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Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5116) to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R.2751) to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high polluting automobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel efficient and less polluting automobiles; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2142) to require quarterly performance assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council.

Bill: 111-hres-1781
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5116) to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R.2751) to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high polluting automobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel efficient and less polluting automobiles; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2142) to require quarterly performance assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8820)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8820)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8823)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1781.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8820-8823)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 258.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 5116, consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 2751, and consideration of the Senate amendment H.R. 2142
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-692, by Mr. McGovern.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-692, by Mr. McGovern.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hres-1782
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2010-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8901)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8901)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8905)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1782.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8901-8905)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 259.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3082. It provides one hour of debate on the motion. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion. The Senate amendment shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-694, by Mr. Polis (CO).
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-694, by Mr. Polis (CO).
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Making a technical correction to a cross-reference in the final regulations issued by the Office of Compliance to implement the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 that apply to the House of Representatives and employees of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 111-hres-1783
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2010-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Employment discrimination and employee rights
House of Representatives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 
Makes a technical correction to delete a cross-reference in H.Res. 1757 (approving certain regulations issued by the Office of Compliance on March 21, 2008, applying certain veteran preference requirements of the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 to the House of Representatives and House employees).

action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Makes a technical correction to delete a specified cross-reference in H.Res. 1757 (approving certain regulations issued by the Office of Compliance on March 21, 2008, applying certain veteran preference requirements of the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 to the House of Representatives and House employees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8978)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8978)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8978)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Mrs. Davis (CA) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Appointing a committee to inform the President.

Bill: 111-hres-1784
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2010-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Congressional-executive branch relations
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 
Provides for appointment of a committee of two Members of the House of Representatives to inform the President that the House has completed its business of the session and is ready to adjourn. 

action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Provides for appointment of a committee of two Members of the House of Representatives to inform the President that the House has completed its business of the session and is ready to adjourn. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8980)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8980)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8980-8981)
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Income tax rates
Infrastructure development
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Calls for the enactment of legislation to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America's middle class through measures that: (1) modernize the nation's infrastructure; (2) enhance America's energy independence; (3) expand educational opportunities; (4) preserve and improve affordable health care; (5) provide tax relief; and (6) protect those in greatest need. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Child care and development
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Income tax rates
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
 Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2009 - Declares that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to improve the lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream by: (1) providing middle class tax relief while making the tax laws simpler and more reliable; (2) promoting investments in the new economy and enacting policies that create good, well-paying domestic jobs, and promoting families by improving the access and affordability of child and elder care; (3) enhancing the incentives and protections to help middle class families adequately meet their needs in retirement; (4) improving programs to help families acquire the education and training to be productive participants in the modern economy; (5) restoring fairness, prosperity, and economic security for working families by ensuring workers can exercise their rights to freely choose to form a union without employer interference; and (7) removing barriers to fair pay for all workers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-3
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Financial crises and stabilization
General taxation matters
Housing finance and home ownership
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: 
 Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to: (1) stabilize the housing market and assist homeowners by imposing a temporary moratorium on foreclosures, removing impediments to the modification of distressed mortgages, creating tax and other incentives to help prevent foreclosures and encourage refinancing into affordable and sustainable mortgage solutions, and pursuing other foreclosure-prevention policies through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) or other programs; (2) ensure the safety and soundness of the U.S. financial system for investors by reforming the financial-regulatory system, strengthening systemic-risk regulation, enhancing market transparency, and increasing consumer protections in financial regulation to prevent predatory lending practices; (3) ensure credit-card accountability, responsibility, and disclosure; and (4) stabilize credit markets for small-business lenders to enhance their ability to make loans to small firms, and stimulate the small-business loan markets by temporarily streamlining and investing in the loan programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S44)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-4
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009 - Calls for Congress to enact, and the President to sign, legislation to guarantee health coverage, improve health care quality and disease prevention, and reduce health care costs for all Americans and the health care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-5
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
General taxation matters
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act of 2009 - Calls for the enactment of legislation to improve the economy and the security of the United States by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming by: (1) making and encouraging significant investments in green job creation and clean energy across the economy; (2) diversifying and rapidly expanding the use of secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly energy supplies and technologies; (3) transforming U.S. infrastructure to make the infrastructure sustainable and the United States more competitive globally, including transmission grid modernization and transportation sector electrification; (4) requiring reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the United States and achieving reductions in emissions of GHGs abroad; (5) protecting consumers from volatile energy prices through better market oversight and enhanced energy efficiency standards and incentives; and (6) eliminating wasteful and unnecessary tax breaks and giveaways that fail to move the United States toward a more competitive and cleaner energy future.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring America's Power Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-6
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iran
Middle East
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Pakistan
Terrorism
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Restoring America's Power Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to restore and enhance U.S. national security by: (1) strengthening America's military capabilities and recognizing the service of our troops and the commitment of their families; (2) addressing the threat posed by al Qaeda and other terrorist groups and refocusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan as the United States transitions in Iraq; (3) defeating extremist ideology; and (4) reducing the threat posed by unsecured nuclear materials and other weapons of mass destruction and addressing the security challenges posed by Iran and North Korea.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Education Opportunity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-7
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
General taxation matters
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Education Opportunity Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that it should pass, and the President should sign into law, legislation that expands educational opportunities for all Americans by enhancing: (1) access to high-quality early childhood education, child care, and after school and extended learning services; (2) secondary and post-secondary graduation rates; (3) educational innovation, standards, and assessments; (4) the recruitment and retention of high-quality teachers by high-need schools; (5) mathematics and science instruction; and (6) federal grant aid and tax incentives to make higher education more affordable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Returning Government to the American People Act

Bill: 111-s-8
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Returning Government to the American People Act - Declares that: (1) the Bush Administration should not rush into effect major new controversial regulations in its closing days; (2) the incoming Administration, working with the Congress, should review and, if appropriate, revise or reject such regulations; and (3) Congress should enact and the President should sign legislation necessary to ensure the new Administration has that opportunity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-9
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to strengthen the economy, recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants, and amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by: (1) providing more effective border and employment enforcement; (2) preventing illegal immigration; and (3) reforming and rationalizing avenues for legal immigration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S46)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate