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Question· Schriftliche Frage17/8102open

Kostenbeteiligung des Bundes an der Infrastruktur für eine von der Stadt Lindau gewünschte Schienenverbindung auf die Insel Lindau

Germany · German Bundestag · 9 December 2011

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Wird der Bund die Kosten für die Infrastruktur, namentlich Sanierung des Bahndamms zur Insel und Bahntechnik sowie Zugmaterial, einer von der Stadt Lindau gewünschten Schienenverbindung auf die Insel Lindau ganz oder in Teilen übernehmen, falls die Stadt Lindau sich für den Standort des Hauptbahnhofs am Festland (Reutin) entscheiden sollte, da in diesem Fall die DB AG die Verbindung auf die Insel aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen stilllegen wird, und falls ja, in welcher Höhe?

Question· Mündliche Frage17/8101open

Auswirkungen des Scheitern des Gesetzentwurfs zur Demonstration und Anwendung von Technologien zur Abscheidung, zum Transport und zur dauerhaften Speicherung von Kohlendioxid (CCS-Gesetz) auf CCS-Forschungsvorhaben im Bundeshaushalt 2012

Germany · German Bundestag · 9 December 2011

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welche Konsequenzen hat das Scheitern des Gesetzentwurfs zur Demonstration und Anwendung von Technologien zur Abscheidung, zum Transport und zur dauerhaften Speicherung von Kohlendioxid (sog. Carbon Captore Storage &ndash; CCS) im Bundesrat am 23. September 2011 auf die im Bundeshaushalt 2012 u. a. im Einzelplan 30 im &bdquo;Titel 894 40, Klimaforschung und Lebensraum Erde, Energie &ndash; Investitionen, Nummer 5&ldquo; vorgesehenen CCS-Forschungsvorhaben, und wie beabsichtigt die Bundesregierung, die von der Koalition im Rahmen der Haushaltsberatungen 2012 beschlossene Kürzung von 6 Mio. Euro in dem genannten Titel auf die einzelnen Erläuterungsnummern aufzuteilen?

Record· Brief regering2011Z25774concluded

Reisverbod openbaar vervoer

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 9 December 2011

Reisverbod openbaar vervoer

Question· writtenPQ 132asked

133 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the form that the consultation process with external parties of the taxi review group has taken; if he will give details of the parties who made submissions; if he will give further details of those who have been consulted; and the way these people/organisations were chosen. [39373/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

133 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the form that the consultation process with external parties of the taxi review group has taken; if he will give details of the parties who made submissions; if he will give further details of those who have been consulted; and the way these people/organisations were chosen. [39373/11]

Question· writtenPQ 129asked

130 Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists that visit west Cork annually; the amount of traffic that uses the N71 at Roscarbery in any specified time frame of any recent study carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39248/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

130 Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists that visit west Cork annually; the amount of traffic that uses the N71 at Roscarbery in any specified time frame of any recent study carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39248/11]

