US Congress Senate Bill 782 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on April 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-06-21 - Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 94. (consideration: CR S3963-3964; text: CR S3963)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for economic development assistance programs under such Act for FY2011-FY2015. (Sec. 3) Includes: (1) within the definition of "Regional Commissions" the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, the Northern Border Regional Commission, and the Southwest Border Regional Commission; and (2) among the purposes for which assistance may be provided encouraging and supporting public-private partnerships that promote innovation and entrepreneurship that is critical to economic competitiveness. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to: (1) cooperate with other agencies, state and local governments, and consortia of governmental organizations that can assist in addressing challenges and capitalize on opportunities that require intergovernmental coordination; and (2) make grants for activities the Secretary determines would be necessary or useful to support the establishment and operation of public works, public service, or development facilities on an ongoing basis,. (Sec. 7) Modifies provisions regarding grants for planning and administrative expenses for public works and economic development to authorize funding for: (1) fostering regional collaboration among local jurisdictions and organizations, and (2) facilitating a stakeholder process that assists the community or region in creating an economic development vision that takes into account local and regional assets and global economic change. Requires any overall state economic development planning assisted to be part of a comprehensive planning process that considers the provision of public works to support practices that enhance energy and water efficiency, reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, and encourage efficient coordination and leveraging of public and private investments. Directs the Secretary, in determining the amount of funds to provide a recipient for planning assistance, to take into account recipients located in regions that are: (1) eligible for an investment rate of 80% or higher, or (2) experiencing severe need due to long-term economic deterioration or sudden and severe economic distress. Authorizes the Secretary in order to encourage district organizations to develop regional economic competitiveness strategies on a broader basis in collaboration with other district organizations and entities outside the confines of a single economic development district, to increase the federal share applicable to, or the amount of assistance provided to, recipients. (Sec. 8) Limits the federal share to 50% for public works and economic development grants, with a specified increased federal share: (1) based on the relative needs of an area (e.g., the unemployment rate and the impact of severe outmigration, sudden and severe economic dislocations, and other related economic circumstances) (up to 80% funding); and (2) in the case of a federally declared major disaster (up to 100% funding). (Sec. 9) Allows training, research, and technical grant assistance to be used for a peer exchange program to promote industry-leading practices and innovations relating to the organizational development, program delivery, and regional initiatives of economic development districts. (Sec. 10) Authorizes assistance for activities identified by communities the economies of which are impacted (currently, injured) by: (1) military base closures, realignments, or mission growth for help in diversifying economies or supporting economic adjustment activities of the Secretary of Defense through projects to be carried out on federal installations or elsewhere in the communities; or (2) the loss of information technology, manufacturing, natural resource-based, agricultural, or service sector jobs, for reinvesting in and diversifying the economies of the communities. Authorizes the Secretary to solicit comments periodically regarding the guidelines and performance requirements for the revolving loan fund program and recommendations for improving the performance. Authorizes a recipient of an economic adjustment grant who determines that a revolving loan fund established using such assistance is no longer needed, or that the recipient could make better use of the assistance to carry out another project that meets the requirements of the Act, to request the Secretary to approve conversion of the assistance by: (1) selling fund assets to a third party; or (2) retaining repayments of principal and interest on loans provided through the fund. Requires such a recipient to use the net proceeds from a sale of assets to pay any portion of the costs of one or more projects that meet Act requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate not more than 2% of the amounts made available for economic adjustment grants for development and maintenance of an automated tracking and monitoring system to ensure the proper operation and financial integrity of the revolving loan program. (Sec. 11) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to make grants for the redevelopment of brownfield sites into renewable energy sites (currently, into brightfield sites) through incorporation of one or more renewable energy technologies (currently, one or more solar technologies); and (2) appropriations for such grants for FY2011-FY2015. Requires the Secretary, in administering programs under such Act, to support activities that employ economic development practices that enhance energy and water efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. (Sec. 14) Directs each economic development district to engage in the full range of economic development activities included in the list contained in the comprehensive economic development strategy of the district that has been approved by the Economic Development Administration (EDA). (Sec. 15) Authorizes the Secretary to consult with any persons who can assist in addressing the problems of area and regional outmigration. (Sec. 16) Declares that the state of Montana shall be served by the Seattle office of the EDA. (Sec. 17) Authorizes funding for administrative expenses incident to projects associated with the authorized transfers of funds from other federal agencies to the extent that the expenses do not exceed 3% for projects not involving construction and 5% for projects that involve construction. (Sec. 18) Directs the Secretary, before providing investment assistance for a construction project, to establish the expected period during which: (1) the recipient shall make best efforts to achieve economic development objectives, (2) any property that is acquired or improved shall be held in trust for the project's benefit, and (3) the Secretary shall retain an undivided equitable reversionary interest in the property. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the reversionary interest when the recipient has fulfilled its obligations, taking into consideration the economic conditions. Provides for an alternative method of termination. (Sec. 20) Increases the minimum level of funding for planning and grants for administrative expenses, subject to total appropriations. (Sec. 21) Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works a report that describes the specific programs (and portions thereof) of other federal agencies that are duplicative of programs administered by EDA, including those carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

