US Legislation | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HR1326	Intro Sine Die	Condemns the abduction and wrongful retention of all minor children being held in Japan away from their U.S. parents. Calls on the government of Japan to: (1) facilitate the resolution of all abduction cases and to recognize related U.S. court order... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
SR670	Intro Sine Die	Designates the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as National Veterans History Project Week. Calls on the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran in their families or communities according to guidelines provided by the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7773-7774; text as passed Senate: CR S7774; text of measure as introduced: CR S7838)
SB3892	Intro Sine Die	Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow wrongfully incarcerated individuals: (1) an exclusion from gross income for compensation received relating to their incarceration and for the first $50,000 of ann... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4041	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide collaborative recovery coordinator training at a qualified nursing or medical school. Authorizes the qualified nursing or medical school to train 45 recovery coordinators. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB6393	Intro Sine Die	Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2010 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require states exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit or municipal small public water system (se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB3787	Engross Sine Die	Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled. Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB6352	Intro Sine Die	Patent Lawsuit Reform Act of 2010 - Amends federal patent law to revise provisions concerning the fine for falsely marked articles (articles falsely labeled or advertised to deceive the public into believing such articles are patented) to specify tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-29 To House Judiciary Committee
HR1378	Intro Sine Die	Condemns the illegal removal from the Mojave National Preserve of the Mojave Cross memorial and urges the National Park Service and federal law enforcement agencies to continue working with the Veterans of Foreign Wars to recover the memorial. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB305	Intro Sine Die	Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
SB679	Intro Sine Die	Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a competitive program to provide between three and seven grants of up to $3 million in each of 3 years to advance research a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621.
HR1663	Intro Sine Die	Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.Promotes education of teachers, school nurses, and school personnel in educational strategies such as distance learning and tutoring that will ensure children with Sick... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB3495	Intro Sine Die	Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 - Title I: National Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Program - (Sec. 101) Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) a national plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment program. Directs the Sec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623.
HB2092	Engross Sine Die	Kingman and Heritage Islands Act of 2009 - Amends the National Children's Island Act of 1995 to allow the District of Columbia to use the lands conveyed (Kingman and Heritage Islands) and the related easements granted under such Act in accordance wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
HR1637	Intro Sine Die	Supports the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Recognizes the National Safe Child Initiative as an awareness-raising campaign to educate the public about the prevalence and problem of child abuse, and commends the Nation... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB3858	Intro Sine Die	H-2A Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7633-7634)
SB3852	Intro Sine Die	Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB1816	Intro Sine Die	Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program. Renames such program as the Chesapeake Basin Program. R... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620.
SB2843	Intro Sine Die	Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2010 - Title I: Vehicle Research and Development - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to conduct a program of basic and applied research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activiti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.
HB6081	Intro Sine Die	Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 to revise provisions related to the National Cord Blood Inventory (the Inventory), including to establish an inventory... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 383.
HR1645	Intro Sine Die	Supports the designation of National School Psychology Week. Recognizes the contributions of school psychologists to the success of students in schools across this country. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR1665	Intro Sine Die	Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.B. 3619 (Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SR469	Intro Sine Die	Encourages the President to expand interaction with the Kingdom of Thailand to facilitate coordination and partnership in the areas of education and cultural exchange throughout all of Thailand, including the southern provinces. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7665; text as passed Senate: CR S7665)
SB3184	Intro Sine Die	Child Protection Compact Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of State, through the Ambassador-at-Large of the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to provide assistance (grants, cooperative agreements... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624.
SR653	Intro Sine Die	Designates October 30, 2010, as a national day of remembrance for U.S. nuclear weapons program workers, including uranium miners, millers, and haulers. Encourages the people of the United States to support and participate in appropriate ceremonies, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7666-7669; text as passed Senate: CR S7666; text of measure as introduced: CR S7635)
SR646	Intro Sine Die	Designates Thursday, November 18, 2010, as Feed America Day. Encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice two meals on Thursday, November 18, 2010, and to donate the money that they would have spent on such food to a religious or charitabl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7665)
HB6225	Intro Sine Die	Permanent End to TARP Act - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) on October 3, 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 To House Financial Services Committee
SB3857	Intro Sine Die	Tax Relief for National Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to exclude national service educational awards from their recipients' gross income for federal income tax purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB1689	Intro Sine Die	Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act - (Sec. 3) Designates specified wilderness areas in New Mexico and administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sets f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.
HB4349	Engross Sine Die	Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (HPPA) to modify, commencing October 1, 2017, certain statutory schedules governing contracts for delivery of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam to spec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 615.
SB3404	Intro Sine Die	Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Act of 2010 - Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to expand requirements for the operation and maintenance of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado, to require the Secretary o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.
SB1750	Intro Sine Die	George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Dodona Manor and gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, the home of George C. Marshall during the most important period of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
SB3841	Intro Sine Die	Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against depictions of animal cruelty to prohibit anyone from knowingly creating an animal crush video, or attempting or conspiring to do so, if: (... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB3303	Intro Sine Die	Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act - (Sec. 3) Designates the Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado to preserve, protect, and restore the cultural, historic, natural, educational, and scenic resources of Chimney Rock and adjacent la... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.
HB4395	Engross Sine Die	Requires the inclusion of the land and interests commonly known as Gettysburg Train Station and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the land and interests located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylva... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616.
SB3313	Intro Sine Die	Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act - Withdraws certain federal land located in the Sloan Hills area of Clark County, Nevada, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 604.
SB745	Intro Sine Die	Magna Water District Water Reuse and Groundwater Recharge Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Magna Water District, Utah, to part... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.
SB2798	Intro Sine Die	National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to identify high-risk areas within the National Forest System in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Neva... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
HB685	Engross Sine Die	United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the str... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
SB3656	Pass	Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to: (1) extend reporting requirements for livestock daily markets through September 30, 2015; (2) establish mandatory reporting for wholesale pork cuts; and (3) dir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Became Public Law No: 111-239.
HB3388	Engross 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]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613.
HB2430	Engross Sine Die	North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recrea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
SR649	Intro Sine Die	Supports the the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, including raising public awareness of: (1) tax-preferred retirement vehicles for personal savings and retirement financial security; (2) the availability of a variety of ways to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7563-7564; text as passed Senate: CR S7563-7564; text of measure as introduced: CR S7516)
SB2812	Intro Sine Die	Nuclear Power 2021 Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to implement, through cooperative agreements with private sector partners, programs to: (1) develop a standard design for each of two small modular reac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600.
SB3075	Intro Sine Die	North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2010 - Withdraws federally owned lands and interests in the North Fork Federal Lands Withdrawal Area (located in Montana) from: (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 602.
SB2052	Intro Sine Die	Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct research to lower the cost of nuclear reactor systems; and (2) develop and publish on the Department o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
HB2442	Engross Sine Die	Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of: (1) r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611.
HB1612	Engross Sine Die	Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to rename: (1) the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 as the Public Lands Service Corps Act of 1993; and (2) the Public Lands Corps as the Public Lands Service Corps (the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 609.
SB1320	Intro Sine Die	Energy-Efficient Manufactured Housing Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to provide grants to each state agency responsible for developing state energy conservation plans under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.
SB1596	Intro Sine Die	Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, including any interest in the Ranch, by purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, donation,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.
HB5026	Engross Sine Die	Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue rules or orders to protect critical electric infrastructure from cyber security vulnerabilities. Authorizes FERC to issue such rules or orders without pri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 617.