| HCR86 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event on April 28, 2009, to unveil a bust of Sojourner Truth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-24
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HCR101 | Engross
Sine Die | Accepts in the name of the United States the statue of Ronald Wilson Reagan furnished by the people of California for placement in the U.S. Capitol. Tenders the thanks of the Congress to the people of California for providing this commemoration. Aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-24
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB1218 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. |
| SB387 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the United States courthouse, located at 211 South Court Street, Rockford, Illinois, as the "Stanley J. Roszkowski United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
For further action see P.L. 111-14. |
| HB1824 | Engross
Sine Die | Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to, or enter into agreements with, Best Buddies (a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1580 | Engross
Sine Die | Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act - (Sec. 3) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award multiyear grants through a competitive, merit-based process to consortia: (1) to conduct research to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SCR18 | Engross
Sine Die | Supports the goals of Malaria Awareness Day (April 25 of each year), including the achievable target of ending malaria deaths by 2015. Reaffirms: (1) the commitments to combat malaria in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadershi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB1664 | Engross
Sine Die | (Sec. 1) Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to prohibit a financial institution that receives or has received a direct capital investment under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) (or with respect to the Federal Natio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50. |
| HB1139 | Engross
Sine Die | COPS Improvements Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the authority of the Attorney General to make competitive grants under the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS grant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB1679 | Engross
Sine Die | House Reservists Pay Adjustment Act of 2009 - Requires the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the House of Representatives to pay an eligible House employee, who is also a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, for each active duty mon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB1216 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. |
| HB1219 | Engross
Sine Die | Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Olivenhain Municipal Water District, Ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-22
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB411 | Engross
Sine Die | Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance for projects for the conservation of rare felids and rare canids. Restricts the use of such assistance for captive breeding or display purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-22
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| HCR77 | Engross
Sine Die | Congratulates and honors Gallaudet University on the 145th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the legislation authorizing the establishment of collegiate programs at Gallaudet University. Congratulates Gallaudet University for 145 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on April 23, 2009, for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-03
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HCR93 | Engross
Sine Die | Declares that, when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Thursday, April 2, 2009, through Saturday, April 4, 2009, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Declares that, when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-03
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB326 | Engross
Sine Die | Cocopah Lands Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary, to take it into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if there are no recognized environmenta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-02
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-66. |
| HB1259 | Engross
Sine Die | Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem to be adulterated any unfinished dextromethorphan that is possessed, received, or distributed in violation of this Act. Prohibits a person from: (1) p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-01
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB577 | Engross
Sine Die | Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award matching grants to states t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-01
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB985 | Engross
Sine Die | Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 - Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency of the federal government), in any matter arising under federal law, from compelling a covered pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-01
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB151 | Engross
Sine Die | Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2009 - Establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program for the appointment of individuals who are graduates of accredited law schools to serve as Congressional Clerks in the Senate or House...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-01
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. |
| HB20 | Engross
Sine Die | Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Title I: Research on Postpartum Conditions - (Sec. 101) Encourages the Secretary of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB756 | Engross
Sine Die | National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to convene a Conference on Pain to: (1) increase the recognition of pain as a signi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1246 | Engross
Sine Die | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the newborns and infants hearing loss program to include diagnostic services among the services provided. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1513 | Engross
Sine Die | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2009, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| SB681 | Engross
Sine Die | Greensburg, Kansas Recovery Extension Act - Requires funds from any national emergency grant made under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to address the effects of the May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, tornado to remain available for expenditure th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7979) |
| HCR60 | Engross
Sine Die | Expresses support for the observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to provide a special opportunity to offer education on the importance of early detection and screening. Recognizes the national and community organizations for their work in p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB479 | Engross
Sine Die | Wakefield Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend by one year the length of time for which a grant may be awarded under the emergency medical services for children grant program, which allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1171 | Engross
Sine Die | Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Reauthorizes, through FY2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless veterans reintegration programs (job training, counseling, and placement services to expedite the rei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-31
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HCR55 | Engross
Sine Die | Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to the Taiwan Relations Act as the cornerstone of U.S.-Taiwan relations. Supports the strong and deepening U.S.-Taiwan relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-26
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| HB1617 | Engross
Sine Die | Department of Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate a full-time privacy official for each of the following Department of Homeland S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-26
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| SCR12 | Engross
Sine Die | Congratulates and honors Gallaudet University on the 145th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the legislation authorizing the establishment of collegiate programs at Gallaudet University. Congratulates Gallaudet University for 145 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-25
Held at the desk. |
| HB911 | Engross
Sine Die | Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to require each location of a covered program to meet specified minimum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-23
Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities Discharged. |
| HB912 | Engross
Sine Die | Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with respect to the hours-of-service requirement airline flight crews must meet to be eligible for leave under such Act. Declares that a flight attendant ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-23
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. |
| HB1217 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the "Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-20
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. |
| HCR39 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of the Capitol grounds for the 2009 District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run on June 5, 2009.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-18
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB1323 | Engross
Sine Die | Reducing Information Control Designations Act - Requires each federal agency to reduce and minimize its use of information control designations on information that is not classified. Defines such designations to mean information dissemination control...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-18
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB1429 | Engross
Sine Die | Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop, and draft regulations to implement, a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the communit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-18
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB620 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-18
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1262 | Engross
Sine Die | Water Quality Investment Act of 2009 - Title I: Water Quality Financing - Subtitle A: Technical and Management Assistance - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to authorize the Admi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-16
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SB338 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to repeal the declaration that specified land accepted by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California shall be deemed to have been held in trust and part of the reserva...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-16
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HCR37 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby Association to sponsor soap box derby races as a free public event on the Capitol grounds on June 20, 2009.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-13
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HCR64 | Engross
Sine Die | Expresses the deepest appreciation to the families of members of the Armed Forces who serve or have served in defense of the United States. Recognizes the contributions that military families make, and encourages the people of the United States to sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-12
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| SB22 | Engross
Sine Die | Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Title I: Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System - Subtitle A: Wild Monongahela Wilderness - (Sec. 1001) Designates specified federal lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virgini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-11
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 282 - 144 (Roll no. 117). |
| HB869 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the "Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-11
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| HB887 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-11
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| SCR4 | Engross
Sine Die | Commends the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran and the government of Switzerland for the ongoing assistance to the U.S. government and to the family of Robert Levinson. Expresses appreciation for efforts by Iranian officials to ensure the safety of R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-10
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HCR14 | Engross
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Reaffirms the nation's commitment to combating multiple sclerosis by promoting awareness about its causes and risks, promoting new education programs, supporting researc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-06
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB11 | Engross
Sine Die | Title I: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when: (1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other pract...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-06
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB44 | Engross
Sine Die | Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - (Sec. 2) Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the people of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-03-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
