Legislative Research: US SB309 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 309 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 119th Congress (Introduced)	A bill to allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students. [SB309 2025 Detail][SB309 2025 Text][SB309 2025 Comments]	2025-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2023-2024 118th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to require a Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy, and for other purposes. [SB309 2023 Detail][SB309 2023 Text][SB309 2023 Comments]	2023-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2021-2022 117th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases. [SB309 2021 Detail][SB309 2021 Text][SB309 2021 Comments]	2021-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-2020 116th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Imposes increased tax rates on decedent estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers. Estates with a value of over $1 billion are taxed at a 77% tax rate. The basic exclusion amount is reduced to $3.5 million. The bill increases (1) to $3 millio... [SB309 2019 Detail][SB309 2019 Text][SB309 2019 Comments]	2019-01-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S807-809)
2017-2018 115th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act This bill establishes a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall target home- and community-based servi... [SB309 2017 Detail][SB309 2017 Text][SB309 2017 Comments]	2017-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2015-2016 114th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Earmark Elimination Act of 2015 Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider a bill or resolution introduced in either chamber or any other measure that includes an earmark. Permits waiver of a point of order against an earmark only by an affirmat... [SB309 2015 Detail][SB309 2015 Text][SB309 2015 Comments]	2015-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
2013-2014 113th Congress (Passed)	Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor collectively the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in recognition ... [SB309 2013 Detail][SB309 2013 Text][SB309 2013 Comments]	2014-05-30 Became Public Law No: 113-108.
2011-2012 112th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova. [SB309 2011 Detail][SB309 2011 Text][SB309 2011 Comments]	2011-02-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2009-2010 111th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Nationwide Freight and Personal Mobility Act - Specifies a formula for the automatic authorization of additional appropriations for National Highway System (NHS) improvement projects, starting FY2010, if apportionments fall below a certain level. Rev... [SB309 2009 Detail][SB309 2009 Text][SB309 2009 Comments]	2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Legislative Citation

APA

US SB309 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress. (2019, January 31). LegiScan. Retrieved June 19, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB309/2019

MLA

"US SB309 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 31 Jan. 2019. Web. 19 Jun. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB309/2019>.

Chicago

"US SB309 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress." January 31, 2019 LegiScan. Accessed June 19, 2026. https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB309/2019.

Turabian

LegiScan. US SB309 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress. 31 January 2019. https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB309/2019 (accessed June 19, 2026).

Subjects

Farmland
Land use and conservation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
HB4857	Same As	2019-10-24	For the 99.8 Percent Act	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB5259	Related	2019-11-22	Preserving Family Farms Act of 2019	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.