| US | SB526 | Engross | Microloan Modernization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act to repeal the "25/75" rule under the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Program (assisting low-income individuals to start and operate a small business) that permi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-19
Held at the desk. |
| US | SR581 | Intro | A resolution authorizing the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Senate in Texas v. United States, No. 4:18-cv-00167-O (N.D. Tex.).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-19
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | SB3248 | Intro | A bill to restrict the provision by international financial institutions of loans and financial and technical assistance to the Government of Turkey, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-19
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SB3247 | Intro | A bill to improve programs and activities relating to women's entrepreneurship and economic empowerment that are carried out by the United States Agency for International Development, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-19
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SB717 | Engross | POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the U.S. Attorney's office in each judicial district to conduct, at least annually, a public event to promote pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-18
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill. |
| US | SB2345 | Intro | Justice Served Act of 2018 This bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to add, as a purpose area under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, increasing the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-18
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. |
| US | SR557 | Intro | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the strategic importance of NATO to the collective security of the transatlantic region and urging its member states to work together at the upcoming summit to strengthen the alliance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520. |
| US | SB2289 | Intro | Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018 This bill creates the Office of Cybersecurity within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that, in part, must: supervise, evaluate, and regulate specified agencies' management of data security; examin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SR575 | Intro | A resolution honoring the memory of the 5 victims of the attack at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 28, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4955; text: CR S4954) |
| US | SB3194 | Intro | Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB1112 | Intro | Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program under which HHS may make grants to states (including federally recognized Indian tribes and organizations) for the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-09
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. |
| US | SB1091 | Pass | Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes an Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. The council must identify, promote, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-07
Became Public Law No: 115-196. |
| US | SR563 | Intro | A resolution recognizing June 2018 as "LGBTQ Pride Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SR568 | Intro | A resolution designating June 2018 as "Great Outdoors Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4808; text: CR S4746) |
| US | SB3180 | Intro | Stop Taxing Our Potential Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB1158 | Intro | Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 This bill states that it is U.S. policy to regard the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes as a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility. The President shal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 489. |
| US | SB756 | Engross | SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | SB2463 | Intro | BUILD Act of 2018 Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 This bill establishes the United States International Development Finance Corporation to facilitate the participation of private sector capital and skills in the e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 493. |
| US | SB3150 | Intro | DISCLOSE Act of 2018 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | SB3151 | Intro | Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB1989 | Intro | Honest Ads Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held. |
| US | SB3110 | Intro | Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB2652 | Engross | Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Financial Services Committee |
| US | SB3090 | Intro | Save Voters Act Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | SB3077 | Intro | Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB3057 | Intro | STOP Act of 2018 Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR539 | Intro | A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SB1692 | Engross | National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to pay...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Held at the desk. |
| US | SB3020 | Intro | International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SB3036 | Intro | Keep Families Together Act This bill prohibits an agent or contractor of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the Department of Health and Human Services from removing a child who is under the age of 18 and has no perman...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB3013 | Intro | A bill to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require Congressional approval before the President adjusts imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB2283 | Intro | Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act to provide statutory authority for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Credit Risk Management and the SBA Lender Oversight Committee. For F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-265. |
| US | SB292 | Pass | Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specime...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
Became Public Law No: 115-180. |
| US | SR533 | Intro | A resolution commemorating the commissioning of the USS Manchester.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2997; text: CR S2993-2994) |
| US | SB2952 | Engross | Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to revise administrative and judicial dispute resolution procedures for initiating and resolving claims by employees alleging that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
Held at the desk. |
| US | SR528 | Intro | A resolution designating the week of May 20 through May 26, 2018, as "National Public Works Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2942; text: CR S2940) |
| US | SB2957 | Intro | PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2018 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. The soring of horses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | SR526 | Intro | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that politicians should not interfere with a woman's personal health care decisions or attempt to prevent providers from offering their full medical recommendations to their patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB2935 | Intro | Transportation Workforce Recovery and Retention Act This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to continue to prioritize and support the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program for flight crewmembers and the Flight Attendant Dru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | SR521 | Intro | A resolution condemning the horrific attack in Santa Fe, Texas, and expressing support and prayers for all of those impacted by the tragedy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2886; text: CR S2881) |
| US | SJR58 | Intro | A joint resolution to require certifications regarding actions by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. |
| US | SB2925 | Intro | A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to foreign countries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SB2922 | Intro | Help for Moms and Babies Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SJR52 | Engross | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Restoring Internet Freedom". This joint resolution nullifies the ru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
Held at the desk. |
| US | SR512 | Intro | A resolution designating the week of May 13 through May 19, 2018, as "National Police Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2733; text: CR S2727-2728) |
| US | SB2863 | Intro | National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-16
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| US | SR443 | Intro | A resolution recognizing the 197th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States. Congratulates the people of Greece as they celebrate the 197th anniversary of their independence. Supports the pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | SB2835 | Intro | PRINT Act Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR505 | Intro | A resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. Thanks the teachers of the United States and promotes the teaching ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2629 S2630-2631; text: CR S2629) |
| US | SB2830 | Intro | SIREN Act of 2018 Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
