| SB281 | Intro
Sine Die | Save Our States Act - Delays the effective date of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 until the date on which final judgment is entered in all cases challenging the constitution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB280 | Intro
Sine Die | No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise requirements relating to annual yearly progress (AYP) of students and schools, statewide and local accountability syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB272 | Intro
Sine Die | EPA Fair Play Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of any defined area as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SR43 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the minority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 112th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S557; text as passed Senate: CR S557; text of measure as introduced: CR S551-552) |
| SB276 | Intro
Sine Die | Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2011 - Amends the National Trails System Act to require a study for the designation of Pike's Trail, a series of routes that follow the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806-1807 Pike exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB262 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provision of the Internal Revenue Code, added by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, that imposes an excise tax on medical devices. Rescinds $39 billion of appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Exempts u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR44 | Intro
Sine Die | Acknowledges the importance of the U.S.-Egyptian strategic partnership in advancing both countries' common interests, including peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa. Reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the freedoms of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S557-558; text as passed Senate: CR S558; text of measure as introduced: CR S552) |
| SB286 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Anton Dodaj, Gjyljana Dodaj, Franc Dodaj, and Kristjan Dodaj.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB256 | Intro
Sine Die | American Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 25% of a qualified equity investment in a qualified small business entity. Defines "qualified small business entity" as a domestic corporation or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB257 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to assign an SBA employee to coordinate SBA programs and activ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SR30 | Intro
Sine Die | Celebrates February 2, 2011, as the 25th anniversary of National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S492) |
| SR37 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the goals of Catholic Schools Week, an event cosponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that recognizes the vital contributions of thousands of Catholic elementary and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S492-494; text as passed Senate: CR S493; text of measure as introduced: CR S486) |
| SR39 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Auburn University football team for winning the 2010 Bowl Championship Series National Championship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S492-494; text as passed Senate: CR S493; text of measure as introduced: CR S487) |
| SB255 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that it is necessary to ensure that Congress is presented with reliable information from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation as to the dynamic macroeconomic feedback effects to cha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
To Senate Budget Committee |
| SR40 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the University of Akron men's soccer team on winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Recognizes that University's athletic program for encouraging student-athletes to achieve in both sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S492-494; text as passed Senate: CR S494; text of measure as introduced: CR S487-488) |
| SR36 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates January 2011 as National Stalking Awareness Month.Applauds the efforts of the many stalking victim service providers, police, prosecutors, national and community organizations, and private sector supporters for their efforts in promoting a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S492-494; text as passed Senate: CR S492-493; text of measure as introduced: CR S486) |
| SB260 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SR38 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on its 100th anniversary. Commends the Minnesotans who have made Brooklyn Center "A Great Place to Start and a Great Place to Stay."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S492-494; text as passed Senate: CR S493; text of measure as introduced: CR S486-487) |
| SB258 | Intro
Sine Die | Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny to taxpayers with gross revenues in excess of $100 million in a taxable year (applicable large taxpayers): (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB259 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that, in the event the debt of the federal government reaches the statutory limit, the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public, and the authority of the Commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB68 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after FY2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB69 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits federal funding to organizations incorporated for specified purposes related to: (1) broadcasting, transmitting, and programming over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; (2) cooperating with foreign br...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HR51 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; (2) the implementation of the national AIDS strategy and its goals; (3) the strengthening of stable African-American communities; (4) reducing the impact of inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB75 | Intro
Sine Die | Automobile Dealers Fair Competition Act of 2011 - Makes it unlawful for any new automobile manufacturer to unreasonably discriminate against or deny a franchise to an automobile dealer who applies for the retention of its franchise. Permits an automo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB81 | Intro
Sine Die | Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) study the uses and capabilities of amateur radio communications in emergencies and disaster relief; (2) use the expertise of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB91 | Intro
Sine Die | Better Use of Light Bulbs Act - Repeals provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 concerning lighting energy efficiency, including provisions that: (1) prescribe energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| SB243 | Intro
Sine Die | Citizen Soldier Support Act - Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 relating to the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (Program) (a program providing access to services supporting the health and well-being ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB92 | Intro
Sine Die | Tele-Care Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance Benefits) of unscheduled physician telephone services by a licensed health care practitione...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB96 | Intro
Sine Die | Internet Freedom Act - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from proposing, promulgating, or issuing any regulations with regard to the Internet or IP-enabled services. Makes such prohibition non-applicable to regulations that are d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB97 | Intro
Sine Die | Free Industry Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of the term "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride; and (2) declare ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB103 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Care Choices for Seniors Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure under which an individual oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB249 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that such Act shall not apply to any gray wolf (canis lupus).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB116 | Intro
Sine Die | Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone nu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| SB254 | Intro
Sine Die | Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require government entities, in order to be entitled to justice system improvement grants to combat violent crimes against women un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB118 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop the Federal Exchanges from Destroying States Act or the STOP the FEDS Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize a state to elect not to establish any required Exchanges for the state (or to cease the operation of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB127 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and any amendments made by either such Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB246 | Intro
Sine Die | Recovering Missing Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the disclosure of tax returns and return information to officers and employees of state or local law enforcement agencies who are partnering with a federal agency in investig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB137 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2011 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each licensee for a television broadcasting station to make available free broadcast time in each even-numbered year for political advertising. Provides ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB272 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act to exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed materials from the lead limits on children's products. Defines "ordinary books" as books published on paper or cardboard, printed by convent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB141 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB142 | Intro
Sine Die | National Strategic Gasoline Reserve for Purposes of National Security Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Strategic Gasoline Reserve system with a total capacity of 10 million barrels of regular unleaded gasoline. Directs th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB279 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any federal agency or official from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB147 | Intro
Sine Die | Prescription Drug Affordability Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to repeal provisions restricting the importation of prescription drugs. Allows a person who meets applicable legal requirements to be an importer of prescri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB151 | Intro
Sine Die | Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2010 [sic] - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the affidavit requirement applicable to the use of private contracts with practitioners under Medicare. Declares that no persons other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB153 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Affordable Energy Act - Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise available for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce: (1) a cap-and-trade program; or (2) any statutory or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB154 | Intro
Sine Die | Defund the Individual Mandate Act - Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any federal department or agency from being used to implement or enforce any federal mandate to purchase health insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB157 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of such hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Ser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB164 | Intro
Sine Die | Damaged Vehicle Information Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to issue a regulation to require persons who terminate a motor vehicle contract due to flood or water...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HJR19 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to "Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SJR4 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits, except in time of a congressionally declared war, federal fiscal year expenditures from exceeding: (1) federal revenues for that fiscal year, except revenue received from the issuance of bonds, notes, or other ob...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