2011-06-21 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 782 (Y: 49 N: 51 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-06-16 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 411 to S. 782 (Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011) (Y: 41 N: 59 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-06-16 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 476 to S. 782 (Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011) (Y: 73 N: 27 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-14 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 436 to S. 782 (Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011) (Y: 40 N: 59 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-06-09 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 390 to S. 782 (Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-06-08 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 392 to S. 782 (Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-21	Senate	Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51. Record Vote Number: 94. (consideration: CR S3963-3964; text: CR S3963)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.441 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.440 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.438 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.430 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.428 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.427 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.423 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.418 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.417 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.414 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.412 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.407 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.405 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.394 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	S.AMDT.389 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962)
2011-06-21	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3962-3964)
2011-06-16	Senate	Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S3873; text: CR S3873)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.411 Amendment SA 411, under the order of 6/15/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 59. Record Vote Number: 91.
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.476 Amendment SA 476 as modified, under the order of 6/15/2011, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 73 - 27. Record Vote Number: 90. (text as modified: CR S3871)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.476 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852-3872)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.441 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.440 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.438 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.430 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.428 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.427 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.423 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.418 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.417 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.414 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.412 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.411 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852-3872)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.407 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.405 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.394 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	S.AMDT.389 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852)
2011-06-16	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3852-3874)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.476 Amendment SA 476 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Feinstein. (consideration: CR S3847; text: CR S3847)To repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.441 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.440 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.438 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.430 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.428 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.427 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.423 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.418 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.417 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.414 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.412 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.411 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.407 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.405 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.394 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	S.AMDT.389 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847)
2011-06-15	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3847-3848)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Cloture on amendment SA 436, as modified, not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 59. Record Vote Number: 89. (consideration: CR S3754; text: CR S3754)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.441 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.440 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.438 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752-3754)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.430 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.428 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.427 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.423 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.418 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.417 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.414 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.412 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.411 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.407 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.405 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.394 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	S.AMDT.389 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752)
2011-06-14	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3752-3754)
