Summary: Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act or the SHORE Act - Title I: Improving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oil Spill Response, Prevention, and Restoration Capacity - (Sec. 101) Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to review and report to Congress on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) capacity to respond to oil spills. Requires such review to include: (1) a comparison of oil spill modeling requirements with the state-of-the-art oil spill modeling with respect to near shore and offshore areas; (2) the development of recommendations on priorities for improving forecasting of oil spill trajectories and impacts; (3) an inventory of NOAA's products and tools that can aid in assessing the potential risks and impacts of oil spills; (4) an identification of the baseline oceanographic and climate data required to support state-of-the-art modeling; (5) an assessment of Administration's ability to respond to the effects of an oil spill on its trust resources; (6) an assessment of NOAA's capacity to monitor and test seafood for oil contamination resulting from an oil spill; and (7) an identification of resources available to NOAA through partnerships with the private sector and academic institutions that can aid in risk assessment and impacts of oil spills. Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) be responsible for developing and maintaining oil spill trajectory modeling capabilities; (2) create and update once every five years NOAA's environmental sensitivity index products for each coastal area of the United States and for each offshore area that is leased or under consideration for leasing for offshore energy production; (3) submit to Congress, within 270 days and every five years thereafter, a report that, for regions that are leased or are under consideration for leasing for offshore energy production, characterizes ecological baselines, identifies important ecological areas, critical habitats, and migratory behaviors, and identifies potential risks posed by hydrocarbon development on regional, state, and local economies; and (4) review the current state of NOAA's capacity to observe, monitor, map, and track subsea hydrocarbons, including the effect of subsea hyrdocarbons and dispersants at varying concentrations on living marine resources. Requires the Under Secretary to establish a national information center on oil spills that: (1) includes scientific information and research on oil spill preparedness, response, and restoration; (2) serves as a single access point for emergency responders for such scientific data; (3) provides outreach and utilizes communication mechanisms to inform partners, the public, and local communities about the availability of oil spill preparedness, prevention, response, and restoration information and services and improves public understanding and minimizes impacts of oil spills; and (4) applies the data interoperability standards developed by the Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System to allow for free and open access to all relevant data using the existing infrastructure of the regional information coordinating entities developed as part of the System as a portal for accessing nonfederal data. Requires the Under Secretary to establish an initiative to: (1) determine the significance, response, frequency, size, potential fate, and potential effects, including on sensitive habitats, of oil spills resulting from aging and abandoned oil infrastructure; and (2) formulate recommendations on how best to address such spills. Requires the Under Secretary to develop an inventory of offshore abandoned or sunken vessels in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and identify priorities for potential preemptive removal of oil or other actions that may be effective to mitigate the risk of oil spills from such vessels. (Sec. 102) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise provisions concerning the uses of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. (Sec. 104) Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to eligible coastal states to: (1) revise management programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves approved under such Act to identify and implement new enforceable policies and procedures to ensure sufficient response capabilities at the state level to address the environmental, economic, and social impacts of oil spills or other accidents resulting from Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy activities with the potential to affect land or water use or natural resources of the coastal zone; and (2) review and revise enforceable policies within approved coastal state management programs affecting coastal energy activities and energy to ensure that these policies are consistent with such policies and procedures and with emergency response plans and policies developed under federal or state law. Prohibits the Secretary, after an initial grant is made, from making a subsequent grant unless the coastal state is satisfactorily developing revisions to address offshore energy impacts. Provides that no coastal state is eligible to receive grants for more than two fiscal years. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the coastal states to prepare revisions to approved management programs. (Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary, to: (1) establish and report to Congress on a long-term marine environmental monitoring and research program for the marine and coastal environment of the Gulf of Mexico to ensure that the government has data and information to assess impacts of the oil spill caused by Deepwater Horizon on trust resources (defined as natural resources belonging to, managed by, held in trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by the United States, any state, an Indian Tribe, or a local government); (2) carry out such program during a 10-year period; and (3) make such data and information accessible to the public. Requires the program to include: (1) monitoring and research of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the affected marine, coastal, and estuarine areas; (2) the fate, transport, and persistence of oil released during the spill and spatial distribution throughout the water column; (3) identification of lethal and sub-lethal impacts to shellfish, fish, and wildlife resources that utilize habitats located within the affected region; and (4) impacts to regional, state, and local economies that depend on the natural resources of the affected area, including commercial and recreational fisheries, tourism, and other wildlife-dependent recreation. (Sec. 106) Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary, to direct research to improve the ability of the United States to conduct oil spill prevention, response, observing, and recovery in Arctic waters. Requires such research, observation, and action to include the prioritization of resources to: (1) address ecological baselines and environmental sensitivity indexes, identification of ecological important areas, sensitive habitats, and migratory behaviors, the development of oil spill trajectory models in Arctic marine conditions, the collection of observational data essential for response strategies in the event of an oil spill during both open water and ice-covered seasons, the development of a robust operational monitoring program during such seasons, improvements in technologies and understanding of cold water oil recovery planning and restoration implementation, and the integration of local and traditional knowledge into oil recovery research studies; and (2) establish a robust geospacial framework for safe navigation and oil spill response through increased hydrographic and bathymetic surveying, mapping, and navigational charting, geodetic positioning, and monitoring of tides, sea levels, and currents in the Arctic. (Sec. 107) Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) review the current state of NOAA and NOAA's capacity to monitor, map, and track subsea hydrocarbons; and (2) establish a hydrocarbon monitoring and assessment program that is based on such review. Sets forth provisions concerning transferring funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out such review and program. Title II: Improving Coast Guard Response and Inspection Capacity - (Sec. 202) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to assess and take action to reduce the risk of, and improve the capability of the United States to respond to, a maritime disaster in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Requires such assessment and actions to include the prioritization of resources to address: (1) oil spill prevention and response capabilities and infrastructure; (2) the coordination of contingency plans and agreements with other U.S. agencies, industry, and foreign governments to respond to an Arctic oil spill; (3) the expansion of search and rescue capabilities, infrastructure, and logistics; (4) the provisional designation of places of refuge; (5) the evaluation and enhancement of navigational infrastructure, vessel monitoring, tracking, and automated identification systems, and navigational aids and communications infrastructure for safe navigation and marine accident prevention in the Arctic; (6) shipping traffic risk assessments for the Bering Strait and the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas; and (7) the integration of local and traditional knowledge and concerns into prevention and response strategies. (Sec. 203) Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to require response plans approved by the Coast Guard under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to be updated at least once every five years and to utilize the best commercially available technology and methods to contain and remove a worst case discharge and to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of such discharge. Authorizes the Coast Guard to establish requirements and guidance for utilizing such technology and methods. Considers each update to be a significant change that must be resubmitted for approval by the Coast Guard. Directs the Secretary to require that all vessel response plans prepared pursuant to National Response System for vessels and other structures which are capable of exploring for, drilling for, developing, or producing oil or gas include plans for responding to a worst case discharge and to a threat of such discharge. (Sec. 204) Amends the Clean Water Act to require: (1) each Area Committee to assure advance planning with respect to the closing and reopening of fishing grounds following an oil spill; (2) each Area Contingency Plan to develop a framework for such planning; and (3) the President, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to issue guidance for Area Committees to use in developing such framework. (Sec. 205) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a program for the formal evaluation and validation of oil pollution containment and removal methods and technologies; and (2) consider whether a validated method or technology meets a performance capability warranting designation of a new standard for best available technology or methods. Requires all validated technologies and methods to be included in the comprehensive list of spill removal resources maintained by the Coast Guard through the National Response Unit. (Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to: (1) increase the frequency and comprehensiveness of safety inspections of all U.S. and foreign-flag tank vessels that enter a U.S. port or place; and (2) adopt, as part of the Secretary's inspection requirements for tank vessels, additional procedures for enhancing the verification of the reported structural condition of such vessels, taking into account the Condition Assessment Scheme adopted by the International Maritime Organization by Resolution 94(46) on April 27, 2001. (Sec. 207) Includes as a category of vessels that are subject to inspection vessels and other structures, fixed or floating, including those which dynamically hold position or are attached to the seabed or subsoil, which are capable of exploring for, drilling for, developing, or producing oil or gas. Sets forth provisions concerning the inspection process of such vessels. (Sec. 208) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) identify areas in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States in which routing or other navigational measures are warranted to reduce the risk of oil spills and potential damage to natural resources, giving priority consideration to natural resources of particular ecological or economic importance; and (2) establish such routing or other navigational measures. Requires the Commandant and the Under Secretary to seek to establish such areas through the International Maritime Organization or establish comparable areas pursuant to regulations and in a manner that is consistent with international law. Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to analyze data and report to specified congressional committees on oil transported as cargo on vessels in U.S. navigable waters. (Sec. 209) Authorizes a state to require a person to provide notice of 24 hours or more to the state and the Coast Guard prior to transferring oil in bulk as cargo in an amount equivalent to 250 barrels or more to, from, or within a vessel in state waters. (Sec. 210) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to establish a Gulf of Mexico Regional Citizens' Advisory Council to: (1) provide comprehensive oversight and monitoring of policies, permits, operations, and regulations relating to the activities, operation, and maintenance of facilities and tank vessels in the Gulf; (2) monitor the environmental impacts of the operation of such facilities and vessels; (3) monitor oil spill prevention and response plans; (4) recommend standards and conditions for regulations intended to ensure the safe and environmentally sound operation and maintenance of such facilities and vessels; (5) provide recommendations for, and assist, any oil spill recovery or spill research institute established for the Gulf of Mexico; (6) establish offices in Gulf states; and (7) report to Congress every two years on the achievement of safe operations of oil and gas activities in the Gulf, unresolved problems and concerns with operations, activities, and plans, and the Council's operations, expenditures, needs, issues, and recommendations. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the President and Congress on the Council's operations and expenditures. Requires owners or operators of tank vessels, facilities, lessees,and permittees in the Gulf to provide a specified amount for the establishment and operation of the Council. (Sec. 211) Establishes an Arctic Regional Citizens' Advisory Council to: (1) advise the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) represent the citizens that live in the coastal areas of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas in promoting environmentally safe exploration, development, and production of oil and gas and to mitigate impacts to subsistence activities and resources. Requires such Council, with regard to infrastructure related to oil and gas exploration, development, and production in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, to: (1) provide comprehensive oversight and monitoring of policies, permits, and regulations relating to oil and gas exploration, development, and production in a manner that covers all potential impacts from oil and gas activities in the Seas, including impacts from pipelines and shore-based facilities, except activities already subject to the permitting authority of the North Slope Borough or Northwest Arctic Borough; (2) advise agencies on the impact of exploration, development, and production on subsistence activities and species; (3) establish offices within a coastal community located on the North Slope of Alaska; and (4) report to Congress every two years on the achievement of safe operations of oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean and on its operations and recommendations. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the President and Congress on such Council's operations and expenditures. Requires agencies to consult with such Council prior to taking substantive action with respect to permits, site-specific regulations, and other matters governing activities and actions within the Council's purview. Requires owners or operators of offshore facilities, lessees, and permittees in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas to provide a specified amount for the establishment and operation of the Council. (Sec. 212) Revises limits on liability and removal costs of responsible parties with respect to discharge of oil into or upon the navigable waters or adjoining shorelines or the exclusive economic zone from single-hull and double-hull tank ships and barges. (Sec. 213) Increases the amount of funding available from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for operating expenses incurred by the Coast Guard in implementing the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. (Sec. 214) Requires the Secretary, within an hour of receiving a report of a marine casualty, to forward the report to each state agency and Indian tribe that has jurisdiction concurrent with the United States or that is adjacent to waters in which the marine casualty occurred. (Sec. 215) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to publish on a publicly accessible website all written Incident Action Plans prepared and approved as part of any response to an oil spill in which the Commandant serves as the on-scene coordinator leading a unified command. Title III: Other Matters Relating to Oil Spills - (Sec. 301) Requires the Under Secretary to develop: (1) standard national protocols for oil spill response and clean up assessments to promote consistent procedures for collecting shoreline characterization data and to ensure that the format and resolution of such data are consistent with the needs of coastal states; and (2) guidance and tools for oil spill responders and offer instructional courses to ensure that such protocols are used during oil spill responses in U.S. waters. (Sec. 302) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior, prior to the approval of any program, lease, exploration plan, or development and production plan, to consult with the Administrator of NOAA on the reasonably foreseeable adverse effects on ocean and coastal resources. Authorizes the Administrator to recommend alternatives to the proposed action. Requires the Secretary to incorporate into the approval for the proposed action the alternatives or mitigation measures recommended unless the Secretary: (1) determines that alternatives or mitigation measures are not necessary to prevent or minimize such adverse effects; and (2) notifies the Administrator of the reasons for that decision. (Sec. 303) Establishes the Federal Oil Spill Research Committee to: (1) coordinate a program of oil pollution research, technology development, and demonstration among agencies and foster cost-effective research mechanisms; (2) report to Congress every five years on the current state of oil spill prevention and response capabilities; and (3) establish a program to provide for research, development, and demonstration of new or improved technologies which are effective in preventing, detecting, or mitigating oil discharges and which protect the environment. Requires the Under Secretary to manage a program of competitive grants to universities and research institutions for conducting the research, development, and demonstration program. Provides that the authority provided by this section supersedes the authority provided by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 for the establishment of the Interagency Committee on Oil Pollution Research, which shall cease operations upon this Act's enactment. (Sec. 304) Amends the Clean Water Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to assess a civil penalty for violations with respect to discharges of oil or hazardous substances and the removal of discharges of oil. (Sec. 305) Amends the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990 to increase the amounts that owners or operators of terminal facilities or crude oil tankers operating in Prince William Sound, and owners or operators of terminal facilities, offshore facilities, or crude oil tankers operating in Cook Inlet, are required to provide to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Title IV: Coral Reef Conservation Act Amendments - Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2010 - (Sec. 404) Amends the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of NOAA, to provide assistance to any state, local, or territorial government agency with jurisdiction over coral reef ecosystems to address any unforeseen or disaster-related circumstance pertaining to coral reef ecosystems. (Sec. 405) Requires the Secretary to establish the Emergency Response, Stabilization, and Restoration Account in the Damage Assessment Restoration Revolving Fund. (Sec. 406) Prohibits any person from destroying, taking, causing the loss of, or injuring any coral reef or any component thereof. Makes exceptions where the destruction, loss, taking, or injury was: (1) caused by the use of fishing gear used in a manner permitted under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act or other federal or state law; (2) caused by an activity that is authorized or allowed by federal or state law (including lawful discharges from vessels, such as graywater, cooling water, engine exhaust, ballast water, or sewage from marine sanitation devices); (3) the necessary result of bona fide marine scientific research (including marine scientific research activities approved by federal, state, or local permits) other than excessive sampling or collecting or actions such as vessel groundings, vessel scrapings, anchor damage, or excavation; (4) caused by a federal agency during an emergency that posed an unacceptable threat to human health or safety or to the marine environment, an emergency that posed a threat to national security, or an activity necessary for law enforcement or search and rescue, that could not reasonably be avoided; or (5) caused by an action taken by the master of the vessel in an emergency situation to ensure the safety of the vessel or to save a life at sea. Prohibits any person from interfering with the enforcement of this title by: (1) refusing to permit any authorized officer to board a vessel (other than a vessel operated by the Department of Defense (DOD) or United States Coast Guard) subject to such person's control for the purposes of conducting any search or inspection in connection with such enforcement; (2) resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, harassing, bribing, interfering with, or forcibly assaulting any authorized person d b in the conduct of any such search or inspection; or (3) submitting false information to the Secretary or any authorized officer in connection with any such search or inspection. Prohibits any person from possessing, selling, delivering, carrying, transporting, or shipping any coral taken in violation of this title. Requires the Secretary to issue a rule prescribing the circumstances and conditions under which the exception from this title's requirements for the destruction, loss, taking, or injury caused by the use of fishing gear used in a manner permitted under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act or other federal or state law applies. (Sec. 407) Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) liability to the United States for response costs and damages resulting from the destruction, loss, or taking of, or injury to, coral reefs; (2) costs of seizure, forfeiture, storage and disposal arising from liability; and (3) civil action against any person or vessel that may be liable for response costs, seizure, forfeiture, storage, or disposal costs, and damages, and interest on that amount. Requires any cost, including response costs and damages recovered by the Secretary under this title, to be deposited into the Damage Assessment Restoration Revolving Fund or the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund as appropriate given the location of the violation. Provides for the use of recovered amounts. (Sec. 408) Sets forth enforcement provisions, including provisions concerning a civil administrative penalty, permit sanctions for violations, a civil judicial penalty, imprisonment, and criminal and civil forfeiture of property. Applies this title to the internal waters of the United States, the territorial seas of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988, the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983, and the continental shelf, consistent with international law. (Sec. 409) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of NOAA, to allow for the conduct of bona fide research and activities that would otherwise be prohibited by this title through issuance of coral reef conservation permits. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing such permits unless the Secretary finds that there is no practicable alternative to conducting the activity in a manner that destroys, causes the loss of, or injury to any coral reef.

securing health ocean resources environment act shore act title improving national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration oil spill response prevention restoration capacity sec requires secretary oceans atmosphere review report congress national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa capacity respond oil spills requires review include comparison oil spill modeling requirements state art oil spill modeling respect near shore offshore areas development recommendations priorities improving forecasting oil spill impacts inventory noaa products tools aid assessing potential risks impacts oil spills identification baseline oceanographic climate data required support state art modeling assessment administration ability respond effects oil spill trust resources assessment noaa capacity monitor test seafood oil contamination resulting oil spill identification resources available noaa partnerships private sector academic institutions aid risk assessment impacts oil spills requires secretary responsible developing maintaining oil spill trajectory modeling capabilities create update years noaa environmental sensitivity index products coastal area united_states offshore area leased consideration leasing offshore energy production submit congress days years report regions leased consideration leasing offshore energy production ecological baselines identifies important ecological areas critical habitats migratory behaviors identifies potential risks posed hydrocarbon development regional state local economies review current state noaa capacity observe monitor map track hydrocarbons including effect dispersants varying concentrations living marine resources requires secretary establish national information center oil spills includes scientific information research oil spill preparedness response restoration serves single access point emergency responders scientific data provides outreach utilizes communication mechanisms inform partners public local communities availability oil spill preparedness prevention response restoration information services improves public understanding minimizes impacts oil spills applies data interoperability standards developed integrated coastal ocean observing system allow free open access relevant data existing infrastructure regional information coordinating entities developed system portal accessing nonfederal data requires secretary establish initiative determine significance response frequency size potential potential effects including sensitive habitats oil spills resulting aging abandoned oil infrastructure formulate recommendations best address spills requires secretary develop inventory offshore abandoned vessels exclusive_economic_zone identify priorities potential removal oil actions effective mitigate risk oil spills vessels sec amends oil pollution act revise provisions concerning uses oil_spill_liability_trust_fund sec amends coastal_zone_management_act authorize secretary commerce grants eligible coastal states revise management programs national estuarine research reserves approved act identify implement new enforceable policies procedures ensure sufficient response capabilities state level address environmental economic social impacts oil spills accidents resulting outer_continental_shelf ocs energy activities potential affect land water use natural resources coastal zone review revise enforceable policies approved coastal state management programs affecting coastal energy activities energy ensure policies consistent policies procedures emergency response plans policies developed federal state law prohibits secretary initial grant making subsequent grant coastal state satisfactorily developing revisions address offshore energy impacts provides coastal state eligible receive grants fiscal years requires secretary provide technical assistance coastal states prepare revisions approved management programs sec requires secretary commerce acting secretary establish report congress long term marine environmental monitoring research program marine coastal environment gulf_of_mexico ensure government data information assess impacts oil spill caused deepwater_horizon trust resources defined natural resources belonging managed held trust controlled united_states state indian tribe local government carry program year period data information accessible public requires program include monitoring research physical chemical biological characteristics affected marine coastal estuarine areas transport persistence oil released spill spatial distribution water identification lethal sub lethal impacts shellfish fish wildlife resources utilize habitats located affected region impacts regional state local economies depend natural resources affected area including commercial recreational fisheries tourism wildlife dependent recreation sec requires secretary commerce acting secretary direct research improve ability united_states conduct oil spill prevention response observing recovery arctic waters requires research observation action include prioritization resources address ecological baselines environmental sensitivity indexes identification ecological important areas sensitive habitats migratory behaviors development oil spill trajectory models arctic marine conditions collection observational data essential response strategies event oil spill open water ice covered development robust operational monitoring program improvements technologies understanding cold water oil recovery planning restoration implementation integration local traditional knowledge oil recovery research studies establish robust framework safe navigation oil spill response increased hydrographic surveying mapping navigational charting positioning monitoring sea levels currents arctic sec requires secretary review current state noaa noaa capacity monitor map track hydrocarbons establish hydrocarbon monitoring assessment program based review sets forth provisions concerning transferring funds oil_spill_liability_trust_fund secretary commerce carry review program title improving coast_guard response inspection capacity sec requires commandant_of_the_coast_guard assess action reduce risk improve capability united_states respond maritime disaster beaufort chukchi_seas requires assessment actions include prioritization resources address oil spill prevention response capabilities infrastructure coordination contingency plans agreements agencies industry foreign governments respond arctic oil spill expansion search rescue capabilities infrastructure logistics provisional designation places refuge evaluation enhancement navigational infrastructure vessel monitoring tracking automated identification systems navigational aids communications infrastructure safe navigation marine accident prevention arctic shipping traffic risk assessments strait beaufort seas integration local traditional knowledge concerns prevention response strategies sec requires secretary department coast_guard operating require response plans approved coast_guard federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act updated years utilize best commercially available technology methods contain remove worst case discharge mitigate prevent substantial threat discharge authorizes coast_guard establish requirements guidance utilizing technology methods considers update significant change resubmitted approval coast_guard directs secretary require vessel response plans prepared pursuant national response system vessels structures capable exploring drilling developing producing oil gas include plans responding worst case discharge threat discharge sec amends clean water act require area committee assure advance planning respect closing reopening fishing grounds following oil spill area contingency plan develop framework planning president acting commandant_of_the_coast_guard issue guidance area committees use developing framework sec requires secretary establish program formal evaluation validation oil pollution containment removal methods technologies consider validated method technology meets performance capability designation new standard best available technology methods requires validated technologies methods included comprehensive list spill removal resources maintained coast_guard national response unit sec requires secretary increase frequency safety inspections foreign flag tank vessels enter port place adopt secretary inspection requirements tank vessels additional procedures enhancing verification reported structural condition vessels taking account condition assessment scheme adopted international_maritime_organization resolution april sec includes category vessels subject inspection vessels structures fixed floating including hold position attached seabed subsoil capable exploring drilling developing producing oil gas sets forth provisions concerning inspection process vessels sec requires commandant_of_the_coast_guard identify areas waters subject jurisdiction united_states routing navigational measures warranted reduce risk oil spills potential damage natural resources giving priority consideration natural resources particular ecological economic importance establish routing navigational measures requires commandant secretary seek establish areas international_maritime_organization establish comparable areas pursuant regulations manner consistent international law requires commandant_of_the_coast_guard analyze data report specified congressional committees oil transported cargo vessels navigable waters sec authorizes state require person provide notice hours state coast_guard prior transferring oil bulk cargo equivalent barrels vessel state waters sec amends oil pollution act establish gulf_of_mexico regional citizens advisory_council provide comprehensive oversight monitoring policies permits operations regulations relating activities operation maintenance facilities tank vessels gulf monitor environmental impacts operation facilities vessels monitor oil spill prevention response plans recommend standards conditions regulations intended ensure safe environmentally sound operation maintenance facilities vessels provide recommendations assist oil spill recovery spill research institute established gulf_of_mexico establish offices gulf states report congress years achievement safe operations oil gas activities gulf unresolved problems concerns operations activities plans council operations expenditures needs issues recommendations requires comptroller_general report president congress council operations expenditures requires owners operators tank vessels facilities lessees permittees gulf provide specified establishment operation council sec establishes arctic regional citizens advisory_council advise administrator environmental_protection_agency epa commandant_of_the_coast_guard secretary commerce secretary interior represent citizens live coastal areas beaufort chukchi_seas promoting environmentally safe exploration development production oil gas mitigate impacts subsistence activities resources requires council regard infrastructure related oil gas exploration development production beaufort seas provide comprehensive oversight monitoring policies permits regulations relating oil gas exploration development production manner covers potential impacts oil gas activities seas including impacts pipelines shore based facilities activities subject permitting authority north_slope_borough northwest arctic borough advise agencies impact exploration development production subsistence activities species establish offices coastal community located north_slope alaska report congress years achievement safe operations oil gas activities arctic_ocean operations recommendations requires comptroller_general report president congress council operations expenditures requires agencies consult council prior taking substantive action respect permits site specific regulations matters governing activities actions council purview requires owners operators offshore facilities lessees permittees beaufort seas provide specified establishment operation council sec revises limits liability removal costs responsible parties respect discharge oil navigable waters adjoining shorelines exclusive_economic_zone single hull double hull tank ships sec increases funding available oil_spill_liability_trust_fund operating expenses incurred coast_guard implementing oil pollution act sec requires secretary hour receiving report marine casualty forward report state agency indian tribe jurisdiction concurrent united_states adjacent waters marine casualty occurred sec requires commandant_of_the_coast_guard publish publicly accessible website written incident action plans prepared approved response oil spill commandant serves scene coordinator leading unified command title iii matters relating oil spills sec requires secretary develop standard national protocols oil spill response clean assessments promote consistent procedures collecting shoreline characterization data ensure format resolution data consistent needs coastal states guidance tools oil spill responders offer instructional courses ensure protocols oil spill responses waters sec amends outer_continental_shelf_lands_act require secretary interior prior approval program lease exploration plan development production plan consult administrator noaa reasonably foreseeable adverse effects ocean coastal resources authorizes administrator recommend alternatives proposed action requires secretary incorporate approval proposed action alternatives mitigation measures recommended secretary determines alternatives mitigation measures necessary prevent minimize adverse effects notifies administrator reasons decision sec establishes federal_oil_spill_research_committee coordinate program oil pollution research technology development demonstration agencies foster cost effective research mechanisms report congress years current state oil spill prevention response capabilities establish program provide research development demonstration new improved technologies effective preventing detecting mitigating oil discharges protect environment requires secretary manage program competitive grants universities research institutions conducting research development demonstration program provides authority provided section supersedes authority provided oil pollution act establishment interagency_committee oil pollution research shall cease operations act enactment sec amends clean water act authorize secretary transportation dot assess civil penalty violations respect discharges oil hazardous substances removal discharges oil sec amends oil terminal oil tanker environmental oversight monitoring act increase amounts owners operators terminal facilities crude oil tankers operating prince william sound owners operators terminal facilities offshore facilities crude oil tankers operating cook inlet required provide secretary department coast_guard operating title coral_reef_conservation_act amendments coral reef conservation amendments act sec amends coral_reef_conservation_act authorize secretary commerce acting administrator noaa provide assistance state local territorial government agency jurisdiction coral reef ecosystems address unforeseen disaster related circumstance pertaining coral reef ecosystems sec requires secretary establish emergency response stabilization restoration account damage assessment restoration revolving fund sec prohibits person destroying taking causing loss injuring coral reef component thereof makes exceptions destruction loss taking injury caused use fishing gear manner permitted magnuson-stevens_fishery_conservation_and_management_act federal state law caused activity authorized allowed federal state law including lawful discharges vessels graywater cooling water engine exhaust ballast water sewage marine sanitation devices necessary result bona fide marine scientific research including marine scientific research activities approved federal state local permits excessive sampling collecting actions vessel vessel damage excavation caused federal agency emergency posed unacceptable threat human health safety marine environment emergency posed threat national security activity necessary law enforcement search rescue reasonably avoided caused action taken master vessel emergency situation ensure safety vessel save life sea prohibits person interfering enforcement title refusing permit authorized officer board vessel vessel operated department_of_defense dod united_states coast_guard subject person control purposes conducting search inspection connection enforcement resisting opposing impeding intimidating harassing interfering forcibly assaulting authorized person conduct search inspection submitting false information secretary authorized officer connection search inspection prohibits person possessing selling delivering carrying transporting shipping coral taken violation title requires secretary issue rule prescribing circumstances conditions exception title requirements destruction loss taking injury caused use fishing gear manner permitted magnuson-stevens_fishery_conservation_and_management_act federal state law applies sec sets forth provisions concerning liability united_states response costs damages resulting destruction loss taking injury coral reefs costs seizure forfeiture storage disposal arising liability civil action person vessel liable response costs seizure forfeiture storage disposal costs damages interest requires cost including response costs damages recovered secretary title deposited damage assessment restoration revolving fund natural resource damage assessment restoration fund appropriate given location violation provides use recovered amounts sec sets forth enforcement provisions including provisions concerning civil administrative penalty permit sanctions violations civil judicial penalty imprisonment criminal civil forfeiture property applies title internal waters united_states territorial seas united_states described presidential proclamation december exclusive_economic_zone united_states described presidential proclamation march continental_shelf consistent international law sec authorizes secretary acting administrator noaa allow conduct bona fide research activities prohibited title issuance coral reef conservation permits prohibits secretary issuing permits secretary finds practicable alternative conducting activity manner causes loss injury coral reef


