| SR630 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Navy and the many crews of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) (Enterprise) on having provided the United States an incalculable service in international relations and engagement and in the prevention and winning of armed conflicts over ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8668; text as passed Senate: CR S8668; text of measure as introduced: CR S8666) |
| SB847 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a rule that establishes: (1) the data that constitute the minimum data sets for chemica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-02
An errata sheet on written report No. 112-264 was printed to include Minority views. |
| SB692 | Intro
Sine Die | National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2011 - Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-02
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-266. |
| SB2326 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 2 Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577. |
| SB2251 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 576. |
| SB1763 | Intro
Sine Die | Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or the SAVE Native Women Act - Title I: Grant Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian triba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. |
| SJR51 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves and nullifies a rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provides guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR613 | Intro
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Urges European governments and the European Union (EU) to: (1) designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization so th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice. (text: CR S8379-8380) |
| SB1684 | Intro
Sine Die | Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2012 - Title I: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575. |
| SB1449 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act of 2011 [sic] or Mariah's Act - Title I: Highway Safety - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2012 and FY2013 for Nation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-261. |
| SB1262 | Intro
Sine Die | Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Subtitle A: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged - (Sec. 111) Amends part A of title I (Improving the Acade...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574. |
| SB911 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act - Title I: Reallocation of Public Safety Spectrum - (Sec. 101) Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reallocate the 700 MHz D block spectrum (between the frequencies from 758-763 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-21
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-260. |
| SB3702 | Intro
Sine Die | Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to administer the veteran's treatment courts p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3699 | Intro
Sine Die | Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the "Medicare and You Handbook." Directs the Secreta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR626 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates April 24, 2014, as Jan Karski Day. Recognizes the life and legacy of Dr. Karski and expresses gratitude for his efforts in informing the free world of the atrocities committed by Nazi and totalitarian forces in Poland during World War II....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR627 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates Senator Barbara Mikulski as Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8320; text as passed Senate: CR S8320; text of measure as introduced: CR S8305) |
| SR617 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates Johnny Manziel for winning the 2012 Heisman Memorial Trophy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8320) |
| SB3523 | Intro
Sine Die | Innovative Design Protection Act of 2012 - Extends copyright protection to fashion designs. Revises the definition of "useful article" to include an article of apparel (clothing, handbags, purses, wallets, tote bags, belts, and eyeglass frames). Exc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. |
| SR439 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for: (1) law enforcement agency efforts to provide training to law enforcement agents on how to investigate and prosecute cases of sex trafficking and how to identify and rescue trafficking victims; and (2) trafficking victim servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-20
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8319-8320) |
| SB3697 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to certain mercury compounds, products, and processes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3696 | Intro
Sine Die | New Columbia Admission Act - Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR625 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes and applauds the planned January 12, 2013, opening of the United States Freedom Pavilion: the Boeing Center, an iconic pavilion and a major feature of the America's National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. Recognizes the ge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8233-8234; text as passed Senate: CR S8233-8234; text of measure as introduced: CR S8205-8206) |
| SCR65 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Navy and the many crews of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) (Enterprise) on having provided the United States an incalculable service in international relations and engagement and in the prevention and winning of armed conflicts over ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SR618 | Intro
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Observes the 100th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Commemorates the legacy of Rosa Parks to inspire all people of the United States ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8232-8233) |
| SB2234 | Intro
Sine Die | End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the authority of a federal agency to terminate a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement involving grantees or contract...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571. |
| SB1980 | Intro
Sine Die | Pirate Fishing Elimination Act - Implements the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, done at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (U.N.) in Rome, It...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 112-255. |
| SB1910 | Intro
Sine Die | Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) States as the purpose of this Act to apply the same employment benefits and obligations to federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships and to their domestic partners as appl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 572. |
| SB1100 | Intro
