| SB3182 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) to qualified benefi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-25
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3183 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the nonbusiness energy property tax credit to energy-efficient asphalt roofs with pigmented coatings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-25
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SCR56 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy and its staff for 100 years of operation of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-25
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3158 | Intro
Sine Die | No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act - Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress during FY2011 or any succeeding fiscal year, until the fiscal year following the first fiscal year that the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-24
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334. |
| SB3160 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevention Resources for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Interventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2010 or the PRECAUTION Act - Establishes the National Commission on Public Safety Through Crime Prevention to: (1) carry out a comprehensi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2022-2024) |
| SB3161 | Intro
Sine Die | Mortgage Modification Reform Act of 2010 - Prohibits a residential mortgage servicer from initiating or continuing a foreclosure on a homeowner's mortgage if: (1) the homeowner applied for a loan modification under a home loan modification program ei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2025-2026) |
| SB3163 | Intro
Sine Die | Meat Safety and Accountability Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require the Secretary to implement sampling protocols to enable Food Safety and Inspection Service personnel to rapidly trace potential adulteration and contaminat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SB3152 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the amendments made by that Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332. |
| SB3154 | Intro
Sine Die | Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) programs (as renamed under this Act, previously the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3155 | Intro
Sine Die | International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act - Directs the President to report annually to Congress regarding: (1) foreign countries’ use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in critical infrastructure, cybercrime based...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB3156 | Intro
Sine Die | North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy for facilitating the adoption of North Korean children by U.S. citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB3157 | Intro
Sine Die | Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit multiemployer pension plans to merge or form alliances with other plans; (2) increase Pension ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SR466 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals of World Water Day. Urges the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and all relevant federal departments and agencies to increase efforts and resources dedicated to: (1) providing sus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR467 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent all defendant Senators in the case of Sollars v. Reid, et al.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1921; text as passed Senate: CR S1921; text of measure as introduced: CR S1878) |
| SCR55 | Intro
Sine Die | Commemorates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and honors the founder of Earth Day, the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB690 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY2010 and to authorize appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 327. |
| SB2772 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local and territorial governments, or Indian tribes to: (1) analyze and improve the cost-effectiveness of spending on prisons, jails, and community ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 328. |
| SB479 | Intro
Sine Die | Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act - Amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to make permanent the authorization of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326. |
| SB3146 | Intro
Sine Die | Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain landowners whose property contains the habitat of an endangered or threatened species and who enter into a habitat protection agreement a tax credit for costs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3147 | Intro
Sine Die | Patient Choice Restoration Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the amendments made by that Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3148 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that health care coverage provided by the TRICARE program and the Nonappropriated Fund Health Benefits Program of the Department of Defense (DOD) shall constitute minimal essential health care coverage as r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3149 | Intro
Sine Die | Wall Street Compensation Reform Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the tax deduction for compensation paid to highly-paid employees of systemically significant financial institutions. Requires such compensation to be performan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3150 | Intro
Sine Die | Service Members Permanent Change of Station Relief Act - Sets at the business standard mileage rate of the Internal Revenue Service the monetary allowance for a member of the Armed Forces for travel by privately owned vehicles in lieu of government t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| SB3151 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhancing Quality Assistance and Leadership and Improving Transparency for Women Act or the EQUALITY Act - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of State the Office for Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Gl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SR463 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the cultural and historical significance of Nowruz and wishes Iranian-Americans, the people of Iran, and all those who observe this holiday a prosperous new year. Expresses appreciation for Iranian-Americans' contributions to U.S. society....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1816; text as passed in Senate: CR S1816; text of measure as introduced: CR S1814-1815) |
| SR464 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the people of Greece as they celebrate the 189th anniversary of the independence of Greece. Supports the principles of democratic governance to which the people of Greece are committed. Notes the important role that Greece has played in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-22
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1816-1817; text as passed in Senate: CR S1816-1817; text of measure as introduced: CR S1815) |
| SB3143 | Intro
Sine Die | No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act - Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress during FY2011 or any succeeding fiscal year, until the fiscal year following the first fiscal year that the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-19
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 322. |
| SR451 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors and recognizes the contributions of veterans who served in Vietnam during war and peace. Encourages state and local governments to establish Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, and the people of the United States to observe such Day with approp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-19
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1780) |
| SCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizes the life of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, whose death on February 23, 2010, highlights the lack of democracy in Cuba and the injustice of the treatment of more than 200 political prisoners by the government of Cuba. Calls for the release of all p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-19
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SR92 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes 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!"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Star Print ordered on the resolution. |
| SB3136 | Intro
Sine Die | Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local government by: (1)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3137 | Intro
Sine Die | Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for residential energy efficient property, to permit solar electric property otherwise eligible for such credit to be located on a site a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3138 | Intro
Sine Die | International Documentary Exchange Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to make grants to U.S. nongovernmental organizations that use independently produced documentary films to promote a better understanding of the United States among ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB3139 | Intro
Sine Die | National Guard Youth Challenge Enhancement Act - Amends the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (a training program to improve life skills and employment potential of civilian youth participants) to increase the authorized Department of Defense (D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| SB3140 | Intro
Sine Die | Biosecurity and Vaccine Development Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3141 | Intro
Sine Die | Low Income Housing Tax Credit Recovery Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to allow: (1) a five-year carryback period for unused tax credit amounts; (2) an extended carryback period for n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1752-1753) |
| SB3142 | Intro
Sine Die | Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions for: (1) initiating, expanding, or i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3144 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to replace the farm-to-cafeteria program with a program providing schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribes, agricultural producers, and nonprofits w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SR461 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should reject any proposal for the creation of: (1) an international system of government bailouts for the financial sector; (2) a global cap-and-trade system or other climate regulations that would pun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR462 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Thursday, April 22, 2010, as Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-18
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1756; text as passed Senate: CR S1756; text of measure as introduced: CR S1754) |
| SB2968 | Pass | Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 - Amends the Act commonly known as the Lanham Act to replace references to "registrant" with references to "owner" in provisions: (1) making a certificate of registration pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Became Public Law No: 111-146. |
| SB1537 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476. |
| SB3122 | Intro
Sine Die | Open EAJA Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to issue an annual online report to Congress and the public on the amount of attorney fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to the law commonly known as the Equa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Star Print ordered on the bill. |
| SB3131 | Intro
Sine Die | Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of the Hudson River Valley in the state of New York to evaluate: (1) the national significance of the part of the Hudson River that flows from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB3132 | Intro
Sine Die | Exemplary Breastfeeding Support Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement programs in support of breastfeeding in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SB3133 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical School Construction Grant Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program to award grants to eligible medical schools for the purpose of constructing, renovating, or improving medical school facilities t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3134 | Intro
Sine Die | Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) make public and report biannually to Congress on international monetary policy and currency exchange rates; and (2) appear, if requested, before certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3135 | Intro
Sine Die | Global Health Care Cooperation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow permanent resident doctors or health care workers to reside in a qualifying developing country (candidate countries) while working in such professions and be con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1672) |
| SR457 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a summons to be issued which commands G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. to file with the Secretary of the Senate an answer to the articles of impeachment by July 2, 2009, and thereafter to abide by, obey, and perform such orders, directions, and judgm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1646-1647; text as passed Senate: CR S1647; text of measure as introduced: CR S1673) |
| SR458 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Presiding Officer of the Senate to appoint a committee of 12 Senators to receive and to report evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-03-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1647; text as passed Senate: CR S1647; text of measure as introduced: CR S1673) |
