| SB458 | Intro
Sine Die | False Claims Act Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends False Claims Act liability provisions to eliminate the requirement that a false or fraudulent claim for government money or property must be presented to an officer or employee of the U.S. Governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2426-2428) |
| SB459 | Intro
Sine Die | Supporting Uniformed Personnel by Providing Oversight and Relevant Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Act or SUPPORT for Substance Use Disorders Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive review of Department of Defense (DOD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| SB460 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers. Sets forth a different percentage for covered packers who reported in the 2008 annual re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SB461 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable amount of the railroad track maintenance tax credit; (2) revise the types of expenditures eligible for such credit; and (3) extend such credit through 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB462 | Intro
Sine Die | Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB463 | Intro
Sine Die | TARP Taxpayer Protection and Corporate Responsibility Act of 2009 - Prohibits any recipient of assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) from sponsoring, hosting, or paying for entertainment or holiday events during the calendar year ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB464 | Intro
Sine Die | AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act or the ACTION Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to base the calculation of the amount of the national service educational award on the average cost of attending a four-year insti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB465 | Intro
Sine Die | Semester of Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies or their no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB466 | Intro
Sine Die | Summer of Service Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Encore Service Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make eligible for assistance under the National Service Trust program Encore Service programs that engage individuals age 50 or older in national service addressing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SR51 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry for the 111th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR52 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates March 2, 2009, as Read Across America Day. Honors Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) for his success in encouraging children to discover the joy of reading. Honors the 12th anniversary of Read Across America Day. Encourages parents to read with th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2381-2382; text as passed Senate: CR S2381-2382; text of measure as introduced: CR S2371) |
| SB451 | Intro
Sine Die | Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Requires the coin design to be emblem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB452 | Intro
Sine Die | Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, or render or declare unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on land under their j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB453 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a demonstration program, under multiyear cooperative agreements with local governments experiencing at leas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB455 | Intro
Sine Die | Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury ( Secretary) to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 Silver Coins, and half dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of the Five-Star Generals' attendance and gradu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB456 | Intro
Sine Die | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies, schools, early childhood education programs, and other interested entities voluntar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-23
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2369-2370) |
| SB434 | Intro
Sine Die | Empowered at Home Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the income eligibility level for home and community-based (HCBS) services for elderly and disabled individuals. Gives states the option to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB435 | Intro
Sine Die | Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth PROMISE Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB436 | Intro
Sine Die | Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 or the SAFETY Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit financial transactions in interstate or foreign commerce that facilitate access to, or the posse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB437 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow attorneys a tax deduction in the current taxable year for reimbursable expenses and court costs which they pay or incur in connection with contingency fee cases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2325-2326) |
| SB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Improved Medical Decision Incentive Act of 2009 - Allows a state health department to approve best practices in a course of, or as a means of treatment for, a particular condition, illness, or procedure, as the qualifying standard of care for the sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB440 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax deduction for attorney's fees and courts costs to allow an above-the-line deduction for such fees and costs paid in connection with any legal action involving a civil claim (currently, limited to act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2330) |
| SB441 | Intro
Sine Die | Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award quality reform grants to eligible entities to enhance, encourage, and expedite implementation of quality reform plans in order to: (1) enc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB442 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan from imposing an aggregate lifetime benefit limit of less than: (1) $5 million for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB444 | Intro
Sine Die | National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide federal governmental assistance to the planning and development of, and provide for the implementation of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB445 | Intro
Sine Die | Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any U.S. agent or attorney, in any federal investigation or criminal or civil enforcement matter, including any form of administrative proceeding or adjud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SR50 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship for the 111th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB447 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevent Excessive Speculation Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to extend its coverage to specified energy commodities, including: (1) crude oil; (2) natural gas; (3) coal; (4) gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, and any other source of energy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2337-2340) |
| SB450 | Intro
Sine Die | Meth Mouth Prevention and Community Recovery Act - Requires the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention to make grants to enable public and private nonprofit entities to determine whether educating youth about meth mouth (oral decay tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2343-2345) |
| SCR7 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors and remembers the life of Lawrence "Larry" King. Condemns all hate crimes. Encourages immediate steps to stop bullying and harassment in the nation's schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB419 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB420 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Josephina Valera Lopez.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB421 | Intro
Sine Die | Hospice Protection Act - Establishes a temporary moratorium on the phase out of the Medicare hospice Budget Neutrality Adjustment Factor (BNAF). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, between enactment of this Act and December 31, 2009, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB422 | Intro
Sine Die | Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act or the HEART for Women Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny a new drug application if the application...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB424 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniting American Families Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a "permanent partner" within the scope of such Act. Defines a "permanent partner" as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2234-2236) |
| SB425 | Intro
Sine Die | Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SB426 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Solvency Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for progressive indexing of old age insurance benefits with respect to any individual who initially bec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB427 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be conside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB428 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, except in time of war or armed hostilitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB429 | Intro
Sine Die | Ending Agricultural Threats: Safeguarding America's Food for Everyone (EAT SAFE) Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish food safety and agroterrorism training programs for appropriate federal employees and border patrol ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2240-2242) |
| SB430 | Intro
Sine Die | Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out an Excellence in Economic Development Award Program to re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2243-2244) |
| SB431 | Intro
Sine Die | Economic Recovery Adjustment Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of Justice the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate to conduct audits and oversight of the compensation of the officers and directors of entities assisted under the Troubled Asse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB432 | Intro
Sine Die | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to rename: (1) the Act,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB433 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require a retail electric supplier to submit to the Secretary of Energy for calendar year 2012 and thereafter one or more of the following: (1) specified federal renewable energy credits; (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SR38 | Intro
Sine Die | Commemorates the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. Recognizes his commitment to unity and harmony in the United States. Encourages the people of the United States to recommit to fulfilling his vision of equal rights for all.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2169-2170; text as passed Senate: CR S2169-2170; text of measure as introduced: CR S2248) |
| SR39 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for the 111th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR41 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on the Budget for the 111th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR42 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for the 111th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR43 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for the 111th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
