| SB110 | Intro
Sine Die | River Raisin National Battlefield Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Monroe County or Wayne County, Michigan, or other willing landowners in either county offers to donate land relating to the Battles of the River Raisin (during the War ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB157 | Intro
Sine Die | Retirement Account Distribution Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend in 2008, 2009, and 2010 requirements for minimum distributions from tax-deferred retirement plans. Permits taxpayers who have already received a min...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S139-140) |
| SB138 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt interest earned on tax-exempt private activity bonds from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and to exclude such interest as an adjustment to current earnings for purposes of computing alternative minimum tax...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB21 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47-53) |
| SB135 | Intro
Sine Die | Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB153 | Intro
Sine Die | Arizona National Scenic Trail Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to provide for the designation of the Arizona National Scenic Trail, extending approximately 807 miles across Arizona from the U.S.-Mexico international border to the Arizona-U...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB72 | Intro
Sine Die | Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2009 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2013 the authorization of appropriations for h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S72) |
| SB90 | Intro
Sine Die | Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for constructi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| SB81 | Intro
Sine Die | Notch Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or aft...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB87 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise the process for blocking the access of military recruiters or institutions of higher education (IHEs) to secondary school student information. Requires ESEA-assisted local ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB133 | Intro
Sine Die | Troubled Asset Relief Program Transparency Reporting Act - Prohibits the use by a recipient or its subsidiary of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for lobbying expenditures or political ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| SB117 | Intro
Sine Die | Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Act of 2009 - Prohibits a foreclosure consultant from: (1) receiving compensation from a homeowner for services performed regarding residential real property until such consultant has fully performed each service contracted f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S89-92) |
| SB45 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2009 or the MCAP Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB43 | Intro
Sine Die | Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB162 | Intro
Sine Die | Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act - Amends Rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise procedures for consideration of points of order on appropriation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S145-146) |
| SB47 | Intro
Sine Die | Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB71 | Intro
Sine Die | Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB156 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Stimulus Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; and (2) extend from two to five years the carryback period for net operating losses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S139) |
| SB88 | Intro
Sine Die | IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB76 | Intro
Sine Die | Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Reauthorizes for for FY2009-FY2014 and revises the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. Requires any Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant to or contract with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S75-83) |
| SJR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SJR2 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that Congress and the states shall have power to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB40 | Intro
Sine Die | Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system, to be administered...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB109 | Intro
Sine Die | Beaver Basin Wilderness Act - Designates specified land and inland water within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Beaver Basi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SJR218 | N/A
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[Detail][Text][Discuss] | No Action History Available |
| SJR219 | N/A
Sine Die |
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | No Action History Available |
| SJR374 | N/A
Sine Die |
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | No Action History Available |
| SJR375 | N/A
Sine Die |
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | No Action History Available |
| SB6504 | N/A
Sine Die |
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | No Action History Available |
