLICY OPTIONS

United States · United States Senate · 14 December 2011

Kinderrechte-Monitoring

Austria · National Council · 12 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Tanja Windbüchler-Souschill, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Kinderrechte-Monitoring

96 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed amendment to the Constitution dealing with the rights of children will be brought before Dáil Éireann prior to a referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39245/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

96 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed amendment to the Constitution dealing with the rights of children will be brought before Dáil Éireann prior to a referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39245/11]

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and do not extend to for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, or other private entities established for business purposes or to promote business interests under the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state. Declares that such corporate and other private entities are subject to regulation by the people through the legislative process so long as such regulations are consistent with the powers of Congress and the states and do not limit the freedom of the press. Prohibits such corporate and other private entities from making contributions or expenditures in any election of any candidate for public office or the vote upon any ballot measure submitted to the people. Grants Congress and the states the power to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate's own spending, and to authorize the establishment of political committees to receive, spend, and publicly disclose the sources of those contributions and expenditures.

Reactie op de vragen gesteld tijdens het mondelinge vragenuur van 15 november 2011 door het lid Van der Steur over de wettelijke regeling inzake de meerdaadse samenloop

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 December 2011

Reactie op de vragen gesteld tijdens het mondelinge vragenuur van 15 november 2011 door het lid Van der Steur over de wettelijke regeling inzake de meerdaadse samenloop

Bundesverfassungsgesetz über die Begrenzung von Bezügen öffentlicher Funktionäre, das Bundesbezügegesetz und das Bezügegesetz

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

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

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?

Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und das Bundesverfassungsgesetz über Ermächtigungen des Österreichischen Gemeindebundes und des Österreichischen Städtebundes

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Bundesgesetz zur Durchführung des Fakultativprotokolls vom 18. Dezember 2002 zum Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe – OPCAT-Durchführungsgesetz

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

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.

Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so. Prohibits the United States from providing any funding to the United Nations (U.N.) for a fiscal year unless the President certifies to Congress that the U.N. has not taken action to infringe on the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of U.S. citizens.

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.

EBIG-Einführungsgesetz

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Wolfgang Gerstl, Mag. Christine Muttonen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert, ein Bundesgesetz über die Durchführung von Europäischen Bürgerinitiativen (Europäische-Bürgerinitiative-Gesetz - EBIG) erlassen und das Einführungsgesetz zu den Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzen 2008, das Bundesministeriengesetz 1986, das Strafgesetzbuch, die Nationalrats-Wahlordnung 1992, das Bundespräsidentenwahlgesetz 1971, die Europawahlordnung, das Volksbegehrengesetz 1973, das Volksabstimmungsgesetz 1972, das Volksbefragungsgesetz 1989, das Wählerevidenzgesetz 1973 und das Europa-Wählerevidenzgesetz geändert werden (EBIG-Einführungsgesetz)

Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed)

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011

The Dáil divided: Tá,

A resolution supporting the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people and calling attention to the deterioration of constitutional order in Nicaragua.

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2011

Supports the democratic aspirations of the people of Nicaragua. Deplores the interruption of constitutional order in Nicaragua that led to the fraudulent reelection of Daniel Ortega on November 6, 2011. Condemns the acts of violence perpetrated on election day and calls upon Nicaraguan authorities to prosecute those responsible. Urges: (1) President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to take measures to encourage the restoration of constitutional rule in Nicaragua; (2) issuance of a final report on the Mission of Electoral Accompaniment of the Organization of American States (OAS); and (3) the U.S. Ambassador to the OAS to lead an OAS effort to restore democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua, including formally suspending the Nicaraguan government under Articles 20 and 21 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations and other for-profit business organizations.

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Gives Congress and the states the authority to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations, other for-profit business entities, or other business organizations, without regard to whether or not the activity is carried out independently from any candidate or political party.

Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to respect basic human rights and cease abusing vague national security provisions such as articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code which are often the pretext to arrest and detain citizens who peacefully advocate for religious and political freedom.

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2011

Condemns the crackdown in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam against community organizers, bloggers, and democracy activists. Calls on the government of Vietnam to: (1) repeal articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code and similar vague national security measures used to persecute peaceful political dissent; and (2) release all political prisoners, especially activists, writers, and bloggers who have been detained or sentenced under articles 79 and 88. Urges the Department of State to monitor rule of law developments in Vietnam.

