| SB2 | Intro
Sine Die | Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2009 - Declares that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to improve the lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream by: (1) provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2. |
| SB3 | Intro
Sine Die | Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to: (1) stabilize the housing market and assist homeowners by imposing a temporar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3. |
| SB4 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009 - Calls for Congress to enact, and the President to sign, legislation to guarantee health coverage, improve health care quality and disease prevention, and reduce health care costs for all Americans and the hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4. |
| SB5 | Intro
Sine Die | Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009 - Calls for the enactment of legislation to improve the economy and the security of the United States by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5. |
| SB6 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring America's Power Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to restore and enhance U.S. national security by: (1) strengthening America's military capabilities and rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6. |
| SB7 | Intro
Sine Die | Education Opportunity Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that it should pass, and the President should sign into law, legislation that expands educational opportunities for all Americans by enhancing: (1) access to high-quality early child...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7. |
| SB8 | Intro
Sine Die | Returning Government to the American People Act - Declares that: (1) the Bush Administration should not rush into effect major new controversial regulations in its closing days; (2) the incoming Administration, working with the Congress, should revie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8. |
| SB9 | Intro
Sine Die | Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to strengthen the economy, recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9. |
| SB10 | Intro
Sine Die | Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should restore fiscal discipline and begin to address the long-term fiscal challenges facing the United States through certain measures. Specifies amo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10. |
| SB23 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the election to deduct state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit; (2) increase the rate of such credit for families with thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Digital TV Transition Fairness Act - Requires the Department of Commerce to implement and administer a program to obtain coupons that can be applied toward: (1) the cost to install a digital-to-analog converter box; (2) the purchase and installation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB26 | Intro
Sine Die | Working Family Child Assistance Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) lower the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit; and (2) repeal the annual inflation adjustment to such threshold amount.Makes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB27 | Intro
Sine Die | Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2009 - Establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program for the appointment of individuals who are graduates of accredited law schools to serve as Congressional Clerks in the Senate or House...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. |
| SB28 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is br...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB29 | Intro
Sine Die | Coverage Continuity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from 65 to 85% the rate of the tax credit for the health insurance costs of taxpayers who are Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) or Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB34 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding any other provision of any Act, from having the authority to require broadcasters to present opposing vie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12. |
| SB147 | Intro
Sine Die | Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Directs the President, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and remove all detainees held there. Requires each such detainee to be either: (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S157-158, S159) |
| HB103 | Intro
Sine Die | Caging Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit state or local election officials from preventing an individual from registering or voting in any election for federal office, or from permitting a formal challenge under s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E26) |
| SB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for national criminal history background checks for child-serving organizations. Amends the PROTECT Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB32 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to hold at least one public hearing in each affected county and locality before issuing any authorization for action that may affect public...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S170) |
| HB227 | Intro
Sine Die | Sanctity of Human Life Act - Declares that: (1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is the person's paramount and most fundamental right; (2) each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its function...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB230 | Intro
Sine Die | Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2009 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (the enterprises) to implement a program to purchase and securitize qual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB235 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) government pension offset requirements applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB236 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or related amendment or conference report) that: (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Budget Committee |
| HB237 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for premiums paid to enroll military retirees and their spouses and surviving spouses for supplementary medical insurance under part B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB238 | Intro
Sine Die | Notch Baby Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Soci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB240 | Intro
Sine Die | Individual AMT Repeal Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the alternative minimum tax on individual taxpayers for taxable years beginning after 2008.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | Neighborhood Rail Accountability Act - Requires the Surface Transportation Board, in determining whether to issue a certificate authorizing the construction of an additional railroad line or of an extension to any railroad line, to: (1) give greater ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2009 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make grants to eligible states to carry out election administration improvement plans to promote efficiency and fairness in the operation of polling pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Administration Committee |
| HB254 | Intro
Sine Die | Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Administration Committee |
| HB255 | Intro
Sine Die | NASA 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to mint and issue $50 gold and $1 silver ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB164 | Intro
Sine Die | Passenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act - 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, for each ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2009 - Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Executive Office of the President, or to any executive agency, to produce, publish, or disseminate any presidential statement made contemporan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | Michael Jon Newkirk Transportation Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a graduated percentage of federal-aid highway funds of states for FY2012 and thereafter that do not enact or enforce a law that re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB263 | Intro
Sine Die | Contempt of the House of Representatives Subpoena Authority Act of 2009 - Grants the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia original jurisdiction over any civil action brought by the House of Representatives (or any authorized committee or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Rules Committee |
| HB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding Tax Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to available funding, to expand Taxpayer Assistance Centers with the goal of providing at least one Center in each congressional ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB269 | Intro
Sine Die | Fallen Hero Commemoration Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to grant access to accredited members of the media: (1) at military commemoration ceremonies and military memorial services for members of the Armed Forces who have died on active duty;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-07
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB14 | 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] | 2009-01-06
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB16 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the election to deduct state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Tax Act of 2009 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2009. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB28 | Intro
Sine Die | Teacher Tax Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the dollar limit on the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to extend such deduction through 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB30 | Intro
Sine Die | 401Kids Family Savings Act of 2009 - Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to extend through 2015 provisions allowing increased annual contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts. Amends the Internal Revenue C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB33 | Intro
Sine Die | Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB34 | Intro
Sine Die | Midnight Rule Act - Amends federal civil service law to provide that a midnight rule (i.e., a rule adopted by an agency within the final 90 days a President serves in office) shall not take effect until 90 days after the agency head is appointed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB37 | Intro
Sine Die | Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act - Directs the Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a systematic foreclosure prevention and mortgage modification program by: (1) paying mortgage s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB39 | Intro
Sine Die | Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop recommendations for evaluation measures and criteria for programs under this Act; and (2) evaluate the feasibility of prize and best pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB35 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the election to deduct state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S53) |
| SB73 | Intro
Sine Die | Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act - Directs the Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a systematic foreclosure prevention and mortgage modification program by: (1) paying mortgage s...
[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 S73-74) |
