Sponsored by Harkin, Tom - US Congress (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB1033 | A bill to authorize a grant program to promote physical education, activity, and fitness and nutrition, and to ensure healthy students, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | SB1038 | A bill to eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | SB959 | Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| US | SB1009 | A bill to reauthorize and modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | SB309 | Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor collectively the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in recognition ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 Held at the desk. |
| US | SB743 | Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multi-state agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes, adopted on November 12, 2002) to requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-20 |
| US | SB985 | Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | SB987 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | SB957 | Drug Supply Chain Security Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | SB953 | Student 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 74. |
| US | SB556 | Air Carrier Access Amendments Act - Requires domestic and foreign air carriers to ensure that all visually displayed entertainment programming available to flight passengers is accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making availabl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. |
| US | SB555 | Captioning and Image Narration to Enhance Movie Accessibility Act or the CINEMA Act - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to declare it a discriminatory practice for any person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates certain movie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. |
| US | SB942 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | SR139 | Recognizes and honors the 20th anniversary of enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Salutes all of the individuals who contributed to its enactment. Encourages all individuals in the United States to celebrate the advance of w... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | SB934 | Supporting Working Moms Act of 2013 [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 | SB622 | Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Held at the desk. |
| US | SB522 | Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's or doctoral degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing m... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SJR15 | Eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. Declares th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB878 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB871 | Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013 - Directs each military department Secretary to implement a program providing a Special Victims' Counsel (Counsel) to a victim of a sexual assault committed by a member of the Armed Forces (member). Outli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB860 | Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SR128 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | SB837 | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB836 | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB826 | Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB805 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mi... [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 | SB777 | Repeals a statutory restriction on using a medical treatment facility or other facility of the Department of Defense (DOD) to perform an abortion. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SB789 | Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the First Special Service Force (a joint American-Canadian volu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SB774 | Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), beginning on or before December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter for the following five years, to prepare a report to aid Congress in monitoring and measuring the effects of a series of reforms by the Federal C... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 |
| US | SB769 | America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2013 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mou... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| 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 | SB715 | Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act - Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Rural Water Construction Fund, into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit for each of FY2014-FY2030 a specified amount of revenues that would other... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. |
| US | SB734 | Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-16 |
| US | SB689 | Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 37. |
| US | SB696 | Safe Chemicals Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 |
| US | SB691 | High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 36. |
| US | SB679 | Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | SB678 | Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a local farm business and market garden loan program to mak... [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 | 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 | SB642 | Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | SB629 | Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2013 - Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled. Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reas... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
