Summary: Jobs Through Growth Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that S.J. Res. 10 (a balanced budget amendment) should be passed and submitted to the states for ratification within 90 days after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act. Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests. Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission. Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report legislation that will lower, consolidate, and simplify: (1) the individual income tax system, with not more than three tax rates, the highest being 25%; and (2) the corporate income tax system, with a top tax rate of 25% and a consolidation of the system into two tax rates. Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Repeals the provision of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring federal, state, and local governmental entities to withhold 3% of payments due to vendors providing goods and services to such entities. Rescinds $39 billion in offsetting appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify the appropriation accounts to which such rescissions shall apply. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act or provisions. Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2011 or the MCAP Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services, including provisions shortening the statute of limitations, setting limits on noneconomic and punitive damages, restricting contingency fees, prescribing qualifications for expert witnesses, and reducing damaged based on collateral source benefits. Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), and revives or restores the provisions of law amended by it as if Dodd-Frank had not been enacted. REINS Act - Rewrites provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect (currently, major rules take effect unless Congress passes and the President signs a joint resolution disapproving them). Defines "major rule" as any rule, including an interim final rule, that has resulted in or is likely to result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or U.S. competitiveness. Provides that if a joint resolution of approval of a major rule is not enacted by the end of 70 session days or legislative days after the agency proposing the rule submits its report on such rule to Congress, the rule shall be deemed not to be approved and shall not take effect. Permits a major rule to take effect for 90 calendar days without such approval if the President determines such rule is necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, for the enforcement of criminal laws, for national security, or to implement an international trade agreement. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for joint resolutions approving major rules and disapproving non-major rules. Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act - Prohibits any federal agency from taking any significant regulatory action until the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports a monthly unemployment rate equal to or less than 7.7%. Defines a "significant regulatory action" as an action that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, small entities, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with another agency's action; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy issues. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if the President notifies Congress that a waiver is necessary on the basis of national security or a national emergency. Allows judicial review of all claims under this Act. Freedom from Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) to revise the regulatory process (rulemaking) with respect to small entities (e.g., small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions). Defines "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule to mean: (1) the economic effects on small entities directly regulated by the rule, and (2) the reasonably foreseeable economic effects of the rule on small entities resulting from their transactions with other businesses and entities directly regulated by the rule. Expands judicial review of agency rulemaking to permit small entities to seek judicial review of initial regulatory flexibility analyses and to obtain an injunction of a proposed rule that is noncompliant with RFA requirements. Requires each agency to establish a plan for the periodic (every nine years) review of: (1) its rules that have a significant adverse economic impact on small entities, and (2) any small entity compliance guide required to be published by an agency. Sets forth criteria for review of a rule, including the continued need for the rule, the complexity of the rule, and the impact of the rule on small entities. Expands to all agencies the procedures for gathering comments on rules that will have a significant economic impact on small entities. Extends RFA requirements to informal agency guidance documents. Amends the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to require each agency to review on a periodic basis the civil penalties it imposes on small entities for violations of statutory or regulatory requirements. Imposes certain additional requirements on agencies prior to the issuance of a final rule, including requirements for: (1) publication of an initial regulatory flexibility analysis, (2) a determination of the average cost of a rule for affected small entities and the number of small entities affected or reasonably presumed to be affected, and (3) consultation with the Chief Counsel for Advocacy for the Small Business Administration (SBA) with respect to the accuracy of information relating to the cost and impact of a final rule. Authorizes appropriations to SBA for FY2012-FY2014 to carry out this Act. Repeals certain provisions of the Small Business Act and the Energy Security and Efficiency Act of 2007 to offset the costs of carrying out this Act and to reduce the federal deficit. Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act - Amends the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to: (1) require regulatory impact analyses for rules that do not involve a legislative mandate and for final rules that do not have a prior notice of proposed rulemaking; (2) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or that may result in the expenditure of $100 million or more in any one year by state, local, and tribal governments; (3) require such agencies to identify and consider regulatory alternatives before promulgating any proposed or final rule and select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (4) define "cost" as the cost of compliance and any reasonably foreseeable indirect cost resulting from agency rulemaking; (5) exempt rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee from provisions of such Act relating to regulatory accountability and reform, review of federal mandates, and judicial review; and (6) expand provisions relating to judicial review of regulatory impact analyses. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require independent regulatory agencies to conduct regulatory impact analyses. Government Litigation Savings Act - Revises provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and the federal judicial code relating to the fees and other expenses of parties in agency proceedings and court cases against the federal government to: (1) restrict awards of fees and other expenses under such Act to prevailing parties with a direct and personal monetary interest in an adjudication, including because of personal injury, property damage, or an unpaid agency disbursement; (2) require the reduction or denial of awards commensurate with pro bono hours and related fees and expenses to parties who have acted in an obdurate, dilatory, mendacious, or oppressive manner or in bad faith; (3) limit awards to not more than $200,000 in any single adversary adjudication or for more than three adversary adjudications in the same calendar year (unless the adjudicating officer or judge determines that a higher award is required to avoid severe and unjust harm to the prevailing party); and (4) expand the reporting requirements of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States with respect to fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties during the preceding fiscal year. Requires the Comptroller General to audit the implementation of EAJA for the years 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted. Employment Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) analyze the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to promulgating a regulation, policy statement, guidance document, or endangerment finding, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit (action); (2) hold public hearings on such action; and (3) provide notice, prior to such action taking effect, to the congressional delegation, governor, and state legislature upon determining it will have more than a de minimis negative impact. Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 - Exempts nuisance dust (defined as particulate matter generated from natural sources and agricultural activities typically conducted in rural areas or consisting primarily of soil, windblown dust, or other natural materials) from the Clean Air Act (CAA) and excludes nuisance dust from references in such Act to particulate matter. Makes exceptions with respect to geographical areas where such dust is not regulated under state, tribal, or local law to the extent that the Administrator finds that: (1) nuisance dust causes substantial adverse public health and welfare effects at ambient concentrations; and (2) the benefits of applying CAA standards and other requirements to such dust outweigh the costs. Prohibits the Administrator, for one year after enactment of this Act, from proposing, finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulation revising the national primary ambient air quality standard or the national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 2.5 micrometers under the CAA. National Labor Relations Board Reform Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to deny the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) any power to: (1) order an employer (or seek an order against an employer) to restore or reinstate any work, product, production line, or equipment; (2) rescind any relocation, transfer, subcontracting, outsourcing, or other change regarding the location, entity, or employer engaged in production or other business operations; or (3) require any employer to make an initial or additional investment at a particular plant, facility, or location. Applies this denial of power to any complaint for which a final adjudication by the NLRB has not been made by enactment of this Act. Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or forbid a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor to enter into or adhere to agreements with a labor organization with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement. Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve national security. Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act with respect to the applicable federal contracts. Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act - Prohibits a federal financial regulatory agency from issuing notices of proposed or final rulemakings unless specified analyses have been included in them. Prohibits an agency from publishing a notice of final rulemaking if it determines that the quantified costs are greater than the quantified benefits. Requires an agency to make available on its public website sufficient information about the data, methodologies, and assumptions underlying its analyses so that its analytical results are capable of being substantially reproduced. Requires the chief economist of an agency, within five years after publication in the Federal Register of a notice of final rulemaking, to report to certain congressional committees on the economic impact of the subject regulation, including its direct and indirect costs and benefits. Requires each federal agency to develop, report to certain congressional committees, and post on its public website a plan to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal existing regulations so as to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives. Authorizes judicial review for a person adversely affected or aggrieved by a regulation. Establishes the Chief Economists Council to report to certain congressional committees on activities of the financial regulatory agencies. Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to report separately to certain congressional committees their plans for subjecting to the requirements of this Act the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and registered national securities associations on the one hand, and registered futures associations on the other. Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act - Sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations. Requires federal agencies to: (1) propose or adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination that the benefits of such regulations justify their costs; (2) tailor regulations to impose the least burden on society and to maximize economic and other benefits; (3) involve the public and parties affected by regulations in the regulatory process; (4) develop regulatory actions that promote innovation, flexibility, and objectivity; (5) consider methods to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome; and (6) develop plans for reviewing on a periodic basis significant regulation actions (i.e., those having an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or otherwise adversely affecting the economy). Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit under the CWA for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide. Makes exceptions with respect to: (1) a discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of FIFRA that is relevant to protecting water quality, if the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation or if the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; and (2) stormwater discharges, municipal or industrial effluent discharges, treatment works effluent discharges, and discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that are regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act - Considers that the Secretary of the Interior has approved the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf planning area (except the North Atlantic Planning Area) for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas production leases, and (2) hold lease sales for specified areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, and the state of Virginia. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to require the Secretary to approve or disapprove a drill permit application within 20 days after submission. Grants United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit exclusive jurisdiction over challenges to offshore energy projects and permits to drill carried out in the Gulf of Mexico. Amends the Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 to require (current law authorizes) the Secretary to conduct lease sales under commercial leasing program regulations in any state if the Secretary finds sufficient support and interest exists in such state for the development of tar sands and oil shale resources. Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to require completion of the review of environmental impact statements within 270 days after commencement of such review or the action concerned shall be considered a final agency action with no significant environmental impact. Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) declare that carbon dioxide, methane from agriculture or livestock, and water vapor are not air pollutants; and (2) require an economic analysis of any requirement of such Act that results in an adverse effect on employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish an economic review board to assess such an analysis. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, upon a state governor's declaration of an emergency, to exempt from the prohibition against taking and the prohibition against adverse modification of critical habitat any action reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the emergency. Prohibits consideration of the impact of greenhouse gas on any species of fish or wildlife or plant for any purpose in the implementation of the ESA. Instructs the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to approve the specification of the areas described in the notice entitled "Final Determination of the Assistant Administrator for Water Pursuant to Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act Concerning the Spruce No. 1 Mine, Logan County, WV." Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to issue or reissue each lease for the production of oil or gas in Utah that was canceled during calendar years 2009 through 2011. Prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior and any California state agency operating a water project in connection with the Central Valley Project from restricting operations of an applicable project pursuant to any biological opinion issued under ESA if it would result in a level of allocation of water less than the historical maximum allocation under the project. Instructs the EPA Administrator to issue without further review or analysis a permit to Shell Oil Company to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea. Prohibits the award or federal payment of legal fees to an environmental nongovernmental organization in connection with any action: (1) preventing, terminating, or reducing access to production of energy, mineral resources, water by agricultural producers, a resource by commercial or recreational fishermen, or grazing or timber production on federal land; (2) diminishing a property owner's private property value; or (3) eliminating or preventing one or more jobs. Jobs and Energy Permitting Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any air quality impact of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources to be measured or modeled and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore area. Revises requirements for controlling air pollution from OCS sources located offshore of the states along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Coasts, and along the U.S. Gulf Coast off Florida. Exempts any direct emission from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source from any emission control requirement applicable to such source. Declares that an OCS source, for platform or drill ship exploration, is established when drilling commences at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates. Requires: (1) final agency action on a permit application for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source under such Act to be taken no later than 180 days after the filing of such application;(2) such final agency action to be considered to be nationally applicable under judicial review; and (3) judicial review of such action to be without additional administrative review or adjudication. Denies the Environmental Appeals Board of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) any authority to consider any matter regarding the consideration, issuance, or denial of such permit. Prohibits extension of any administrative stay of the effectiveness of such permit beyond 180 days after the date of filing of such application. American Energy and Western Jobs Act - Rescinds and declares without force or effect: (1) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Instruction Memoranda numbered 2010-117 (Oil and Gas Leasing Reform -- Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews) and 2010-118 (Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categorical Exclusion Policy Revision), both issued on May 17, 2010; and (2) Secretarial Order No. 3310 (Wild Lands Policy) issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to instruct the Secretary to automatically issue a lease 60 days after the date of the payment by the successful bidder of the remainder of the bonus bid and the annual rental for the first lease year, unless the Secretary can issue the lease before that date. Directs the Secretary, before modifying and implementing any onshore oil or natural gas preleasing or leasing and development policy, or a policy relating to protecting the wilderness characteristics of public land, to complete an economic impact assessment and determine that the proposed policy modification will not: (1) result in a detrimental impact on employment opportunities relating to oil- and natural gas-related development, (2) contribute to an increase in the domestic use of imported petroleum resources, or (3) contribute to an aggregate loss of oil and natural gas receipts. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to submit and publicize an annual report detailing for each field office the revenues generated by specified uses of public land. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas managed by the federal government; and (2) hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources in accordance with a specified solicitation of bids for leases. Applies the final rule entitled "Oil Shale Management-General" to all commercial leasing for the management of federally owned oil shale and associated minerals located on federal land. Mining Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal provisions that require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consult with the Secretary of the Army before denying or restricting the use of specified areas as disposal sites for discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. Requires the Administrator to provide to the Secretary notice of any concerns with respect to a specification for a disposal site proposed to be issued under a permit to discharge into navigable waters and the reasons for any disapproval of permits. Removes the Administrator's authority to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site: (1) 60 days after the Administrator receives the proposed specification from the Secretary for review; and (2) once the Secretary has issued a permit for dredged or fill material. Authorizes the Secretary to reevaluate and reissue, or to elect not to reissue, a specification in any case in which, before the enactment of this Act, the Administrator disapproved it after it was issued by the Secretary. Sets forth requirements that must be met before the Administrator or the head of another agency requests that a proposed permit for dredged or fill material receive a higher level of review by the Secretary. Energy Tax Prevention Act - Amends the Clean Air Act, subject to exemptions, to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration, the emission of a greenhouse gas (GHG) to address climate change. Excludes GHGs from the definition of "air pollutant" for purposes of addressing climate change. Repeals and makes ineffective specified rules and actions concerning permit requirements or emission standards for GHGs to address climate change. Prohibits the Administrator from waiving, and invalidates waivers by the Administrator before the enactment of this Act of, the prohibition against states adopting or enforcing standards relating to the control of emissions from new motor vehicles or engines with respect to GHG emissions for model year 2017 or any subsequent model year. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the prohibition against any federal agency contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use (other than for research or testing) unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle GHG emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to greenhouse gas emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources. Public Lands Job Creation Act - Declares that if, by 45 days after a state Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office has submitted a Federal Register notice to the Washington, DC, office of the BLM for review by the Department of the Interior, the review has not been completed: (1) the notice shall consider to be approved, and (2) the state BLM office shall immediately forward the notice to the Federal Register for publication. Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 - Amends the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 to authorize the President to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and nontariff trade barriers: (1) on and after enactment of this Act and before June 1, 2013; or (2) on and after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013, if certain congressional trade authorities procedures for implementing trade bills are extended for such period. Applies certain congressional and presidential (fast track) trade authorities requirements with respect to agreements on tariff and nontariff barriers to a trade agreement establishing a Trans-Pacific Partnership that resulted from negotiations commenced before enactment of this Act. Revises the standard for the application of certain congressional trade authorities procedures to implementing bills for trade agreements regarding tariff and nontariff trade barriers. Treats as an implementing bill subject to such procedures any bill containing provisions necessary to the implementation and enforcement of a trade agreement.

