Legislative Research: US SB247 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 247 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 119th Congress (Introduced)	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify payment rules for manual wheelchairs under part B of the Medicare program. [SB247 2025 Detail][SB247 2025 Text][SB247 2025 Comments]	2025-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2023-2024 118th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose. [SB247 2023 Detail][SB247 2023 Text][SB247 2023 Comments]	2023-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S235)
2021-2022 117th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector. [SB247 2021 Detail][SB247 2021 Text][SB247 2021 Comments]	2021-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2019-2020 116th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Adds specified additional lands in the George Washington National Forest (a part of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky) to the Rough Mountain Wilderness and the Rich Hole Wilderness. The Depa... [SB247 2019 Detail][SB247 2019 Text][SB247 2019 Comments]	2019-01-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S700-701)
2017-2018 115th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Bring Jobs Home Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the Unite... [SB247 2017 Detail][SB247 2017 Text][SB247 2017 Comments]	2017-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2015-2016 114th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Expatriate Terrorist Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen: taking an oath or making a declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrori... [SB247 2015 Detail][SB247 2015 Text][SB247 2015 Comments]	2015-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2013-2014 113th Congress (Engrossed - Dead)	Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act - Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Establishes in Auburn, New Yor... [SB247 2013 Detail][SB247 2013 Text][SB247 2013 Comments]	2014-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2011-2012 112th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act - Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes appropriations. Esta... [SB247 2011 Detail][SB247 2011 Text][SB247 2011 Comments]	2012-01-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 267.
2009-2010 111th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Energy the Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) authorize the issuance of a redeemable vo... [SB247 2009 Detail][SB247 2009 Text][SB247 2009 Comments]	2009-01-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S396-397)

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Legislative Citation

APA

US SB247 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress. (2019, January 28). LegiScan. Retrieved July 07, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB247/2019

MLA

"US SB247 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 28 Jan. 2019. Web. 07 Jul. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB247/2019>.

Chicago

"US SB247 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress." January 28, 2019 LegiScan. Accessed July 07, 2026. https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB247/2019.

Turabian

LegiScan. US SB247 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress. 28 January 2019. https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB247/2019 (accessed July 07, 2026).

Subjects

Forests, forestry, trees
Public lands and natural resources
Virginia
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
SB3076	Related	2020-01-07	An original bill to release a federal reversionary interest in Chester County, Tennessee, to manage certain Federal land in Bath County, Virginia, and for other purposes.	Held at the desk.