CLAIMS

Amendments

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H210 [20JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (H.R. 3342), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H210 [20JA]

Power resources: promote clean energy jobs and oil company accountability (S. 3663), S6654, S6655 [3AU], S7756 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see H.R. 5402), H3869 [26MY]

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), consideration (see H. Res. 1017), H193 [19JA]

Armed Forces: extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see S. 3889, 3890), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 5449), H4022 (see H.R. 5449), H4084 [27MY]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see S. 3654), S6302 [27JY] (see H.R. 5827), H5983 [22JY]

———improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 3033), S742 [24FE] (see H.R. 4677), H832 [24FE]

BLM: provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of time after written receipt of defects is provided to the claimant to cure such defects or pay the claim maintenance fee (see S. 3175), S2115 [25MR]

———provide small miner waivers from claim maintenance fees for a period of time after written receipt of defects is provided to the claimant to cure defects or pay the claim maintenance fee (see H.R. 4991), H2459 [25MR]

———modify purposes and operation of certain facilities to implement water rights compact among Montana, the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, and the U.S. (see S. 3290), S2803 [29AP] (see H.R. 5592), H4871 [24JN]

Business and industry: remove the cap on punitive damages allowed under maritime law established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Co., v. Baker (see S. 3345), S3536 [11MY]

Courts: limit effect of legal releases in certain civil actions (see H.R. 5895), H6282 [28JY]

———provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts (see S. 3754), S6884 [5AU]

———require employers of first responders to pay for certain judgments against, and other costs incurred by, those first responders that arise out of their conduct in the course of official duty (see H.R. 4992), H2502 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (see S. 3754), S6884 [5AU] (see S. 3838), S7420 [23SE]

———settle claims arising from the failure of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to carry out the Houlka Creek Watershed Project in Mississippi (see H.R. 4822), H1357 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: temporarily adjust reimbursement rates for TRICARE claims in Alaska (see H.R. 5403), H3869 [26MY]

Dept. of Justice: compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see H.R. 4717), H1026 [2MR]

———improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 3224), S2423 [19AP] (see H.R. 5119), H2842 [22AP]

Dept. of the Interior: settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho (see H.R. 4613), H602 [4FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain individuals to sign claims filed with the Dept. on behalf of claimants (see S. 3368), S3716 [13MY]

———establish a transition program for new veterans, improve disability claims system, reform pensions and medal programs, and modify adjudication of mental incompetence (see H.R. 6132), H6762 [15SE]

———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 5928), H6403 (see H.R. 5928), H6454 [29JY]

———improve processing of claims for disability compensation (see S. 3517), S5268 [22JN]

———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 5549), H4635 [17JN]

———provide for the tolling of the timing of review for appeals of final decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (see S. 3192), S2208 [12AP] (see H.R. 5045), H2640 [15AP] (see H.R. 5064), H2646 [16AP]

———treat certain misfiled documents that express disagreement with Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions as timely motions for reconsideration of such decisions (see S. 3348), S3643 [12MY]

Economic Development Administration: establish a grant program for organizations to assist individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to file claims for damages (see S. 3337), S3535 [11MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the contractor employee compensation program (see H.R. 6189), H6879 [22SE]

Federal employees: index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees entitled to a deferred annuity who died after leaving the Government before establishing a claim (see H.R. 4979), H2458 [25MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: require restitution for victims of criminal violations (see S. 3466), S4744 [9JN]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 5564), H4676 [22JN]

Gulf of Mexico: create system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident and renegotiate lease relative to incident to increase existing liability limits (see S. 3410), S4211 [25MY] (see S. 3461), S4621 [7JN]

———create system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, investigate measures to prevent similar incidents, and improve the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and oil spill research (see S. 3542), S5489 [28JN]

———require BP P.L.C., to establish a gulf coast recovery fund to cover cleanup efforts and damage claims associated with Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident (see H.R. 5520), H4424 [14JN]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5690), H5501 [1JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), pass (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 [27MY]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 4596), H601 [4FE]

———restore rights for claimants under Holocaust-era insurance policies (see S. 4033), S10304 [15DE]

Mining and mineral resources: limit liability of a State performing reclamation work under an approved State abandoned mine reclamation plan (see S. 3252), S2587 [22AP]

Mohave County, AZ: include as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing (see S. 3270), S2758 [28AP] (see H.R. 4712), H971 [26FE]

Oil Pollution Act: facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (see S. 3862), S7618 [28SE] (see H.R. 6568), H8940 [21DE]

———provide for timely consideration of claims submitted by States and political subdivisions for reimbursement of removal costs (see H.R. 6053), H6570 [30JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: clarify that standards or procedures in medical malpractice actions are not affected (see H.R. 5243), H3272 [6MY]