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entities rescinds billion offsetting appropriated unobligated discretionary funds requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb identify appropriation accounts rescissions shall apply exempts unobligated funds department_of_defense dod department_of_veterans_affairs repeals patient_protection affordable care act health care related provisions health_care_and_education reconciliation act restores provisions law amended act provisions act sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits health care liability claims related provision health care services including provisions statute limitations setting limits noneconomic punitive damages restricting contingency fees prescribing qualifications expert witnesses reducing damaged based collateral source benefits repeals dodd-frank_wall_street_reform consumer protection act dodd-frank revives restores provisions law amended dodd-frank enacted provisions relating congressional review agency rulemaking require congressional approval major rules executive branch effect currently major rules effect congress passes president signs joint resolution disapproving defines major rule rule including interim final rule resulted likely result annual effect economy million major increase costs prices significant adverse effects competition employment investment productivity innovation competitiveness provides joint resolution approval major rule enacted end session days legislative days agency proposing rule submits report rule congress rule shall deemed approved shall effect permits major rule effect calendar days approval president determines rule necessary imminent threat health safety emergency enforcement criminal laws national security implement international trade agreement sets forth house senate procedures joint resolutions approving major rules disapproving non major rules regulation moratorium jobs preservation act prohibits federal agency taking significant regulatory action bureau_of_labor_statistics bls reports monthly unemployment rate equal defines significant regulatory action action likely annual effect economy million adversely affect material way economy productivity competition jobs environment public health safety small entities state local tribal governments communities create inconsistency interfere agency action materially alter budgetary impact entitlements grants user fees loan programs rights obligations recipients thereof raise novel legal policy issues authorizes president waive prohibition president notifies congress waiver necessary basis national security national emergency allows judicial review claims act freedom mandates act amends regulatory flexibility act rfa revise regulatory process rulemaking respect small entities small businesses small organizations small governmental jurisdictions defines economic impact respect proposed final rule mean economic effects small entities directly regulated rule reasonably foreseeable economic effects rule small entities resulting transactions businesses entities directly regulated rule expands judicial review agency rulemaking permit small entities seek judicial review initial regulatory flexibility analyses obtain injunction proposed rule noncompliant rfa requirements requires agency establish plan periodic years review rules significant adverse economic impact small entities small entity compliance guide required published agency sets forth criteria review rule including continued need rule complexity rule impact rule small entities expands agencies procedures gathering comments rules significant economic impact small entities extends rfa requirements informal agency guidance documents amends small_business_regulatory_enforcement fairness act require agency review periodic basis civil penalties imposes small entities violations statutory regulatory requirements imposes certain additional requirements agencies prior issuance final rule including requirements publication initial regulatory flexibility analysis 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judge determines higher award required avoid severe unjust harm prevailing party expand reporting requirements chairman administrative_conference_of_the_united_states respect fees expenses awarded prevailing parties preceding fiscal year requires comptroller general audit implementation eaja years end calendar year act enacted employment protection act requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa analyze impact employment levels economic activity prior promulgating regulation policy statement guidance document endangerment finding implementing new substantially altered program issuing denying permit action hold public hearings action provide notice prior action taking effect congressional delegation governor state legislature determining minimis negative impact farm dust regulation prevention act exempts nuisance dust defined particulate matter generated natural sources agricultural activities typically conducted rural areas consisting primarily soil dust natural materials clean air act caa excludes nuisance dust references act particulate matter makes exceptions respect geographical areas dust regulated state tribal local law extent administrator finds nuisance dust causes substantial adverse public health welfare effects ambient concentrations benefits applying caa standards requirements dust outweigh costs prohibits administrator year enactment act proposing finalizing implementing enforcing regulation revising national primary ambient air quality standard national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable particulate matter aerodynamic diameter greater micrometers caa national_labor_relations_board reform act amends national_labor_relations_act deny national_labor_relations_board nlrb power order employer seek order employer restore reinstate work product production line equipment rescind relocation transfer subcontracting outsourcing change location entity employer engaged production business operations require employer initial additional investment particular plant facility location applies denial power complaint final adjudication nlrb enactment act government neutrality contracting act directs head federal agency awards obligates funds construction contract awards grants provides financial assistance enters cooperative agreements construction projects ensure bid specifications project agreements controlling documents require forbid bidder offeror contractor subcontractor enter adhere agreements labor organization respect construction project related construction project discriminate party signatory adhere agreement allows exemptions avert imminent threat public health safety serve national security directs federal_acquisition_regulatory_council amend federal_acquisition_regulation implement act respect applicable federal contracts financial regulatory responsibility act prohibits federal financial regulatory agency issuing notices proposed final rulemakings specified analyses included prohibits agency 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amends federal insecticide fungicide rodenticide_act fifra federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act cwa prohibit administrator environmental_protection_agency epa state requiring permit cwa discharge point source navigable waters pesticide authorized sale distribution use fifra residue pesticide resulting application pesticide makes exceptions respect discharge resulting application pesticide violation fifra relevant protecting water quality discharge occurred violation pesticide pesticide residue discharge greater occurred violation stormwater discharges municipal industrial effluent discharges treatment works effluent discharges discharges incidental normal operation vessel regulated national_pollutant_discharge_elimination_system deficit reduction act considers secretary interior approved draft proposed outer continental shelf oil gas leasing program final oil gas leasing program outer_continental_shelf_lands_act directs secretary conduct lease sale