| SB3857 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Relief for National Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to exclude national service educational awards from their recipients' gross income for federal income tax purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB1689 | Intro
Sine Die | Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act - (Sec. 3) Designates specified wilderness areas in New Mexico and administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sets f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596. |
| SB3404 | Intro
Sine Die | Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Act of 2010 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to expand requirements for the operation and maintenance of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado, to require the Secretary o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606. |
| SB1750 | Intro
Sine Die | George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Dodona Manor and gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, the home of George C. Marshall during the most important period of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597. |
| SB3841 | Intro
Sine Die | Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against depictions of animal cruelty to prohibit anyone from knowingly creating an animal crush video, or attempting or conspiring to do so, if: (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB3303 | Intro
Sine Die | Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act - (Sec. 3) Designates the Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado to preserve, protect, and restore the cultural, historic, natural, educational, and scenic resources of Chimney Rock and adjacent la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603. |
| SB3313 | Intro
Sine Die | Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act - Withdraws certain federal land located in the Sloan Hills area of Clark County, Nevada, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 604. |
| SB745 | Intro
Sine Die | Magna Water District Water Reuse and Groundwater Recharge Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Magna Water District, Utah, to part...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591. |
| SB2798 | Intro
Sine Die | National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to identify high-risk areas within the National Forest System in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Neva...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. |
| SB3656 | Pass | Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to: (1) extend reporting requirements for livestock daily markets through September 30, 2015; (2) establish mandatory reporting for wholesale pork cuts; and (3) dir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Became Public Law No: 111-239. |
| SR649 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, including raising public awareness of: (1) tax-preferred retirement vehicles for personal savings and retirement financial security; (2) the availability of a variety of ways to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7563-7564; text as passed Senate: CR S7563-7564; text of measure as introduced: CR S7516) |
| SB2812 | Intro
Sine Die | Nuclear Power 2021 Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to implement, through cooperative agreements with private sector partners, programs to: (1) develop a standard design for each of two small modular reac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600. |
| SB3075 | Intro
Sine Die | North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2010 - Withdraws federally owned lands and interests in the North Fork Federal Lands Withdrawal Area (located in Montana) from: (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 602. |
| SB2052 | Intro
Sine Die | Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct research to lower the cost of nuclear reactor systems; and (2) develop and publish on the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598. |
| SB1320 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy-Efficient Manufactured Housing Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to provide grants to each state agency responsible for developing state energy conservation plans under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593. |
| SB1596 | Intro
Sine Die | Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, including any interest in the Ranch, by purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, donation,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594. |
| SB2900 | Intro
Sine Die | Gas Turbine Efficiency Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. |
| SB1117 | Intro
Sine Die | Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Connecticut River Grants and Technical Assistance Program to provide financial and technical assistance to the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, through...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592. |
| SB349 | Intro
Sine Die | Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. Requires the inclusion of Lancaster and York Counties within the boundaries of the Area. Designates the Susquehanna Heritage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589. |
| SB607 | Intro
Sine Die | Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to require the term and acreage of permits for the operation of ski areas and associated facilities (under current law, for the operati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590. |
| SB1651 | Intro
Sine Die | Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. Requires the review of certain modifications and federal or federally assisted undertakings with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595. |
| SR618 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates October 2010 as National Work and Family Month. Recognizes the importance of work schedules that allow employees to spend time with their families to job productivity and to healthy families. Urges public officials, employers, employees, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7562-7563; text as passed Senate: CR S7562-7563) |
| SR648 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as National Veterans History Project Week. Recognizes National Veterans Awareness Week.Calls on the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran in their families or communit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3840 | Intro
Sine Die | Working Families Flexibility Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work; (2) the times ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SJR30 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 56. Record Vote Number: 239. |
| SB2971 | Intro
Sine Die | Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 - Title I: Department of State Authorities and Activities - Subtitle A: General Matters - (Sec. 101) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to credit to the Internatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 585. |
| SB951 | Engross
Sine Die | New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the President to present gold medals, on behalf of Congress, to: (1) the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the moon, Neil A. Armstrong (the first human to walk on the moon), E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| SB2799 | Engross
Sine Die | Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) diplomatic efforts to address Iran's illicit nuclear efforts, unconventional and ballistic missile development programs, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| SB1023 | Engross
Sine Die | Travel Promotion Act of 2009 - Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion as an independent nonprofit corporation. Makes the Corporation subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Expresses the sense of Con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| SB3628 | Intro
Sine Die | Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act or the DISCLOSE Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit: (1) independent expenditures and payments for electioneering communications by governme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill (S.3628) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 39. Record Vote Number: 240. |
| SB3162 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include children of Vietnam War and certain Korean War veterans receiving care and services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for spina bifida-related medical conditions and children of women Vietnam ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| SB3827 | Intro
Sine Die | Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583. |
| SB3187 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through April 30, 2010: (1) excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property; and (2) the expenditure authority for the Ai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| SB3818 | Intro
Sine Die | Help Veterans Own Franchises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow business franchisors and veterans who purchase a franchise tax credits for a specified percentage of the fees paid to purchase the franchise. Requires the Administrator of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3107 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2010, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 550. (consideration: CR S7364) |
| SB3826 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2010 - Rewrites provisions regarding congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect (currently, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| SB3742 | Intro
Sine Die | Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each covered entity (proprietorships, partnerships, estates, trusts, cooperatives, and nonprofit and for-profit corpor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance . Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-1040. |
| SB624 | Engross
Sine Die | Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Calls for the United States to help undertake a global effort to bring sustainable access to clean water and sanitation to poor people throughout the world. (Sec. 5) Amends the Foreign Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SR593 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of October 7, 2010, as Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day. Recognizes the fifth year of Jumpstart's Read for the Record. (Jumpstart is a national nonprofit early childhood education organization.) Encourages adults to: (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-21
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7299; text as passed Senate: CR S7299) |
| SR635 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the goals and achievements of Hispanic-serving institutions across this country. Designates the week beginning September 19, 2010, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-21
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7299-7300; text as passed Senate: CR S7300; text of measure as introduced: CR S7280) |
| SB1252 | Intro
Sine Die | Oceans and Human Health Reauthorization Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Oceans and Human Health Act to expand the interagency oceans and human health research program to include coasts and the Great Lakes and to direct the President, through the Na...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-20
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. |
| SB3805 | Intro
Sine Die | Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to assist states with costs associated with the implementation of minimum or enhanced DNA collection processes. Defines such processes for the purpose of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-20
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB3119 | Intro
Sine Die | Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to expand the duties of the Office of Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study by requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-20
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575. |
| SB2871 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to consider nonfederal service individuals serving as Commissioners on the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-20
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574. |
| SB3803 | Intro
Sine Die | S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-20
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SR630 | Intro
Sine Die | Encourages educational institutions, national trucking firms, clergy, law enforcement, and the general public to promote motor vehicle driving safety. Designates November 28, 2009, Drive Safer Sunday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-20
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7225; text as passed Senate: CR S7225; text of measure as introduced: CR S7217-7218) |
| SB3790 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends federal civil service law to make an individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible to be appointed, or to continue serving, as a federal employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-16
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564. |
| SB2739 | Intro
Sine Die | Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delegate to the Regional Administrator for Region 10...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-16
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568. |
| SB3801 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes a child eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) eligible for such care until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status. Makes such provisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-16
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7177-7178) |
| SB3797 | Intro
Sine Die | Education for All Act of 2010 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that it is U.S. policy to work with foreign countries and international and civil society organizations to achieve universal basic education by: (1) assisting developi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-16
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
