| HB3290 | Intro
Sine Die | September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act of 2009 - Provides permanent resident status adjustment for an applicant alien who: (1) was on September 10, 2001, the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of an alien who died as a di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397. |
| SB3990 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| HR1736 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.B. 4783) to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Chile, and to extend the period from which s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB510 | Intro
Sine Die | FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - Title I: Improving Capacity to Prevent Food Safety Problems - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to expand the food safety activities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 73 - 25. Record Vote Number: 257. |
| HR1622 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the courage, service, and sacrifice of all veterans and their historic contributions to the United States.Encourages: (1) the people of the United States to demonstrate their support for Veterans Day each year; and (2) schools and teachers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB233 | Intro
Sine Die | Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 - Amends the Clayton Act to remove an exemption from coverage under the federal antitrust laws with respect to mergers and acquisitions involving rail carriers. Removes from the Surface Transportation Board ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399. |
| HR1644 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of a National Veterans History Project Week.Recognizes National Veterans Awareness Week.Calls on the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran in their families or communities according to gui...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR691 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a Senator, officer, or employee of the Senate to: (1) collect from another such individual, within Senate buildings, nonmonetary donations of clothing, toys, food, and housewares for charitable purposes related to serving those in need or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8293; text as passed Senate: CR S8293; text of measure as introduced: CR S8305) |
| SB3982 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases from $200 million to $500 million the aggregate allowable amount that can be awarded (liability cap) for a single passenger rail accident or incident that was proximately caused by gross negligence or willful misconduct of a defendant. (Cur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8246) |
| HR771 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of a National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB6456 | Intro
Sine Die | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Cor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-29
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. |
| SR676 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month, including encouraging people to fight diabetes through public awareness about prevention and treatment options, and increasing education about the disease; and (2) decreasing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-29
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8250) |
| SB3978 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 - Permits a home health agency to determine the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for an individual who: (1) is eligible for home health services under title XVIII (Medi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-19
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SR631 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week beginning on November 8, 2010, as National School Psychology Week. Recognizes the contributions of school psychologists to the success of students in schools across this country.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-19
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8205-8206) |
| SR688 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HR1633 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of "Lights On Afterschool!," a national celebration of after-school programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB6419 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 154 (Roll no. 579). |
| SB1183 | Intro
Sine Die | Haiti Reforestation Act of 2010 - Title I: Forestation and Watershed Management Assistance to Government of Haiti - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the President to provide the government of Haiti with financial assistance, technology transfers, or capacity bu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649. |
| SB2991 | Intro
Sine Die | Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to: (1) obtain federal agency records required to discharge his or her duties, including through bringing civil actions under this Act; and (2) make and ret...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646. |
| SB3962 | Intro
Sine Die | Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the Un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644. |
| SB3963 | Intro
Sine Die | Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the Un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645. |
| SB980 | Intro
Sine Die | Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project through which federal economic development assistance may be pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| HB6172 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2010 - Requires each state educational agency, in order to be eligible to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in FY2013 or subsequent fiscal years, to issue regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB6374 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to refinance the private education loans of individuals who are participating in a residency program in: (1) family medicine; (2) obstetrics...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. |
| HB6432 | Intro
Sine Die | Vietnam Democracy Promotion Act of 2010 - Authorizes: (1) the President to provide assistance, through appropriate nongovernmental organizations and the Human Rights Defenders Fund, for the support of individuals and organizations to promote freedom ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB1264 | Intro
Sine Die | Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project, Colorado, and develop a list of activities that are recommended to be impleme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| HR1678 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the importance of National Drug Facts Week. Urges communities across the nation, including schools, teachers, and students, to participate in activities comprising this week and to use information provided to increase their understanding o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HR1721 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.B. 1722 (Telework Enhancement Act of 2010). Makes it in order at any time through the legislative day of November 19, 2010, for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to entertain motions that the House...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB3966 | Intro
Sine Die | Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB6248 | Intro
Sine Die | Elevating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2010 - Establishes an Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM) in the Department of Education, to be administered by an Assistant Secreta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. |
| HR1652 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes school principals' and assistant principals' contribution to the success of elementary and secondary school students. Supports the designation of National Principals Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| SR647 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Recognizes that every child should have a permanent and loving family. Encourages the people of the United States to consider adoption during the month of November an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8107) |
| SB2956 | Intro
Sine Die | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. Directs the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to execute the Extension of Service Area Agreement, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| SB3772 | Intro
Sine Die | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 41. Record Vote Number: 249. (consideration: CR S7928-7929; text: CR S7928) |
| HR1648 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Recognizes that every child in foster care deserves a permanent and loving family and the significant commitment of taxpayers to support adoption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB6418 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend, until December 31, 2012, the suspension of the 15-year limitation on the period for which borrowers of agricultural operating loans are eligible for guaranteed assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB3950 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Premium Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) premium for 2011. Makes such premium, and the related monthly actuari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3948 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to regulated investment companies (RICs), to: (1) allow an unlimited carryforward of the net capital losses of RICs; (2) eliminate restrictions on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB2859 | Intro
Sine Die | Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 to transfer certain authority from the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Secretary of Commerce (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643. |
| SB817 | Intro
Sine Die | Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Defines "salmon stronghold" as all or part of a watershed or that meets biological criteria for abundance, productivity, diversity (life history and run timing), habitat quality,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 642. |
| SB3815 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a rebate program for owners w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. |
| SB3213 | Intro
Sine Die | Harbor Maintenance Act of 2010 - Requires the total budget resources for expenditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for harbor maintenance programs to equal the level of receipts plus interest credited to such Fund for that fiscal year. Limi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. |
| HR1557 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the facility under development by the Stanislaus County Ag Center Foundation, in Stanislaus County, California, known as the "National Ag Science Center."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. |
| HR716 | Intro
Sine Die | Applauds Gail Abarbanel for founding the Rape Treatment Center and creating the Fast Track Forensics Program. Commends the Rape Treatment Center for providing necessary services to sexual assault victims. Calls upon local law enforcement agencies a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5965 | Intro
Sine Die | Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010 - Designates the federal land within the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, to be known as the North Fork Mountain Wilderness, as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. |
| HB6407 | Intro
Sine Die | School Food Recovery Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools and local educational agencies participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food under such program to tax-exempt food banks or char...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. |
| HB1997 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, to update the FHWA's research repor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Committee on Science and Technology discharged. |
| HB6403 | Intro
Sine Die | American Recovery and Reinvestment Rescissions Act - Rescinds all unobligated balances remaining available as of November 15, 2010, of the discretionary appropriations provided by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB6401 | Intro
Sine Die | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions; (2) biennial appropriations Acts; and (3) biennial government strategic and performance p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB3945 | Intro
Sine Die | Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010 - Establishes the U.S. Office of Hawaiian Relations within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group. Recognizes the right of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