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.441 Amendment SA 441 proposed by Senator McCain to Amendment SA 436. (consideration: CR S3665; text as modified: CR S3665)To prohibit the use of Federal funds to construct ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.427 Amendment SA 427 proposed by Senator Merkley. (consideration: CR S3665; text: CR S3665)To make a technical correction to the HUBZone designation process.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.438 Amendment SA 438 proposed by Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S3663)To provide for the establishment of a committee to assess the effects of certain Federal regulatory mandates.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.430 Amendment SA 430 proposed by Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S3663; text: CR S3663)To reduce amounts authorized to be appropriated.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.405 Amendment SA 405 proposed by Senator Brown MA. (consideration: CR S3662; text: CR S3662)To repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, and for other purposes.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Cloture motion on amendment SA 436, as modified, presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S3662; text: CR S3662)
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.436 Amendment SA 436 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S3661-3662, S3662-3663; text: CR S3661; text as modified: CR S3662)To repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.440 Amendment SA 440 proposed by Senator Merkley. (consideration: CR S3660-3661; text: CR S3660-3661)To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy Efficiency Loan Program under which the Secretary shall make funds available to States to support financial assistance provided by qualified financing entities for making qualified energy efficiency or renewable efficiency improvements.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.412 Amendment SA 412 proposed by Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S3659-3660; text: CR S3659)To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.411 Amendment SA 411 proposed by Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S3659-3660; text: CR S3659)To prohibit the use of Federal funds to construct ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.418 Amendment SA 418 proposed by Senator Portman. (consideration: CR S3656-3658; text: CR S3657)To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to strengthen the economic impact analyses for major rules, require agencies to analyze the effect of major rules on jobs, and require adoption of the least burdensome regulatory means.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.417 Amendment SA 417 proposed by Senator Portman. (consideration: CR S3656-3658; text: CR S3657)To provide for the inclusion of independent regulatory agencies in the application of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.423 Amendment SA 423 proposed by Senator Hutchison. (consideration: CR S3656; text: CR S3656)To delay the implementation of the health reform law in the United States until there is final resolution in pending lawsuits.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.389 Amendment SA 389 proposed by Senator Kohl. (consideration: CR S3655-3656; text: CR S3655-3656)To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.390 Amendment SA 390, under the order of 6/9/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 87.
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.428 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3635, S3658-3659)
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.414 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3635)
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.407 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3635)
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.394 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3635)
2011-06-09	Senate	S.AMDT.390 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3635, S3654-3655)
2011-06-09	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3635, S3636-3663, S3665-3667)
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.428 Amendment SA 428 proposed by Senator Merkley. (consideration: CR S3598-3599; text: CR S3598-3599)To establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, and for other purposes.
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.407 Amendment SA 407 proposed by Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S3598; text: CR S3598)To require the FHA to equitably treat homebuyers who have repaid in full their FHA-insured mortgages.
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.414 Amendment SA 414 proposed by Senator Paul. (consideration: CR S3595-3598; text: CR S3595)To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.394 Amendment SA 394 proposed by Senator DeMint. (consideration: CR S3594-3595; text: CR S3595)To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.392 Amendment SA 392, under the order of 6/7/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 86.
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.393 Proposed amendment SA 393 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S3594)
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.390 Amendment SA 390 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Snowe. (consideration: CR S3594, S3603-3604)To reform the regulatory process to ensure that small businesses are free to compete and to create jobs, and for other purposes.
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.393 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3579, S3594)
2011-06-08	Senate	S.AMDT.392 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3579-3594, S3594)
2011-06-08	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3579-3601, S3603-3605, S3606-3607)
2011-06-07	Senate	S.AMDT.393 Amendment SA 393 proposed by Senator Durbin to Amendment SA 392. (consideration: CR S3528-3535; text: CR S3528)To address the time period for consideration of the small issuer exemption.
2011-06-07	Senate	S.AMDT.392 Amendment SA 392 proposed by Senator Tester. (consideration: CR S3527-3528)To improve the regulatory structure for electronic debit card transactions, and for other purposes.
2011-06-07	Senate	The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
2011-06-07	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S3524-3535; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S3525-3527)
2011-06-07	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2011-06-07	Senate	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure (S. 782) withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S3524)
2011-06-07	Senate	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S3519-3523, S3523-3524)
2011-06-06	Senate	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill (S. 782) presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S3492; text: CR S3492)
2011-06-06	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure (S. 782) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S3492)
2011-05-02	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38.
2011-05-02	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment. With written report No. 112-15.
2011-04-14	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2011-04-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/782/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s782/BILLS-112s782is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s782/BILLS-112s782rs.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00086.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00087.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00089.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00090.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00091.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00094.htm