Bill· SS. 1971 (112th)referred

Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011 - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Cumulative Regulatory Assessment Committee (CRAC) to assess and report on the cumulative energy and economic impacts of federal regulatory mandates that: (1) are promulgated or issued (or are expected to be initiated) by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or local government from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2020; (2) apply to one or more impacted unit; and (3) implement any provision or requirement relating to environmental regulations expected to have a significant impact on the electric power sector, the petroleum refining sector, the petrochemical production sector, pipeline facilities regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) or EPA, exploration, production, or transportation of oil and natural gas, or any other manufacturing sector. Defines an &quot;impacted unit&quot; as any: (1) electric generating unit that sells electricity into the grid; (2) industrial, commercial, or institutional boiler or process heater; (3) petroleum refining facility that produces gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene, or petrochemical feedstocks; (4) petrochemical facility; (5) hydrocarbon exploration, extraction, manufacturing, production, or transportation facility; or (6) biofuel facility. Nullifies the rule entitled &quot;Federal Implementation Plans: Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals.&quot; Requires the Administrator, in place of such rule, to continue to implement the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). Prohibits the Administrator from issuing any proposed or final rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA) relating to the national ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter (including any modification of CAIR) until three years after CRAC submits its report. Requires the Administrator to: (1) base such a rule on actual monitored (and not modeled) data, (2) allow the trading of emission allowances among entities covered by the rule irrespective of the states in which such entities are located, and (3) require state implementation of the standards established by such final rule no earlier than three years after its publication. Nullifies the proposed rule entitled &quot;National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial- Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units&quot; and any final rule based on such proposed rule that is issued prior to this Act's enactment. Requires the Administrator, at least a year after the issuance of such report, to promulgate in place of such rule regulations establishing: (1) national emission standards for coal-and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units with respect to each hazardous air pollutant; and (2) standards of performance for fossil-fuel-fired electric utility, industrial-commercial-institutional, and small industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units. Requires the Administrator to require compliance with such regulations no earlier than five years after their effective date. Requires the Administrator to impose the least burdensome of emission standards from among the range of regulatory alternatives authorized under the CAA. Nullifies the: (1) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants; (2) Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; (3) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That are Solid Waste; (4) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (5) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (6) Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; and (7) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste. Requires the Administrator, in place of such rules, to promulgate within 15 months, or on such later date as may be determined by the Administrator, regulations for entities 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 CAA; and (2) identify non-hazardous secondary materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units of such entities, 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 not earlier than five years after the effective date of such regulation 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. Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize states to adopt and implement coal combustion residuals permit programs. Requires states that decide to implement such a program to maintain either an approved municipal solid waste program for the control of hazardous disposal or an authorized state hazardous waste program. Requires: (1) the requirements of such programs to be no less stringent than the requirements of criteria promulgated for municipal solid waste landfill under such Act; (2) landfills, surface impoundments, or other land-based units that may receive coal combustion residuals (structures) to be designed, constructed, and maintained to provide for containment of the maximum volumes of coal combustion residuals appropriate for the structure; and (3) such programs to apply such requirements to surface impoundments. Authorizes: (1) state agency heads to require action to correct structure deficiencies according to a schedule for structures that are classified as posing a high hazard potential pursuant to the guidelines published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), entitled &quot;Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Hazard Potential Classification System for Dams&quot;; (2) state agency heads to require that such a structure close if such deficiency is not corrected according to such schedule; and (3) states to address wind dispersal of dust from coal combustion residuals by requiring dust control measures. Prohibits: (1) the Administrator from applying such programs to the utilization, placement, and storage of coal combustion residuals at surface mining and reclamation operations; and (2) this Act from being construed to alter the EPA's regulatory determination, entitled &quot;Notice of Regulatory Determination on Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels,&quot; that the fossil fuel combustion wastes addressed in that determination do not warrant regulation under such Act. Environmental Impact of Thermal Discharges Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require: (1) standards of performance applicable to a point source to require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of a cooling water intake structure that commences construction after January 17, 2002, reflect the best technology available for reducing adverse environmental impact; and (2) effluent limitation standards to require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of a cooling water intake structure that commenced construction on or before such date reflect the best technology available for reducing such impact. Authorizes owners or operators of such structures to use restoration measures in lieu of modifying such structures if the measures achieve substantially the same environmental benefits as the best technology available.

Bill· SS. 1968 (112th)referred

A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program to increase accountability with respect to outcomes of transportation investments, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program under which the Secretary conducts case studies of states and metropolitan planning organizations that are designed to: (1) provide more detailed, in-depth analysis and data collection regarding transportation programs; and (2) apply rigorous methods of measuring and addressing the effectiveness of pilot program participants in achieving national transportation goals. Requires states and metropolitan planning organizations participating in the program to work cooperatively with the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the methods and metrics they use in measuring their effectiveness in achieving national transportation goals, and (2) identify steps to improve those methods and metrics. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to program participants to assist them in these efforts. Directs the Secretary, within 21 months of this Act's enactment, to analyze the pilot program case studies and develop and implement a plan for the DOT to use outcome-oriented performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of transportation programs in achieving national transportation goals.

