US Legislation | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB160	Intro Sine Die	Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold amount an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB5	Intro Sine Die	Reform America's Schools to Educate the Leaders of the Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) ensure that all students have equitable access to a high-quality, well-rounded education that prepares them for success; (... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB96	Intro Sine Die	Title X Family Planning Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit federal family planning funds from being awarded to any grantees who perform abortions or whose subgrantees perform abortions, except where a woman suffers from a physical... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB129	Intro Sine Die	Natural Disaster Fairness in Contracting Act of 2011- Requires agencies, in entering into a contract to procure property or services in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts, to use specified competitive procedures. Allows agencies ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB15	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of any other federal agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that China, India, and Russia have initiated measures ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB45	Intro Sine Die	Offshoring Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income. Defines "imported property... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB40	Intro Sine Die	Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to accredited doctoral, internship, and residency pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB103	Intro Sine Die	IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB35	Intro Sine Die	Gun Show Background Check Act of 2011 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors. Provides that if any part of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB90	Intro Sine Die	Military Family-Friendly Employer Award Act - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) an annual award to be known as the Military Family-Friendly Employer Award (Award) for non-federal employers who have developed and implemented workplace fle... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB123	Intro Sine Die	Social Security Lock-Box Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order against consideration of any: (1) budget resolution that sets forth totals for any fiscal year with respect to the Social Security Trust Fu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Budget Committee
SB133	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB26	Intro Sine Die	Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB168	Intro Sine Die	Voter Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prescribe standards for paid distribution of voter registration application forms and registration requirements for organizations. Prohibits any individual from distributing, fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
SB185	Intro Sine Die	Child Protection Compact Act of 2011 - 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, or cont... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SB152	Intro Sine Die	Dual Fuel Vehicle Act of 2011 - Requires automobile manufacturers to ensure that at least 50% of 2014 and 2015 model year automobiles and light duty trucks manufactured for sale in the United States are dual fueled (capable of operating on alternativ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB164	Intro Sine Die	Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011- Repeals the provision of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring federal, state, and local governmental entities to withhold 3% of payments due to vendors providing goods and services t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB147	Intro Sine Die	Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) from intentionally diverting waste streams to bypass any portion of the treat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB1	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: eliminate tax loopholes that encourage companies to ship American jobs overseas; expand markets for United States exports; promote the development of new, innovative products bearing the ins... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2	Intro Sine Die	Middle Class Success Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) support middle class tax relief; (2) help families afford the cost of college and improve opportunities for a secure retirement; (3) invest in infrastructure and o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB10	Intro Sine Die	Family Economic Success Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) guarantee pay equity for women; (2) reward companies that promote flexible work environments for working parents with children and for workers who are caregiver... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB17	Intro Sine Die	Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act - Repeals the Internal Revenue Code provision, added by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, that imposes an excise tax on medical devices. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB104	Intro Sine Die	Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to finalize the proposed rule entitled "Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Requirements... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB67	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to permit any former member of the armed forces who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to travel on military aircraft to the same... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB149	Intro Sine Die	FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through December 31, 2013, a provision granting roving electronic surveillance authority. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism P... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB86	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes a financial institution, when verifying the identity of a non-U.S. citizen or national who is seeking to open a bank account, to accept only: (1) a Social Security number, (2) a passport number and the country of issuance, (3) an alien ide... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB54	Intro Sine Die	Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB3	Intro Sine Die	Fiscal Responsibility and Spending Control Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) address the rising national debt and long-term fiscal challenges through a bipartisan agreement that significantly corrects our nation's long... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB167	Intro Sine Die	Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB34	Intro Sine Die	Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of a firearms or explosives license or permit (or revoke such l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB112	Intro Sine Die	Extends to all portions of the Interstate Highway System in the states of Maine and Vermont the application of their respective state vehicle weight limit laws and regulations in lieu of federal vehicle weight limits. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB44	Intro Sine Die	Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate with p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB153	Intro Sine Die	Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (this Act) to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB93	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB175	Intro Sine Die	Violence Against Children Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance to state, local, or Indian tribal governments in the criminal investigation or prosecution of felonies agains... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB11	Intro Sine Die	Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2011 - Renders inapplicable the general terminating date (i.e., December 31, 2012) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to provisions of that Act that eliminate the tax effect known... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB73	Intro Sine Die	State Leadership in Health Care Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to allow states to apply for a waiver of specified requirements under PPACA with respect to health insurance coverage within that state due to impleme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB82	Intro Sine Die	Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act - Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions of tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB7	Intro Sine Die	Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) simplify and shrink the tax code to reduce burdens on taxpayers and businesses, (2) eliminate wasteful tax breaks for special interests and remove cor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB105	Intro Sine Die	Save Our Industries Act of 2011 or SAVE Act - Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and components of such apparel consisting entirely of: (1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB165	Intro Sine Die	Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to codify provisions that prohibit the federal government and any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from subjecting any health professio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB186	Intro Sine Die	Safe and Responsible Redeployment of United States Combat Forces from Afghanistan Act of 2011 - States that is U.S. policy to begin the phased redeployment of U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan by July 1, 2011. Requires the President to submit a pla... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SB110	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the charitable tax deduction for contributions of qualified vehicles (i.e., highway motor vehicles, boats, or airplanes) to: (1) set forth revised acknowledgment requirements for vehicles valued at $2,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB12	Intro Sine Die	Job Creation Act of 2011 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to reduce the employment tax rate to 4.2% for employers and to 8.4% for self employed individuals Amends the Internal Revenue Code ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB37	Intro Sine Die	Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the restriction that a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker provide services in a comprehensive outpatient rehab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB36	Intro Sine Die	Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide full reimbursement (100% of the federal medical assistance percentage or FMAP) for medical assistance given to a Native Hawaiian through... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee
SB150	Intro Sine Die	Health Care and Training for Older Workers Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to extend COBRA continuation coverage for certain older workers. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise: (1) statewide ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB154	Intro Sine Die	Fast Track to College Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching six-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or support dual enroll... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB9	Intro Sine Die	Political Reform and Gridlock Elimination Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) pass the DISCLOSE Act to prevent a corporate takeover of our elections and ensure that our democracy is open, transparent, and controlled by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
SB78	Intro Sine Die	Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish a health advisory for perchlorate that is fully protect... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-01-25 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee