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

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
SB1546	Intro Sine Die	Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2012 - Title I: Management and Efficiency - (Sec. 101) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish: (1) a process for the review o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
SB3673	Intro Sine Die	Dollar for Dollar Act of 2012 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize a five-year renewable comprehensive Medicaid waiver to allow a state to elect to provide medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid), directly or by c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-12 To Senate Finance Committee
SB3676	Intro Sine Die	Reducing Duplication Overseas Act of 2012 - Requires a federal agency that performs any foreign affairs functions and operates overseas to participate in the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services system for purposes of obtaining h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-12 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB3675	Intro Sine Die	HUBZone Expansion Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to include as a base closure area for purposes of the HUBZONE (historically underutilized business zone) program of the Small Business Administration (SBA) a military installation's munici... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-12 To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
SB3674	Intro Sine Die	Farmers Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of any migratory game bird, including waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over land that: (1) is not a baited area; and (2) contains a standing crop (including... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-12 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB3671	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to treat each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nation as a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement and thus eligible for expedited application and approval for the importat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-12 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB3670	Intro Sine Die	Conditioning United States-Egypt Military Exercises Act of 2012 - Prohibits FY2013 funds from being used for U.S. participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if, during FY2013, Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Is... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-12 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB3669	Intro Sine Die	Provides assistance, from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-11 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
SB3548	Intro Sine Die	Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2012 - Amends the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 to authorize the construction of the National Native American Veterans' Memorial on the property of the National Museu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 563.
SB3546	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2013-FY2017, for a grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562.
SB2024	Intro Sine Die	Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act - Amends the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture, upon the receipt of certain consideration and at the request of the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico and the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.
SB76	Intro Sine Die	Strengthening Protections for Children and Communities From Disease Clusters Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) develop, publish, and update guidelines on an approach to investigate suspected or pote... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-11 Star Print ordered on on the report (112-213).
SB3668	Intro Sine Die	Bradley Fighting Vehicle Sustainment Act of 2012 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study on the quantitative and qualitative impacts of a production break for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-10 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB3664	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes an increase in the public debt limit by an Executive order of the President. (Currently, a public debt increase is limited to the congressional budget process, a presidential modification of the debt ceiling procedures subject to a joint r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-10 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
SB3663	Intro Sine Die	Revises provisions concerning a required congressional notification and waiting period prior to the closure or realignment of a military installation by the Department of Defense (DOD) to instead prohibit, absent specific legislative authorization, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-06 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB3665	Intro Sine Die	Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to inform students who indicate on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-06 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB3661	Intro Sine Die	Space Exploration Sustainability Act - Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to make it: (1) a long-term goal for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) to sustainably expand permanent human ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-05 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee