S 350 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011

Introduced Feb 15, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Patrick J. Leahy D-VT

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 19, 2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 15, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011 - Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reflect the intent of Congress that penalties for such offenses be increased to appropriately account for the actual harm to the public and the environment from such offenses.

Amends the federal criminal code to require mandatory restitution to victims of crimes under such Act.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2011 to May 2, 2011, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalFeb 15, 2011
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalFeb 15, 2011
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalFeb 15, 2011
D-RIJack ReedOriginalFeb 15, 2011
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalFeb 15, 2011
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalFeb 15, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandMar 28, 2011
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsMay 2, 2011

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 19, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  2. May 19, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
  3. May 19, 2011Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
  4. Feb 15, 2011Introduced in Senate
  5. Feb 15, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S748-749)
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 19, 2011Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 15, 2011Introduced in Senate

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