| US | SB151 | Engross | TRACED Act Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act This bill implements a forfeiture penalty for violations (with or without intent) of the prohibition on certain robocalls. The bill also removes an annual reporting requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill. |
| US | SB743 | Intro | Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs Congress to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as Merrill's Marauders, in rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6895-6896) |
| US | SB1148 | Intro | ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to give preferential consideration to air traffic control specialists applicants: (1) who have completed air traffic controller training and graduated from an instit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-05
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319. |
| US | SB178 | Engross | Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 This bill directs various U.S. government bodies to prepare reports on China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-04
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill. |
| US | SB2710 | Pass | A bill to prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force. This bill directs the President to prohibit the issuance of licenses to export specified munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-27
Became Public Law No: 116-77. |
| US | SB1838 | Pass | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 This bill directs various departments to assess whether political developments in Hong Kong justify changing Hong Kong's unique treatment under U.S. law. (Hong Kong is part of China but has a largely s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-27
Became Public Law No: 116-76. |
| US | SR435 | Intro | A resolution reaffirming the importance of the General Security of Military Information Agreement between the Republic of Korea and Japan, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 11/20/2019 CR S6722) |
| US | SR438 | Intro | A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children waiting for adoption, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encourag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-21
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6764; text: CR S6760) |
| US | SB1087 | Intro | Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. |
| US | SB2898 | Intro | CONTRACT Act of 2019 Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-19
[Hearing: Dec 11 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | SR425 | Intro | A resolution designating October 2019 as "National Down Syndrome Awareness Month" and supporting the goals and ideals of National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6614; text: CR S6612) |
| US | SB2860 | Intro | Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB2869 | Intro | Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB2840 | Intro | Essential National Security Authorities Act for Fiscal Year 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-13
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 305. |
| US | SB2731 | Intro | Essential National Security Authorities Act for Fiscal Year 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-12
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | SR413 | Intro | A resolution designating the week of November 4 through November 8, 2019, as "National Veterans Small Business Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-07
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6485; text: CR S6481) |
| US | SB2815 | Intro | National Purple Heart Honor Mission Commemorative Coin Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-07
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| US | SR411 | Intro | A resolution affirming that States maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands, that the President has no authority to declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-07
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| US | SB2662 | Intro | Growing American Innovation Now Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-06
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. |
| US | SR400 | Intro | A resolution recognizing October 2019 as "National Women's Small Business Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6357; text: CR S6342) |
| US | SR399 | Intro | A resolution designating November 2, 2019, as "National Bison Day". This resolution designates November 2, 2019, as National Bison Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6357; text: CR S341-6342) |
| US | SB2757 | Intro | HELP for Small Businesses Act Harmless Error Lesser Penalty for Small Businesses Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| US | SB1678 | Engross | Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of State to periodically report to Congress on U.S. actions to affirm and strengthen Taiwan's international alliances around the w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-31
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | SR390 | Intro | A resolution honoring the life, accomplishments, and legacy of Senator Kay Hagan. This resolution declares that (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Kay Hagan, former Member of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: S6307; text: CR S6305-6306) |
| US | SB2745 | Intro | Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abortion Prohibition Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB2739 | Intro | Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SR378 | Intro | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the House of Representatives should, consistent with long-standing practice and precedent, prior to proceeding any further with its impeachment investigation into President Donald J. Trump, vote to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-24
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | SJR59 | Intro | A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the precipitous withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Syria and Afghanistan, and Turkey's unprovoked incursion into Syria. This joint resolution condemns Turkey's hostilities against Kurd...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 259. |
| US | SB2649 | Intro | Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act This bill (1) sets deadlines for final examination reports and exit interviews of a financial institution by a federal financial regulatory agency, and (2) establishes the Office of Independe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-21
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| US | SB2620 | Intro | GROWTH Act Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB2602 | Intro | RPM Act of 2019 Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-16
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| US | SB239 | Pass | Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 350,000 $1 silver coins in commemoration of Christa McAuliffe, a teacher tragically killed in the Space Shuttle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-10-09
Became Public Law No: 116-65. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | SR252 | Intro | A resolution designating September 2019 as National Democracy Month as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of government of the United States to a more free and stable world.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-26
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 06/19/2019 CR S3849-3850) |
| US | SB2590 | Intro | Dignity for Aborted Children Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB2585 | Intro | Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB1340 | Engross | Ebola Eradication Act of 2019 This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to immediately assist in efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DPRC), South Sudan, and Burundi to combat the Ebola outbreak that began in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-24
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | SB1790 | Engross | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 This bill authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the national security programs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-19
Conference held. |
| US | SB816 | Intro | Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2019 This bill provides that an application for the exportation of natural gas that does not exceed 51.75 billion cubic feet per year shall be deemed consistent with the public interest and granted by the Federal Power C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-16
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175. |
| US | SB2377 | Intro | Medicaid Accountability Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR263 | Intro | A resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-31
Star Print ordered on the resolution. |
| US | SB1992 | Intro | A bill to amend the FAST Act to repeal a rescission of funds. This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to repeal the permanent rescission on July 1, 2020, of $7.569 billion in unobligated federal-aid highway funds f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-31
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 168. |
| US | SB2310 | Intro | Bridge Investment Act of 2019 This bill establishes a bridge investment program to award competitive grants to certain governmental entities for projects that improve (1) the condition of bridges; and (2) the safety, efficiency, and reliability of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-29
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| US | SB2308 | Intro | Patients First Act of 2019 This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support stem cell research. Specifically, the NIH must conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, produc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB2292 | Intro | Asylum Abuse Reduction Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SR282 | Intro | A resolution honoring former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-23
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5000-5001; text: CR S5017-5018) |
| US | SB1014 | Intro | Route 66 Centennial Commission Act This bill establishes the Route 66 Centennial Commission to honor U.S. Route 66 on the occasion of its centennial anniversary. The bill sets forth the duties of the commission, its membership, powers, and reporting ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-23
By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-62. |
| US | SR265 | Intro | A resolution designating July 27, 2019, as "National Day of the American Cowboy". This resolution designates July 27, 2019, as National Day of the American Cowboy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-23
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 6/26/2019 S4579) |
| US | SB2198 | Intro | PLANE Act of 2019 Promoting the Launch of Aviation's Next Era Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR74 | Intro | A resolution marking the fifth anniversary of Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity by honoring the bravery, determination, and sacrifice of the people of Ukraine during and since the Revolution, and condemning continued Russian aggression against Ukraine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-16
S.Amdt.925 Amendment SA 925 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | SB2080 | Intro | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-10
[Hearing: Dec 12 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