Summary: Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law Act - Repeals specified general limitations on a shipowner's liability (the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851) for personal injury or death on seagoing vessels. Allows punitive damages to be assessed without regard to the amount of compensatory damages assessed in a civil maritime action for damages arising out of a maritime tort. Amends the Death on the High Seas Act to permit the personal representative of a decedent to bring a civil action in admiralty or law (limited to admiralty under current law) against the person or vessel responsible for the decedent's death when the death was caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond three nautical miles from the shore of the United States. Limits the right to bring such action to the decedent's survivors, including spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative. Allows recovery in such an action for fair compensation for nonpecuniary loss (limited to pecuniary loss under current law), plus a fair compensation for the decedent's pain and suffering. Defines "nonpecuniary loss" as loss of care, comfort, and companionship. Amends the Jones Act to allow recovery for the loss of the care, comfort, and companionship of a seaman who died in the course of employment. Removes restrictions on the bringing of actions under U.S. maritime law by workers who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents against a mineral or energy company for personal injury or death occurring in the territorial waters or continental shelf of a foreign country.

fairness admiralty maritime law act repeals specified general limitations liability limitation liability act personal injury death vessels allows punitive damages assessed regard compensatory damages assessed civil maritime action damages arising maritime tort amends death high seas act permit personal representative decedent bring civil action admiralty law limited admiralty current law person vessel responsible decedent death death caused wrongful act neglect default occurring high seas nautical miles shore united_states limits right bring action decedent survivors including spouse parent child dependent relative allows recovery action fair compensation nonpecuniary loss limited pecuniary loss current law plus fair compensation decedent pain suffering defines nonpecuniary loss loss care comfort companionship amends jones act allow recovery loss care comfort companionship seaman died course employment removes restrictions bringing actions maritime law workers citizens permanent residents mineral energy company personal injury death occurring territorial waters continental_shelf foreign country


