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1. S.CON.RES.11 : A concurrent resolution condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Congress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 3/19/2009)      Cosponsors (84)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2. S.CON.RES.18 : A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, and reaffirming United States leadership and support for efforts to combat malaria.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 4/22/2009)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

3. S.CON.RES.19 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 4/23/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/2/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

4. S.CON.RES.28 : A concurrent resolution supporting the goals of Smart Irrigation Month, which recognizes the advances in irrigation technology and practices that help raise healthy plants and increase crop yields while using water resources more efficiently and encourages the adoption of smart irrigation practices throughout the United States to further improve water-use efficiency in agricultural, residential, and commercial activities.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] (introduced 6/16/2009)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

5. S.RES.8 : A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Claiborne de Borda Pell, former United States Senator for the State of Rhode Island.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (97)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

6. S.RES.121 : A resolution designating May 15, 2009, as "Endangered Species Day".
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 4/30/2009)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

7. S.RES.150 : A resolution commemorating and celebrating the lives of Officer Kristine Marie Fairbanks, Deputy Anne Marie Jackson, and Sergeant Nelson Kai Ng who gave their lives in the service of the people of Washington State in 2008.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 5/14/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

8. S.RES.151 : A resolution designates a national day of remembrance on October 30, 2009, for nuclear weapons program workers.
Sponsor: Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] (introduced 5/14/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

9. S.RES.154 : A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning May 17, 2009.
Sponsor: Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] (introduced 5/19/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

10. S.RES.168 : A resolution commending the University of Washington women's softball team for winning the 2009 NCAA Women's College World Series.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 6/4/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

11. S.RES.181 : A resolution designating June 10, 2009, as "National Pipeline Safety Day".
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 6/10/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

12. S.RES.184 : A resolution offering deepest condolences to the family and friends of Officer Stephen T. Johns and calling on the leaders of all Nations to speak out against the manifestations of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred.
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] (introduced 6/11/2009)      Cosponsors (98)
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

13. S.RES.187 : A resolution condemning the use of violence against providers of health care services to women.
Sponsor: Sen Shaheen, Jeanne [NH] (introduced 6/17/2009)      Cosponsors (46)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

14. S.RES.199 : A resolution recognizing the contributions of the recreational boating community and the boating industry to the continuing prosperity of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 6/22/2009)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

15. S.RES.230 : A resolution designating Richard A. Baker as Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 7/29/2009)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

16. S.RES.244 : A resolution commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 8/5/2009)      Cosponsors (25)
Latest Major Action: 8/5/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

17. S.RES.255 : A resolution relative to the death of Edward Moore Kennedy, a Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 9/8/2009)      Cosponsors (98)
Latest Major Action: 9/8/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

18. S.RES.264 : A resolution designating the Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building as the "Kennedy Caucus Room".
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 9/14/2009)      Cosponsors (98)
Latest Major Action: 9/14/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

19. S.RES.293 : A resolution relative to the death of Henry Louis Bellmon, former United States Senator for the State of Oklahoma.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 9/29/2009)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

20. S.RES.298 : A resolution recognizing Filipino American History Month in October 2009.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 10/1/2009)      Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 10/1/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

21. S.RES.315 : A resolution relative to the death of Clifford Peter Hansen, former United States Senator for the State of Wyoming.
Sponsor: Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] (introduced 10/21/2009)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 10/21/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

22. S.RES.342 : A resolution recognizing National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of American Indians and Alaska Natives and the contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 11/5/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Latest Major Action: 11/5/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

23. S.RES.344 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on November 5, 2009.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 11/6/2009)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

24. S.RES.346 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, at the 21st Regular Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the United States should seek to ensure management of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery adheres to the scientific advice provided by the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics and has a high probability of achieving the established rebuilding target, pursue strengthened protections for spawning bluefin populations in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, pursue imposition of more stringent measures to ensure compliance by all Members with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and ensure that United States' quotas of tuna and swordfish are not reallocated to other nations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 11/9/2009)      Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 11/9/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

25. S.RES.354 : A resolution commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 11/18/2009)      Cosponsors (98)
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

26. S.RES.366 : A resolution extending condolences to the families of Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Ronald Owens, and Officer Greg Richards.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 12/2/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 12/2/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

27. S.RES.370 : A resolution relative to the death of Paula F. Hawkins, former United States Senator for the State of Florida.
Sponsor: Sen McConnell, Mitch [KY] (introduced 12/4/2009)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 12/4/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

28. S.RES.392 : A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/21/2010)      Cosponsors (46)
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

29. S.RES.397 : A resolution relative to the death of Charles McCurdy ("Mac") Mathias, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of Maryland.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/26/2010)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

30. S.RES.404 : A resolution supporting full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and other efforts to promote peace and stability in Sudan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 2/1/2010)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2010 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Foreign Relations. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-419. 9:30 a.m.

31. S.RES.413 : A resolution relative to the death of Representative John P. Murtha, of Pennsylvania.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 2/9/2010)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

32. S.J.RES.14 : A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 4/30/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Indian Affairs
Latest Major Action: 8/6/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

33. S.J.RES.17 : A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen McConnell, Mitch [KY] (introduced 6/9/2009)      Cosponsors (65)
Committees: Senate Finance
Senate Reports: 111-63
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2009 By Senator Baucus from Committee on Finance filed written report. Report No. 111-63.

