Weekly Legislative Activities Report

The Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs puts out weekly reports on hearings, new legislation and other activities on the Hill. The following is the February 6th summary.

In order to obtain the full text of any of the bills that appear below, click on the following link: http://thomas.loc.gov/ . That will take you to Thomas, the Library of Congress legislative tracking system. Enter the bill number in the “Search Bill Text” block, being sure to also click on the “Bill Number” option below the block.

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New Public Laws

No new laws.

Floor Action

No activity.

Markups

No markups.

Hearings

No hearings.

New Bills Introduced

The following new bills were introduced:

• H.R. 790 (Markey, D-MA) - To prohibit issuance of any lease or other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in the fishing grounds known as Georges Bank in the waters of the United States.
• H.R. 860 (Bordallo, D-GU) – To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.H.R. 863 (Blumenauer, D-OR) - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees to receive transportation fringe benefits for the same month both in the form of transit passes and reimbursement of bicycle commuting expenses.
• H.R. 867 (Bright, D-AL) - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor.
• S. 359 (Inouye, D-HI) - A bill to establish the Hawaii Capital National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.