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USSB1054Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act
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2013-05-23
USSB1067A bill to establish within the Department of Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-23
USSR158A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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2013-05-23
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
USSCR17A concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.
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2013-05-23
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
USSB342Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013 - Designates specified federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Humboldt County, Nevada, and to be known as the Pine Forest Range Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component ...
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2013-05-16
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
USSB980Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of 2013
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2013-05-16
USSB974Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013
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2013-05-16
USSB953Student Loan Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend until June 30, 2015, existing interest rates for loans made to undergraduate students under the Federal Direct Stafford Loan program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code ...
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2013-05-15
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 74.
USSR141Recognizes May 4-12, 2013, as National Travel and Tourism Week. Commends the travel and tourism industry for its important contributions to the United States.
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2013-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3436; text as passed Senate: CR S3434)
USSB159Lyon County Economic Development and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Yerington, Nevada, identified federal land in Lyon and Mineral Counties. Designates identified federal land in Nevada managed by th...
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2013-04-25
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
USSR125Designates April 30, 2013, as "Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans."
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2013-04-25
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3060; text as passed Senate: CR S3049-3050)
USSR122Recognizes the historic struggle of the people of Mexico for independence and freedom, which Cinco de Mayo commemorates. Encourages the people of the United States to observe Cinco de Mayo with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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2013-04-25
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3060; text as passed Senate: CR S3048-3049)
USSR115Honors the memories of Officer Sean Collier, Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, and Lu Lingzi and conveys prayers for a complete recovery to Officer Richard Donohue, Jr., and all of the other victims injured in the attacks in Boston, Massachusetts, in...
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2013-04-25
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2982-2983; text as passed Senate: CR S3045-3046)
USSR124Authorizes: (1) Senator Richard Blumenthal to produce testimony in writing and relevant office documents in the case of Whitnum v. Town of Greenwich, et al., except concerning matters for which a privilege or objection should be asserted; and (2) the...
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2013-04-25
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3060; text as passed Senate: CR S3049)
USSR114Authorizes: (1) the office of Senator John McCain and the former office of Senator Jon Kyl to produce relevant documents and employee testimony in the case of United States v. Renzi, et al., except concerning matters for which a privilege should be a...
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2013-04-24
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2979; text as passed Senate: CR S2966)
USSB788Makes available for the federal government for FY2013 the amount that would have been made available for the fiscal year if the following actions had not occurred: sequestration of discretionary spending limits and automatic sequestrations to enforc...
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2013-04-24
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
USSR112Commends employees of the Senate Post Office, employees of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, members of the Capitol Police, and members of the Capitol Hill community for their courage, professionalism, and dedication to serving the public in respon...
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2013-04-24
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2979; text as passed Senate: CR S2966)
USSCR5Expresses the sense of Congress that Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) should receive a posthumous pardon to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a raci...
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2013-04-18
USSB649Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act), the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the federal criminal code t...
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2013-04-18
S.AMDT.730 Amendment SA 730, under the order of 4/16/13, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 2. Record Vote Number: 105.
USSR103Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senator Mitch McConnell, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Sergeant at Arms Terrance W. Gainer in the case of Steve Schonberg v. Senator Mitch McConnell, et al.
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2013-04-18
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2817; text as passed Senate: CR S2806)
USSR101Condemns the senseless attack in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, April 15, 2013. Honors the medical personnel, first responders, and citizen heroes who aided the injured and the community. Commits to providing all necessary resources to law enforc...
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2013-04-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2729; text as passed Senate: CR S2751)
USSB716Nullifies the effectiveness of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK Act) with respect to mandatory public, on-line financial disclosure reporting by congressional staff (except Members of Congress and congressional candidate...
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2013-04-15
Became Public Law No: 113-7.
USSCR11Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Friday, March 22, 2013 through Tuesday, March 26, 2013, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, April 8, 2013. Declares that when the House adjourns on Monday, Marc...
