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1. S.CON.RES.3 : A concurrent resolution honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 1/28/2009)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2. 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.

3. S.CON.RES.25 : A concurrent resolution recognizing the value and benefits that community health centers provide as health care homes for over 18,000,000 individuals, and the importance of enabling health centers and other safety net providers to continue to offer accessible, affordable, and continuous care to their current patients and to every American who lacks access to preventive and primary care services.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 6/9/2009)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Finance.

4. S.CON.RES.26 : A concurrent resolution apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African Americans.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 6/11/2009)      Cosponsors (43)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

5. S.CON.RES.29 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 6/16/2009)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Judiciary; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2009 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

6. S.CON.RES.44 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to commemorate the War of 1812 and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 10/5/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 10/19/2009 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.

7. S.RES.7 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding designation of the month of November as "National Military Family Month".
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

8. 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.

9. S.RES.25 : A resolution expressing support for designation of January 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day".
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 1/28/2009)      Cosponsors (8)
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2009 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.49 : A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of public diplomacy.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

11. S.RES.57 : A resolution designating the first week of April 2009 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 2/26/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

12. S.RES.118 : A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] (introduced 4/29/2009)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

13. S.RES.124 : A resolution recognizing the threats to press freedom and expression around the world and reaffirming press freedom as a priority in the efforts of the United States to promote democracy and good governance, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2009.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 4/30/2009)      Cosponsors (10)
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

14. S.RES.156 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that reform of our Nation's health care system should include the establishment of a federally-backed insurance pool.
Sponsor: Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] (introduced 5/21/2009)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. S.RES.266 : A resolution recognizing the contributions of John Sweeney to the United States labor movement.
Sponsor: Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY] (introduced 9/15/2009)      Cosponsors (33)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

21. S.RES.272 : A resolution commemorating Dr. Norman Borlaug, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Congressional Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and founder of the World Food Prize.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 9/16/2009)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

22. S.RES.273 : A resolution commemorating Dr. Norman Borlaug, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Congressional Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and founder of the World Food Prize.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 9/17/2009)      Cosponsors (21)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2009 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.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.

24. S.RES.312 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on empowering and strengthening the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 10/13/2009)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/9/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

25. 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.

26. S.RES.317 : A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence.
Sponsor: Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] (introduced 10/21/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/21/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

27. S.RES.319 : A resolution commemorating 40 years of membership by women in the National FFA Organization and celebrating the achievements and contributions of female members of the National FFA Organization.
Sponsor: Sen Johanns, Mike [NE] (introduced 10/21/2009)      Cosponsors (20)
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.

28. S.RES.321 : A resolution commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths on November 16, 1989, at the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 10/26/2009)      Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 10/26/2009 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.327 : A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2009 and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence.
Sponsor: Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] (introduced 10/28/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Latest Major Action: 10/28/2009 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.336 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding designation of the month of November 2009 as "National Military Family Month".
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 11/4/2009)      Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 11/4/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

31. 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.

32. S.RES.345 : A resolution deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and the killing of political protesters.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 11/9/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 213.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. S.RES.402 : A resolution expressing support for the designation of January 28, 2010 as National Data Privacy Day.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 1/29/2010)      Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. S.9 : A bill to strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. S.69 : A bill to establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Reports: 111-112
Latest Major Action: 12/23/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 250.

44. S.118 : A bill to amend section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

45. S.141 : A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of Social Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

46. S.146 : A bill to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Senate Reports: 111-9
Latest Major Action: 6/1/2009 Senate floor actions. Status: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.

47. S.160 : A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2009 Held at the desk.

48. S.167 : A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

49. 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]

50. 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.

51. S.198 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009.
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 1/9/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

52. S.204 : A bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 1/12/2009)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

53. S.214 : A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 1/12/2009)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. S.260 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 1/15/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/15/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

57. S.277 : A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 1/16/2009)      Cosponsors (42)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.

58. S.343 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 1/29/2009)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

59. S.345 : A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2012, to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the "Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2009", and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 1/29/2009)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Senate Reports: 111-49
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.

60. S.372 : A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 2/3/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Reports: 111-101
Latest Major Action: 12/3/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.

61. S.388 : A bill to extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 2/5/2009)      Cosponsors (37)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

62. S.414 : A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 2/11/2009)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Senate Reports: 111-16
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2009 By Senator Dodd from Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs filed written report. Report No. 111-16.

63. 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.

64. S.423 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for certain medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing two-fiscal year budget authority, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 2/12/2009)      Cosponsors (56)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Senate Reports: 111-41
Latest Major Action: 8/6/2009 Senate floor actions. Status: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 101.

65. 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.

66. S.437 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

67. S.440 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with civil claim awards.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

68. S.441 : A bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system.
Sponsor: Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

69. S.448 : A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/11/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.

70. S.456 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary basis to develop plans to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, to establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 2/23/2009)      Cosponsors (36)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/23/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

71. S.458 : A bill to amend the False Claims Act.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 2/24/2009)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/24/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

72. 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.

73. S.482 : A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 2/25/2009)      Cosponsors (41)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 25.

74. 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.

75. S.486 : A bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs.
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 2/26/2009)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

76. S.491 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.
Sponsor: Sen Webb, Jim [VA] (introduced 2/26/2009)      Cosponsors (47)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

77. S.501 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the marketing of authorized generic drugs.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 2/26/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

78. S.512 : A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code with respect to arbitration.
Sponsor: Sen Martinez, Mel [FL] (introduced 3/3/2009)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/3/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

79. S.525 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 3/4/2009)      Cosponsors (29)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/4/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

80. S.528 : A bill to prevent voter caging.
Sponsor: Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] (introduced 3/5/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

81. S.538 : A bill to increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 3/5/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

82. S.540 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/5/2009)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 8/4/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

83. S.543 : A bill to require a pilot program on training, certification, and support for family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces to provide caregiver services to such veterans and members, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/6/2009)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

84. S.546 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 3/9/2009)      Cosponsors (44)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

85. 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.

86. S.582 : A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers from usury, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 3/12/2009)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

87. S.584 : A bill to ensure that all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/12/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

88. S.592 : A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service.
Sponsor: Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] (introduced 3/12/2009)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

89. S.604 : A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 3/16/2009)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

90. 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.

91. 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.

92. S.634 : A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/18/2009)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

93. S.657 : A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 3/19/2009)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

94. 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.

95. 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.

96. S.670 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to provide pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/23/2009)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

97. S.690 : A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] (introduced 3/25/2009)      Cosponsors (8)
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 without amendment favorably.

98. S.714 : A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
Sponsor: Sen Webb, Jim [VA] (introduced 3/26/2009)      Cosponsors (36)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2010 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

99. S.718 : A bill to amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, improve corporate practices of the Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/26/2009)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Judiciary; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/1/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

100. S.727 : A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption.
Sponsor: Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] (introduced 3/26/2009)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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