| SB3330 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Health and Radiation Safety Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to to report annually to Congress on the low-volume (treating 100 patients or fewer) programs at each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affair...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB1801 | Intro
Sine Die | First State National Historical Park Act - Establishes the First State National Historical Park in Delaware as a unit of the National Park System. Specifies that the purpose of the Park is the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the hist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645. |
| SB1802 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645. |
| SB3348 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that if a person adversely affected by a final decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals who has not filed a notice of appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims within the required 120-day period files a document wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3352 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2010 - Excludes from annual income, for purposes of eligibility for pensions for veterans and their surviving spouses and children, reimbursements resulting from: (1) any accident; (2) any theft or loss; (3) any ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3355 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans One Source Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain an Internet website that provides information on the benefits, resources, services, and opportunities available for veterans and their families...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3367 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the annual rate of pension payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for disabled veterans who are married to one another and who both require regular aid and attendance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3368 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the following individuals to sign veterans' benefits claims filed on behalf of a person who is under 18, mentally incompetent, or physically unable to sign: (1) a court-appointed representative or person responsible for care; or (2) in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3113 | Intro
Sine Die | Refugee Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim. Revises the definition of terrorist activity for purposes of alien inadmissibility. Excludes coerced activity...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. |
| SB3370 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Commissioner of Social Security to jointly prescribe forms for use by survivors of members and former members of the Armed Forces in applying for social security and dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3377 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multifamily transitional housing loan program (program) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue at least five loans for the construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of land for multifa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3384 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in coordination with the National Academy of Engineering, to conduct and submit to Congress a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| SB3385 | Intro
Sine Die | American Energy and Western Jobs Act - Rescinds Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Instruction Memoranda numbered 2010-117 (Oil and Gas Leasing Reform – Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews) and 2010-118 (Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB1866 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the burial in a national cemetery of a parent of a deceased veteran who, at the time of the parent's death, does not have a spouse, surviving spouse, or child who has been interred, or who, if deceased, would be eligible to be interred, in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB3159 | Intro
Sine Die | Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act of 2010 - Requires the inclusion of the Gettysburg Train Station in Gettysburg National Military Park, including land located in close proximity to the Train Station that is in the Borough of Gettysburg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645. |
| SB3168 | Intro
Sine Die | Fort Necessity National Battlefield Land Acquisition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, by donation or purchase, approximately 157 acres of land owned by Marie Rush in Farmington, Pennsylvania, for inclusion in the Fort Necess...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645. |
| SB3192 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010 - Extends the 120-day limit for the filing of an appeal to the Court of Veterans Appeals after a final decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals upon a showing of good cause for such time as justice may r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB2953 | Intro
Sine Die | Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act - Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the properties identified on the map titled "Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion," an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-19
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645. |
| SB3012 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2-116th Street in North Troy, New York, as the Martin G. "Marty" Mahar Post Office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382. |
| SB3013 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New Jersey, as the "Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 383. |
| SB3382 | Intro
Sine Die | Coastal Habitat Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a Coastal Program to: (1) identify the most important natural resource problems and solutions in priority coastal ecosyste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB3383 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to: (1) prohibit U.S. loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance to any European Union (EU) member state until the ratio of the total outstanding public debt of each member state to its gross...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SCR63 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the government of Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); and (2) the U.S. government should take a leading role in gaining international support for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-18
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2945 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 381. |
| SR533 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system. Encourages Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. Supports the de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3846-3847; text as passed Senate: CR S3846-3847; text of measure as introduced: CR S3834) |
| SB1214 | Intro