Bill· SS. 1966 (112th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Expresses the sense of Congress that it is urgent that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) application process be reformed by the end of 2012, when many of the more than 1 million current TWIC holders will be required to renew their TWICs. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of TWICs to require not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center.

Bill· HRH.R. 3608 (112th)referred

STRIP Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

Stop TSA's Reach In Policy Act or the STRIP Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to prohibit any employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who has not received federal law enforcement training or is not eligible for federal law enforcement benefits from using the title of "officer" or wearing a uniform and carrying a badge resembling that of a law enforcement officer.

Bill· HRH.R. 3607 (112th)referred

National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2011

National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states and designated entities for projects to improve the efficiency of freight mobility in the United States. Establishes the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund to carry out projects under this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on taxable ground transportation of property equal to 1% of the fair market value of such transportation. Requires deposit into the Fund of amounts equivalent to the tax imposed on taxable ground transportation of property.

Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag1791/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag

Kennzeichnung suchterzeugender Medikamente auf der Verpackung

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Wolfgang Spadiut, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Kennzeichnung suchterzeugender Medikamente auf der Verpackung

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage10106/Jschriftliche anfrage

internationale Zusammenarbeit beim Bau des Brennerbasistunnels

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Martin Bartenstein, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend internationale Zusammenarbeit beim Bau des Brennerbasistunnels

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage10102/Jschriftliche anfrage

"Rechtsabbiegen bei Rot" als mögliche Maßnahme zur Feinstaubbekämpfung

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Bernd Schönegger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend "Rechtsabbiegen bei Rot" als mögliche Maßnahme zur Feinstaubbekämpfung

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage10093/Jschriftliche anfrage

Enteignung der Tiroler Stammliegenschaftsbesitzer

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Huber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend die Enteignung der Tiroler Stammliegenschaftsbesitzer

Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag1792/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag

Kennzeichnung suchterzeugender Medikamente auf der Verpackung

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Wolfgang Spadiut, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Kennzeichnung suchterzeugender Medikamente auf der Verpackung

Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag1786/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag

Weiterentwicklung der Fahrgastrechte

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Weiterentwicklung der Fahrgastrechte <i>(im Schienenverkehr)</i>

Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag1803/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag

Vereinheitlichung der Mitführpflichten der KFZ-Lenker/innen in der EU

Austria · National Council · 7 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Christoph Hagen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Vereinheitlichung der Mitführpflichten der KFZ-Lenker/innen in der EU

Question· writtenPQ 112asked

112 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39158/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011

112 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39158/11]

Question· writtenPQ 110asked

110 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe with regard to the publication of his Department’s revised ports policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39138/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011

110 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe with regard to the publication of his Department’s revised ports policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39138/11]

Question· writtenPQ 109asked

109 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding State ownership of Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39123/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011

109 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding State ownership of Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39123/11]

Question· writtenPQ 108asked

108 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his responsibility, and that of the Irish Aviation Authority, to measure the sound levels at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [39084/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011

108 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his responsibility, and that of the Irish Aviation Authority, to measure the sound levels at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [39084/11]

Law· SS. 1956 (112th)enacted

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prohibit an operator of a U.S. civil aircraft from participating in any emissions trading scheme unilaterally established by the European Union if the Secretary determines such prohibition to be in the public interest. Directs the Secretary, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and other appropriate U.S. government officials to use their authority to conduct international negotiations and take other actions in the public interest to ensure that operators of U.S. civil aircraft are held harmless from any such scheme.

