| SB2900 | Intro
Sine Die | Gas Turbine Efficiency Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. |
| HB2522 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to raise the ceiling on the federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project, California.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 612. |
| HB4252 | Engross
Sine Die | Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to complete a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 614. |
| HB5297 | Pass | Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 - Title I: Small Businesses - Subtitle A: Small Business Access to Credit - Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2010 - Part I: Next Steps for Main Street Credit Availability - (Sec. 1111) Amends th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Became Public Law No: 111-240. |
| SB1117 | Intro
Sine Die | Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Connecticut River Grants and Technical Assistance Program to provide financial and technical assistance to the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, through...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592. |
| SB349 | Intro
Sine Die | Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. Requires the inclusion of Lancaster and York Counties within the boundaries of the Area. Designates the Susquehanna Heritage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589. |
| SB607 | Intro
Sine Die | Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to require the term and acreage of permits for the operation of ski areas and associated facilities (under current law, for the operati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590. |
| SB1651 | Intro
Sine Die | Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. Requires the review of certain modifications and federal or federally assisted undertakings with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595. |
| SR618 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates October 2010 as National Work and Family Month. Recognizes the importance of work schedules that allow employees to spend time with their families to job productivity and to healthy families. Urges public officials, employers, employees, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7562-7563; text as passed Senate: CR S7562-7563) |
| SR648 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as National Veterans History Project Week. Recognizes National Veterans Awareness Week.Calls on the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran in their families or communit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3840 | Intro
Sine Die | Working Families Flexibility Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work; (2) the times ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-24
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1745 | Engross
Sine Die | Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a health professional volunteer providing primary health care to an individual at a community health center to be an employee of the Public Health Service for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-24
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB3199 | Engross
Sine Die | Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010 or the EMT Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of awarding grants to states to assist veterans who received and c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-24
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB5307 | Engross
Sine Die | Ultralight Smuggling Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to aviation smuggling to extend its coverage of aircraft to ultralight vehicles, as defined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-24
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| HJR97 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-24
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB4823 | Intro
Sine Die | Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act of 2010 - Establishes the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona to limit exchanges of land involving National Forest System land included in the Scenic Area and to man...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 160 (Roll no. 538). |
| SJR30 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 56. Record Vote Number: 239. |
| SB2971 | Intro
Sine Die | Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 - Title I: Department of State Authorities and Activities - Subtitle A: General Matters - (Sec. 101) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to credit to the Internatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 585. |
| HR1560 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of the week of December 5 as National Computer Science Education Week. Encourages: (1) identification by schools, teachers, researchers, universities, and policymakers of mechanisms for teachers to receive cutting edge profes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR1618 | Intro
Sine Die | Commends the public servants of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal agencies for their contributions to homeland security.Salutes the efforts of government officials, the private sector, and citizens across the country to prev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR1653 | Intro
Sine Die | Returns to the Senate specified bills, including the Senate amendment to H.B. 5875 (Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010), because, in the opinion of the House of Representatives, they contravene the Constitution and infrin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5875 | Engross
Sine Die | Title I: Department of Homeland Security - Appropriates additional FY2010 amounts to remain available until September 30, 2011, to: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection for salaries and expenses related to staffing on the Southwest Border of the Un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| HB5110 | Intro
Sine Die | Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire only from willing sellers the private or state lands or interests identified on the map entitled "Proposed Casa Grande Ru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 244 - 174 (Roll no. 537). |
| SB951 | Engross
Sine Die | New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the President to present gold medals, on behalf of Congress, to: (1) the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the moon, Neil A. Armstrong (the first human to walk on the moon), E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| HB5152 | Engross
Sine Die | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010 - Modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres identified as the Wallis House and Harriston Hill o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB2799 | Engross
Sine Die | Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) diplomatic efforts to address Iran's illicit nuclear efforts, unconventional and ballistic missile development programs, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| HB5194 | Engross
Sine Die | Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2010 - Designates peak 12,240 located 0.6 miles northeast of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the Ansel Adams Wilderness and Yosemite National Park in California as Mt. Andrea Lawrence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| SB1023 | Engross
Sine Die | Travel Promotion Act of 2009 - Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion as an independent nonprofit corporation. Makes the Corporation subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Expresses the sense of Con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| HB4195 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the formation of the Peace Corps and to honor the ideals upon which it was founded. Prohibits the use of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB3149 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Employment for All Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using a consumer report or an investigative consumer report, or from causing one to be procured, for either employment purposes or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral. |
| HR1640 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.B. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB3470 | Engross
Sine Die | Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3628 | Intro
Sine Die | Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act or the DISCLOSE Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit: (1) independent expenditures and payments for electioneering communications by governme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill (S.3628) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 39. Record Vote Number: 240. |
| SB3162 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include children of Vietnam War and certain Korean War veterans receiving care and services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for spina bifida-related medical conditions and children of women Vietnam ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| HR1657 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates Ichiro Suzuki, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners, for becoming the first player in Major League Baseball history with at least 200 base hits in 10 consecutive seasons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB3827 | Intro
Sine Die | Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583. |
| SB3187 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through April 30, 2010: (1) excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property; and (2) the expenditure authority for the Ai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653. |
| HB5815 | Intro
Sine Die | Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to authorize Inspectors General to subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses. Requires an Inspector General to use procedures other than ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 363. |
| HB4817 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes, to modify limitations on the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-23
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB6168 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small business that employs 500 or fewer employees a tax deduction in 2010 and 2011 for 20% of the lesser of its qualified small business income or its taxable income. Defines "qualified small business...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB3818 | Intro
Sine Die | Help Veterans Own Franchises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow business franchisors and veterans who purchase a franchise tax credits for a specified percentage of the fees paid to purchase the franchise. Requires the Administrator of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| HB4596 | Intro
Sine Die | Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010 - Declares that no executive agreement between the United States and any foreign country shall invalidate or preempt any state law creating a cause of action against an insurer or related company based u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB4343 | Intro
Sine Die | Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to establish the Minority Business Development Program to provide qualified minority businesses with technical assistance, loan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB5131 | Intro
Sine Die | Coltsville National Historical Park Act - (Sec. 3) Establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System in Connecticut. Bars the establishment of the Park until it is determined that specified conditions have bee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 215 - 174 (Roll no. 532). |
| HR1503 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Estuaries Day. Expresses the intent of the House of Representatives to continue working to protect and restore U.S. estuaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB2336 | Intro
Sine Die | Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2010 or the GREEN Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish annual energy efficiency participation incentives to encourage participants i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361. |
| SB3107 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2010, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 550. (consideration: CR S7364) |
| HR252 | Intro
Sine Die | Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution - Calls upon the President: (1) to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleans...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 240. |
| SB3826 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2010 - Rewrites provisions regarding congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect (currently, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB4790 | Intro
Sine Die | Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that any solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any security of an issuer: (1) describe the specific nature and total amou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 362. |
