| HB1173 | Engross
Sine Die | Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2012 - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (entitled the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act or the CL...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-28
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. |
| HCR99 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to unveil a marker acknowledging the role of slave labor in the construction of the U.S. Capitol.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB3581 | Engross
Sine Die | Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2012 - Title I: Fair Value Estimates - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) (title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [CBA]) to revise the budgetary treatment of federal direc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
To Senate Budget Committee |
| HB3521 | Engross
Sine Die | Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2012 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (CBICA) to authorize the President to propose the rescission (line item veto) of all or any dollar amount of fundin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
To Senate Budget Committee |
| HB1904 | Engross
Sine Die | Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011 - (Sec. 4) Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the Secretary), if Resolution Copper Mining, LLC offers to convey specified parcels of non-federal land in Gila, Yavap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-486. |
| HB1734 | Engross
Sine Die | Civilian Property Realignment Act or CPRA - (Sec. 2) States as the purposes of this Act to: (1) consolidate the footprint of federal buildings and facilities; (2) maximize the utilization rate for such buildings and facilities; (3) reduce the relianc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB3582 | Engross
Sine Die | Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare for each major bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee (except the congressio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
To Senate Budget Committee |
| HB3578 | Engross
Sine Die | Baseline Reform Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline. Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
To Senate Budget Committee |
| HB3835 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 111-242) to extend through December 31, 2013, the freeze on any cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the pay of certain federal civilian employees (thus extends such freeze from two to three calenda...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB3567 | Engross
Sine Die | Welfare Integrity Now for Children and Families Act of 2012 or WIN for Children and Families Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a state to which a state family assist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HJR98 | Engross
Sine Die | Disapproves of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 52. Record Vote Number: 2. (consideration: CR S95) |
| HB2070 | Engross
Sine Die | World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to install at the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1022 | Engross
Sine Die | Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study alternatives for the commemoration and interpretation of the role of the Buffalo Soldiers (African-American troops who, in the late 19th century and ear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB290 | Engross
Sine Die | War Memorial Protection Act - Permits religious symbols recognizing the religious background of members of the Armed Forces to be included as part of: (1) a military memorial that is established or acquired by the federal government; or (2) a militar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HCR96 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for a joint session of Congress on January 24, 2012, to receive a message from the President.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-24
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB3117 | Engross
Sine Die | Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2012 - Grants the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize any state to issue electronic duck stamps. Sets forth state electronic duck stamp application requirements. Allows the Secretary to de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-24
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB3012 | Engross
Sine Die | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family bas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. |
| HB440 | Engross
Sine Die | (Sec. 2) Directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia within the Department of State. (Sec. 3) Requires the Special Envoy to: (1) promote the right of re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292. |
| HB461 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 23, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-13
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291. |
| HB441 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 20, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-13
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290. |
| HCR94 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.B. 3672 (Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012) to: (1) make an across-the-board 1.83% rescission in discretionary spending for FY2012, with exceptions fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-17
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB2594 | Engross
Sine Die | European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prohibit an operator of a U.S. civil aircraft from participating in any emissions trading scheme unilaterally established by the Europe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-17
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HCR93 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes corrections to the enrollment of H.B. 2845 (Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-16
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB3094 | Engross
Sine Die | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to revise requirements for determination by the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) of an appropriate bargaining unit before an election of collective bargaining r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-16
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262. |
| HB3659 | Engross
Sine Die | Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of SSA title IV to extend the TANF program through FY2012. Directs the Secretary of HHS to designate standard data elements for any category o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HCR92 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.B. 1540 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) with regard to the modification of the qualifying period for payment of hostile fire and imminent dange...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-15
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB2719 | Engross
Sine Die | Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National Monument in the state of Washington for educational, recreational, historical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-15
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2105 | Engross
Sine Die | Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) States that it shall be U.S. policy to fully implement and enforce sanctions against Iran, North Korea, and Syria for their proliferation activities and pol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-14
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB313 | Engross
Sine Die | Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that anyone within the United States who enters into a conspiracy to possess or traffic in controlled substances outside the United States, or who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1633 | Engross
Sine Die | Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulation revising the national primary ambient air quality standard or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-13
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256. |
| HCR86 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.B. 2061 (authorizing the presentation of a U.S. flag for federal civilian employees who die of injuries in connection with their employment) to: (1) authoriz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-09
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB2351 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-08
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2360 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing for Our Workforce and Energy Resources Act or POWER Act - Amends the the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to extend the Constitution, laws, and civil and political jurisdiction of the United States to installations attached to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-08
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1254 | Engross
Sine Die | Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add as schedule I controlled substances: (1) any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains specified cannabimimetic agents (or the salts, isomers, or salts ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB944 | Engross
Sine Die | Removes the temporary reservation for park, scenic, or other public purposes of certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California. Makes such rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-08
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB10 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) States that the purpose of this Act is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-08
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB2405 | Engross
Sine Die | Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to reauthorize appropriations for FY2012-FY2016 for the influenza vaccine tracking and distribution program in an influenza pande...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-07
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB3463 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate as of December 31, 2010, taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns. Abolishes the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. Directs the Secreta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-05
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| HB3010 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Defines "major rule" and "major guidance" for purposes of this Act as a rule or guidance that is likely to impose: (1) an annual cost on the economy of $100 million or more, adjusted annually for infla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-05
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB527 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) to: (1) define the "economic impact" of a proposed or final rule to include both direct economic effects on small entities and any indirect economic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-05
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB2930 | Engross
Sine Die | Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from its registration requirements and prohibitions any transactions involving the offer or sale of (crowdfunded) securities by an issuer if the aggregate amoun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-12-01
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-444. |
| HB2465 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act - Modifies the definition of "medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies" under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) to include physician assistants and advanced pra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-30
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB2189 | Engross
Sine Die | Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011 - Requires states that receive certain criminal justice assistance grants to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 237. |
| HB822 | Engross
Sine Die | National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is carrying a valid, government-issued identification document containing that person's photograph and a valid permit to carry a concealed fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2354 | Engross
Sine Die | Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2012. Title I: Corps Of Engineers - Civil - Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-16
S.AMDT.964 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7596) |
| HB2940 | Engross
Sine Die | Access to Capital for Job Creators Act - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from specified prohibitions relating to interstate commerce and the mails any transactions by an issuer that do not involve a public offering (as under current law),...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-08
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225. |
| HB1965 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to increase from $1 million to $10 million the shareholder registration threshold for an issuer of securities. Requires an issuer that is either a bank or a bank holding company to register a security with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 223. |
| HB1070 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Securities Act of 1933 (Act) to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt from its regulation a class of securities for which the aggregate offering amount of all s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 222. |
| HB2042 | Engross
Sine Die | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), by November 11, 2011, to establish the APEC Business Travel Program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Car...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-03
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217. |
| HB1002 | Engross
Sine Die | Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits states or local governments from imposing any new discriminatory tax on mobile services, mobile service providers, or mobile service property (i.e., cell phones) for five years after the enactment of this...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-11-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