Bill· SS. 1953 (112th)open

Research and Innovative Technology Administration Reauthorization Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Research and Innovative Technology Administration Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Revises the National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research program. Includes as one of the governing elements of the program that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) coordinate research agendas, research project selections, and competitions across all NAS transportation-related cooperative research programs to ensure program efficiency, effectiveness, and sharing of research findings. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Multimodal Innovative Research Program in the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) to support key partnerships between the Department of Transportation (DOT) and other federal agencies in order to leverage their investments in transportation research and technology developments to address transportation problems at modal interfaces or affecting more than one transportation mode. Requires the Program, moreover, to award contracts or cooperative agreements competitively for advanced multimodal transportation research to facilitate practical innovative approaches to solve transportation problems. Establishes in RITA the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), headed by a Director. (Actually, BTS was created in 1992 under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act [ISTEA] and later transferred to become part of RITA on February 20, 2005.) Requires the BTS Director to establish a transportation database for all modes of transportation. Establishes in the BTS a National Transportation Library. Requires the BTS Director to maintain an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics. Prohibits certain disclosures of statistical transportation information by a BTS officer, employee, or contractor. Requires the BTS Director to develop a national transportation atlas database composed of geospatial databases. Subjects to a specified fine an owner or person in charge of any company that neglects, or refuses when requested by the BTS Director, to answer completely all questions relating to the company or to make available company records or statistics. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the deployment of Gigahertz (GHz) vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive cash prizes to stimulate innovation in research, technology development, and prototype demonstration that have potential for application to the national transportation system. Revises the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program. Increases from $250,000 to $500,000 the amount of DOT funds the Secretary may use for each fiscal year to carry out the program on ITS outreach, websites, public relations, displays, tours, and brochures. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement incentives to accelerate deployment of ITS technologies and services within all programs funded under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Travel Data Program. Reauthorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2012-FY2013 for RITA.

