WashingtonWatch.com Digest – November 28, 2011
Posted by Jim Harper, November 28, 2011 at 1:00 pm
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On the Blog: An Active Inactive Week
There are lots of issues that need resolving, but Congress won’t be addressing them this week. Read about it, and learn of a good resource for day-to-day congressional action, in a post entitled: “None of These Burning Questions Will be Answered.”
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Featured Item
This week, the Senate will debate S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. The bill would authorize fiscal 2012 spending for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy. It would also prescribe military personnel strengths for the year.
No cost estimate for S. 1867 is yet available.
The House will debate some regulatory reform bills, including H.R. 527 and H.R. 3010.
S. 1867
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
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What People Think
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Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family.
New Items
H.R. 2829
The United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2011
Costs $0.10 per family
S. 765
The Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2011
Saves $0.00 per family
S. 1119
The Trash Free Seas Act of 2011
Costs $0.41 per family
H.R. 3010
The Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011
Costs $0.58 per family
S. 322
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 667
The Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 766
The Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 888
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 970
The White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 1401
The Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2011
Costs $1.03 per family
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Passed Items
P.L. 112-55
The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $9,477.29 per family
P.L. 112-56
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities
Saves $152.20 per family
P.L. 112-57
The Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011
Costs $0.26 per family
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