Petroleum: provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for physical and economic injuries caused by oil spills are efficiently secured (see H.R. 5676), H5501 [1JY]

Power resources: make the U.S. exclusively liable for certain claims of liability for damages resulting from, or aggravated by, inclusion of ethanol in transportation fuel (see H.R. 6243), H7389 [29SE]

———promote clean energy jobs and oil company accountability (see S. 3663), S6397 [28JY]

———provide targeted liability protections for claims based on damages resulting from, or aggravated by, inclusion of ethanol in certain fuel (see H.R. 6239), H7388 [29SE]

Social Security: require private insurers to certify that a claim is legitimate when forcing a policyholder to apply for disability benefits (see H.R. 6066), H6570 [30JY]

Taxation: create disaster protection funds in the District of Columbia by property and casualty insurance companies for payment of policyholders' claims arising from natural catastrophic events (see H.R. 5762), H5675 [15JY]

———disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see H.R. 5994), H6568 [30JY]

Transportation: modify deadline for filing a claim seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency for a highway or public transportation capital project (see H.R. 6196), H6988 [23SE]

Excerpts

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: determination on merits of Pigford claims (2008), H7654 [30NO]

Letters

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, H288 [21JA]

———David Ortiz, Pojoaque Valley Irrigation District, H288 [21JA]

———Harry B. Montoya, Santa Fe County, NM, Commissioners Office, H287 [21JA]

———Margo Cutler, Rio de Tesuque Acequia Association, H288 [21JA]

———Meade P. Martin, Rio Pojoaque Acequia and Water Well Users Association, H288 [21JA]

Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act: Senator Coburn, S6022 [20JY]

Remarks in House

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (H.R. 2340), H4929, H4930 [29JN]

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), H276-H279, H285, H290-H297 [21JA]

———resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (H.R. 1065), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H206-H211 [20JA]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (H.R. 5827), H6047, H6137-H6139 [27JY], E1448 [28JY], E1468, E1474 [29JY], E1673 [16SE]

———develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (H.R. 3342), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H206-H211 [20JA]

Courts: provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts, H7652-H7657, H7685-H7695 [30NO], E2017, E2020, E2022 [1DE], E2058 [2DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for resolution of certain discrimination claims by women farmers and reform loan system in order to end gender discrimination (H.R. 4264), H796 [24FE], E246 [25FE]

———provide funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs, H7652-H7657, H7685-H7695 [30NO], H7845-H7850 [1DE], E2017, E2020, E2022 [1DE], E2058 [2DE]

Dept. of Justice: certify that settling out of court is preferable to going to court before implementing any Native American water settlement agreements, H277 [21JA]

———improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 5119), E661 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a transition program for new veterans, improve disability claims system, reform pensions and medal programs, and modify adjudication of mental incompetence (H.R. 6132), H7013-H7017 [28SE], E1780, E1861 [29SE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations, H8757, H8758 [17DE], H8944, H8945 [22DE], E997 [28MY]

Gulf of Mexico: call on BP P.L.C., to improve system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, H4218 [8JN], H4371 [10JN]

———processing of claims relative to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, H6540 [30JY]

———require BP P.L.C., to establish a gulf coast recovery fund to cover cleanup efforts and damage claims associated with Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, H4441 [15JN], H4580 [16JN], H4619 [17JN], H5291-H5293 [30JN]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5690), H6287 [29JY], H8077 [7DE]

———provide health care liability reform (H.R. 1468), H912 [25FE], H2830 [22AP]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H760, H772, H778-H781, H783, H785, H795, H824 [24FE], H1353 [11MR], H1362 [12MR], H1431 [15MR], H1599 [18MR], H3624 [19MY], H4863 [24JN], E367 [12MR]

Native Americans: authorize tribal water rights settlements, H7685-H7695 [30NO]

Oil Pollution Act: facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (H.R. 6568), E2220 [21DE]

Petroleum: provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for physical and economic injuries caused by oil spills are efficiently secured (H.R. 5676), H5492 [1JY], H6508 [30JY]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (S. 692), H65 [13JA]

Social Security: require private insurers to certify that a claim is legitimate when forcing a policyholder to apply for disability benefits (H.R. 6066), E1533 [30JY]

Turkey: allow certain claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey, E1377 [20JY]

Remarks in Senate

Argentina: impact of debt default, S10404 [16DE]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (H.R. 5827), S6982 [5AU], S6995 [12AU]

———exempt firearms from claims of creditors (S. 3654), S6304 [27JY]

———modify purposes and operation of certain facilities to implement water rights compact among Montana, the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, and the U.S. (S. 3290), S2807 [29AP]

Business and industry: remove the cap on punitive damages allowed under maritime law established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Co., v. Baker, S6510 [29JY]