Bill· SS. 1950 (112th)open

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2011 - Revises commercial motor vehicle registration requirements to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) from registering a person to provide motorcoach services until that person has: (1) submitted a comprehensive management plan that is in place to ensure compliance with DOT motor carrier safety regulations; (2) disclosed any common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationships between the carrier and any other motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker that have occurred in the five-years preceding the filing of an application for registration; and (3) passed the DOT written proficiency examination established under this Act to test a motor carrier's knowledge of federal and state motor carrier safety regulations, standards, and orders. Reduces from 18 months to 12 months after motorcoach operations begin the deadline for mandatory safety reviews of newly registered motorcoach owners or operators. Authorizes the Secretary to register a person to provide motorcoach services after that person undergoes a pre-authorization safety audit. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke the registration of a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder: (1) for failure to obey a subpoena issued by the Secretary; (2) for failure to disclose in its application a material fact with respect to its ability to comply with federal law, regulations, or a registration condition; or (3) that is or was related through common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationship to any other motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder. Authorizes an employer or person to operate a commercial motor vehicle only if that employer or person is registered by the Secretary and receives a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) number. Eliminates the $300 limit on the registration fee for new motor carrier registrants using the Unified Carrier Registration System. Increases civil penalties against motor carriers or foreign motor carriers of passengers or motor carriers of hazardous waste for: (1) failing to comply with certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and (2) operating without being registered. Increases civil penalties against a motor carrier, motor carrier of migrant workers, or motor private carrier for failing to respond to a subpoena or requirement of the Secretary to appear and testify or produce records. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke the registration of a motorcoach carrier for failure to obey such subpoena or requirement. Prohibits two or more motor carriers, employers, or persons from using common ownership, common management, common control, or common familial relationship to avoid compliance, or conceal noncompliance or a history of noncompliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations or an order of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to impose appropriate sanctions for violation of this prohibition. Repeals the exemption for brokers of motor carriers of passengers from the jurisdiction of either the Secretary or the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Redefines &quot;employer,&quot; for purposes of the application of federal commercial motor vehicle safety standards, to include a person that offers for rent or lease in interstate commerce motor vehicles used to transport more than eight passengers (including the driver) from the same location, or as part of the same business provides names or contact information of drivers, or holds itself out to the public as a charter bus company. Directs the Secretary to analyze the need for crashworthiness standards on certain property-carrying commercial motor vehicles. Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit from operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate and foreign commerce any Canadian employer that has received an unfit safety determination to operate such a vehicle from an authorized agency in Canada, until that same agency determines that the employer is fit. Prescribes requirements with respect to: (1) state reporting to the Federal Convictions and Withdrawal Database or other similar database of any motor vehicle-related convictions of foreign commercial drivers, (2) disqualification of foreign commercial drivers for alcohol and controlled substance felony violations, and (3) revocation of the registration of a foreign motor carrier for failure to comply with an order of the Secretary or the STB or to pay certain civil penalties. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to require commercial motor vehicles involved in interstate commerce, and operated by a driver subject to both federal hours-of-service and record of duty status requirements, to be equipped with an electronic on-board recording device meeting certain performance and design standards and requirements. Requires the Secretary to establish a national registry of medical examiners. Requires an employer to ascertain at least once every 12 months the driving record of each commercial motor vehicle driver it employs. Requires the Secretary to develop recommendations and a plan for the development and implementation of a national driver record notification system. Directs the Secretary to issue final regulations establishing minimum entry-level training requirements for such operators. Revises the CDL information system program. Requires states to submit CDL program plans for the operation of state CDL information systems compatible with the modernized federal CDL information system. Safe Roads Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse for verified positive alcohol and controlled substance test results and test refusals as well as violations of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) alcohol and controlled substances regulations of commercial motor vehicle operators. Prohibits an employer from hiring an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle unless, during the preceding three-year period, the individual: (1) did not test positive for use of alcohol and controlled substances, or completed the return-to-duty process after initially testing positive; (2) did not refuse to be tested, or completed the return-to-duty process after initially refusing to be tested; or (3) did not violate FMCSA alcohol and controlled substances regulations. Prescribes new and revises current penalties for violations of certain commercial motor vehicle drug and alcohol prohibitions and specified other requirements. Directs the Secretary to carry out a Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to make compliance, safety, and accountability grants to assist states, local governments, and other entities and persons with motor carrier safety and enforcement activities and programs. Revises the number of passengers a commercial motor vehicle must be designed or used to transport from more than 10 passengers (including the driver) to: (1) more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation, or (2) more than 15 passengers (including the driver) if not for compensation. Revises commercial motor vehicle driver safety fitness requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold increasing percentages of a state's motor carrier safety improvement grant funds if the state uses an electronic commercial motor vehicle inspection selection system that does not employ a DOT-approved selection methodology. Authorizes FY2012-FY2013 appropriations for FMCSA programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a data and technology grant program to assist states with implementation and maintenance of commercial motor vehicle data systems. Revises CDL program improvement grant requirements. Converts the commercial driver's license program improvement grant program to a driver focused grant program to improve driver safety. Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring motorcoaches to be installed with: (1) safety belts at each seating position, (2) advanced glazing in each portal to prevent passenger ejection, (3) stability enhancing technology to reduce the number and frequency of rollover crashes, and (4) direct tire pressure monitoring systems. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations establishing improved strength and crush resistance standards for motorcoach roofs. Requires the Secretary to initiate rulemaking proceedings to establish: (1) flammability standards for motorcoach exterior and interior components, (2) requirements to prevent wheel well fires, and (3) requirements for motorcoaches to be equipped with improved designs for emergency passenger evacuation and fire suppression systems. Requires the Secretary to: (1) determine the safety fitness and assign a rating, updated triennially, for each registered motorcoach operator; and (2) establish a process for monitoring regularly the safety performance of each operator following the assignment of a rating. Requires the Secretary to complete a rulemaking proceeding to consider requiring states to conduct annual inspections of commercial passenger motor vehicles. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe regulations on the use of electronic or wireless devices (including cell phones and other distracting devices) by motorcoach operators; and (2) prohibit their use in cases where they interfere with the driver's safe operation of a motorcoach, but not when necessary for driver or public safety in emergency situations. Directs the Secretary to study and compile a list of all state truck size and weight limit laws. Directs the Secretary to task the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee to study the extent to which detention time contributes to motor carrier drivers violating hours of service requirements and driver fatigue. Prohibits the transportation of horses in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of each other. Revises household goods motor carrier registration requirements to require the Secretary to require registered household goods motor carriers to undergo a consumer protection standards review 18 months after beginning operations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a joint household goods transportation assistance program, and (2) establish a task force to develop recommendations to ensure consumers are informed of federal laws concerning the transportation of household goods by a motor carrier.

