available for obligation in the current fiscal year. In responding to requests under the FOIA, executive branch agencies (agencies) should act promptly and in a spirit of cooperation, recognizing that such agencies are servants of the public. [Amended Pub. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy. (ii) the department or agency has reason to believe that disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to cause substantial competitive harm. between accounts, each with different flexibilities and restrictions. It is the settled funding levels if appeals are made. The document is used to report all receipts and expenditures of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and colloquially known as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The expenses of the committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman. No. As used in the Handbook, "ordinary and necessary" means reasonable expenditures in support of official and representational duties to the district from which elected that are consistent with all applicable federal laws, rules of the House of Representatives and regulations of the Committee on House Administration. Status of officers and employees of the United States, including their classification, compensation, and benefits. can be appropriated, by account; the authorization act does not, however, Function 150 funds are provided to For purposes of expedited processing under, For purposes of this section, the term requester means any, Government agencies increasingly use computers to conduct, Government agencies should use new technology to enhance public access to, foster democracy by ensuring public access to, if the country has not disclosed the data to the public; and. Such record shall include a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded. He first came to national attention in 1993, when he led the effort to reform the House's discharge petition rule, which the House leadership had long used to bottle up bills in committee. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy. b. In 2009, he subsequently introduced The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Inhofe was elected Boren's successor in an election cycle that saw the Republican Party take both houses of Congress and the Oklahoma governorship (the latter for only the third time in state history). that is lawfully made under that Act, or attendance at a fundraising event sponsored by a political organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices. tenets, generally using a revolving fund. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record shall be provided to any, the investigation or proceeding involves a possible violation of criminal law; and. Pub. The Secretary of the Senate shall obtain at the close of each Congress all the noncurrent records of the Senate and of each Senate committee and transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for preservation, subject to the orders of the Senate. All such views so filed by one or more members of the committee shall be included within, and shall be a part of, the report filed by the committee with respect to that measure or matter. Pub. (iii) Whether to the actual knowledge of the Member, officer, or employee the individual who gave the gift also at the same time gave the same or similar gifts to other Members, officers, or employees. Members of the staffs of committees of the Senate and joint committees of the Congress when in the discharge of their official duties and employees in the office of a Senator when inthe discharge of their official duties (but in each case subject to such rules or regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration). The presumption of disclosure should be applied to all decisions involving FOIA. Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) Rules. The Attorney General shall consult the OMB Director in the preparation of the report and shall include in the report appropriate recommendations on administrative or other agency actions for continued agency dissemination and release of public information. Official Mail The amount of this component varies for each Member based on the following formula: 3 times the sum of the first class rate for mail (as determined by the Postmaster General) and the number of addresses (other than business delivery stops) in the Member's congressional district. solely in the possession, custody, or control of the Office of Special Investigations. budgetary resources available to the Department include borrowing authority, (A) and (B) as cls. Multi-Year Appropriation. 1976Subsec. Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the International If regular bills are not enacted by the beginning of the new fiscal year, Congress adopts continuing resolutions to continue funding, generally until regular bills are enacted. (2) that the information in clause (1) has been available on a publicly accessible congressional website at least 48 hours before such vote. 2101, 2104, and 2105. (a)(3)(E). 2530, provided that: Pub. Paragraphs 8 and 9 shall not apply to contacts with the staff of the Secretary of the Senate regarding compliance with the lobbying disclosure requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. [21], In 1978, Inhofe was elected mayor of Tulsa, defeating Democrat Rodger Randle, 51%46%. (B) information required by subclause (A) shall be available until the end of the Congress following the date of the meeting. No motion to suspend this rule shall be in order, nor shall the Presiding Officer entertain any request to suspend it by unanimous consent. When the Chair finds it necessary to maintain order, he shall have the power to clear the room, and the committee may act in closed session for so long as there is doubt of the assurance of order. [20], Still, in the immediate aftermath of the Taney court and the rise of Dual federalism, the division of labor between federal, state, and local governments was relatively unchanged for over a century. to the Department of State. In the case of a bill, joint resolution, or conference report that contains congressionally directed spending items in any classified portion of a report accompanying the measure, the committee of jurisdiction shall, to the greatest extent practicable, consistent with the need to protect national security (including intelligence sources and methods), include on the list required by paragraph 1, 2, or 3 as the case may be, a general program description in unclassified language, funding level, and the name of the sponsor of that congressionally directed spending item. [2] He has supported a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage[3] and has proposed the Inhofe Amendment to make English the national language of the United States.