Coast Guard: National Pollution Funds Center funding, S4413 [26MY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses, S5221-S5223 [22JN]

———establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (S. 931), S2016 [24MR]

Courts: provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts, S7703 [29SE], S8172-S8202 [19NO], S8294 [30NO]

———provide funding for settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit involving Federal management and accounting of individual Native American trust accounts (S. 3754), unanimous-consent request, S6851, S6852 [5AU]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5141-S5143 [18JN]

———provide funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (S. 3754), unanimous-consent request, S6851, S6852 [5AU]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 3224), S2426 [19AP]

———provide for parity in settlement of claims by Hispanic and women farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of Dept. of Agriculture farm credit and benefit programs, S7939 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain individuals to sign claims filed with the Dept. on behalf of claimants (S. 3368), S3720 [13MY]

———improve processing of claims for disability compensation (S. 3517), S5270 [22JN]

———provide for the tolling of the timing of review for appeals of final decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (S. 3192), S2209 [12AP], S2806 [29AP]

———treat certain misfiled documents that express disagreement with Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions as timely motions for reconsideration of such decisions (S. 3348), S3646 [12MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: require restitution for victims of criminal violations, S6510 [29JY]

———require restitution for victims of criminal violations (S. 3466), S4746 [9JN]

Gulf of Mexico: call on BP P.L.C., to improve system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, S4964, S4965 [16JN]

———create system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident and renegotiate lease relative to incident to increase existing liability limits, S4841 [10JN]

———create system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident and renegotiate lease relative to incident to increase existing liability limits (S. 3410), S4394 [25MY], S4397, S4432 [26MY]

———require BP P.L.C., to establish a gulf coast recovery fund to cover cleanup efforts and damage claims associated with Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, S4636 [8JN], S4722 [9JN], S4896, S4899, S4904 [15JN], S4952, S4962 [16JN], S5143 [18JN]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S1132 [4MR], S1276 [9MR], S1506 [15MR]

Health care professionals: improve access to pro bono health care for medically underserved or indigent individuals by providing limited medical liability protections, S2070 [25MR]

———reduce cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform, S1935 [24MR]

Insurance: restore rights for claimants under Holocaust-era insurance policies (S. 4033), S10306 [15DE]

Mohave County, AZ: include as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing (S. 3270), S2760 [28AP]

Power resources: promote clean energy jobs and oil company accountability (S. 3663), S6346-S6348, S6356, S6366, S6457 [28JY], S6459, S6493, S6510 [29JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (H.R. 35), S4614 [7JN]

Reports filed

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1105) (S. Rept. 111-115), S51 [20JA]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3342) (H. Rept. 111-390), H39 [12JA]

Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2802), S8348 [1DE]

———Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2802) (S. Rept. 111-356), S8396 [2DE]

Claims Processing Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3517) (S. Rept. 111-354), S8244 [29NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1065, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1017) (H. Rept. 111-399), H193 [19JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3342, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1017) (H. Rept. 111-399), H193 [19JA]

Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3466), S5438 [24JN]

Equal Justice for Our Military Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 569) (H. Rept. 111-547), H5674 [15JY]

Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2782), S8712 [9DE]

Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 522) (S. Rept. 111-130), S944 [2MR]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2340) (H. Rept. 111-514), H4904 [28JN]

Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1388) (S. Rept. 111-204), S4849 [10JN]

Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 6132) (H. Rept. 111-630), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 313) (S. Rept. 111-119), S122 [21JA]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1065) (H. Rept. 111-391), H39 [12JA]

Resolutions by organizations

Indian water rights settlements: Colorado River Water Users Association, H286 [21JA]

———National Congress of American Indians, H286 [21JA]

———Western States Water Council, H286 [21JA]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2340, Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act, H4971, H5200 [29JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6132, Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act, H7149, H7206 [28SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1017, consideration of H.R. 3254, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, H.R. 3342, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, and H.R. 1065, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act, H206 [20JA]

H.R. 1065, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act, H290-H296 [21JA]

H.R. 2340, Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act, H4929 [29JN]

H.R. 3342, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, H279-H284 [21JA]

H.R. 5827, Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act, H6137 [27JY]

H.R. 6132, Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act, H7013-H7015 [28SE]

S. 692, provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents of Franklin D. Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances, H65 [13JA]

S. 3033, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S746-S749 [24FE]

S. 3348, treat certain misfiled documents that express disagreement with Dept. of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions as timely motions for reconsideration of such decisions, S3646 [12MY]

S. 3368, authorize certain individuals to sign claims filed with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs on behalf of claimants, S3720 [13MY]

S. 3466, Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act, S4747 [9JN]

S. 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act, S5270-S5275 [22JN]

S. 3654, Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act, S6305 [27JY]

S. 3663, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, S6398-S6440 [28JY]