Summary: Oil Spill Response Act - (Sec. 2) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish a Maritime Center of Expertise for Maritime Oil Spill and Hazardous Substance Release Response to perform specified functions, including: (1) serving as the primary facility for Coast Guard personnel to obtain qualifications to perform specified regional response and on-scene coordination duties; (2) training first responders in the incident command system structure, maritime oil spill and hazardous substance release response techniques and strategies, and public affairs; (3) working with academic and private sector response training centers; (4) conducting research, development, testing, and demonstration for response equipment, technologies, and prevention and mitigation techniques; (5) maintaining at least two incident management and assistance teams, one of which must be ready to deploy anywhere in the continental United States within 24 hours after an incident or event; (6) administering Coast Guard participation in the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program; and (7) establishing Coast Guard marine environmental response doctrine. (Sec. 3) Requires the Coast Guard to maintain a National Strike Force (NSF) to facilitate preparedness for, and response to, maritime oil spill and hazardous substance release incidents. Requires the NSF to consist of: (1) a National Strike Force Coordination Center (NSFCC); (2) strike force teams, including one each for the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico; (3) a public information assist team; and (4) if the Commandant so directs, one or more teams for the northwest Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Sets forth the duties required of the NSFCC and related NSF teams. (Sec. 4) Requires the Commandant to maintain district preparedness response teams to administer area contingency plans and the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program, coordinate district participation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) regional interagency steering committee, and perform related enumerated activities. (Sec. 5) Requires each maritime oil spill response organization that is listed under the oil spill response plan of a vessel or facility regulated under the National Response System to be certified by the Coast Guard and inspected at least once a year. Directs the Commandant to develop criteria for certifying and classifying maritime oil spill response organizations. Requires each certified oil spill response organization and any facility that is not using a maritime oil spill response organization to meet the facility oil spill response plan requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to maintain a current list of its response equipment and to submit a copy to the NSFCC. (Sec. 6) Directs the Commandant to establish a research and development program for oil spill and hazardous substance release response to prevent or mitigate oil discharges and hazardous substances releases. Requires such program to include research and development related to: (1) containment, recovery, removal, and disposal methods; (2) vessel designs; (3) private industry and U.S. government response; (4) a public list of approved technology; and (5) a process for private industry, academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and federal, state, and local governments to submit systems, equipment, and technologies for testing and evaluation. Authorizes the Commandant to make grants to or enter into cooperative agreements with academic institutions for related research and development. Requires the Commandant to carry out such program by: (1) coordinating with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research; and (2) using sums as may be necessary for FY2010-FY2015 from funds appropriated to the Coast Guard's research, development, and testing program account for those years.

oil spill response_act sec requires commandant_of_the_coast_guard establish maritime center expertise maritime oil spill hazardous substance release response perform specified functions including serving primary facility coast_guard personnel obtain qualifications perform specified regional response scene coordination duties training responders incident command system structure maritime oil spill hazardous substance release response techniques strategies public affairs working academic private sector response training centers conducting research development testing demonstration response equipment technologies prevention mitigation techniques maintaining incident management assistance teams ready deploy continental united_states hours incident event administering coast_guard participation national preparedness response exercise program establishing coast_guard marine environmental response doctrine sec requires coast_guard maintain national strike force nsf facilitate preparedness response maritime oil spill hazardous substance release incidents requires nsf consist national strike force coordination center strike force teams including atlantic_ocean pacific_ocean gulf_of_mexico public information assist team commandant directs teams northwest pacific_ocean arctic_ocean sets forth duties required related nsf teams sec requires commandant maintain district preparedness response teams administer area contingency plans national preparedness response exercise program coordinate district participation federal_emergency_management_agency fema regional interagency steering committee perform related enumerated activities sec requires maritime oil spill response organization listed oil spill response plan vessel facility regulated national response system certified coast_guard inspected year directs commandant develop criteria certifying classifying maritime oil spill response organizations requires certified oil spill response organization facility maritime oil spill response organization meet facility oil spill response plan requirements federal_water_pollution_control_act maintain current list response equipment submit copy sec directs commandant establish research development program oil spill hazardous substance release response prevent mitigate oil discharges hazardous substances releases requires program include research development related containment recovery removal disposal methods vessel designs private industry government response public list approved technology process private industry academic institutions nongovernmental organizations federal state local governments submit systems equipment technologies testing evaluation authorizes commandant grants enter cooperative agreements academic institutions related research development requires commandant carry program coordinating interagency_coordinating_committee_on_oil_pollution_research sums necessary fy2010 fy2015 funds appropriated coast_guard research development testing program account years


Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 29, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Extends through FY2011 the deadline for state expenditure of certain emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Administration for Children and Families provided for recovery from Hurricanes Ike and Rita and other 2008 natural disasters.

measure amended passed senate september summary version repeated extends fy2011 deadline state expenditure certain emergency supplemental appropriations department_of_health_and_human_services hhs administration children families provided recovery hurricanes ike rita natural disasters


Summary: National Flood Insurance Program Reextension Act of 2010 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2010, through September 30, 2011. Continues through FY2011 the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program.

national_flood_insurance_program act amends national_flood_insurance_act extend national_flood_insurance_program september september continues fy2011 authority administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema president approval issue billion notes obligations finance program


Summary: Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to permit an agricultural producer who owns livestock to plant a second crop on the same acreage for harvest in the same crop year as a first crop and receive full prevented planting indemnity payments if such producer: (1) is located in an area that experienced excessive precipitation which prevented the first crop's planting by its final planting date; and (2) uses the second crop solely for emergency feed for the producer's livestock.

amends federal_crop_insurance_act permit agricultural producer owns livestock plant second crop acreage harvest crop year crop receive prevented planting indemnity payments producer located area experienced excessive precipitation prevented crop planting final planting date uses second crop solely emergency feed producer livestock


Summary: National Commission on Children and Disasters Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 to authorize appropriations for the National Commission on Children and Disasters through FY2012. Requires any vacancy in the Commission to be filled within 90 days after the date of the vacancy. Requires the Commission to submit: (1) interim reports to the President and Congress annually; and (2) its final report by December 31, 2012.

national_commission children disasters reauthorization act amends kids disasters safety health act authorize appropriations national_commission children disasters fy2012 requires vacancy commission filled days date vacancy requires commission submit interim reports president congress annually final report december


Summary: Flood Insurance Affordability and Risk Notification Act - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to delay, for a five-year period, the effective date for the mandatory purchase of flood insurance for certain new flood hazard areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards (with "100-year floodplains"). Limits such delay to geographic areas whose state or local governments have developed an evacuation plan and implemented an outreach and communication plan to advise occupants of flood risks and evacuation routes. Makes the preferred risk rate method premium available for flood insurance coverage for properties located in such areas during such five-year time period. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to set forth a five-year phase-in of flood insurance rates for newly mapped areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) work to enhance communication and outreach to states, local communities, and property owners about the effects of any potential changes or updates to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, including their effects on flood insurance purchase requirements; (2) engage with local communities to enhance communication and outreach to their residents; and (3) make certain information available to the public on the FEMA website, including information on the availability and cost of flood insurance.

flood insurance affordability risk notification act_-_amends flood disaster protection act delay year period effective date mandatory purchase flood insurance certain new flood hazard areas previously designated having special flood hazards year floodplains limits delay geographic areas state local governments developed evacuation plan implemented outreach communication plan advise occupants flood risks evacuation routes makes preferred risk rate method premium available flood insurance coverage properties located areas year time period amends national_flood_insurance_act set forth year phase flood insurance rates newly areas previously designated having special flood hazards directs administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema work enhance communication outreach states local communities property owners effects potential changes updates national_flood_insurance_program rate maps including effects flood insurance purchase requirements engage local communities enhance communication outreach residents certain information available public fema website including information availability cost flood insurance


Summary: Disaster Recovery Improvement Act - Directs the President to issue and begin to implement regulations required by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) regarding the repair, restoration, reconstruction, and replacement of public facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster to provide for cost estimation procedures that expedite recovery and to reduce the costs and time for completion of recovery projects through the creation of financial and performance incentives. Amends such Act to require a decision regarding an appeal of any decision regarding eligibility for, or the amount of, federal disaster assistance to be rendered within 60 (currently, 90) days after the designated federal official receives notice of the appeal. Requires: (1) the federal official to provide a written explanation to the applicant of a failure to satisfy that requirement, and (2) the President to transmit quarterly reports on such failures. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in cooperation with representatives of state and local emergency management agencies, to review, update, and revise through rulemaking the factors considered when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster, in order to provide more objective criteria for evaluating the need for assistance to individuals and to speed such declaration. Authorizes the President, in any emergency, to provide assistance for rescue, care, shelter, and essential needs to individuals with household pets and service animals and to such pets and animals.

disaster recovery improvement act_-_directs president issue begin implement regulations required robert stafford disaster relief emergency assistance_act stafford act repair restoration reconstruction replacement public facilities damaged destroyed major disaster provide cost estimation procedures expedite recovery reduce costs time completion recovery projects creation financial performance incentives amends act require decision appeal decision eligibility federal disaster assistance rendered currently days designated federal official receives notice appeal requires federal official provide written explanation applicant failure satisfy requirement president transmit quarterly reports failures directs administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema cooperation representatives state local emergency management agencies review update revise rulemaking factors considered evaluating governor request major disaster declaration measure severity magnitude impact disaster order provide objective criteria evaluating need assistance individuals speed declaration authorizes president emergency provide assistance rescue care shelter essential needs individuals household pets service animals pets animals


Summary: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) study the uses and capabilities of amateur radio communications in emergencies and disaster relief; (2) use the expertise of the American Radio Relay League in the study; and (3) report to Congress.

amateur radio emergency communications enhancement_act directs secretary homeland_security dhs study uses capabilities amateur radio communications emergencies disaster relief use expertise american radio relay league study report congress


Summary: Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to cover as a major disaster any "catastrophic incident" as defined by the Homeland Security Act, namely any natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage or disruption severely affecting the population (including mass evacuations), infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions in an area. Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop, as an annex to the National Disaster Housing Strategy, a lifecycle and tracking plan for housing units provided to individuals and households affected by an emergency or major disaster that establishes policies for procurement, delivery, installation, maintenance, deactivation, and disposal of the units. Requires the plan to: (1) emphasize the acquisition of housing units that can be recycled and reused for multiple emergencies or major disasters; and (2) include a process for the Administrator to track each housing unit from its date of acquisition through its date of disposal. Amends the Stafford Act to direct the President, upon determining that a temporary housing unit purchased under such Act for housing disaster victims is unsuitable for habitation, to alter such unit in a manner that will prevent it from being used for habitation before it is disposed through sale to a recycler or other purchaser.

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Summary: Protecting Jobs in Your State Act of 2011 - Prohibits a state or a political subdivision from using funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, Public Law 111-226 (relating to education jobs and Medicaid payments to states), the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, or funds for disaster relief administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), as an incentive for a business to: (1) relocate a plant, facility, or other operation from one state to another; or (2) expand an operation in a state in a manner that will result in a reduction in such an operation in another state. Authorizes a political subdivision to submit to the state governor a petition stating that it has been adversely affected by a violation of such prohibition and requesting that the governor submit to the Secretary of Commerce a petition for an investigation. Provides that if the Secretary determines that a violation has occurred, the state in which such a violation was committed shall be liable to the United States for the amount of funds involved. Prohibits such a state from receiving any other funds under such Acts until it fully repays such amount to the United States. Directs the Comptroller General, biannually during the period that ends five years after this Act's enactment, to submit to specified committees a report on the impact of such provisions, including: (1) a statement of the number of petitions received by the Secretary of Commerce and a summary of the disposition of such petitions; (2) a list of U.S. claims that arose, were outstanding, or were collected; and (3) a list of any funds withheld.