Bundesverfassungsgesetz über die Transparenz von Medienkooperationen sowie von Werbeaufträgen und Förderungen an Medieninhaber eines periodischen Mediums und das KommAustria-Gesetz Regierungsinserate

Austria · National Council · 5 December 2011

Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1276 d.B.): 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, <br><br>und über den Antrag 1235/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Werner Kogler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Regierungsinserate

Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und das Bundesverfassungsgesetz über Ermächtigungen des Österreichischen Gemeindebundes und des Österreichischen Städtebundes

Austria · National Council · 2 December 2011

Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1516 d.B.): Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und das Bundesverfassungsgesetz über Ermächtigungen des Österreichischen Gemeindebundes und des Österreichischen Städtebundes geändert werden

Versorgungssicherungsgesetz 1992

Austria · National Council · 2 December 2011

Bericht des Ausschusses für Wirtschaft und Industrie über die Regierungsvorlage (1386 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Versorgungssicherungsgesetz 1992 geändert wird

Bundesverfassungsgesetz über die Begrenzung von Bezügen öffentlicher Funktionäre, Bundesbezügegesetz u.a., Änderung

Austria · National Council · 2 December 2011

Bericht und Antrag des Verfassungsausschusses über den Entwurf eines Bundesgesetzes, mit dem das Bundesverfassungsgesetz über die Begrenzung von Bezügen öffentlicher Funktionäre, das Bundesbezügegesetz und das Bezügegesetz geändert werden

projet de loi organique relatif au remboursement des dépenses de campagne de l'élection présidentielle

France · Senate · 30 November 2011

Tijdpad en de inhoud van de plannen van het kabinet ten aanzien van artikel 13 Grondwet

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 30 November 2011

Tijdpad en de inhoud van de plannen van het kabinet ten aanzien van artikel 13 Grondwet

53 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the primary language, Irish or English, to be used in the naming or renaming of State agencies, State companies and other bodies under his remit; his views that in view of the fact that Irish is the national language, and so designated in the Constitution that the Irish forms of such names should take primacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011

53 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the primary language, Irish or English, to be used in the naming or renaming of State agencies, State companies and other bodies under his remit; his views that in view of the fact that Irish is the national language, and so designated in the Constitution that the Irish forms of such names should take primacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/11]

proposition de résolution tendant à modifier le Règlement du Sénat afin de renforcer le pluralisme et l'action du Sénat en matière de développement durable

France · Senate · 28 November 2011

Bundesgesetz zur Durchführung des Fakultativprotokolls vom 18. Dezember 2002 zum Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe – OPCAT-Durchführungsgesetz

Austria · National Council · 24 November 2011

Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1515 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, das Volksanwaltschaftsgesetz 1982, das Sicherheitspolizeigesetz, das Strafvollzugsgesetz und das Bundesgesetzblattgesetz geändert werden (Bundesgesetz zur Durchführung des Fakultativprotokolls vom 18. Dezember 2002 zum Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe – OPCAT-Durchführungsgesetz)

Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz

Austria · National Council · 24 November 2011

Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über den Antrag 458/A der Abgeordneten Mag. Ewald Stadler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert wird

Bundesgesetz über die Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich

Austria · National Council · 24 November 2011

Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über den Antrag 1758/A der Abgeordneten Dorothea Schittenhelm, Mag. Gisela Wurm, Mag. Judith Schwentner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz über die Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich

Council Decision 2011/752/CFSP of 24 November 2011 amending Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO

European Union · EUR-Lex · 24 November 2011

Motie De Roon over verwijzing naar de sharia in de Grondwet

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 24 November 2011

Motie De Roon over verwijzing naar de sharia in de Grondwet

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, extended composition) of 23 November 2011.#Jose Maria Sison v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Common Position 2001/931/CFSP and Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 - Annulment by a judgment of the General Court of a measure freezing funds - Non-contractual liability - Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals.#Case T-341/07.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 November 2011

Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed)

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2011

The Dáil divided: Tá,

214 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the thirtieth amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2011

214 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the thirtieth amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/11]

Bundesgesetz über die Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich

Austria · National Council · 18 November 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dorothea Schittenhelm, Mag. Gisela Wurm, Mag. Judith Schwentner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz über die Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich

Kinderrechte-Monitoringausschuss zur Überprüfung der Umsetzung des Bundesverfassungsgesetzes über die Rechte von Kindern

Austria · National Council · 18 November 2011

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Tanja Windbüchler-Souschill, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einbringung einer Regierungsvorlage für einen Kinderrechte-Monitoringausschuss zur Überprüfung der Umsetzung des Bundesverfassungsgesetzes über die Rechte von Kindern