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2013-03-25
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSR86Recognizes the accomplishments and example of Cesar Estrada Chavez, pledges to promote his legacy, and encourages the people of the United States to commemorate his legacy and to always remember his rallying cry, "Si, se puede!" ("Si, ...
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2013-03-21
USSR66Designates the first week of April 2013 as National Asbestos Awareness Week. Urges the Surgeon General to warn and educate people about asbestos exposure, which may be hazardous to their health.
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2013-03-18
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
USSB577Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (D...
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2013-03-14
USSB568Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act - Establishes a museum to be known as the Smithsonian American Latino Museum in the Smithsonian Institution. Designates the Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, which is located on the N...
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2013-03-14
USSR76Designates room S-126 of the U.S. Capitol as the "Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room," in recognition of his service to the Senate and the people of the United States.
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2013-03-13
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1825-2826; text as passed Senate: CR S1793)
USSB47Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act, including : (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based ...
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2013-03-07
Became Public Law No: 113-4.
USSB500Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
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2013-03-07
USSB461Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under t...
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2013-03-05
USSB388American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 - Title I: Budget Provisions - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for security and n...
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2013-02-28
Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 27) entered in Senate.
USSR62Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, acting jointly, to provide to law enforcement officials, regulatory agencies, and othe...
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2013-02-27
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S957; text as passed Senate: CR S947)
USSB343Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Henderson Redevelopment Agency of the city of Henderson, Nevada, specified federal land within the Three Kids Mine Project Site for the environme...
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2013-02-14
USSR29Designates the majority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 113th Congress.
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2013-02-12
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S662; text as passed Senate: CR S661)
USSB234Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2013 - Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible f...
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2013-02-07
USSB210Stolen Valor Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain mon...
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2013-02-04
USSR20Designates Senator Robert Menendez as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
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2013-01-29
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S368; text of measure as introduced: CR S367)
USSR17Designates the majority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 113th Congress.
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2013-01-24
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S296; text as passed Senate: CR S296; text of measure as introduced: CR S294)
USSR15Limits to four hours any debate on a motion to proceed to the consideration of a measure or matter. Applies the following conditions on the proposal of amendments if the motion to proceed is agreed to: the first amendments in order shall be one firs...
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2013-01-24
Resolution agreed to in Senate, under the order of 1/24/2012, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 16. Record Vote Number: 1. (text: CR S272)
USSR16Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prescribe a procedure for a bipartisan cloture motion on a motion to proceed to a measure or matter. Requires the motion to be signed by 16 Senators, including the Majori...
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2013-01-24
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 9. Record Vote Number: 2. (text: CR S274)
USSB84Paycheck 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...
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2013-01-23
USSB10Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program...
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2013-01-22
USSB9Clean and Fair Elections Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to congressional attention to elections and voting, including concerning: structuring election administration and campaign finance systems so that the interests of the Ame...
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2013-01-22
USSB8End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation to: (1) eliminate wasteful tax loopholes; (2) eliminate corporate tax loopholes and wasteful tax breaks for special interests; (3) enhance tax f...
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2013-01-22
USSB7Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) promote investment to ensure resilience to extreme weather and disasters; (2) promote investment in clean energy infrastructure; (3) promote t...
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2013-01-22
USSB6Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 - Amends the: (1) VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through March 31, 2016, the veterans retraining assistance program; and (2) Wounded Warrior Act to extend through 2016 the authority of the Secre...
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2013-01-22
USSB5Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA); (2) renew the commitment of the United States to providing the resources necessary to combat all forms of domestic violence, sexual...
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2013-01-22
USSB4Rebuild America Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: create jobs and support businesses while improving the nation's global competitiveness by modernizing and strengthening our national infrastructure; invest resources i...
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2013-01-22
USSB3Strengthen our Schools and Students Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: strengthen early learning programs to better prepare children for success in school; ensure that all students have equitable access to a high-quali...
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2013-01-22
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