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

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB280	Intro Sine Die	Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a loan program to assist the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana in purchasing from eligible individuals land and interests in land within the Crow Reservation in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
SB281	Intro Sine Die	Health Care and Training for Older Workers Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to extend COBRA continuation coverage for certain older workers. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise: (1) statewide ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SJR3	Pass	Declares that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary of the Interior shall be those that were in effect on January 1, 2005. Sets forth requirements for permitting civil actions and appeals concerning the constit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Became Public Law No: 111-1.
SJR6	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional Amendment - States that a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the Un... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SR14	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes a salary continuation for up to 90 days to eligible staff members being treated as displaced staff members under Senate Resolution 458, 98th Congress (providing for the closing of the office of a Senator who dies or resigns), as amended by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S630; text as passed Senate: CR S630; text of measure as introduced: CR S628)
SB253	Intro Sine Die	Fix Housing First Homebuyer Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for first-time homebuyers by: (1) eliminating the first-time homebuyer requirement (thus making such credit available to all homebuyers); (2) elimi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB254	Intro Sine Die	Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to im... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S613-614)
SB255	Intro Sine Die	Empowering States' Right To Protect Consumers Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth In Lending Act to limit the annual percentage rate (APR) applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB257	Intro Sine Die	Consumer Credit Fairness Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from a high cost consumer credit transaction. Defines "high cost consumer credit transaction" as an extension of cred... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB259	Intro Sine Die	Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award matching grants to states t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB260	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income. Defines "imported property income" as, with certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB261	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the restrictions on the tax deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse, dependent, or other individual accompanying the taxpayer on business travel. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB262	Intro Sine Die	Fortifying Operational Reserve Component Efforts Act of 2009 or FORCE Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to conduct a review of Department of Defense (DOD) communications to reserve members of the Armed Forces and their famili... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
SB264	Intro Sine Die	E-Centives Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for payments to each state that provides incentive payments to physicians, hospitals, community health cen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB265	Intro Sine Die	Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2009 - Prohibits any person who has a seriously delinquent tax debt from obtaining a federal government contract or grant. Requires federal agency heads to require prospective contractors or grantees to: (1) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB266	Intro Sine Die	Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reduce the coverage gap in prescription drug coverage under SSA part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program), based on sa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB267	Intro Sine Die	Summer and Year-Round Jobs for Youth Stimulus Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor for summer and year-round youth jobs and training programs for individuals aged 14 to 24 under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 which ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617)
SB268	Intro Sine Die	Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)
SB269	Intro Sine Die	Retooling America's Workers for a Green Economy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reserve specified portions of certain appropriations to: (1) award national emergency grants and provide additional assistance to eligible entities for employm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S619-620)
SB270	Intro Sine Die	Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents. Amends the Public Health Servic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S621-626)
SB271	Intro Sine Die	Fuel Reduction using Electrons to End Dependence on the Mid-East (FREEDOM) Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an election to expense the cost of manufacturing property for producing plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB272	Intro Sine Die	Derivatives Trading Integrity Act of 2009 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to: (1) repeal the exemption or exclusion from regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of specified derivative transactions, swap transactions, and re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S627-628)
SJR5	Intro Sine Die	Declares that Congress disapproves the obligation of any funds that exceed specified amounts authorized for the purchase of troubled assets by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-15 Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 52. Record Vote Number: 5.
SR13	Intro Sine Die	Congratulates the University of Florida Gators for winning the 2008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S398-399)
SB231	Intro Sine Die	Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB232	Intro Sine Die	Radioactive Import Deterrence Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from issuing a license authorizing the importation into the United States of: (1) low-level radioactive waste; or (2) specifi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB233	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after December 31, 2007 (bonus depreciation); and (2) the increased $250,000 expensing allowance for depreciable business assets. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB235	Intro Sine Die	Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from increasing any annual percentage rate of interest (APR) applicable to the existing balance on an open end credit card account unless specifie... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB236	Intro Sine Die	Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 2009 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to declare that it is the intent of Congress that: (1) in a claim brought under such Act, the facts are not to be given a br... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB237	Intro Sine Die	Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act of 2009 - National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2009 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to conduct a p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB238	Intro Sine Die	Build America Bonds Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for any Build America bond issued by the Transportation Finance Corporation as part of an issue, if 100% of the available project proceeds from such issu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB239	Intro Sine Die	Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to each of the 48 contiguous states, to ensure that veterans eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S391)
SB241	Intro Sine Die	Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to establish the right of an eligible deferred-foreclosure consumer, defendable in court, to defer initiation of a foreclosure or related action, including a fore... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB242	Intro Sine Die	Title I Education Funding Integrity Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to use only for direct or indirect instructional services any funds received under the program es... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S392)
SB243	Intro Sine Die	Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009 or the GIVE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for charitable purposes to a rate not less than the rate us... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S393)
SB244	Intro Sine Die	Education Begins at Home Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to make: (1) grants to states for programs of early childhood home visitation; and (2) competitive grants to lo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB245	Intro Sine Die	Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand training for health professionals in the fields of geriatrics, long-term care,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB246	Intro Sine Die	Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe standards for appointment and practice as a physician within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB247	Intro Sine Die	Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Energy the Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) authorize the issuance of a redeemable vo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S396-397)
SB248	Intro Sine Die	Limitations on Interrogation Techniques Act of 2009 - Prohibits any individual in the custody or control of personnel of an element of the intelligence community or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of nationality or physical location, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
SB249	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for a student who previously was a homeless child or youth for the low-income housing tax credit. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB250	Intro Sine Die	Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the hope scholarship and lifetime learning tax credits with a higher education opportunity tax credit.Allows a higher education opportunity tax credit for the less... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB215	Intro Sine Die	Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB216	Intro Sine Die	Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, to conduct a special resource study of Estate Grange and other sites and resources associated with Ale... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB217	Intro Sine Die	Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise the feasibility and suitability studies for certain existing National Historic Trails for consideration of possible additions to such trails; and (2) study t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB218	Intro Sine Die	Utah Public Land Conveyance Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Park City, Utah, two parcels of land known as the White Acre and Gamble Acre parcels. Requires the Secretary to conduct sales of the federal land identified ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB219	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Turnabout Ranch of Escalante, Utah, submits an offer to the Secretary to acquire specified federal land for the appraised value, to convey to the Ranch all right, title, and interest to such land. Requires Tu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB220	Intro Sine Die	Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB221	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S339)
SB222	Intro Sine Die	Community Revitalization Energy Conservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $3.6 billion the national limitation on the issuance of qualified energy conservation bonds.Expands the purposes of green community programs to include... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2009-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.