| HB548 | Engross
Sine Die | Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to assist and work in partnership with citizens, federal, state, local, and tribal governments, other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-04
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB844 | Engross
Sine Die | Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2009 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to require the collection and updating of existing practices and procedures for rescuing and rehabilitating stranded or entangled (under current law,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-03
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SCR9 | Engross
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Commends the efforts of states, U.S. territories and possessions, and local communities that support such goals and ideals.Reaffirms the U.S. people's commitment to comb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-03
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SJR12 | Engross
Sine Die | Proclaims Casimir Pulaski as an honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB160 | Engross
Sine Die | Title I: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Considers the District of Columbia a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-02
Held at the desk. |
| SCR8 | Engross
Sine Die | Expresses support for Children's Dental Health Month. Honors the life of Deamonte Driver.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-26
Held at the desk. |
| HB603 | Engross
Sine Die | Utah National Guard Readiness Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey, without consideration, to the state of Utah all interest of the United States in and to certain lands that are l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-24
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HCR35 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the historic founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Honors and praises the NAACP on the occasion of its anniversary for its work to ensure the political, educational, so...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HCR47 | Engross
Sine Die | Declares that, when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Thursday, February 12, 2009, through Monday, February 16, 2009, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 23, 2009. Declares that, when the Senate recesses or adjourns on an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-13
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB554 | Engross
Sine Die | National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Revises the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act with regard to strategic plans developed pursuant to the National Nanotechnology Program (the Program). Modifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB631 | Engross
Sine Die | Water Use Efficiency and Conservation Research Act - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Research and Development to establish a research and development program to promote water use efficiency and conserv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| HB448 | Engross
Sine Die | Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009 - Title I: Elder Abuse Victims - (Sec. 101) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) study and report to Congress on state laws and practices relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and (2) develop objectives, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB469 | Engross
Sine Die | Produced Water Utilization Act of 2009 - Defines "produced water" to mean water from an underground source that is brought to the surface as part of the process of exploration for or development of coalbed methane, oil, natural gas, or any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HCR41 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for a joint session of Congress on February 24, 2009, to receive a message from the President.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-11
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB632 | Engross
Sine Die | Title I: Silver Alert Communications Network - National Silver Alert Act 2009 - (Sec. 103) Directs the Attorney General to establish a national Silver Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist regional and local se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-11
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB60 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful to knowingly and willfully sell or forge a ticket to a presidential inaugural ceremony or to use, unlawfully possess, or exhibit a forged ticket with the intent to defraud. Exempts the sale of tick...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| HB549 | Engross
Sine Die | National Bombing Prevention Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Protective Security Coordination Division of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB559 | Engross
Sine Die | Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2009 or the FAST Redress Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish: (1) a timely and fair process for individuals who believe the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HCR27 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on February 12, 2009, for a ceremony in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-04
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HCR26 | Engross
Sine Die | Declares that, when the House adjourns: (1) on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2009; and (2) on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2009.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| SB328 | Engross
Sine Die | DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 11...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-28
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 168 (Roll no. 41). (consideration: CR H619) |
| HJR3 | Engross
Sine Die | Disapproves the obligation of any amount to purchase troubled assets under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 exceeding those already obligated (namely, $250 billion, or upon presidential certification, $350 billion).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-26
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB384 | Engross
Sine Die | TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to require specified depository institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to report ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-22
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| HB36 | Engross
Sine Die | Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009 - Amends federal law regarding presidential archival depositories to require any presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-08
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| SCR1 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SCR2 | Engross
Sine Die | Declares that: (1) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created by S.Con.Res. 67 (110th Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HCR1 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to assemble at a place outside the District of Columbia whenever, in their opin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. |
