| SB3505 | Intro
Sine Die | Afghanistan Contractor Accountability Act of 2012 - Requires the head of an executive agency that fails to respond to a covered final audit report issued by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or that responds with a non-con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3506 | Intro
Sine Die | Ethical Pathway Act of 2012 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to establish a mechanism by which an applicant to sell any new pharmaceutical drug, vaccine, biologic product, or medical device that requires regulatory approval by the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3508 | Intro
Sine Die | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize for FY2013-FY2015 the SCORE program (the Service Corps of Retired Executives, which provides free mentoring and related services to small businesses). Requires the Ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB3509 | Intro
Sine Die | Everglades for the Next Generation Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, after completing a project implementation report prepared for a project under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB1065 | Intro
Sine Die | Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2012- (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in and to specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shosh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 489. |
| SB3511 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, or care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB3513 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Self-Sufficiency Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the purpose of the Family-Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program to include the use of both low-income housing assistance under Section 8 of such Act (as in current law) and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB3515 | Intro
Sine Die | Protect America's Privacy Act of 2012 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to prohibit the targeting of a person outside the United States when a significant purpose of the acquisition is to acquire the communications of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3516 | Intro
Sine Die | Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2012 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a program under which a wireless carrier receiving a license under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 may partition or dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3517 | Intro
Sine Die | Panama-Pacific International Exposition and Panama Canal Commemorative Coins Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, in commemoration of the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the Panama Canal: (1) $5...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB3518 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Trade in Seafood Act - Declares that it shall be a principal objective of the United States in negotiations for a trade agreement to: (1) eliminate or reduce fisheries subsidies provided by foreign countries that unfairly distort markets to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3520 | Intro
Sine Die | Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012 - Requires the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to establish a voluntary program for eligible...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB3512 | Intro
Sine Die | Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) to authorize states to adopt and implement coal combustion residuals permit programs. Requires states that decide to implement such a program to: (1) certify th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB1218 | Intro
Sine Die | Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. Deems m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490. |
| SB225 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to require, upon the grant of an ex parte order by a federal judge or magistrate, an individual's mailing address held by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487. |
| SR544 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Navy Dental Corps on its 100th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6012-6013; text as passed Senate: CR S6012; text of measure as introduced: CR S5992) |
| SR545 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 75th anniversary of Air Force Weather.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6012-6013; text as passed Senate: CR S6012; text of measure as introduced: CR S5992) |
| SR546 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week of September 10, 2012, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Encourages people across the United States to support programs to assist those in need of adult education, workforce skills, and family literacy programs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6012-6013; text as passed Senate: CR S6012-6013; text of measure as introduced: CR S5992-5993) |
| SR402 | Intro
Sine Die | Condemns Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for committing crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supports efforts by the United States and countries in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and LRA commanders from the battlefi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6009-6010) |
| SR547 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the Senate's deepest condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Sally Ride (the first woman from the United States to travel in space) on her death. Mourns the loss of Dr. Ride, a trailblazing pioneer who inspired millions of individuals,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6012-6013; text as passed Senate: CR S6013; text of measure as introduced: CR S5993) |
| SB379 | Intro
Sine Die | Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011 - Title I: Chickahominy Indian Tribe - (Sec. 103) Extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe. Makes: (1) all U.S. laws of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491. |
| SB3514 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the $15 million limitation placed upon the total annual payment to certified states or Indian tribes in connection with abandoned mine reclamation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB3507 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on ceiling fans for permanent installation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3499 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to exempt from certain registration and disclosure requirements the sale or lease of a condominium unit not already exempt from coverage under such Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB3496 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize direct payment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) to a pharmacy for certain covered compound drugs prepared by the pharmacy for a spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3470 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3473 | Intro
Sine Die | Sequestration Prevention Act of 2012 - Title I: Fully Repeal the Sequestration Provision of Round 2 of the Budget Control Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm--Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3474 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3475 | Intro
Sine Die | Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), acting through the Human Resources Directorate and not less than one research directorate of the NSF, to award competitive grants to el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3476 | Intro
Sine Die | Improving Access to Child Care for Homeless Families Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress has enacted successful policies to increase homeless children's access to and stability in public elementary and secondary schools a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3370 | Intro
Sine Die | Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to offer to convey to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation certain federal lands located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Requires such conv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483. |
| SB3477 | Intro
Sine Die | Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) implementation of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP) is paramount in improving the lives of women around the world and increasi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB3480 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to exempt, from the rules of prudential regulators for swap dealers and major swap participants with respect to initial and variation margin requirements for swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives cleari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB3465 | Intro
Sine Die | Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2012 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make it a duty and function of the Administration on Aging (AOA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide technical assistance to, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3466 | Intro
Sine Die | Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the qualified training expenses of job trainees who have been unemployed for at least 90 days before enrolling in a trai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3468 | Intro
Sine Die | Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012 - Authorizes the President to require an independent regulatory agency to: (1) comply, to the extent permitted by law, with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies; (2) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3471 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any prize or award won in athletic competition in the Olympic Games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3479 | Intro
Sine Die | Building a Stronger America Act of 2012 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to award renewable three-year competitive industry or sector partnership grants to eligible entities ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SR519 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates October 30, 2012, as a national day of remembrance for U.S. nuclear weapons program workers, including uranium miners, millers, and haulers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5898) |
| SR540 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the week of August 6-August 10, 2012, as National Convenient Care Clinic Week. Expresses support for: (1) such Week's goal of raising awareness of the need for accessible and cost-effective health care options to complement the traditional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5900; text of measure as introduced: CR S5884) |
| SR539 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates October 13, 2012, as National Chess Day to enhance awareness and encourage students and adults to play chess.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899-5900; text of measure as introduced: CR S5894) |
| SR538 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates September 2012 as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness about prostate cancer screening and treatment; (2) increase research funding in an amount commensurate with the burden ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899; text of measure as introduced: CR S5883-5884) |
| SR537 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899; text of measure as introduced: CR S5883) |
| SR536 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates September 9, 2012, as National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day. Calls upon the people of the United States to observe a moment of reflection during the ninth hour of September 9, 2012, to remember that during the nine months...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5898-5900; text as passed Senate: CR S5899; text of measure as introduced: CR S5883) |
| SR535 | Intro
Sine Die | Commends the Movement is Life National Caucus for its efforts in creating a dialogue which draws attention to musculoskeletal health disparities among women, African-Americans, and Latinos.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3478 | Intro
Sine Die | Uninterrupted Scholars Act - Amends provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 that prohibit the Department of Education from funding educational agencies or institutions that release student educational records (or personall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3467 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from conducting aerial surveillance in exercising any authority for one year after enactment of this Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB641 | Intro
Sine Die | Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2011 - (Sec. 3) Calls for the United States to help undertake a global effort to bring sustainable access to clean water and sanitation to poor people throughout the world. (Sec. 5) Amends the Foreign Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-31
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 481. |
| SB792 | Intro
Sine Die | Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive a debt owed to the United States relating to federal assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disast...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-31
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 478. |
| SB3444 | Intro
Sine Die | Wear American Act of 2012 - Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require federal agencies to procure textiles and apparel articles, including components for such articles, that are ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-31
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5726-5727) |
