US Legislation | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB318	Intro Sine Die	Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend Medicare flex grants; (2) revise requirements for the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program; (3) revise the Medicare in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB319	Intro Sine Die	Community Health Workers Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women and children in target populations, especially racial a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S836-838)
SB320	Intro Sine Die	Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a new tax credit for investment in projects for manufacturing alternative energy equipment; (2) allow accelerated depreciation for smart meter... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB321	Intro Sine Die	Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009 - Defines "passport card" as the document: (1) known as a passport card that is issued to a U.S. national on the same basis as a regular passport; and (2) that the Secretary of State began issuin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S838)
SB322	Intro Sine Die	Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2009, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to fed... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB323	Intro Sine Die	Rural Revitalization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow the issuance, through December 31, 2010, of tax-exempt facility bonds to finance qualified electric transmission facilities; and (2) extend issuance authority for quali... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB324	Intro Sine Die	Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Encourages the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue: (1) activities on... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB325	Intro Sine Die	Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) exempt pest control pyrotechnics manufactured, imported, used, and stored in accordance with regulations issued by the Attorney General from requirements governing the importation, manufacture, distribution, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB326	Intro Sine Die	Kids First Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise, reauthorize, and extend the SCHIP program through FY2013 at increased levels. Repeals the limitation on the availability of SCHI... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S838-843)
SB329	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2009 the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S846)
SB296	Intro Sine Die	Fair Tax Act of 2009 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2009. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB297	Intro Sine Die	Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2009 - Authorizes persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boat or recreational fishermen catching aquatic products to act together in associations in collectively catching, produ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB298	Intro Sine Die	Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Financial Markets Commission to: (1) examine all causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States, including the collap... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB299	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts under which: (1) those district judges who request to hear cases involving patent or plant variety protection issues are designated by the chief judge to hear them; (2) such cases are random... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB300	Intro Sine Die	TV Converter Box Coupon Program Relief Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to authorize the expenditure of additional amounts to carry out the program to provide coupons for the purchase of digital-to-analog c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB301	Intro Sine Die	Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and applicable manufacturers with respect to payments and other tra... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB302	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse state and local governments for expenses incurred in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating its Lower Rio Grande Valley Flood Control Project. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB304	Intro Sine Die	Main Street Recovery Act - Provides for a 15% investment tax credit through June 30, 2010, for the purchase of business equipment and machinery. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through June 30, 2010, the additional 50% depreciation al... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB305	Intro Sine Die	National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Cancer Institute, to establish, admin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB306	Intro Sine Die	Biogas Production Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for the production, sale, or use of biogas. Defines "biogas" as a gas that is derived by processing qualified energy feedstock (i.e., ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB307	Intro Sine Die	Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to state Medicare rural hospital flexibility programs, in particular the criteria for designation of critical access hospitals. R... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791-792)
SB308	Intro Sine Die	Rural Opportunity and Development Act or the ROAD Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a rural opportunity and development (ROAD) program to promote opportunity and economic development in rural states through projects for the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB309	Intro Sine Die	Nationwide Freight and Personal Mobility Act - Specifies a formula for the automatic authorization of additional appropriations for National Highway System (NHS) improvement projects, starting FY2010, if apportionments fall below a certain level. Rev... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB310	Intro Sine Die	Affordable Care for Women Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the 340B drug pricing program to allow participation as a covered entity by a public or nonprofit entity that primarily provides family planning services. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB311	Intro Sine Die	Global Democracy Promotion Act - Declares that foreign nongovernmental organizations: (1) shall not be ineligible for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services (including counseling and refe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB312	Intro Sine Die	First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer who qualifies as a first-time homebuyer (i.e., an individual who had no ownership interest in a principal residence within the past two y... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SR18	Intro Sine Die	Designates the majority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 111th Congress. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S729-730; text as passed Senate: CR S729-730; text of measure as introduced: CR S726)
SR19	Intro Sine Die	Designates the minority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 111th Congress. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S729-730; text as passed Senate: CR S730; text of measure as introduced: CR S726-727)
SB282	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB284	Intro Sine Die	Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the refundability of the energy tax credit for investment in property used to manufacture solar energy property through 2010; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB285	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that volunteers who use their automobiles for the benefit of a charitable organization may exclude from their gross income reimbursements for their automobile operating expenses at the same level as busines... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S721)
SB286	Intro Sine Die	Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to 27.5% the percentage depletion allowance for domestic crude oil and natural gas production from marginal properties; (2) extend through 2... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB287	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the phasing in of the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities and permit the full 9% deduction amount for taxable years beginning after 2008. Repeals the limitation on such... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB288	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rules for the accelerated depreciation of business property used on Indian reservations. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB289	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB290	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions prohibiting any federal agency from entering into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use, other than for research or tes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB291	Intro Sine Die	Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009 - Directs the President to notify the congressional defense and appropriations committees at least 90 days before taking any action associated with the closure of the Department of Defense (D... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
SB292	Intro Sine Die	Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring federal, state, and local governmental entities to withhold 3% of payments due to vendors providing goods and services to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB293	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a five-year carryback of net operating losses for taxable years beginning or ending during 2007, 2008, or 2009; and (2) suspend the 90% alternative minimum tax limitation on carrybacks and carryovers of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB294	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend for one year the additional 50% depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) for business property placed in service in 2009; (2) qualify motion picture film or video tape for bonus depreciation; and (3)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB295	Intro Sine Die	Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) review annually high volume readmission rates and resource use; (2) establish benchmarks for measuring them; and (3) make payment adjus... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S724-726)
SR15	Intro Sine Die	Acknowledges the lifelong services of Griffin Boyette Bell to the state of Georgia and the United States as a legal icon. Commends him for his tenure as Attorney General of the United States and his commitment to the American Civil Rights Movement. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S657-658; text as passed Senate: CR S657-658; text of measure as introduced: CR S655)
SR16	Intro Sine Die	Designates the week of February 2-6, 2009, as National School Counseling Week. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S658; text as passed Senate: CR S658; text of measure as introduced: CR S656)
SR17	Intro Sine Die	Recognizes and honors Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crewmembers and passengers of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, and the first responders, ferry operators, and tugboat drivers of New York City for their heroic efforts in saving 155 lives i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S658-659; text as passed Senate: CR S658-659; text of measure as introduced: CR S656)
SB240	Intro Sine Die	Ready to Learn Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to schools, child care entities, Head Start programs, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S649)
SB274	Intro Sine Die	Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a work opportunity tax credit for the hiring in 2009 or 2010 of unemployed veterans discharged from active duty during 2008, 2009, or 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB275	Intro Sine Die	Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Makes the amendments made by this Act effective on April 1, 2009, regardless of whether final regulations have been promulgated to carry them out. Allows certain state plans u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 17.
SB276	Intro Sine Die	Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on Entitlement Solvency to review and report to the President and Congress on the Social Security and Medicare programs with respect to: (1) their current and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB278	Intro Sine Die	Incentive to Serve Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 25% of wages paid to employees while such employees are performing certain services (e.g., services advancing the improvement of education, hea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB279	Intro Sine Die	Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the small issuer exemption from interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions to: (1) increase from $10 to $30 million the annual limit on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S654-655)