Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Feb 15, 2011 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 15, 2011 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 15, 2011 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Feb 15, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 15, 2011 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 15, 2011 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Mar 28, 2011 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | May 2, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2011Markup May 19, 2011Reported May 19, 2011 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 19, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
- May 19, 2011Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
- Feb 15, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S748)
- Feb 15, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S748-749)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S748Text printed S748 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT (text) | Feb 15, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 25, 2011S. 350, Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 19, 2011
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2011Reported to Senate
- Feb 15, 2011Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
