| SB3524 | Intro
Sine Die | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Expansion Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study lands within Bexar and Wilson Counties in Texas, to identify lands that would be suitable for inclusion in the San Antonio Missions N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| SB2989 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act of 2010 - Title I: Contract Bundling - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to require each federal agency (agency) to include in each solicitation for any contract award above the substantial bundlin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635. |
| SB3261 | Intro
Sine Die | Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. Designates the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Corporation to subm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| HB3843 | Intro
Sine Die | Transparency for America's Heroes Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website redacted records and documents (but not personal identifying information) created by the VA as part...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB6203 | Intro
Sine Die | Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act - Redesignates the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands |
| SB3897 | Intro
Sine Die | National Commission on Children and Disasters Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 to authorize appropriations for the National Commission on Children and Disasters through FY2012. Requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB2378 | Engross
Sine Die | Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a "countervailable subsidy" requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| SB3283 | Intro
Sine Die | Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2010 - Designates peak 12,240, which is located 0.6 miles northeast of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the Ansel Adams Wilderness and Yosemite National Park in California as Mt. Andrea Lawrence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| HB4113 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2010 - Title I: Jurisdictional Improvements - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal judicial code to declare that, with respect to diversity of citizenship, the U.S. district courts shall not have or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB3875 | Intro
Sine Die | Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act - Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled. Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit solely by reaso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| SB3891 | Intro
Sine Die | Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2010 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or nonprofits, educational service age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB3291 | Intro
Sine Die | Coltsville National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) in Connecticut. Requires such Park to provide interpretation and viewing of specified sites, including the Eas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| HB6290 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require coverage under Medicaid of services of optometrists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB3877 | Intro
Sine Die | Wage Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Portal-to-Portal Act to toll the statute of limitations for bringing a cause of action for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages under the Fair Standards Act and certain other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB5494 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer specified lands to the District of Columbia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB4645 | Intro
Sine Die | Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents or any transactions incident to such travel. States that: (1) any reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 111-653, Part I. |
| HB6330 | Intro
Sine Die | Preserving American Income on Dividends Act of 2010 - Repeals the termination date in the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 for provisions reducing individual tax rates on capital gains and dividend income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB3565 | Intro
Sine Die | Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified federal land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission for use as a public sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| SB3893 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission to examine, and report to the President and Congress on, the causes of the U.S. trade deficit, together with recommendations to address and reduce trade imbalances, such as the U.S. merchandise trade...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| HB6345 | Intro
Sine Die | Personal Exemption Fairness Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require annual metropolitan statistical area cost-of-living adjustments, beginning after 2010, to the personal tax exemption amount. Directs the Secretary of Labor to deter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB6321 | Intro
Sine Die | Kids IRA Act of 2010 or the K-IRA Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt individual retirement account for taxpayers under age 26, to be known as a young savers account. Treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement acc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR1709 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week.Encourages: (1) children and teens to live drug-free lives; and (2) people in the United States to promote drug-free communities and to participate in drug prevention activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB4416 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2010 - Amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to award a multiyear grant to an eligible person to implement a great ape conservation project th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 388. |
| SR671 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week, 2010.Encourages: (1) children and teens to live drug-free lives; and (2) people in the United States to promote drug-free communities and to participate in drug prevention activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7773-7774; text as passed Senate: CR S7774; text of measure as introduced: CR S7838-7839) |
| HR1682 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate Amendments to the bill (H.B. 3081) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR1691 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrates the vast contributions of Hispanic-Americans to the strength and culture of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SR669 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the celebration of Filipino American History Month 2010 (October 2010) as a study of the advancement of Filipino Americans, as a time of reflection and remembrance, and as a time to renew efforts toward the examination of history and cultu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7773-7774; text as passed Senate: CR S7773-7774; text of measure as introduced: CR S7838) |
| HR1686 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for designation of World MRSA Day. (MRSA is the acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR1679 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Applauds the actions of medical professionals and other caregivers, researchers, patients and their families, and others who strive to combat and raise public awareness of chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB3778 | Intro
Sine Die | Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association or a successor organization up to 30,000 square feet of land and improvements in Fort Pulaski National M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| HB6298 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2010 - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an automated National Puta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB4438 | Engross
Sine Die | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study lands within Bexar and Wilson Counties, Texas, to identify lands that would be suitable for inclusion in the San Antonio Mis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| HB1345 | Engross
Sine Die | District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act of 2010 - Amends federal law commonly referred to as the "Hatch Act" (concerning political activities of federal, state, and local employees) to: (1) include the District of Columbia or an agency or departmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 111-339. |
| HR1703 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates the Warner Robins Little League softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2010 Little League Softball World Series Championship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1858 | Engross
Sine Die | Modifies the boundaries of Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to exclude from it a parcel of real property consisting of approximately seven acres that was erroneously included within the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, North Filing, as a result of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
| HR1701 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October 2010). Congratulates the National Cyber Security Division, the National Cyber Security Alliance, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center on the anni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology. |
| HB3421 | Engross
Sine Die | Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB1362 | Engross
Sine Die | National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB3427 | Engross
Sine Die | State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2010 - Considers a state transportation department not to have violated federal contract requirements for the construction of a federal-aid highway project solely because the state in which such department is locate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| HR1674 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 847) to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB3685 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a hyperlink with a drop-down menu titled "Veterans Employment" that includes a direct hyperlink to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB4714 | Engross
Sine Die | National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Revises specified administrative requirements for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). (Sec. 3) Revises the term "accident" to expand the authority of the NTSB t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB14 | Intro
Sine Die | Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an abortion provider who knowingly performs an abortion of a pain-capable unborn child (defined as an unborn child who has reached a probable stage of developme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| SB2862 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) require the Office of International Trade of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to implement small business export promotion p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633. |
| HB3960 | Engross
Sine Die | Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010 - Grants a public authority the authority to carry out a program that offers discounts in transportation tolls to individuals who are residents of, or regular commuters to, a U.S. locality on an isla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SB2869 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009 - Title I: Next Steps for Main Street Credit Availability - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to increase maximum amounts of loans under the following Small Business Administration ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634. |
| SB3928 | Intro
Sine Die | Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to strengthen federal activities for ensuring that commercially distributed seafood meets federal food quality and safety requirements. Directs the Secretary a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| SR663 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) continue to raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5034 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness (CARE) Act of 2010 - Amends the Webb-Kenyon Act to: (1) state that it is the policy of Congress that each state or territory shall continue to have the primary authority to regulate alcoholic beverages; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee Hearings Held. |
| HB4773 | Engross
Sine Die | Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association or a successor organization up to 30,000 square feet of land and improvements in Fort Pulaski National M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-29
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. |