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Summary: National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2010 [sic] - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from providing any new flood insurance coverage after December 31, 2013, or renewing any coverage provided before such date, under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. Terminates the National Flood Insurance Program on such date. Makes conforming repeal amendments to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, and the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956. Grants the consent of Congress to any two or more states to enter into agreements or compacts for making flood insurance available to interested persons for loss and damage arising from any flood occurring in the United States.

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Summary: Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011 - Establishes the Gulf of Mexico Recovery Council, consisting of each member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. Directs the Council to: (1) establish guidelines for, approve or disapprove, and annually review Gulf state comprehensive restoration plans that address the effects in such a state of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon that began on April 20, 2010, with regard to the economy, the environment, and public health; (2) distribute funds to states whose plans are approved; (3) establish a Gulf of Mexico Observation System, to be implemented through a Gulf of Mexico Exploration Research Center, to increase observation and monitoring capabilities in the Gulf; (4) establish a Gulf of Mexico sea grant program to fund Gulf coast restoration projects carried out by sea grant colleges or institutions located in the Gulf states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi); (5) establish a Gulf of Mexico seafood marketing program and a Gulf of Mexico Seafood Marketing Board to submit a seafood marketing plan; (6) establish a Gulf of Mexico clean energy program to make grants for qualified clean energy projects and energy efficiency projects; (7) establish a Gulf coast-based working group to implement policies and programs to accomplish Gulf coast economic development, ecosystem restoration, and public health rehabilitation; (8) coordinate the sharing of scientific information and other research associated with Gulf coast economic development, ecosystem restoration, and public health rehabilitation; and (9) submit an annual report to Congress. Establishes in the Treasury a Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Recovery Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the Fund not less than 80% of any amounts collected as penalties, settlements, or fines under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) in relation to the oil spill. Requires the Fund to be made available to the Council only for activities related to Gulf coast economic development, ecosystem restoration, and public health rehabilitation that are not inconsistent with the regional ecosystem restoration strategy developed by the Task Force.

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Summary: Dental Emergency Responder Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the inclusion of dental health facilities in the National Health Security Strategy for purposes of preparedness during public health emergencies. Includes dental entities among entities that may carry out education and training activities to improve responses to public health emergencies.

dental emergency responder act amends public_health_service_act authorize inclusion dental health facilities national health security strategy purposes preparedness public health emergencies includes dental entities entities carry education training activities improve responses public health emergencies


Summary: Floodplain Maps Moratorium Act - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to delay for five years the requirement to purchase flood insurance for properties in a new flood hazard area if the area's state or local government has developed a flood evacuation plan and meets other specified criteria. Makes the preferred risk rate method premium available for flood insurance coverage of such properties. Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and implement a plan to notify annually residents of areas having special flood hazards regarding the mandatory purchase requirement. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Director to: (1) notify the pertinent Members of Congress as well as the affected communities and their state and local governments about any decision to make a floodplain area or flood-risk zone revision, and (2) provide each such community and state and local government with an opportunity to review and propose modifications to a flood insurance map change or revision. Requires the Comptroller General to review the methodology used to issue or revise flood insurance rate maps. Requires the Director to notify a local television and radio station about proposed or published flood elevation determinations. Directs the Administrator of FEMA to report to Congress a plan for repaying within 10 years all unpaid presidentially approved flood insurance program debt.

floodplain maps moratorium act_-_amends flood disaster protection act delay years requirement purchase flood insurance properties new flood hazard area area state local government developed flood evacuation plan meets specified criteria makes preferred risk rate method premium available flood insurance coverage properties directs director federal_emergency_management_agency fema establish implement plan notify annually residents areas having special flood hazards mandatory purchase requirement amends national_flood_insurance_act require director notify pertinent members congress affected communities state local governments decision floodplain area flood risk zone revision provide community state local government opportunity review propose modifications flood insurance map change revision requires comptroller_general review methodology issue revise flood insurance rate maps requires director notify local television radio station proposed published flood elevation determinations directs administrator fema report congress plan repaying years unpaid presidentially approved flood insurance program debt


Summary: Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from using the assumption that an existing levee or flood control structure does not exist to designate an area as having new flood hazards pursuant to issuance of, or any process to implement changes in, flood insurance maps used under the national flood insurance program under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, except in cases where no affected community objects to the Administrator's hazard modeling processes within 90 days of this Act's enactment and provided that prior to implementation of this provision the affected community notifies affected residents that the level of protection provided by such levee or flood control structure is under review.

fair treatment existing levees act prohibits administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema assumption existing levee flood control structure exist designate area having new flood hazards pursuant issuance process implement changes flood insurance maps national_flood_insurance_program national_flood_insurance_act cases affected community objects administrator hazard modeling processes days act enactment provided prior implementation provision affected community notifies affected residents level protection provided levee flood control structure review


Summary: Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act - Rescinds and permanently cancels all unobligated funding remaining available under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program. Terminates the program. Requires all such unobligated balances so rescinded and permanently canceled to be retained in the general fund of the Treasury for reducing the debt of the federal government. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to study: (1) the extent to which the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program is used by homeowners who are active duty members of the Armed Forces (or their spouses or parents), veterans, or Gold Star-eligible widows, parents, or next of kin of Armed Forces members who died in military operations or members or veterans with service-connected injuries (and their survivors and dependents); and (2) the impact of the program on such homeowners.

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Summary: Extends until September 30, 2016: (1) the authority for a bid protest (i.e., a written objection to a federal agency solicitation, cancellation of a solicitation, or award of a contract) of a task or delivery order contract valued in excess of $10 million; and (2) the exclusive jurisdiction of the Comptroller General over such protests.

extends september authority bid protest written objection federal agency solicitation cancellation solicitation award contract task delivery order contract valued excess million exclusive jurisdiction comptroller_general protests


Summary: Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the average sales price in calculating Medicare payments for drugs and biologicals any customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers.

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Summary: Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2011 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to extend through FY2016 the National Flood Insurance Program and the Pilot Program for Mitigation of Severe Repetitive Loss Properties. Increases maximum coverage limits. Provides a phase-in of actuarial rates for nonresidential properties and non-primary residences. Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (FDPA) to delay for five years the effective date for the mandatory purchase of flood insurance for certain areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards. Amends NFIA to set forth a five-year phase-in of flood insurance rates for newly mapped areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards. Raises the annual limitation on premium increases. Considers any community that has made adequate progress on reconstruction or improvement of a flood protection system eligible for flood insurance premium rates not exceeding those which would be applicable if the flood protection system had been completed. Requires the availability of flood insurance coverage at discounted premiums for areas protected by a flood-protection system that does not provide protection against a 100-year frequency flood. States that, upon completion of certain flood protection projects, a covered area: (1) shall not be considered as having special flood hazards; and (2) shall be eligible for flood insurance. Amends the FDPA to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to notify tenants: (1) whether property is located in an area having special flood hazards; and (2) that flood insurance for dwelling contents is available, including the maximum amount of such coverage. Prescribes minimum annual deductibles for damage or loss to pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map (pre-FIRM) structures (neither constructed nor substantially improved after the later of December 31, 1974, or the effective date of the initial rate map published under NFIA for the area in which such a structure is located) as well as lower minimum annual deductibles for post-FIRM structures. Requires termination of force-placed insurance after confirmation of a borrower's existing flood insurance coverage. Authorizes the FEMA Administrator to make grants to local governmental agencies in communities that participate in the national flood insurance program to implement outreach activities to encourage the purchase of flood insurance protection. Prohibits the FEMA Administrator from using any insurance company or other insurer to offer flood insurance coverage unless the company or insurer agrees to prohibit excluding wind damage coverage. Authorizes the FEMA Administrator to employ additional staff. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the FEMA Administrator to develop and implement jointly a plan to verify that persons receiving community development funds under the Homeowner Grant Assistance Program of the state of Mississippi or the Road Home Program of the state of Louisiana are maintaining flood insurance on the property for which they receive such funds. Establishes the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate. Directs the Comptroller General to make several studies, including two on: (1) the impact, effectiveness, feasibility, and constitutional basis for extending mandatory flood insurance coverage purchase requirements to property which is located in any area having special flood hazards and which secures certain loan repayments; and (2) potential methods, practices, and incentives that would increase the extent to which low-income families owning residential properties located within special flood hazards areas would purchase flood insurance coverage under the national program. Requires the FEMA Administrator to make several studies, including three on: (1) inclusion of widely used and nationally recognized building codes as part of floodplain management criteria; (2) the impacts of the national flood insurance program on working waterfronts; and (3) the short- and long-term impacts of significant flooding events and subsequent revisions of hazard modeling and mapping since January 1, 2000, on the financial soundness of the program.

flood insurance reform priorities act amends national_flood_insurance_act extend fy2016 national_flood_insurance_program pilot program mitigation severe repetitive loss properties increases maximum coverage limits provides phase actuarial rates nonresidential properties non primary residences amends flood disaster protection act delay years effective date mandatory purchase flood insurance certain areas previously designated having special flood hazards amends set forth year phase flood insurance rates newly areas previously designated having special flood hazards raises annual limitation premium increases considers community adequate progress reconstruction improvement flood protection system eligible flood insurance premium rates exceeding applicable flood protection system completed requires availability flood insurance coverage discounted premiums areas protected flood protection system provide protection year frequency flood states completion certain flood protection projects covered area shall considered having special flood hazards shall eligible flood insurance amends require administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema notify tenants property located area having special flood hazards flood insurance dwelling contents available including maximum coverage prescribes minimum annual deductibles damage loss pre flood insurance rate map pre firm structures constructed substantially improved later december effective date initial rate map published area structure located lower minimum annual deductibles post firm structures requires termination force placed insurance confirmation borrower existing flood insurance coverage authorizes fema administrator grants local governmental agencies communities participate national_flood_insurance_program implement outreach activities encourage purchase flood insurance protection prohibits fema administrator insurance company insurer offer flood insurance coverage company insurer agrees prohibit excluding wind damage coverage authorizes fema administrator employ additional staff directs secretary housing_and_urban_development hud fema administrator develop implement jointly plan verify persons receiving community development funds homeowner grant assistance program state mississippi road home program state louisiana maintaining flood insurance property receive funds establishes office flood insurance advocate directs comptroller_general studies including impact effectiveness feasibility constitutional basis extending mandatory flood insurance coverage purchase requirements property located area having special flood hazards secures certain loan repayments potential methods practices incentives increase extent low income families owning residential properties located special flood hazards areas purchase flood insurance coverage national program requires fema administrator studies including inclusion widely nationally recognized building codes floodplain management criteria impacts national_flood_insurance_program working waterfronts short- long term impacts significant flooding events subsequent revisions hazard modeling mapping january financial soundness program


Summary: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Preparedness Planning Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a competitive program to make grants for emergency preparedness planning and implementation to local educational agencies and districts located in areas under a high threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public health emergencies. Directs the Secretary, in awarding grants, to give priority to: (1) local educational agencies and districts located in areas with higher population densities that are under a higher threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public health emergencies; and (2) such agencies and districts that have demonstrated the ability to formulate and implement effective emergency preparedness plans. Requires a local educational agency or district receiving a grant to use such funds to formulate and implement an emergency preparedness plan, which shall provide for: (1) the creation in the office of the superintendent or other chief executive officer of the local educational agency or district of a School Emergency Response Center; (2) the creation of a Regional Advisory Council; and (3) the development of a plan specific to each school under the local educational agency's or district's authority for each type of emergency likely to occur in the area. Permits remaining funds to be used for any purpose relating to emergency preparedness planning or implementation.

elementary secondary school emergency preparedness planning act_-_requires secretary homeland_security dhs establish competitive program grants emergency preparedness planning implementation local educational agencies districts located areas high threat terrorist attacks natural disasters public health emergencies directs secretary awarding grants priority local educational agencies districts located areas higher population higher threat terrorist attacks natural disasters public health emergencies agencies districts demonstrated ability formulate implement effective emergency preparedness plans requires local educational agency district receiving grant use funds formulate implement emergency preparedness plan shall provide creation office superintendent chief executive officer local educational agency district school emergency response center creation regional advisory_council development plan specific school local educational agency district authority type emergency likely occur area permits remaining funds purpose relating emergency preparedness planning implementation


Summary: Good Samaritan Protection for Construction, Architectural, and Engineering Volunteers Act - Grants construction companies and architectural and engineering firms and their employees immunity from liability for negligence, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, when providing emergency assistance on a voluntary basis in response to a declared emergency or disaster, in good faith, and without expectation of compensation.

good samaritan protection construction architectural engineering volunteers act grants construction companies architectural engineering firms employees immunity liability negligence gross negligence willful misconduct providing emergency assistance voluntary basis response declared emergency disaster good faith expectation compensation


Summary: Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to revise nuclear power plant safety regulations to ensure that each licensed utilization facility can withstand and adequately respond to: (1) an earthquake, tsunami (for a facility located in a coastal area), strong storm, or other event that threatens a major impact to the facility; (2) a loss of the primary operating power source for at least 14 days; and (3) a loss of the primary backup operating power source for at least 72 hours. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, in connection with loan guarantees, to require the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to ensure, in the case of a guarantee for advanced nuclear energy facilities, that the cost of the obligation is calculated using a consideration of the Tohoku earthquake of 2011 to estimate the risk characteristics of the project.

nuclear power plant safety act amends atomic energy act direct nuclear_regulatory_commission nrc initiate rulemaking proceeding revise nuclear power plant safety regulations ensure licensed utilization facility withstand adequately respond earthquake tsunami facility located coastal area strong storm event threatens major impact facility loss primary operating power source days loss primary backup operating power source hours amends energy policy act connection loan guarantees require secretary energy doe ensure case guarantee advanced nuclear energy facilities cost obligation calculated consideration earthquake estimate risk characteristics project