Job Creation Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2011

Job Creation Act of 2011 - Title I: Trade - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets; (2) the President should pursue quick entry into force of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, and the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement; and (3) the future growth of the U.S. economy requires this pro-growth strategy. Expresses the sense of Congress that China's intellectual property rights violations are a problem for the U.S. economy. Title II: Tax Reform - Expresses the sense of Congress that reforming the federal tax code will benefit taxpayers and the U.S. economy. Title III: Balanced Budget Amendment - Expresses the sense of Congress that it needs to pass a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and send it to the states for ratification. Title IV: Energy - American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Deems any oil and gas leasing programs and activities authorized by this Act to be in compliance with ANWR purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a Special Area, after consultation with the state of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough. Permits directional drilling in the Special Area. Prescribes procedures governing Coastal Plain lease sales, as well as terms and conditions, including: (1) environmental protection; (2) federal and state distribution of revenues; (3) rights-of-way; and (4) local government impact aid and community service assistance. Sets forth: (1) a &quot;no significant adverse effect&quot; standard to govern Coastal Plain activities; and (2) guidelines for expedited judicial review of complaints. Establishes the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund. Title V: Reduction In Federal Workforce - Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to take appropriate measures to ensure that: (1) the total number of federal employees, beginning in FY2015, does not exceed 90% of the total number of such employees as of September 30, 2011; (2) until the end of FY 2014,agencies do not appoint more than one employee for every three employees retiring or otherwise separating from government service; and (3) there is no increase in the procurement of service contracts due to this Act unless a cost comparison demonstrates that such contracts would be financially advantageous to the federal government. Requires OMB to continuously monitor all agencies and make a determination as to whether the total number of federal employees exceeds the limitation imposed by this Act. Prohibits a federal agency from filling any vacancy unless OMB provides written notice to the President and Congress that the number of federal employees does not exceed the limitation established by this Act. Allows the President to waive the workforce limitations imposed by this Act if the President determines that the existence of a state of war or other national security concern or the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, public safety, property, or the environment so requires. Allows the President additional discretion to waive such workforce limitations if the President determines that the efficiency of a federal agency or the performance of its critical mission so requires. Title VI: Repeal of Employer Health Insurance Mandate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees. Title VII: Secret Ballot Protection Act - Secret Ballot Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), or (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner. Title VIII: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Improvements - Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit) to: (1) require courts to award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, to a prevailing party in a Rule 11 proceeding (currently discretionary); and (2) eliminate the 21-day period allowed for withdrawing or correcting a claim deemed frivolous. Requires state courts to apply Rule 11 to actions in state courts that substantially affect interstate commerce. Limits venue for personal injury claims filed in state or federal courts to the county or district: (1) in which the plaintiff or defendant resides, (2) where the plaintiff resided at the time of the alleged injury, or (3) the district in which the defendant's principal place of business is located. Imposes additional sanctions: (1) on attorneys who are found to violate Rule 11 three or more times, and (2) for willful and intentional destruction of documents relevant to a pending action in federal court. Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a Rule 11 violation if a plaintiff attempts to litigate a claim that has already been litigated and lost on the merits. Prohibits a court in a Rule 11 proceeding from ordering the nondisclosure of the record of the proceeding unless the court makes a specific finding of fact that justifies such an order. Title IX: Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) to revise the definition of "rule" under such Act to exclude a rule of particular (and not general) applicability relating to rates, wages, and other financial indicators and to define "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule as any direct economic effect on small entities from such rule and any indirect economic effect on small entities that is reasonably foreseeable and that results from such rule. Includes tribal organizations within the definition of "small governmental jurisdictions" for purposes of such Act. Requires initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses to: (1) describe alternatives to a proposed rule that minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize the beneficial significant economic impact on small entities, and (2) include revisions or amendments to a land management plan developed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior under specified Acts. Expands elements of initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses under RFA to include estimates and descriptions of the cumulative economic impact of a proposed rule on a small entity. Repeals provisions allowing a waiver or delay of the completion of an initial regulatory flexibility analysis. Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue rules governing federal agency compliance with RFA requirements. Authorizes the Chief Counsel to modify or amend such rules, to intervene in agency adjudication relating to such rules, and to inform an agency of the impact of its rulemaking on small entities. Revises requirements for agency notification of the SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy prior to the publication of any proposed rule. Requires agencies to provide the Chief Counsel with: (1) all materials prepared or utilized in making the proposed rule, and (2) information on the potential adverse and beneficial economic impacts of the proposed rule on small entities. Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the periodic review of existing and new rules that have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities to determine whether such rules should be continued, changed, or rescinded. Provides for judicial review of an agency final rule for compliance with RFA requirements after the publication of such rule. Grants federal courts of appeal jurisdiction to review all final rules issued in accordance with RFA.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and do not extend to for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, or other private entities established for business purposes or to promote business interests under the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state. Declares that such corporate and other private entities are subject to regulation by the people through the legislative process so long as such regulations are consistent with the powers of Congress and the states and do not limit the freedom of the press. Prohibits such corporate and other private entities from making contributions or expenditures in any election of any candidate for public office or the vote upon any ballot measure submitted to the people. Grants Congress and the states the power to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate's own spending, and to authorize the establishment of political committees to receive, spend, and publicly disclose the sources of those contributions and expenditures.

Authorizing the printing of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the United States Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2011

Authorizes the printing as a House document of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the U.S. Constitution. Prescribes requirements in each chamber for distribution of copies of the printed document for their respective use.

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2011

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits estimated outlays of the operating funds of the United States for any fiscal year from exceeding total estimated receipts to those funds for that fiscal year unless Congress, by a three-fifths roll-call vote of each chamber, approves a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each chamber by roll-call vote. Authorizes waivers of these provisions for any fiscal year and the first fiscal year thereafter if: (1) a declaration of war is in effect, or (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that real economic growth has been or will be less than 1% for two consecutive quarters during the period of those two fiscal years. Authorizes waivers for any fiscal year under other specified circumstances involving military conflict or if a presidential declaration of major disaster is in effect. Excludes: (1) from estimated receipts, specified funds derived from net borrowing; (2) from estimated outlays, funds for repayment of debt principal and for capital investments; and (3) from receipts or outlays, receipts (including attributable interest) and outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.