outer continental_shelf planning area commercial interest purchasing federal oil gas production leases hold lease sales specified areas central_gulf mexico western_gulf mexico state virginia amends outer_continental_shelf lands act ocsla require secretary approve disapprove drill permit application days submission exclusive jurisdiction challenges offshore energy projects permits drill carried gulf_of_mexico amends oil_shale tar_sands strategic unconventional fuels act require current law authorizes secretary conduct lease sales commercial leasing program regulations state secretary finds sufficient support interest exists state development tar sands oil shale resources amends national_environmental_policy_act nepa require completion review environmental impact statements days commencement review action concerned shall considered final agency action significant environmental impact amends clean air act declare carbon dioxide methane agriculture livestock water vapor air pollutants require economic analysis requirement act results adverse effect employment requires secretary commerce establish economic review board assess analysis amends endangered species act esa require secretary interior secretary commerce state governor declaration emergency exempt prohibition taking prohibition adverse modification critical habitat action reasonably necessary avoid ameliorate impact emergency prohibits consideration impact greenhouse gas species fish wildlife plant purpose implementation esa instructs administrator epa approve specification areas described notice entitled final determination assistant administrator water pursuant section clean water act concerning instructs secretary interior issue reissue lease production oil gas utah canceled calendar years prohibits california state agency operating water project connection central_valley_project restricting operations applicable project pursuant biological opinion issued esa result level allocation water historical maximum allocation project instructs epa administrator issue review analysis permit drill oil beaufort_sea prohibits award federal payment legal fees environmental nongovernmental organization connection action preventing terminating reducing access production energy mineral resources water agricultural producers resource commercial recreational fishermen grazing timber production federal land diminishing property owner private property value eliminating preventing jobs jobs energy permitting act amends clean air act require air quality impact outer_continental_shelf ocs sources measured modeled determined solely respect impacts corresponding onshore area revises requirements controlling air pollution ocs sources located offshore states pacific arctic atlantic coasts gulf_coast florida exempts direct emission vessel servicing associated ocs source emission control requirement applicable source declares ocs source platform drill ship exploration established drilling commences location ceases exist drilling activity ends location temporarily interrupted platform drill ship relocates requires final agency action permit application platform drill ship exploration ocs source act taken later days filing final agency action considered nationally applicable judicial review judicial review action additional administrative review adjudication denies environmental_protection_agency epa authority consider matter consideration issuance denial permit prohibits extension administrative stay effectiveness permit days date filing application declares force effect bureau_of_land_management blm instruction memoranda numbered oil gas leasing reform land use planning lease parcel reviews energy policy act section categorical exclusion policy revision issued secretarial order wild lands policy issued secretary interior december amends mineral leasing act instruct secretary automatically issue lease days date payment successful bidder remainder bonus bid annual rental lease year secretary issue lease date directs secretary modifying implementing onshore oil natural gas preleasing leasing development policy policy relating protecting wilderness characteristics public land complete economic impact assessment determine proposed policy modification result detrimental impact employment opportunities relating oil- natural gas related development contribute increase domestic use imported petroleum resources contribute aggregate loss oil natural gas receipts directs secretary acting director bureau_of_land_management secretary agriculture acting chief forest_service submit publicize annual report detailing field office revenues generated specified uses public land directs secretary establish domestic strategic production goal development oil natural gas managed federal government hold lease sale offering additional parcels lease research development demonstration oil shale resources accordance specified solicitation bids leases applies final rule entitled oil shale management general commercial leasing management federally owned oil shale associated minerals located federal land mining jobs protection act amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act repeal provisions require administrator environmental_protection_agency epa consult secretary army denying restricting use specified areas disposal sites discharges dredged fill material waters united_states requires administrator provide secretary notice concerns respect specification disposal site proposed issued permit discharge navigable waters reasons disapproval permits removes administrator authority prohibit specification defined area disposal site days administrator receives proposed specification secretary review secretary issued permit dredged fill material authorizes secretary reevaluate reissue elect reissue specification case enactment act administrator disapproved issued secretary sets forth requirements met administrator head agency requests proposed permit dredged fill material receive higher level review secretary energy tax prevention act amends clean air act subject exemptions prohibit administrator environmental_protection_agency epa promulgating regulation concerning taking action relating taking consideration emission greenhouse gas ghg address climate change excludes ghgs definition air pollutant purposes addressing climate change repeals makes ineffective specified rules actions concerning permit requirements emission standards ghgs address climate change prohibits administrator waiving invalidates waivers administrator enactment act prohibition states adopting enforcing standards relating control emissions new motor vehicles engines respect ghg emissions model year subsequent model year amends energy_independence_and_security_act repeal prohibition federal agency contract procurement alternative synthetic fuel mobility related use research testing contract specifies lifecycle ghg emissions associated production combustion fuel supplied contract ongoing basis equal greenhouse gas emissions equivalent conventional fuel produced conventional petroleum sources public lands job creation act declares days state bureau_of_land_management blm office submitted federal_register notice washington office blm review department_of_the_interior review completed notice shall consider approved state blm office shall immediately forward notice federal_register publication creating american jobs exports act amends act authorize president enter trade agreements foreign countries tariff nontariff trade barriers enactment act june june december certain congressional trade authorities procedures implementing trade bills extended period applies certain congressional presidential fast track trade authorities requirements respect agreements tariff nontariff barriers trade agreement establishing resulted negotiations commenced enactment act revises standard application certain congressional trade authorities procedures implementing bills trade agreements tariff nontariff trade barriers treats implementing bill subject procedures bill containing provisions necessary implementation enforcement trade agreement