Sine Die | National Fish Habitat Conservation Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes the National Fish Habitat Board which shall: (1) promote, oversee, and coordinate the implementation of this Act and the National Fish Habitat Action Plan; (2) establish national goals and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 378. |
| SB3378 | Intro
Sine Die | Examination of Exposures to Environmental Hazards During Military Service and Health Care for Camp Lejeune and Atsugi Naval Air Facility Veterans and their Families Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377. |
| SB3379 | Intro
Sine Die | Pollution and Costs Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and carry out the Building Pollution Reduction Program to provide assistance to owners of buildings in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB3380 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow nonrecognition of gain in a corporate reorganization for corporations that exchange property solely for stock other than nonqualified preferred stock.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3381 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine "renewable biomass" as: (1) materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or invasive species from certain National Forest System land and public lands that are byproducts of preventive treatments that are remove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SR521 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families and loved ones of Deputy Sheriff Stephen Michael Gallagher, Jr., Officer Timothy Q. Brenton, Officer Tina G. Griswold, Officer Ronald Wilbur Owens, II, Sergeant Mark Joseph Renninger, Officer Greg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3790) |
| SR526 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates May 16-22, 2010, as National Search and Rescue Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3790-3792; text as passed Senate: CR S3790-3791; text of measure as introduced: CR S3785) |
| SR527 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of an appropriate date as National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day. Urges support for the efforts, programs, services, and advocacy of organizations that work to enhance public awareness of childhood stroke.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3790-3792; text as passed Senate: CR S3791; text of measure as introduced: CR S3785) |
| SR528 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates May 15, 2010, as National MPS Awareness Day (mucopolysaccharidosis) and expresses support for the goals and ideals of such Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3790-3792; text as passed Senate: CR S3791; text of measure as introduced: CR S3785-3786) |
| SR529 | Intro
Sine Die | Celebrates the life and achievements of Lena Mary Calhoun Horne and honors her for her triumphs against racial discrimination and her steadfast commitment to the civil rights of all people.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3790-3792; text as passed Senate: CR S3791-3792; text of measure as introduced: CR S3786) |
| SR530 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week 2010, which begins on May 9, 2010.Recognizes the importance of: (1) preventing diseases that commonly affect women; and (2) federally funded programs that provide research and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3790-3792; text as passed Senate: CR S3792; text of measure as introduced: CR S3786) |
| SR531 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of World Hepatitis Day and National Hepatitis Awareness Month.Promotes raising awareness of the risks and consequences of undiagnosed chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C infections.Urges a robust governmental...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2768 | Engross
Sine Die | National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Reauthorizes appropriations to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for FY2011 and FY2012. (Sec. 3) Revises the term "accident" to expand the NTSB's auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Held at the desk. |
| SR410 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports and recognizes the goals of RV Centennial Celebration Month to commemorate 100 years of enjoyment of recreational vehicles in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-14
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3789) |
| SR524 | Intro
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Stuttering Awareness Week 2010. Encourages all of the people of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3683-3684; text as passed Senate: CR S3684; text of measure as introduced: CR S3721) |
| SR525 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses condolences to the families and loved ones of the sailors of the Republic of Korea Ship Cheonan who were killed in action on March 26, 2010. Reaffirms the Senate's commitment to the alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3766; text as passed Senate: CR S3766; text of measure as introduced: CR S3721) |
| SB3356 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases to 26 the maximum age for certain children eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA). Prohibits the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| SB3357 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Birth Control Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately info...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3358 | Intro
Sine Die | West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB2839 | Intro
Sine Die | Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2011-FY2012 appropriations for: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for grants to domestic treatment centers for the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375. |
| SB3359 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| SB3360 | Intro
Sine Die | Text a Tip Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to state or local police departments to implement an anonymous tip program using cell phone text messaging to assist police in preventing and solving crimes. Sets forth requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB3361 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Defense Competition Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in awarding a contract for any major defense acquisition program and conducting the cost or price evaluation of any proposal for that contract, to take into account any final pane...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| SB3364 | Intro
Sine Die | Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Energy and Renewable Energy, to act as the lead federal agency for coordinati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB3366 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearm-Free Airport Act - Makes it unlawful for all but specified authorized individuals to possess a firearm at a commercial airport in any area in a terminal building, in any area adjacent to the sterile area, in an airfield, or in any building th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
