| SB2941 | Intro
Sine Die | Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Energy, as a part of the Marshall Islands program, to conduct at least ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-05
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538. |
| SB3749 | Intro
Sine Die | Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for 25% of the cost of new qualified freight rail infrastructure property and qualified locomotive property; and (2) a taxpayer e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-05
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3763 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to revise provisions concerning the meaning of outer Continental Shelf revenues and the allocation of such revenues among Gulf ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-05
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SJR38 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits 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 rollcall vote of e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511. |
| SB3705 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2010 - Allows a state to authorize a vehicle with a maximum gross weight (including enforcement tolerances) exceeding certain federal weight limitations to operate on Interstate Highway System (IHS) routes in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3706 | Intro
Sine Die | Americans Want to Work Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-5 period for deposits to an individu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3703 | Intro
Sine Die | Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) establish the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3704 | Intro
Sine Die | FHA Reform Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require specified mortgagees to indemnify HUD for payment of a mortgage insurance claim if the mortgage was not materially originated or underwritten in accordan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB3698 | Intro
Sine Die | Positive Aging Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities to: (1) demonstrate ways of integrating mental health services for o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3700 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Housing Act to revise the maximum mortgage loan principal amounts the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may insure for elevator-type multifamily structures for: (1) rental housing; (2) cooperative housing; (3) rehab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB3707 | Intro
Sine Die | Terrorist Detention Review Reform Act - Sets forth standards for habeas corpus review for any individual who is held by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or whom the United States seeks to hold as an unprivileged enemy bellige...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB3694 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Ape Protection Act of 2010 - Prohibits: (1) conducting invasive research on great apes; (2) knowingly breeding, possessing, renting, loaning, donating, purchasing, selling, housing, maintaining, leasing, borrowing, transporting, moving, deliver...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB1789 | Pass | Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to: (1) increase the amount of a controlled substance or mixture containing a cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine) required for the i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-03
Became Public Law No: 111-220. |
| SB3693 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates to the Department of Agriculture $1.15 billion to carry out the terms of a Settlement Agreement executed by In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation that is approved by a court order that has become final and nonappealable, and that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SR555 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-03
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6667) |
| SR596 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates September 25, 2010, as National Estuaries Day. Acknowledges the importance of estuaries to U.S. economic well-being and productivity.Expresses the intent of the Senate to continue working to understand, protect, and restore U.S. estuaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-03
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6667-6668) |
| SB3686 | Intro
Sine Die | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY2011. Title I: De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 504. |
| SB3515 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the Chairman of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (Interagency Committee) to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. |
| SB1311 | Intro
Sine Die | Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501. |
| SB3687 | Intro
Sine Die | Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a new lease that authorizes the production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to certain lessees or person...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-02
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB258 | Engross
Sine Die | Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make it unlawful for any adult (at least 18 years of age) to knowingly or intentionally manufacture or create, with intent to manufacture, create, distribute, or d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-30
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB3680 | Intro
Sine Die | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse, as determined under applicable state law, domestic partner, child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6550-6551) |
| SB3372 | Pass | Extends until December 18, 2013, provisions prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or a state with an approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program under the Federal Water Polluti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-30
Became Public Law No: 111-215. |
| SB3677 | Intro
Sine Die | Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2011 - Makes appropriations for FY2011 for the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 497. |
| SB3678 | Intro
Sine Die | Sergeant Coleman Bean National Guard and Reserves Mental Health Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to call or order to active ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| SB3663 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) remove limits on liability for offshore facilities; and (2) authorize the Coast G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 493. |
| SB3676 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 - Title I: Department of State and Related Agency - Makes FY2011 appropriations for the Department of State (Department) for: (1) administration of foreign affairs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496. |
| SB3670 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Highway Markings Act of 2010 - Prescribes standards for glass beads used in pavement markings, limiting the arsenic or lead content to 200 parts per million. Requires states that receive certain federal-aid highway funds to ensure that each glas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SR592 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week of September 13-September 19, 2010, as Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week. Recognizes the need for additional research into a treatment and a cure for such disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6538) |
| SB3657 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a standing order applicable to a notice of intent to object to a unanimous consent request (covered request) to: (1) proceed to a bill, resolution, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, conference report, or amendment (measure) between...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487. |
| SB3267 | Intro
Sine Die | Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Modifies various definitions in the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, including changing the title of the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from Director to the cu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 488. |
| SB3662 | Intro
Sine Die | National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government should promote policies related to the nation's manufacturing sector intended to promote growth, sustainability, and competitiveness, create w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB3516 | Intro
Sine Die | Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010 - (Sec. 5) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to establish two bureaus to implement leasing, permitting, and safety and environmental regulatory functions. Directs the Secretary of the Inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492. |
| SR440 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Rule VIII (Order of Business) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide that all motions to proceed to the consideration of any matter shall be determined without debate, except motions to proceed to a proposal to change the Standing Rule...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. |
| SR465 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to make out of order any dilatory motion, including dilatory quorum calls, following the filing of a cloture motion to close debate on a measure, and prior to the cloture vo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. |
| SB3664 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Farm Estate Tax Deferral Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the value of a decedent's gross estate farmland used by the decedent or a member of the decedent's family for farming purposes for periods aggregating...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SR598 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates September 2010 as National Child Awareness Month to: (1) promote awareness of charities benefitting children and youth-serving organizations throughout the United States; and (2) recognize efforts made by such charities and organizations o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6456; text as passed Senate: CR S6456; text of measure as introduced: CR S6442) |
| SCR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio's birth year and his influence on architecture in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3652 | Intro
Sine Die | Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require joint budget resolutions signed by the President instead of the concurrent resolutions now required (which do not have to be signed by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. |
| SB3643 | Intro
Sine Die | Oil Spill Response Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish: (1) no more than two bureaus, to which the functions of the Minerals Management Service shall be t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-26
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483. |
| SB1862 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Secret Service Retirement Act of 2009 - Authorizes an individual who was hired as a member of the United States Secret Service Division or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 19...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-26
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484. |
| SB1684 | Intro
Sine Die | Managing Arson Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to maintain at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) a national database for each criminal arsonist or bomber (an individual convicted ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 481. |
| SB3632 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase criminal penalties for both felony and misdemeanor fraud under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid). Adds a n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3290 | Intro
Sine Die | Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in providing to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana the St. Mary River water right, to allocate to the Tribe 50,000 acre-feet per ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-741. |
| SB1508 | Pass | Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 to expand requirements for identifying programs and activities susceptible to improper payments by requiring the head of each feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Became Public Law No: 111-204. |
| SB3635 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2011. Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes appropriations for FY2011 to the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 478. |
| SR546 | Intro
Sine Die | Acknowledges the importance of the continuing study and preservation of the unique American Jewish experience. Recognizes the National Museum of American Jewish History, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, as the only museum in the United St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6225) |
| SB3637 | Intro
Sine Die | Housing Assistance Council Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide financial assistance to the Housing Assistance Council to develop the ability and capacity of community-based ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB193 | Intro
Sine Die | Temporary Judgeships and Bankruptcy Judgeships Act of 2010 - Title I: Temporary Judgeships For District Courts - (Sec. 101) Requires the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the eas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-21
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471. |
| SJR35 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to adopt for each fiscal year a budget that sets forth the total receipts and outlays of the United States. Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to adopt a budget in which total outlays e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-21
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