Summary: Business Incubator Promotion Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act to include among the Act's goals encouraging distressed communities to support the formation of business incubators to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in economically distressed areas. Defines "business incubator" as an entity established to foster the startup of businesses or accelerate the growth of fledgling companies by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to produce viable businesses that can help create jobs and restore vitality to distressed areas, excluding an entity organized primarily as for-profit venture. Modifies criteria for the eligibility of an area for grants under such Act for public works and economic development or economic adjustment projects to require an area to have had an unemployment rate of at least 1% greater than the national average for the most recent 12-month (currently, 24-month) period for which data are available. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) increase the federal share for public works and economic development project grants based upon an area's unemployment rate or per capita income compared to the national average, and (2) reduce or waive the non-federal or local share required for participation in such grant assistance for a special need area in cases of severe economic distress. Authorizes the Secretary to provide competitive grants for: (1) the development and implementation of feasibility studies and plans for the creation or expansion of business incubators, and (2) the temporary support of operations of business incubators that is essential to self-sustainability.

business incubator promotion act amends public_works_and_economic_development_act include act goals encouraging distressed communities support formation business incubators promote innovation entrepreneurship economically distressed areas defines business incubator entity established foster startup businesses accelerate growth companies providing entrepreneurs resources services produce viable businesses help create jobs restore vitality distressed areas excluding entity organized primarily profit venture modifies criteria eligibility area grants act public works economic development economic adjustment projects require area unemployment rate greater national average recent month currently month period data available authorizes secretary commerce increase federal share public works economic development project grants based area unemployment rate capita income compared national average reduce waive non federal local share required participation grant assistance special need area cases severe economic distress authorizes secretary provide competitive grants development implementation feasibility studies plans creation expansion business incubators temporary support operations business incubators essential self sustainability