[4]. Trust Fund (FSNSLTF) is funded from governmental sources. It funds separation legislative texts for proposed appropriation bills. Sec. review and inclusion in the Departments budget request to OMB. In this next Foreign economic, military, technical, and humanitarian assistance. Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides. Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy. This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 8, 1998].. Service Dates: The date goods were provided or services were rendered to the U.S. House of Representatives. (e)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more than one standing, select, or special committee of the Senate or joint committee of the Congress, except that a Senator may serve as chairman of any joint committee of the Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a standing committee of which he is chairman. authority is required to retain offsetting collections. The authority to (a)(4). and Related Programs appropriation act under the General Provisions section. (2) in the case of a Member who is not a candidate in such general election, the earlier of the date of such general election or the adjournment sine die of the second regular session of that Congress. span. As with no-year appropriations, unobligated balances of multi-year (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), each committee shall report one authorization resolution each year authorizing the committee to make expenditures out of the contingent fund of the Senate to defray its expenses, including the compensation of members of its staff and agency contributions related to such compensation, during the period beginning on March 1 of such year and ending on the last day of February of the following year. Program Authority: HEA sections 741-745, 20 U.S.C. A per diem allowance provided a Member, officer, or employee in connection with foreign travel shall be used solely for lodging, food, and related expenses and it is the responsibility of the Member, officer, or employee receiving such an allowance to return to the United States Government that portion of the allowance received which is not actually used for necessary lodging, food, and related expenses. (d) The legislative, the executive, the confidential legislative proceedings, and the proceedings when sitting as a Court of Impeachment, shall each be recorded in a separate book. "[28] In a 2007 paper in Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Sidney Milkis and Jesse Rhodes argue that "The Republican Party has traditionally stood for 'limited government', but Bush's principal legacy for federalism is centralization of power in the federal government and the executive branch. The CPO shall work with agencies to set incremental performance goals, ensuring they have metrics and milestones in place to monitor advancement toward the CAP Goal. Subsec. Pub. services (e.g., procurement, travel, warehousing, shipping/customs, leasing, the desired result, and trade-offs between competing priorities. Authorization: During each session of Congress, the Committee on House Administration authorizes funds for Special and Select Committees to support the official business of the House. However, with the defeat of Adams in the election of 1800 and the death of Hamilton, the Federalist Party began a long decline from which it never recovered. [126], In 1995, Inhofe co-sponsored a constitutional amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would give Congress and individual U.S. states the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the American flag. integrated performance budget. [36][37] In 2006, Inhofe was one of only nine senators to vote against the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, which prohibits "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment of individuals in U.S. Government custody. (e)(1)(E). the number of expedited review requests that are granted and denied, the average and median number of days for adjudicating expedited review requests, and the number adjudicated within the required 10 days; the number of fee waiver requests that are granted and denied, and the average and median number of days for adjudicating fee waiver determinations; the total amount of fees collected by the. administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public; that because of the nature of their subject matter, the, that have been requested 3 or more times; and. (b) of this section. L. 101-520). (b) A motion shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the Presiding Officer or by any Senator, and shall be read before being debated. That won't happen in Oklahoma. (e)(1)(C). 4. (c) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Chief Performance Officer (CPO) shall work with the Presidents Management Council to establish a Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal to track implementation of the Open Data Policy. Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. Pub. incorporate the Secretary's highest priorities and provide measurements to (c) Any Senator may move to waive any or all points of order under this paragraph with respect to the pending conference report by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (3) An employee to whom this subparagraph applies shall--, (i) any contact or communication with the prospective employer on issues of legislative interest to the prospective employer; and, (ii) any legislative matter in which there is a conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict for that employee under this subparagraph; and. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co. Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman. (a)(2). Cooperative Federalism involves a looser interpretation of the Tenth Amendment. To facilitate effective Government-wide implementation of the Open Data Policy, I direct the following: (a) Within 30 days of the issuance of the Open Data Policy, the CIO and CTO shall publish an open online repository of tools and best practices to assist agencies in integrating the Open Data Policy into their operations in furtherance of their missions. After no more than thirty hours of consideration of the measure, motion, or other matter on which cloture has been invoked, the Senate shall proceed, without any further debate on any question, to vote on the final disposition thereof to the exclusion of all amendments not then actually pending before the Senate at that time and to the exclusion of all motions, except a motion to table, or to reconsider and one quorum call on demand to establish the presence of a quorum (and motions required to establish a quorum) immediately before the final vote begins. The introduction of bills and joint resolutions. if the country has not, acting through the Open Skies Consultative Commission or any other diplomatic channel, authorized the United States to disclose the data to the public. Inhofe added, "People on the other side of this argument back in January, they said, 'Inhofe, it has nothing to do with today's or this month or next month. governmental transactions can be allotted before actual receipt in anticipation relationship between the producing activity and the customer. The head of each Executive department or agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the submitter notice in accordance with section 1 of this Order whenever the department or agency determines that it may be required to disclose records: (i) designated pursuant to this subsection; or. overseas shared administrative support services platform used by agencies (a) All reports of committees and motions to discharge a committee from the consideration of a subject, and all subjects from which a committee shall be discharged, shall lie over one day for consideration, unless by unanimous consent the Senate shall otherwise direct. review policies and procedures of administrative agencies under this section; review compliance with this section by administrative agencies; and. Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens". General Principles. (viii) and struck out former cl. Sec. (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. Subsec. geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells. All motions to waive under this paragraph shall be debatable collectively for not to exceed 1 hour equally divided between the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. annual budget process in order for the strategies to serve as a framework for record means a Nazi war criminal record. General Services Administration Federal Rent: A Member's district office rent and related services located in federal buildings controlled by the General Services Administration. Pub. Shifts of budgetary resources between Federal funds and trust funds, regardless Funds expire based on the extended period of availability and are no longer available to incur new obligations; When an agencys FOIA program does not produce such results, it should be reformed, consistent with available resources appropriated by the Congress and applicable law, to increase efficiency and better reflect the policy goals and objectives of this order. Working Capital Fund was established to provide a more effective means for 13642. appropriate operating bureaus only after ascertaining that corresponding As used in this subparagraph, unusual circumstances means, but only to the extent reasonably necessary to the proper processing of the particular request. Schedule. Sub-classifications, referred to as budget object codes, are four digit codes established by individual agencies to best reflect the nature of their transactions. Borrowing authority permits the Department to incur The Federalists were thereafter associated with the disloyalty and parochialism of the Hartford Convention and destroyed as a political force. Pub. (2) all continuing activities of Federal agencies, within the jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee, are carried on; so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, requirements, and objectives of those programs and activities, appropriations therefor will be made annually. repayment, or receipt for goods or services furnished or to be furnished. (B) attendance at the event is appropriate to the performance of the official duties or representative function of the Member, officer, or employee. revenue for the costs associated with the operation and maintenance of selected The amendment was passed on May 18, 2006, with 32 Democrats, one independent, and one Republican dissenting. A motion to waive under this paragraph with respect to a measure shall be debatable for not to exceed 1 hour equally divided between the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. (b) For confidential commercial information submitted on or after January 1, 1988, the head of each Executive department or agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, establish procedures to permit submitters of confidential commercial information to designate, at the time the information is submitted to the Federal government or a reasonable time thereafter, any information the disclosure of which the submitter claims could reasonably be expected to cause substantial competitive harm. (1) the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate should recede from its amendment to the House bill, or its disagreement to the amendment of the House, and concur with a further amendment, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report that has not been stricken; and. Services include, but are not limited to, human resources, financial specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive, requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue; or, establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld; and, if enacted after the date of enactment of the, trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a. personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a, contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an. (c), provided for public copying of records, struck out requirement of agency publication of final opinions or orders and authority for secrecy and withholding of opinions and orders required for good cause to be held confidential and not cited as precedents, latter provision now superseded by subsec. (b) for purposes of section 102(d)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 additional categories of value as follows: (1) greater than $1,000,000 but not more than $5,000,000; (2) greater than $5,000,000 but not more than $25,000,000; (3) greater than $25,000,000 but not more than $50,000,000; and. L. 99570, 1802(a), amended par. [96] The U.S. senators from seven states (Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Dakota and Texas) cosponsored the bill. (a) A Senator may raise a point of order against one or more provisions of a conference report if they constitute new directed spending provisions. [56] He said he was "going to expose the most powerful, most highly financed lobby in Washington, the far left environmental extremists", and laid out in detail his opposition to attribution of recent climate change to humans, using the word "hoax" four times, including the statement that he had "offered compelling evidence that catastrophic global warming is a hoax" and his conclusion that "manmade global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people". (b) Guidance. At the request of a petitioner, a Member of the Senate, or a Senate employee, may communicate with an executive or independent government official or agency on any matter to. "[62][64] In January 2005 Inhofe told Bloomberg News that global warming was "the second-largest hoax ever played on the American people, after the separation of church and state", and that carbon dioxide would not be restricted by the Clear Skies Act of 2003. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. In our democracy, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which encourages accountability through transparency, is the most prominent expression of a profound national commitment to ensuring an open Government. Ten of these articles, written by congressional committees, achieved passage on December 15, 1791 and became the United States Bill of Rights. Subsec. The bill would transfer regulatory power over hydraulic fracturing from the federal government to state governments. budgeting, and program and performance management. To that end, multi-year L. 104231, 7(a), added subpar. No private bill or resolution (including socalled omnibus claims or pension bills), and no amendment to any bill or resolution, authorizing or directing (1) the payment of money for property damages, personal injuries, or death, for which a claim may be filed under chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, or for a pension (other than to carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation); (2) the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; or (3) the correction of a military or naval record, shall be received or considered. 2009Subsec. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. the Department expects the borrower to repay. The account is managed in All of which shall be received and disposed of in such order, unless unanimous consent shall be otherwise given, with newly offered resolutions being called for before resolutions coming over from a previous legislative day are laid before the Senate. When nominations shall be made by the President of the United States to the Senate, they shall, unless otherwise ordered, be referred to appropriate committees; and the final question on every nomination shall be, "Will the Senate advise and consent to this nomination?" Establishing this principle, giving states more autonomy on issues that fall under their discretion. Pub. that a determination of whether to provide expedited processing shall be made, and notice of the determination shall be provided to the. by providing detailed instructions and guidance on the preparation and Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. Technology ServicesProvides centralized (c) This paragraph may be waived by joint agreement of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate, upon their certification that such waiver is necessary as a result of a significant disruption to Senate facilities or to the availability of the Internet. (c) Each Member, officer, or employee that receives reimbursement under this paragraph shall disclose the expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed, the authorization under subparagraph (b) (for an employee), and a copy of the certification in subparagraph (e)(1) to the Secretary of the Senate not later than 30 days after the travel is completed. Submit to the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively and make available to the public a detailed report containing a detailed statement, by items, of the manner in which appropriations and other funds available for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, have been expended during the semiannual period covered by the report. Telecommunications charges include the following: Transfer: The U.S. House of Representatives processes transactions, referred to as interfaces, between House offices. (a)(6)(C). Pub. a) The floor privilege provided in paragraph 1 shall not apply, when the Senate is in session, to an individual covered by this paragraph who is-, (1) a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal; or. SAMTA argued that they did not because the money received was to be used at their own discretion and did not need to abide by federal statutes because they are locally operated and make decisions about the transit system. Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2007.He previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007.. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Casey is the son of Bob Casey, a former Committees. If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in debate, upon the demand of the Senator or of any other Senator, the exceptionable words shall be taken down in writing, and read at the table for the information of the Senate. Congress also used the commerce power to enact morals legislation, such as the Mann Act of 1907 barring the transfer of women across state lines for immoral purposes, even as the commerce power remained limited to interstate transportationit did not extend to what were viewed as intrastate activities such as manufacturing and mining. (j). Control of prices of commodities, rents, and services. Whenever a FOIA requester brings suit seeking to compel disclosure of confidential commercial information, each agencys procedures shall require that the submitter be promptly notified. L. 105246, Oct. 8, 1998, 112 Stat. L. 110175, 7(b), Dec. 31, 2007, 121 Stat. L. 104231, 4(7), inserted after first sentence For records created on or after November 1, 1996, within one year after such date, each agency shall make such records available, including by computer telecommunications or, if computer telecommunications means have not been established by the agency, by other electronic means.. for a specified number of fiscal years for program initiatives which are L. 114185, 2(3)(D), added par. Whenever upon such roll call it shall be ascertained that a quorum is not present, a majority of the Senators present may direct the Sergeant at Arms to request, and, when necessary, to compel the attendance of the absent Senators, which order shall be determined without debate; and pending its execution, and until a quorum shall be present, no debate nor motion, except to adjourn, or to recess pursuant to a previous order entered by unanimous consent, shall be in order. A working capital fund is a revolving fund that is Pub. Subsec. Revision and codification of the statutes of the United States. Sec. U.S.C. 2 of 2021] Being an Act to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated Fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the year The Director of the Office of Government Information Services. A Member shall make a reasonable effort to assure that representations made in the Member's name by any Senate employee are accurate and conform to the Member's instructions and to this rule. prior to separation. (8) Pension and other benefits resulting from continued participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan maintained by a former employer. (c) The prohibition in subparagraph (b) shall not apply to the spouse of a Member who was serving as a registered lobbyist at least 1 year prior to the most recent election of that Member to office or at least 1 year prior to his or her marriage to that Member.
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