Sponsored by Brown, Sherrod - US Congress (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB968 | A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | SB953 | Student Loan Affordability Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 74. |
| US | SR139 | A resolution celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | SB931 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of brea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | SB422 | Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and service... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SJR15 | A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB893 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SB878 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB865 | Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB860 | Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB837 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB844 | Supporting Community Schools Act of 2013 - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize local educational agencies (LEAs) to use school improvement funds to transform schools identified as needing... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB836 | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB835 | American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB824 | Shareholder Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SR119 | Supports the ideals of World Malaria Day, including the target of ending malaria deaths by 2015. Recognizes the importance of reducing malaria to improve child and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Commends the progress made toward r... [Detail][Text] | 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 S3047-3048) |
| US | SB821 | Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide assistance in order to: (1) improve access to heal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SR115 | Honors 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... [Detail][Text] | 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) |
| US | SB815 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-managem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB813 | Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to subject abortion service coverage by the Peace Corps for volunteers to the same limitations that apply to Peace Corps employees regarding coverage of abortion services. States that such p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB798 | TBTF Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | SB806 | Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the average sales price in calculating Medicare payments for drugs and biologicals any customary prompt pay discounts from manufactur... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | SR112 | Commends 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... [Detail][Text] | 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) |
| US | SCR15 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to: (1) calculate cost of living adjustments for Social Security benefits or benefits for disabled veterans and their survivors, or (2) increase the tax burden o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | SB801 | Prairie Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance assistance and noninsured crop disaster assistance for crops grown on native sod acreage converted to cropland for the first four years. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | SR105 | Designates April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month to raise public awareness about the importance of personal financial education in the United States and the serious consequences that may result from a lack of understanding about personal finances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2904; text as passed Senate: CR S2901-2902) |
| US | SR104 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Encourages state and local governments to recognize and support such a day. Promotes effective and comprehensive HIV prevention education programs as a tool to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 |
| US | SR65 | States that Congress: reaffirms the long-standing bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel which enjoy bipartisan support in Congress and among the people of the United States; supports the close military, intelligenc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43. |
| US | SR101 | Condemns 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... [Detail][Text] | 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) |
| US | SB749 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period classification for qualified leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property, for purposes of the depreciation tax deduction. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | SB740 | Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require drug manufacturers to pay the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) drug reba... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 |
| US | SB742 | Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 |
| US | SB707 | Student Loan Affordability Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Federal Direct Stafford loans to loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 201... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | SB709 | Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | SB697 | Contract Screener Reform and Accountability Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 |
| US | SB679 | Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SR37 | Thanks the United States Olympic Committee for its continued support of wrestling and encourages it to work actively to reverse the proposal of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 2/14/2013 S788) |
| US | SR91 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. Recognizes the efforts of public health professionals, governments, and individuals in preventing disease and injury. Encourages increased efforts and investment of resources ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 |
| US | SB665 | Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jur... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB655 | Urban Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national or regional private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide jo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB635 | Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with spec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | SB631 | Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SR84 | Congratulates the people of Greece as they celebrate the 192nd anniversary of Greece's independence, and notes the important role that Greece has played in the wider European region and in the community of nations. Supports the principles of democrat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2051; text as passed Senate: CR S2036) |
| US | SR83 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to ending multiple sclerosis by promoting: (1) awareness about individuals that are affected by multiple sclerosis; and (2) education prog... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SR81 | Recognizes the National Ag Day (March 19, 2013) program for its annual celebration of U.S. agriculture. Honors the researchers, entrepreneurs, businesses, and innovators who support farm families in the United States and help drive the agriculture e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1957; text as passed Senate: CR S1955) |
| US | SB600 | H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise employer and government provisions regarding H-1B (specialty occupation) and L-1 (intracompany transfer) nonimmigrant aliens. Amends H-1B employer applica... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 |
| US | SB580 | Provides for the relief of Maha Dakar. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | SB569 | Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward the three-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverag... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | SB557 | Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| US | SB515 | Includes under the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program (public-private contributions for educational assistance in addition to post-9/11 educational assistance) the child of an individual who, on or after September 11, 2001, dies in the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 |