Bill· SS. 1952 (112th)open

Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Act of 2011 - Requires states or Indian tribes receiving grants to train emergency responders to hazardous material (hazmat) transportation accidents to make certain certifications to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT). Authorizes the Secretary to conduct pilot projects (including at least one in a rural area) to evaluate the feasibility of using paperless hazard communications systems. Authorizes the Secretary to assess and review the methods used by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for collecting, analyzing, and reporting accidents and incidents involving hazmat transportation. Requires the Secretary to develop an action plan and timeline for improving the collection, analysis, reporting, and use of data by PHMSA. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations establishing uniform procedures among facilities for the safe loading and unloading of hazmat on and off tank cars and cargo tank trucks. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a hazmat technical assessment, research and development, and analysis program to: (1) reduce risks associated with hazmat transportation; and (2) identify and evaluate new technologies for safe, secure, and efficient hazmat transportation. Directs the Secretary to establish a multimodal hazmat enforcement training program for government hazmat inspectors and investigators. Increases the civil penalties for: (1) knowing violations of a hazmat transportation regulation, order, special permit, or approval; and (2) violations that result in death, serious illness, or injury or substantial destruction of property. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on persons who obstruct or prevent an inspection or investigation regarding hazmat transportation. Prohibits a person who has failed to pay an assessed civil penalty for noncompliance with a hazmat transportation regulation or order from conducting hazmat transportation. Revises requirements for the issuance of special permits, approvals, and exclusions. Requires states to submit certain information to the Secretary biennially regarding their currently effective hazmat highway route designations.

Bill· SS. 1960 (112th)referred

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.

Bill· SS. 1954 (112th)referred

Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2011

Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to develop and implement a plan for expedited security screening services for a uniformed Armed Forces member and, to the extent possible, accompanying family, if the member presents documentation indicating official orders for air transportation departing from a primary airport.

Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag1777/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag

Vollausbau des Perjen-Straßentunnels

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Antrag der Abgeordneten Mathias Venier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Vollausbau des Perjen-Straßentunnels

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage10058/Jschriftliche anfrage

Enteignung von ca 18.000 Tirolerinnen und Tirolern wegen Wiedereinführung des geteilten Eigentums

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Huber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Justiz betreffend die Enteignung von ca 18.000 Tirolerinnen und Tirolern wegen Wiedereinführung des geteilten Eigentums, wegen des Fehlens von Verjährungs- und Ersitzungsregelungen sowie Einführung einer "societas leonina" als public private partnership "Gemeindegutsagrargemeinschaft" im Sonderprivatrecht der ländlichen Bodenordnung für Gemeinschaftsbesitz

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage10065/Jschriftliche anfrage

Kindersicherung im Auto (2)

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Edith Mühlberghuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Kindersicherung im Auto (2)

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage10067/Jschriftliche anfrage

Auflassung und Neuerrichtung von Autobahnparkplätzen

Austria · National Council · 6 December 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Deimek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Auflassung und Neuerrichtung von Autobahnparkplätzen

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