Summary: Fair Playing Field Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the classification of workers for employment tax purposes, to: (1) repeal the prohibition against issuance of regulations and guidance by the Secretary of the Treasury on workers' employment tax status (i.e., as an employee or as an independent contractor) enacted by the Revenue Act of 1978; (2) direct the Secretary to issue regulations and other guidance to clarify the proper employment status of workers for employment tax purposes; (3) prohibit a retroactive assessment of employment tax, except with respect to certain skilled workers, for tax periods after December 31, 1978, and before a specified reclassification date for worker misclassifications, unless the taxpayer had no reasonable basis for not treating a worker as an employee; (4) require taxpayers who hire independent contractors on a regular and ongoing basis to provide such contractors with notice of their federal tax obligations, the labor and employment law protections that do not apply to them, and their right to seek a status determination from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (5) eliminate reduced penalty provisions for failure to withhold income taxes for taxpayers who lack a reasonable basis for treating a worker as other than an employee (i.e., as an independent contractor). Provides that for purposes of determining whether a registered representative of a securities broker-dealer is an employee for employment tax purposes, no weight shall be given to instructions from a service recipient which are imposed only in compliance with investor protection standards. Makes this rule applicable to services performed by a broker-dealer after December 31, 1997.

fair playing field act amends internal revenue code respect classification workers employment tax purposes repeal prohibition issuance regulations guidance secretary treasury workers employment tax status employee independent contractor enacted revenue act direct secretary issue regulations guidance clarify proper employment status workers employment tax purposes prohibit retroactive assessment employment tax respect certain skilled workers tax periods december specified reclassification date worker misclassifications taxpayer reasonable basis treating worker employee require taxpayers hire independent contractors regular ongoing basis provide contractors notice federal tax obligations labor employment law protections apply right seek status determination internal_revenue_service irs eliminate reduced penalty provisions failure withhold income taxes taxpayers lack reasonable basis treating worker employee independent contractor provides purposes determining registered representative securities broker dealer employee employment tax purposes weight shall given instructions service recipient imposed compliance investor protection standards makes rule applicable services performed broker dealer december


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 16, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2014 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) complete, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, the required audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and of the Federal Reserve Banks; and (2) submit to Congress, within 90 days of audit completion, a detailed report of audit findings and conclusions.

Repeals certain limitations placed upon such audit.

Repeals GAO authority to conduct audits of the Federal Reserve Board, a Federal Reserve Bank, or a credit facility pursuant to its determination that they are appropriate for specified assessments of a credit facility or a covered transaction.

measure amended reported house september summary version repeated federal reserve transparency act directs comptroller general gao complete months enactment act required audit board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_board federal_reserve_banks submit congress days audit completion detailed report audit findings conclusions repeals certain limitations placed audit repeals gao authority conduct audits federal_reserve_board federal_reserve_bank credit facility pursuant determination appropriate specified assessments credit facility covered transaction


Summary:
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act - Abolishes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and each federal reserve bank.

Repeals the Federal Reserve Act.

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Democratizing the Federal Reserve System Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to reduce from 14 years to 7 years the term of office of the members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Increases from two years to four years the post-service restriction which renders Board members ineligible to hold any office, position, or employment in any member bank.

Revises the terms for ongoing service on the Board with respect to its Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Requires the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, and specified committee chairpersons and ranking members to create jointly a list of five candidates in rank order to present to the President for consideration for a Board vacancy if the President has not made a nomination to fill it within a specified time period.

Requires the President, no later than 30 days after the transmittal of such list, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy, whether from such list or another person.

Increases the membership of the Federal Open Market Committee from five to six members. Revises the distribution of Federal Open Market Committee membership.

amends federal reserve act reduce years years term office members board_of_governors federal_reserve_system increases years years post service restriction renders board members ineligible hold office position employment member bank revises terms ongoing service board respect chairman vice chairman requires speaker minority leader house_of_representatives majority leader minority leader senate specified committee chairpersons ranking members create jointly list candidates rank order present president consideration board vacancy president nomination fill specified time period requires president later days transmittal list nominate person fill vacancy list person increases membership federal_open_market_committee members revises distribution federal_open_market_committee membership


Summary: Real Unemployment Calculation Act - Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States.

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Summary: Focusing the Fed on the Currency of the United States Act of 2013, or FFOCUS Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the joint mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to make maximum employment one of the goals of their duty to maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the U.S. economy's long run potential to increase production.

focusing fed currency united states act act amends federal reserve act repeal joint mandate board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_open_market_committee maximum employment goals duty maintain long run growth monetary credit aggregates commensurate economy long run potential increase production


Summary:
Sound Dollar Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to: (1) pursue the goal of long-term price stability, and (2) establish metrics to evaluate whether long-term price stability is being achieved.

Prescribes procedures for the establishment and evaluation of such metrics.

Directs the Board and the FOMC to: (1) make such information available to the public on a website, and (2) report to Congress each time such metrics are set or revised.

Directs the Board to include in its semiannual report to Congress: (1) the results of the evaluation process, (2) whether the goal of long-term price stability is being met, (3) the main monetary policy instruments and strategy used by the Board and the FOMC to achieve long-term price stability, and (4) an analysis of how the policies of the Board and the FOMC are affecting the foreign exchange rate value of the U.S. dollar.

Directs the Board to clearly articulate its lender-of-last-resort policy.

Revamps FOMC membership to consist of one representative from each of the Federal Reserve banks (in addition to members of the Board).

Directs the FOMC to release meeting transcripts to the public within three years after each meeting.

Redesignates the Department of the Treasury stabilization fund as the Special Drawing Rights Fund. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to liquidate all property in the Fund (other than Special Drawing Rights) and to use all such amounts to reduce the public debt.

Limits the availability of the Fund solely to stabilize exchange rates and arrangements. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to deal in U.S. instruments of credit and securities. Permits only Special Drawing Rights to be deposited into the Fund. Requires funds that would otherwise have been deposited into the Fund to be paid, instead, to the Secretary to reduce the public debt.

Amends the FRA to authorize the FOMC, in unusual and exigent circumstances, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members, to grant any Federal Reserve bank emergency authority to buy and sell U.S. debt obligations and revenue bonds in anticipation of the collection of taxes or the receipt of assured revenues by any state or local governmental entity, as well as obligations of, or guaranteed by, a foreign government or agency.

Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal: (1) funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and (2) the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Fund.

