February 9, 2012

Legislation

ENFORCE Act

As evidence mounts that foreign exporters are increasingly circumventing U.S. trade laws, in order to undermine American producers, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, led by Senator Wyden, Chair of Senate Subcommittee on Trade, introduced the Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention Evasion (ENFORCE) Act to create the discipline necessary at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to stop these trade cheats and level the playing field for U.S. manufacturers and workers.

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Independence at Home

With a proven track record of generating better health outcomes at much lower costs, Independence at Home has been called the future of Medicare and proof that health savings can be generated, not by cutting benefits but by coordinating care and keeping seniors healthy. The Independence at Home Act demonstration project – included in the Affordable Care Act – is scheduled to begin in 2012.

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TRIP Bonds

Looking to leverage private investment and an untapped market for tax credit bonding to rebuild America’s transportation infrastructure, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) have introduced legislation to create a tax credit bond program dedicated to transportation infrastructure. Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project bonds or TRIPs will be a financing tool to fund the rebuilding of the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure.

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Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (“GPS”) Act

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) have teamed up to write the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act. The bipartisan legislation creates a legal framework designed to give government agencies, commercial entities and private citizens clear guidelines for when and how geolocation information can be accessed and used.

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The Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2011

Senator Wyden offers major tax relief for America's middle class by making the 1.4-million word U.S. income tax code simpler, flatter and fairer.

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DISCLOSE Act

DISCLOSE Act will require all organizations making political expenditures to make public their donors and appear on camera to stand by their ads. The legislation would also ban foreign-controlled corporations and government contractors from making political expenditures. The Bill was developed together with the Obama Administration.

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Stop Tax-breaks for Oil Profiteering (STOP) Act

In order to reduce excessive speculative trading in oil and natural gas, Senator Wyden, a member of both the Senate Finance and Energy and Natural Resources Committees, introduced the Stop Tax-breaks for Oil Profiteering (STOP) Act of 2009. The legislation would end tax breaks that non-commercial speculators currently enjoy, and tax all profits at the same rate as ordinary income for tax-paying investors.

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Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act

Striking a balance between the need to sustain forests, as well as bolster the economy, Senator Wyden has proposed an expansive overhaul of federal forest practices in Oregon. This initiative would permanently end the logging of old growth trees, discourage clear cutting, and place a new emphasis on greatly expedited, large-scale forest restoration efforts to improve forest health and create thousands of new jobs.

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The Wyden Plan for Energy Independence

Offering a new direction for the U.S. Senate energy debate, Senator Wyden introduced a series of energy initiatives today aimed at reducing America's consumption of fossil fuels. The package of eight initiatives takes a market-based approach to green energy by focusing on ways to make alternative energy more competitive with fossil fuels while promoting energy efficiency and innovation in new sustainable energy technologies.

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Guard and Reserve Soft Landing + Package

Keeping a promise he made to help National Guard soldiers adjust to life after combat, Senator Wyden has unveiled a package of legislation that includes a 90-day "soft landing" for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The Healthy Americans Act

Following 60 years of gridlock on a desperately-needed overhaul of the nation's health care system, Senator Wyden has unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to provide affordable, high quality, private health coverage for everyone regardless of where they work or live.

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Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007

Working for the permanent preservation of an additional 128,600 acres surrounding Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge, Senators Wyden introduced the "Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007." The legislation builds on previous efforts to establish a Mount Hood wilderness area, incorporating comments from over 100 community groups and local governments, members of the Oregon Congressional delegation, the governor and the Bush administration.

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