| SB223 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy and Technology Advancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture, in order to further the adoption of technologies developed by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| SB224 | Intro
Sine Die | Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to provide loans to manufacturers to help finance the cost of: (1) re-equipping, expanding, or establishing (including applicable engineering costs) a manufactur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB225 | 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] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB226 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Havre, Montana, as the "Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| SB228 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit states, at their option, to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality for Medicaid eligibility. Revises the rules for childr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S346-347) |
| SB229 | Intro
Sine Die | Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the protection of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and their full participation in the reestablishment of democracy are essential to Afghanistan's reconstruction,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB230 | Intro
Sine Die | International Women's Freedom Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of State an Office of International Women's Rights to be headed by an Ambassador at Large for International Women's Rights. Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) establish...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SR12 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Rule XV (Amendments and Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to make it out of order for a Senator to offer a second degree amendment to his or her own first degree amendment ("filling the tree").
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB201 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the additional standard tax deduction for real property taxes for taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Passenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all insurers and self-insurers of passenger motor vehicles to disclose to the public, in a commercially reasonable, electronically accessible manner, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB203 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthening the Visa Waiver Program to Secure America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) require current and new program countries to report on lost or stolen visas in order to participate in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S310-311) |
| SB204 | Intro
Sine Die | No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2009 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S311-312) |
| SB205 | Intro
Sine Die | Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) to expand resources for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to identify, investigate, and prosecute ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S312-313) |
| SB206 | Intro
Sine Die | Early Education Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to at least ten states to establish early education programs providing children with at least a h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB207 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Insurance Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for the first $2,000 ($4,000 in the case of a married couple filing jointly) of premiums paid for health insurance. Allows such deduction...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB208 | Intro
Sine Die | Mynisha's Law - Authorizes any local or tribal government to submit an application to the Attorney General for designation as a High Intensity Gang Activity Area. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish criteria for reviewing such applications...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB209 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the alternative motor vehicles tax credit for advanced lean burn technology, hybrid, and new alternative fuel motor vehicles; (2) increase the amounts of such credit; (3) repeal limitations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB210 | Intro
Sine Die | Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold amount a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to each state to carry out a program for making available throughout that state the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB213 | Intro
Sine Die | Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2009 - Requires each air carrier and airport operator to submit for approval by the Secretary of Transportation a proposed contingency plan meeting minimum standards established by the Secretary. Requires an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB214 | Intro
Sine Die | Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to permit qualifying s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S315) |
| SB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a cost of living adjustment for FY2009 for justices and judges of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-11
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB192 | Intro
Sine Die | McGee Creek Project Pipeline and Associated Facilities Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek Authority all U.S. rights to the pipeline and any associated facilities described in the Agreement Between t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB194 | Intro
Sine Die | Bonus TEFAP Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance for the costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S258) |
| SB195 | Intro
Sine Die | Taxpayer Protection Act - Makes a federal financial entity (the Secretary of the Treasury, members of the Financial Institutions Examination Council, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency) that provides emergency economic assistance to any private e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB196 | Intro
Sine Die | Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB197 | Intro
Sine Die | Crane Conservation Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for approved projects relating to the conservation of cranes, using amounts in the Crane Conservation Fund established by this Act. Allows a proj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S259-261) |
| SB198 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to waive, through FY2009, any requirement that would otherwise require a state or local government to contribute non-federal funds toward the cost of a covered transportation program or activity authorized by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Steel Industry National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Steel Industry National Historic Site in Pennsylvania as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation specified property for inclusion ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S261-262) |
| SR10 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses commitment to the welfare and survival of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders and recognizes Israel's right to act in self-defense. Reiterates that Hamas must end the rocket and mortar attacks against Israel, recog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S181-183; text as passed Senate: CR S183; text of measure as introduced: CR S235) |
| SR11 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, acting jointly, to produce to the Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General records of the Committee's inquiry into allegations relating to administration of the A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S237-238; text as passed Senate: CR S238; text of measure as introduced: CR S235) |
| SB167 | Intro
Sine Die | COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the authority of the Attorney General to make grants for public safety and community policing programs (COPS ON THE BEAT grant program). Authorize...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S213-214) |
| SB168 | Intro
Sine Die | SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to compensate states for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S215) |
| SB169 | Intro
Sine Die | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (currently, annual) budget resolutions; (2) biennial appropriations Acts; and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans. De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. |
| SB170 | Intro
Sine Die | Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program to protect the environmental integrity of undeveloped coastal and estuarine areas. Requires the program to be a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB171 | Intro
Sine Die | Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 - Directs the President, acting through the National Ocean Research Leadership Council, to establish and maintain an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations, data communication and manageme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S216-219) |
| SB172 | Intro
Sine Die | NOAA Ocean Exploration and Undersea Research Program Act of 2009 - Requires the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to: (1) establish within NOAA a coordinated national ocean exploration program that promotes c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S219-220) |
| SB173 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 or FOARAM Act - Defines "ocean acidification," for this Act, as the decrease in pH of the Earth's oceans and changes in ocean chemistry caused by chemical inputs from the atmos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB174 | Intro
Sine Die | Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act - Directs the President to establish a a program to develop a coordinated and comprehensive federal ocean and coastal mapping program for the Great Lakes and coastal state waters, the territorial sea, the exc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB175 | Intro
Sine Die | Skills Standards Certification Evaluation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education to: (1) evaluate skills certification programs for employees; (2) rank such programs or determine best p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Improvements Act of 2009 - Revises the job access and reverse commute (JARC) program to authorize a state to accept a single combined application for a project funded from at least two of the following programs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB177 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthening Our Economy Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend: (1) the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program through FY2022; and (2) the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| SB178 | Intro
Sine Die | Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Demonstration Grant program awardi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S223-226) |
| SB179 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Information Technology Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to eligible health care entities to offset costs related to clinical health care informatics systems and services de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB180 | Intro
Sine Die | Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area Act of 2009 - Establishes the Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area in Colorado. Designates the Poudre Heritage Alliance, a nonprofit, as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area. Require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB183 | Intro
Sine Die | Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act - Establishes the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in Colorado to conserve and protect the unique and nationally important values of certain public ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB184 | Intro
Sine Die | Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation: (1) to pay the federal share of the cost of carrying out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, subject t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB185 | Intro
Sine Die | Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in Colorado. Designates the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Board of Directors as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB186 | Intro
Sine Die | South Park National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the South Park National Heritage Area in South Park, Colorado. Designates the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office, in conjunction with the South Park National Heritage Area Board of D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB187 | Intro
Sine Die | Arkansas Valley Conduit Act of 2009 - Conditions the construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, Colorado, on a contract providing for the payment within a specified period of 35% of the Conduit's cost that is compri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S231) |