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Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date.

Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Reserves 2% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian schools.

Reserves 5% of the grant funds for LEAs serving geographic areas: (1) with significant economic distress, (2) recovering from a natural disaster, or (3) containing a military installation selected for closure.

Requires states to reallocate such grant funds to LEAs on the basis of each LEA's share of school improvement funds received by LEAs in the state for the previous fiscal year.

Allows LEAs to give priority to projects involving the abatement, removal, or interim control of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, or a proven carcinogen.

Requires the iron and steel used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in the United States, subject to specified exceptions.

Directs LEA grantees to use their grants for public school modernization, renovation, repairs, construction, or maintenance that meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System standards, Energy Star standards, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over such LEAs.

Requires the Secretary to work with grant recipients to promote appropriate opportunities for individuals enrolled in YouthBuild, Job Corps, junior or community college, or preapprenticeship programs to gain employment experience on projects funded under this Act.

Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to institutions of higher education to provide an additional 250,000 part-time work-study jobs; (2) creation of an additional 100,000 Public Lands Corps positions; (3) the retention, rehiring, and hiring of 300,000 education jobs; (4) grants to state, local, and Indian tribal governments to hire and rehire overall an additional 40,000 career law enforcement officers; and (5) the hiring and rehiring of an additional 12,000 firefighters.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible health care and long-term care (LTC) providers to hire and retain 40,000 health care and LTC professionals.

Authorizes appropriations for state and local government units to establish a Community Corps to create an additional 750,000 jobs for unemployed individuals to carry out specified activities.

Amends the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations to employ an additional 100,000 full-time infant and toddler Head Start specialists.

emergency jobs restore american dream act requires secretary education grants states modernization renovation repair public schools including early learning facilities charter schools safe healthy high performing technologically date allocates grant funds states basis relative portion school improvement funds provided local educational agencies leas state elementary secondary education act reserves grant funds assistance outlying areas indian schools reserves grant funds leas serving geographic areas significant economic distress recovering natural disaster containing military installation selected closure requires states reallocate grant funds leas basis lea share school improvement funds received leas state previous fiscal year allows leas priority projects involving abatement removal interim control asbestos polychlorinated biphenyls mold lead based hazards proven requires iron steel projects funded act produced united_states subject specified exceptions directs lea grantees use grants public school modernization renovation repairs construction maintenance meet leadership energy environmental design leed green building rating system standards energy_star standards collaborative high performance schools chps criteria green building initiative environmental design rating standards green_globes equivalent standards adopted entities jurisdiction leas requires secretary work grant recipients promote appropriate opportunities individuals enrolled job_corps junior community college programs gain employment experience projects funded act authorizes appropriations grants institutions higher education provide additional time work study jobs creation additional public_lands_corps positions retention rehiring hiring education jobs grants state local indian tribal governments hire rehire overall additional career law enforcement officers hiring rehiring additional firefighters amends public_health_service_act authorize secretary health_and_human_services hhs grants eligible health care long term care ltc providers hire retain health care ltc professionals authorizes appropriations state local government units establish create additional jobs unemployed individuals carry specified activities amends head start act authorize appropriations employ additional time infant toddler head start specialists


Summary:
Job Creation Act of 2013 - Title I: Trade - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets, (2) the future growth of the U.S. economy requires this pro-growth strategy, (3) China's intellectual property rights violations are a problem for the U.S. economy.

Title II: Tax Reform - Expresses the sense of Congress that reforming the federal tax code will benefit taxpayers and the U.S. economy.

Title III: Balanced Budget Amendment - Expresses the sense of Congress that it needs to pass a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and send it to the states for ratification.

Title IV: Energy - American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain of Alaska.

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

Deems any oil and gas leasing programs and activities authorized by this Act to be in compliance with ANWR purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a Special Area, after consultation with the state of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough.

Permits directional drilling in the Special Area.

Prescribes procedures governing Coastal Plain lease sales, as well as terms and conditions, including: (1) environmental protection, (2) federal and state distribution of revenues, (3) rights-of-way, and (4) local government impact aid and community service assistance.

Sets forth: (1) a "no significant adverse effect" standard to govern Coastal Plain activities, and (2) guidelines for expedited judicial review of complaints.

Establishes the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund.

Title V: Northern Route Approval Act - Northern Route Approval Act - Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.

Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari).

 Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.

States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Deems the Secretary to have issued: (1) a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and (2) a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (described in a certain application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline).

Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue permits pursuant the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline. Authorizes such Secretary to waive any procedural requirement that the Secretary considers desirable in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting an activity or use of an area that is authorized under this Act.

Requires a pipeline owner or operator required under federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL pipeline to make such plan available to the governor of each state in which the pipeline operates. Requires a plan update to be submitted to the governor within seven days after it is made.

Title VI: Repeal of Employer Health Insurance Mandate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.

Title VII: Secret Ballot Protection Act - Secret Ballot Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), or (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.

Title VIII: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Improvements - Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit) to: (1) require courts to award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, to a prevailing party in a Rule 11 proceeding (currently discretionary); and (2) eliminate the 21-day period allowed for withdrawing or correcting a claim deemed frivolous.

Requires state courts to apply Rule 11 to actions in state courts that substantially affect interstate commerce.

Limits venue for personal injury claims filed in state or federal courts to the county or district: (1) in which the plaintiff or defendant resides, (2) where the plaintiff resided at the time of the alleged injury, or (3) the district in which the defendant's principal place of business is located.

Imposes additional sanctions: (1) on attorneys who are found to violate Rule 11 three or more times, and (2) for willful and intentional destruction of documents relevant to a pending action in federal court. Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a Rule 11 violation if a plaintiff attempts to litigate a claim that has already been litigated and lost on the merits.