Sine Die | Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from: (1) requiring a contractor to submit political information as part of a solicitation, request for bid, request for proposal, or any other commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570. |
| SB241 | Intro
Sine Die | Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012 - Repeals and replaces provisions prohibiting reprisals against employees of civilian and defense contractors for disclosures to federal officials of information concerning a substantial viola...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569. |
| SR624 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret of the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Senator from Hawaii. Declares that when the Senate adjourns December 18, 2012, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-18
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8152; text as passed Senate: CR S8152; text of measure as introduced: CR S8140) |
| SR623 | Intro
Sine Die | Notifies the President of the United States of the election of the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy as President of the Senate pro tempore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-18
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8103-8104; text as passed Senate: CR S8104; text of measure as introduced: CR S8140) |
| SR622 | Intro
Sine Die | Notifies the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy as President of the Senate pro tempore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-18
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8103; text as passed Senate: CR S8103; text of measure as introduced: CR S8139) |
| SB3689 | Intro
Sine Die | Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the Senior Airman Michael Malarsie Program for the awarding of grants to certain nonprofit organizations to assist them in es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-18
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB3685 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2012 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Tribal Self-Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
To Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
| SB3686 | Intro
Sine Die | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 related to equal employment opportunities to include in the term "religion" all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3688 | Intro
Sine Die | Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2012 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 - Calls for the Attorney General to: (1) make use of all existing resources of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including task forces, to bring m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR619 | Intro
Sine Die | Elects Senator Patrick J. Leahy from Vermont as the President of the Senate pro tempore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8089; text as passed Senate: CR S8089; text of measure as introduced: CR S8073) |
| SR620 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes Senator Harry Reid from Nevada to administer the oath of office of President of the Senate Pro Tempore to Senator Patrick J. Leahy from Vermont.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8089; text as passed Senate: CR S8089; text of measure as introduced: CR S8073) |
| SR621 | Intro
Sine Die | Condemns the senseless attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. Offers condolences to all of the students, teachers, administrators, and faculty of Sandy Hook Elementary School, as well as their families, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8089-8090; text as passed Senate: CR S8090; text of measure as introduced: CR S8073) |
| SB1223 | Intro
Sine Die | Location Privacy Protection Act of 2012 - (Sec. 3) Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a covered entity from knowingly collecting, receiving, recording, obtaining, or disclosing to a nongovernmental individual or entity geolocation informati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 567. |
| SB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2012 - (Sec. 5) Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to reorganize a Native Hawaiian governing entity to provide for their common welfare and to adopt an appropriate constitution and byla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568. |
| SB3678 | Intro
Sine Die | FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012 - Amends the National Housing Act (NHA) to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (who currently is authorized) to establish and collect additional annual premium payments for the first 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB3679 | Intro
Sine Die | Indian Trust Asset Reform Act - Reaffirms the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities to Indians. States that: (1) the most exacting common law fiduciary standards governing private trustees also govern the federal government when it manages...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
To Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
| SB3681 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in obtaining the best available collateral for a disaster loan of not more than $200,000 relating to damage to or destruction of property or econo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB3682 | Intro
Sine Die | Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2012 or the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2012 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3683 | Intro
Sine Die | Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act - Amends the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984, with respect to certain lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests in the state of Washington designated as part of the Glaci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SR616 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, acting jointly, to provide to law enforcement officials, regulatory agencies, and othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8046-8047; text as passed Senate: CR S8046-8047; text of measure as introduced: CR S8043) |
| SB3680 | Intro
Sine Die | 2013 Making Working Pay Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revive in calendar year 2013 the making work pay tax credit, (2) establish the amount of such credit as the lesser of 6.0% of earned income or $800 in a taxable year ($1,60...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3672 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in obtaining the best available collateral for a disaster loan of not more than $200,000 relating to damage to or destruction of property or econo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| SB3637 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to extend through December 31, 2014, the transaction account guarantee program (TAG) established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide unl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-12-13
S.AMDT.3315 SA 3315 fell when SA 3314 fell. |
