| SB374 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to allow a secondhand seller to sell, offer for sale, or distribute a product or substance that is not in conformity with a consumer product safety rule relating to lead in children's products or to currently-re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB376 | Intro
Sine Die | Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act of 2009 - Establishes special rules for modification or disposition of a troubled asset (qualified mortgages or foreclosure property) under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) by real estat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1544) |
| SB377 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB381 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1547-1550) |
| SB382 | Intro
Sine Die | MediFair Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to entities and individuals for item...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SR26 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Ralph Wilson, Jr. and Bruce Smith on being selected to the 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB364 | Intro
Sine Die | Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB365 | Intro
Sine Die | Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force to: (1) establish branches in the 10 states with the highest concentration of mortgage fraud; (2) establish coord...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB366 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security and Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to waive the application o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB367 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Perlat Binaj, Almida Binaj, Erina Binaj, and Anxhela Binaj.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB368 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB363 | Intro
Sine Die | Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act or the Trade CLAIM Act - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-02
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB350 | Intro
Sine Die | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit through 2010 for the lesser of 6.2% of earned income or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Star Print ordered on the bill. |
| SB357 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1125) |
| SB358 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Safe Facilities and Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, in order to ensure the safe utilization by the Armed Forces of expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting U.S. militar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| SB359 | Intro
Sine Die | Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area in Hawai'i which shall consist of portions of Honolulu and the Honolulu Ahupua'a. Designates the Hawai'i Capital Cultural Coalition as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1125-1127) |
| SB360 | Intro
Sine Die | Cap Executive Officer Pay Act of 2009 - Limits the annual compensation of any employee of a financial institution or other entity that receives funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) established under the Emergency Economic Stabilizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB361 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Guy Vang, Genevieve Chong Foung, Caroline Vang, and Meline "Melanie" Vang.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB362 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. Requires a final decision of the VA with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a VA employee to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| SB181 | Pass | Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when: (1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted; (2) an individual becomes subject to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Became Public Law No: 111-2. |
| SB343 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover the services of a qualified respiratory therapist performed under the general supervision of a physician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB344 | Intro
Sine Die | Hedge Fund Transparency Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940, Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Internal Revenue Code to convert exceptions to the definition of an investment company into exemptions from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB346 | Intro
Sine Die | Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other moment at which an individual comes into being.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB348 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make federal provisions which prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds either in excess of appropriated amounts or in violation of sequestration orders under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB351 | Intro
Sine Die | Support for Iraq Oil Trust Act of 2009 - Withholds specified percentages of Economic Support Fund assistance for Iraq unless the Secretary of State certifies within specified time periods to the appropriate congressional committees that U.S. governme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB353 | Intro
Sine Die | Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB355 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase the number of full-time Foreign Service officers employed by USAID.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1066-1067) |
| SB356 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Choice in Real Estate Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, from det...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SR24 | Intro
Sine Die | Notes the numerous commitments that the government of China has made to the international community as a signatory to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international conventions. Commends the citizens of China who hav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR25 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of January 28, 2009, as National Data Privacy Day. Encourages privacy professionals and educators to discuss data privacy and protection issues with teens in high schools. Encourages individuals to be aware of data privacy c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1005; text as passed Senate: CR S1005; text of measure as introduced: CR S998) |
| SCR3 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the historic founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Honors and praises the NAACP on the occasion of its anniversary for its work to ensure the political, educational, so...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB328 | Engross
Sine Die | DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 11...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 168 (Roll no. 41). (consideration: CR H619) |
| SB337 | Intro
Sine Die | Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the importation into the United States of any ruminant or swine, or any fresh (including chilled or frozen) meat or product of any ruminant or swine, tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SB339 | Intro
Sine Die | Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible law enforcement agencies to assist such agencies in addressing border-related criminal activity within their jurisdictions....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB340 | Intro
Sine Die | Troubled Asset Relief Program Enhancement Act - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require the Comptroller General to oversee the performance of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in meeting EESA purposes involvin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Main Street Manufacturing Communities Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to revise the economic adjustment assistance grant program. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) waive the requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Treats the service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II of any individual who was honorably discharged therefrom as active service for purposes of eligibility for, and the computation of, retired pay for members of the Arme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S997) |
| SR22 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the goals of Catholic Schools Week, an event cosponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that recognizes the vital contributions of thousands of Catholic elementary and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S946; text as passed Senate: CR S946; text of measure as introduced: CR S899) |
| SR23 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Andrew Wyeth as one of the most popular American artists of the twentieth century and the outstanding contributions of Andrew Wyeth to the art world.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S946-947; text as passed Senate: CR S947; text of measure as introduced: CR S899-900) |
| SB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) establishment of one or more Medicare operated prescripti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S895-896) |
| SB331 | Intro
Sine Die | Supplemental Anti-Fraud Enforcement for our Market Act or the SAFE Markets Act - Authorizes: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hire an additional 500 agents who shall be dedicated to investigating violations of the law ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB332 | Intro
Sine Die | Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to implement a comprehensive program to achieve a 50% reduction in the mortality rate of lung can...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S897-898) |
| SB333 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for: (1) interest paid on indebtedness (up to $49,500) incurred after November 12, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, for the purchase of a motor vehicle (i.e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB334 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB335 | Intro
Sine Die | Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement that states impose a $25 annual fee for successful child support collection for a fam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB336 | Intro
Sine Die | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Commerce; (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ); (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Administr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 19. |
| SR21 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes David Urban, a former employee of the office of Senator Arlen Specter, to testify in United States of America v. Vincent J. Fumo, et al., except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-26
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S849-850; text as passed Senate: CR S850; text of measure as introduced: CR S846) |
| SB314 | Intro
Sine Die | Children's Health Care Quality Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to: (1) identify quality and performance measures for pediatric service prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-26
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB316 | Intro
Sine Die | Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act II of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the reduction in the rate of tax on the net timber gain of corporations; and (2) rules for the treatment of timber real estate inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-26
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB317 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-26
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S835) |