34. S.21 : A bill to reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

35. S.46 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Sponsor: Sen Ensign, John [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

36. S.132 : A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

37. S.144 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (72)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

38. S.168 : A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or 2 or more misdemeanors.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

39. S.170 : A bill to authorize the acquisition of interests in undeveloped coastal areas in order better to ensure their protection from development and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Gregg, Judd [NH] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

40. S.171 : A bill to develop and maintain an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and other natural hazards, to enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, to improve management of coastal and marine resources, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

41. S.173 : A bill to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

42. S.181 : A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (54)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-2 [GPO: Text, PDF]

43. S.182 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (37)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 15.

44. S.211 : A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services and volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/12/2009)      Cosponsors (56)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

45. S.213 : A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 1/12/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

46. S.229 : A bill to empower women in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 1/13/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

47. S.231 : A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] (introduced 1/14/2009)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

48. S.243 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for purposes of the charitable contributions deduction and to exclude charitable mileage reimbursements for gross income.
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] (introduced 1/14/2009)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

49. S.250 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a higher education opportunity credit in place of existing education tax incentives.
Sponsor: Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] (introduced 1/14/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

50. S.254 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 1/15/2009)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/15/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

51. S.256 : A bill to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/15/2009)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/19/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

52. S.266 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the coverage gap in prescription drug coverage under part D of such title based on savings to the Medicare program resulting from the negotiation of prescription drug prices.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 1/15/2009)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/15/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

53. S.316 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the reduction in the rate of tax on qualified timber gain of corporations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 1/26/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

54. S.348 : A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 1/29/2009)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

55. S.382 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries residing in States with more cost-effective health care delivery systems.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 2/4/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

56. S.391 : A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away.
Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] (introduced 2/5/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

57. S.416 : A bill to limit the use of cluster munitions.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 2/11/2009)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

58. S.422 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
Sponsor: Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] (introduced 2/12/2009)      Cosponsors (43)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

59. S.424 : A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 2/12/2009)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

60. S.428 : A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 2/12/2009)      Cosponsors (37)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

61. S.443 : A bill to transfer certain land to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Indian Affairs
Latest Major Action: 8/6/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

62. S.461 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 2/24/2009)      Cosponsors (52)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/24/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

63. S.475 : A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Burr, Richard [NC] (introduced 2/25/2009)      Cosponsors (44)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Senate Reports: 111-46
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-97 [GPO: Text, PDF]

64. S.476 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of covered beneficiaries of the military health care system for travel for specialty health care.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 2/25/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

65. S.484 : A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 2/25/2009)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

66. S.535 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 3/5/2009)      Cosponsors (54)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

67. S.560 : A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during the organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/10/2009)      Cosponsors (40)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

68. S.561 : A bill to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 3/10/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 7/21/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

69. S.607 : A bill to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System land that are subject to ski area permits, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Udall, Mark [CO] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 10/29/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.

70. S.611 : A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

71. S.614 : A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots ("WASP").
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (75)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; House Financial Services; House Administration
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-40 [GPO: Text, PDF]

72. S.619 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

73. S.622 : A bill to ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

74. S.624 : A bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

75. S.632 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 3/18/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

76. S.635 : A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 3/18/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 7/22/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

77. S.645 : A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 3/19/2009)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

78. S.651 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on excessive bonuses paid by, and received from, companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance, to limit the amount of nonqualified deferred compensation that employees of such companies may defer from taxation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 3/19/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 37.

79. S.662 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 3/19/2009)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

80. S.663 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] (introduced 3/19/2009)      Cosponsors (50)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

81. S.668 : A bill to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 3/23/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 111-90
Latest Major Action: 10/21/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.

82. S.685 : A bill to require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 3/24/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 111-26
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 77.

83. S.688 : A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 3/24/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/24/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

84. S.721 : A bill to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 3/26/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 12/16/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

85. S.729 : A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/26/2009)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

86. S.730 : A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Ensign, John [NV] (introduced 3/26/2009)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

87. S.749 : A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
Sponsor: Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] (introduced 3/31/2009)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

88. S.752 : A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/31/2009)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

89. S.787 : A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 4/2/2009)      Cosponsors (24)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

90. S.797 : A bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 4/2/2009)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Indian Affairs
Senate Reports: 111-93
Latest Major Action: 10/29/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 192.

91. S.799 : A bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 4/2/2009)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

92. S.812 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 4/2/2009)      Cosponsors (40)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

93. S.823 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 4/2/2009)      Cosponsors (45)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

94. S.831 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/20/2009)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

95. S.835 : A bill to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel.
Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 4/20/2009)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

96. S.840 : A bill to establish a Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Program Office, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Voinovich, George V. [OH] (introduced 4/21/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

97. S.846 : A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 4/21/2009)      Cosponsors (70)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 10/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

98. S.848 : A bill to recognize and clarify the authority of the States to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen McCaskill, Claire [MO] (introduced 4/22/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 4/22/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

99. S.850 : A bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/22/2009)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 111-124
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.

100. S.870 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 4/22/2009)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/22/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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