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USSB988A bill to provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.
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2013-05-20
USSB982Freedom to Fish Act - Requires the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to: (1) cease implementing and enforcing, until two years after enactment of this Act, any restricted area for hazardous waters at dams and other civil works structures in the Cu...
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2013-05-20
Held at the desk.
USSB965A bill to eliminate oil exports from Iran by expanding domestic production.
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2013-05-15
USSR138A resolution congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and administrators of charter schools across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 14th annual National Charter Schools ...
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2013-05-09
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3352; text as passed Senate: CR S3344)
USSR133A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.
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2013-05-08
USSB890Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2013
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2013-05-07
USSB886District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
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2013-05-07
USSB861A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide guidance and clarification regarding issuing new and renewal permits, and for other purposes.
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2013-05-06
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)
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)
USSB794Dependable Air Service Act of 2013
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2013-04-24
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)
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)
USSR109Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it supports the U.S. Soldier's Creed and the Warrior Ethos, which state that "I will never leave a fallen comrade"; (2) it believes it is unacceptable to abandon the search efforts for members of ...
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2013-04-24
USSR65States 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...
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2013-04-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.
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)
USSR100Congratulates the University of Louisville men's basketball team for winning the Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association championship and the University of Louisville women's basketball team for being runner up in the 2013 Women's Divisio...
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2013-04-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2696; text as passed Senate: CR S2688)
USSR98Honors the legacy of Baroness Margaret Thatcher for her commitment to advancing freedom and democracy. Extends condolences to the family of Baroness Margaret Thatcher and the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Reco...
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2013-04-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2670; text as passed Senate: CR S2687-2688)
USSR97Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should exercise its acknowledged authority to: (1) refuse to approve generic versions of non-abuse-deterrent opioid products that have been replaced in the market with abus...
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2013-04-15
USSB720Buffett Rule Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to donate an amount (not less than $1), in addition to any tax owed, which shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and transferred to an account used to red...
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2013-04-15
USSB692Returned Exclusively For Unpaid National Debt Act or REFUND Act - Rescinds unwanted amounts, as identified by a state from a projected allocation, from any federal funds required to be allocated by formula among all states that agree to use them for ...
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2013-04-10
USSB687Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), during FY2013 or FY2014, from suspending or terminating the operation of any air traffic control tower in operation on March 1, 2013, without regard to whether the tower is ope...
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2013-04-09
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.
USSB530Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in conducting any survey relating to the Census, to include in instructions for completing any such survey that participation in the survey is optional, except that survey respondents must provide their names, cont...
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2013-03-12
USSB470Requires the Purple Heart to be placed in precedence above the Distinguished Warfare Medal.
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2013-03-06
USSB421Freedom to Fish Act - Prohibits the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers from taking any action (after August 1, 2012) to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam owned by the Corps. Requires the Chief to ce...
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2013-02-28
USSB20Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2013 - Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.
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2013-02-27
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)
USSB359Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or no...
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2013-02-14
USSB369Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law...
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2013-02-14
USSJR7Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a two-thirds roll call vo...
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2013-02-13
USSB273Amends the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) from the the meaning of a fiduciary subject to ERISA.
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2013-02-11
USSB209Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) complete, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, the required audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and of the Federal Reserv...
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2013-02-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
USSB204National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to...
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2013-02-04
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 11.
USSB191Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2013 - Sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulat...
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2013-01-31
USSB177ObamaCare Repeal Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts.
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2013-01-30
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
USSB183Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to sunset on October 1, 2013, the application of budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor....
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2013-01-30
USSB186Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia ...
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2013-01-30
USSCR4Express the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the interest of the United States.
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2013-01-28
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)
USSR18Designates the minority 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 S296-297; text as passed Senate: CR S296-297; text of measure as introduced: CR S294)
USSB29End Government Shutdowns Act - Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making ...
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2013-01-22
USSB32Child Custody Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any...
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2013-01-22
USSB43Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in the event of a near breach of the current $14.294 trillion public debt limit, to issue a debt limit warning to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committe...
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2013-01-22
USSCR3Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Monday, January 21, 2013, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 21, 2013. Declares that when the House adjourns on any le...
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2013-01-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSCR1Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSCR2Declares that: (1) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created by S.Con.Res. 35 (112th Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States,...
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSR3Sets the daily meeting of the Senate at 12 Noon unless otherwise ordered.
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2013-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text as passed Senate: CR S7; text of measure as introduced: CR S14)
USSR2Informs the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
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2013-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6; text of measure as introduced: CR S14)
USSR1Informs the President that a quorum of each house of Congress has assembled.
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2013-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6; text of measure as introduced: CR S13-14)
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