Prohibits a court in a Rule 11 proceeding from ordering the nondisclosure of the record of the proceeding unless the court makes a specific finding of fact that justifies such an order.

Title IX: Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 - Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) to revise the definition of "rule" under such Act to exclude a rule of particular (and not general) applicability relating to rates, wages, and other financial indicators and to define "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule as any direct economic effect on small entities from such rule and any indirect economic effect on small entities that is reasonably foreseeable and that results from such rule. Includes tribal organizations within the definition of "small governmental jurisdictions" for purposes of such Act.

Requires initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses to: (1) describe alternatives to a proposed rule that minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize the beneficial significant economic impact on small entities, and (2) include revisions or amendments to a land management plan developed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior under specified Acts.

Expands elements of initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses under RFA to include estimates and descriptions of the cumulative economic impact of a proposed rule on a small entity.

Repeals provisions allowing a waiver or delay of the completion of an initial regulatory flexibility analysis. Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue rules governing federal agency compliance with RFA requirements. Authorizes the Chief Counsel to modify or amend such rules, to intervene in agency adjudication relating to such rules, and to inform an agency of the impact of its rulemaking on small entities.

Revises requirements for agency notification of the SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy prior to the publication of any proposed rule. Requires agencies to provide the Chief Counsel with: (1) all materials prepared or utilized in making the proposed rule, and (2) information on the potential adverse and beneficial economic impacts of the proposed rule on small entities.

Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the periodic review of existing and new rules that have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities to determine whether such rules should be continued, changed, or rescinded.

Provides for judicial review of an agency final rule for compliance with RFA requirements after the publication of such rule. Grants federal courts of appeal jurisdiction to review all final rules issued in accordance with RFA.

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north_slope_borough permits directional drilling special_area prescribes procedures governing coastal_plain lease sales terms conditions including environmental protection federal state distribution revenues rights way local government impact aid community service assistance sets forth significant adverse effect standard govern coastal_plain activities guidelines expedited judicial review complaints establishes anwr_alternative_energy_trust_fund title northern route approval act northern route approval act declares presidential permit shall required pipeline described application filed department_of_state keystone pipeline including nebraska reroute evaluated final_evaluation_report issued nebraska_department_of_environmental_quality january approved nebraska governor deems final environmental impact statement issued secretary state august final_evaluation_report satisfy requirements national_environmental_policy_act national_historic_preservation_act grants original exclusive jurisdiction determine specified issues review supreme_court writ certiorari deems secretary interior issued written statement setting forth secretary opinion keystone_xl pipeline project jeopardize continued existence american beetle destroy adversely modify american beetle critical habitat states taking american beetle incidental construction operation maintenance keystone_xl pipeline shall considered prohibited taking species endangered species act deems secretary issued grant right way temporary use permit pursuant mineral_leasing_act federal_land_policy_and_management_act special purpose permit migratory bird treaty act described certain application filed united_states fish_and_wildlife_service keystone pipeline directs secretary army issue permits pursuant construction operation maintenance keystone_xl pipeline authorizes secretary waive procedural requirement secretary considers desirable order accomplish purposes act prohibits administrator environmental_protection_agency epa prohibiting restricting activity use area authorized act requires pipeline owner operator required federal law develop oil spill response plan keystone pipeline plan available governor state pipeline operates requires plan update submitted governor seven days title repeal provisions added patient_protection affordable care act requiring certain employers workforce time employees provide health insurance coverage employees title vii secret ballot protection act secret ballot protection act amends national_labor_relations_act unfair labor practice employer recognize bargain collectively labor organization selected majority employees unit appropriate purposes secret ballot election conducted national_labor_relations_board nlrb labor organization cause attempt cause employer recognize bargain collectively representative selected manner title viii federal_rules_of_civil_procedure sanctions filing frivolous lawsuit require courts award reasonable expenses including attorney fees prevailing party rule proceeding currently discretionary eliminate day period allowed withdrawing correcting claim deemed frivolous requires state courts apply rule actions state courts substantially affect interstate commerce limits venue personal injury claims filed state federal courts county district plaintiff defendant resides plaintiff resided time alleged injury district defendant principal place business located imposes additional sanctions attorneys found violate rule times willful intentional destruction documents relevant pending action federal court establishes rebuttable presumption rule violation plaintiff attempts litigate claim lost merits prohibits court rule proceeding ordering nondisclosure record proceeding court makes specific finding fact justifies order title regulatory flexibility improvements act regulatory flexibility improvements act amends regulatory flexibility act rfa revise definition rule act exclude rule particular general applicability relating rates wages financial indicators define economic impact respect proposed final rule direct economic effect small entities rule indirect economic effect small entities reasonably foreseeable results rule includes tribal organizations definition small governmental jurisdictions purposes act requires initial final regulatory flexibility analyses describe alternatives proposed rule minimize adverse significant economic impact maximize beneficial significant economic impact small entities include revisions amendments land management plan developed secretary agriculture secretary interior specified acts expands elements initial final regulatory flexibility analyses rfa include estimates descriptions cumulative economic impact proposed rule small entity repeals provisions allowing waiver delay completion initial regulatory flexibility analysis requires chief counsel advocacy small_business_administration sba issue rules governing federal agency compliance rfa requirements authorizes chief counsel modify amend rules intervene agency adjudication relating rules inform agency impact rulemaking small entities revises requirements agency notification sba chief counsel advocacy prior publication proposed rule requires agencies provide chief counsel materials prepared utilized making proposed rule information potential adverse beneficial economic impacts proposed rule small entities requires agency publish federal_register plan periodic review existing new rules significant impact substantial number small entities determine rules continued changed rescinded provides judicial review agency final rule compliance rfa requirements publication rule grants federal courts appeal jurisdiction review final rules issued accordance rfa