| HB6172 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2010 - Requires each state educational agency, in order to be eligible to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in FY2013 or subsequent fiscal years, to issue regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB6374 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to refinance the private education loans of individuals who are participating in a residency program in: (1) family medicine; (2) obstetrics...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. |
| HB6432 | Intro
Sine Die | Vietnam Democracy Promotion Act of 2010 - Authorizes: (1) the President to provide assistance, through appropriate nongovernmental organizations and the Human Rights Defenders Fund, for the support of individuals and organizations to promote freedom ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB1264 | Intro
Sine Die | Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project, Colorado, and develop a list of activities that are recommended to be impleme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| HR1678 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the importance of National Drug Facts Week. Urges communities across the nation, including schools, teachers, and students, to participate in activities comprising this week and to use information provided to increase their understanding o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HR1721 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.B. 1722 (Telework Enhancement Act of 2010). Makes it in order at any time through the legislative day of November 19, 2010, for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to entertain motions that the House...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB3966 | Intro
Sine Die | Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB6248 | Intro
Sine Die | Elevating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2010 - Establishes an Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM) in the Department of Education, to be administered by an Assistant Secreta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. |
| HR1652 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes school principals' and assistant principals' contribution to the success of elementary and secondary school students. Supports the designation of National Principals Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| SR647 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Recognizes that every child should have a permanent and loving family. Encourages the people of the United States to consider adoption during the month of November an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8107) |
| SB2956 | Intro
Sine Die | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. Directs the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to execute the Extension of Service Area Agreement, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-18
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| HB3808 | Veto | Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010 - Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on the Judiciary. Agreed to without objection. |
| SB3772 | Intro
Sine Die | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 41. Record Vote Number: 249. (consideration: CR S7928-7929; text: CR S7928) |
| HR1648 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Recognizes that every child in foster care deserves a permanent and loving family and the significant commitment of taxpayers to support adoption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB6418 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend, until December 31, 2012, the suspension of the 15-year limitation on the period for which borrowers of agricultural operating loans are eligible for guaranteed assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB3950 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Premium Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) premium for 2011. Makes such premium, and the related monthly actuari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3948 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to regulated investment companies (RICs), to: (1) allow an unlimited carryforward of the net capital losses of RICs; (2) eliminate restrictions on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB2859 | Intro
Sine Die | Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 to transfer certain authority from the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Secretary of Commerce (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643. |
| SB817 | Intro
Sine Die | Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Defines "salmon stronghold" as all or part of a watershed or that meets biological criteria for abundance, productivity, diversity (life history and run timing), habitat quality,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 642. |
| SB3815 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a rebate program for owners w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. |
| SB3213 | Intro
Sine Die | Harbor Maintenance Act of 2010 - Requires the total budget resources for expenditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for harbor maintenance programs to equal the level of receipts plus interest credited to such Fund for that fiscal year. Limi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-17
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. |
| HR1557 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the facility under development by the Stanislaus County Ag Center Foundation, in Stanislaus County, California, known as the "National Ag Science Center."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. |
| HR716 | Intro
Sine Die | Applauds Gail Abarbanel for founding the Rape Treatment Center and creating the Fast Track Forensics Program. Commends the Rape Treatment Center for providing necessary services to sexual assault victims. Calls upon local law enforcement agencies a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5965 | Intro
Sine Die | Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010 - Designates the federal land within the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, to be known as the North Fork Mountain Wilderness, as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. |
| HB6407 | Intro
Sine Die | School Food Recovery Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools and local educational agencies participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food under such program to tax-exempt food banks or char...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-16
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. |
| HB5354 | Engross
Sine Die | Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a mult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1997 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, to update the FHWA's research repor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Committee on Science and Technology discharged. |
| HB1230 | Engross
Sine Die | Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases, which ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB6403 | Intro
Sine Die | American Recovery and Reinvestment Rescissions Act - Rescinds all unobligated balances remaining available as of November 15, 2010, of the discretionary appropriations provided by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB6401 | Intro
Sine Die | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions; (2) biennial appropriations Acts; and (3) biennial government strategic and performance p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB3945 | Intro
Sine Die | Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010 - Establishes the U.S. Office of Hawaiian Relations within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group. Recognizes the right of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
| HR1712 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.B. 5566 (Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB2408 | Engross
Sine Die | Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities with respect to scleroderma, with particula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB2999 | Engross
Sine Die | Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a public health workforce grant program designed to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce to include a health professions sch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB6402 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a rebate program for owners w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
To House Budget Committee |
| HB4168 | Engross
Sine Die | Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of "cellulosic biofuel" for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit and the special depreciation allowance to mean a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639. |
| HB1347 | Engross
Sine Die | Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2010 or the ConTACT Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and publish concussion management guidelines that address the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3944 | Intro
Sine Die | Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Equity Act of 2010 - Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| SB3946 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Paperwork Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision (added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7907-7908) |
| HB2818 | Engross
Sine Die | Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of, and the designation of March 20, 2010 as, a National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Held at the desk. |
| HB512 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Election Integrity Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to make it unlawful for a chief state election administration official to take active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. |
| HB1210 | Engross
Sine Die | Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a National Arthritis Action Plan. Authorizes the Secretary, directly ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB758 | Engross
Sine Die | Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB3243 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB1032 | Engross
Sine Die | Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act or the HEART for Women Act - (Sec. 2) Directs to the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent to which sponsors of clinical stu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-15
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HR1688 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month; (2) the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to disseminate information to the public to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats and enhance c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-11-01
To House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology |
| HB6279 | Intro
Sine Die | National Guard and Reserve Soft Landing Reintegration Act - Requires that a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who was deployed for more than 179 days for a contingency operation or a homeland defense mission be: (1) retained on active...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-10-20
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| HB6292 | Intro
Sine Die | Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act or the SHORE Act - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to: (1) review the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) capacity to respond to oil spills; (2) be re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-10-15
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| HB3619 | Pass | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010- Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2011 appropriations for the Coast Guard, including for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-10-15
Became Public Law No: 111-281. |
