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A concurrent resolution recognizing September 11, 2020, as "National Day of Service and Remembrance".

Bill: 116-sconres-44
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Crime victims
District of Columbia
First responders and emergency personnel
Members of Congress
Military personnel and dependents
National and community service
National symbols
New York City
Pennsylvania
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 
This concurrent resolution (1) calls on the Members of Congress and all people of the United States to observe September 11, 2020, as a National Day of Service and Remembrance in honor of those who lost their lives or were injured in the September 11, 2001, attacks and in tribute to those who came to the aid of those in need and to the defense of the United States; and (2) recognizes the heroic actions of first responders and other citizens in New York, New York, the District of Columbia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5615-5616)
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of S. 2330.

Bill: 116-sconres-46
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Legislative rules and procedure
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 2330 (Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020).
 
The resolution requires the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to make a mandatory $20 million payment on January 4, 2021, to the U.S. Center for Safe Sport for the center's operating costs for FY2021 and equivalent payments for subsequent fiscal years. 

action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 2330 (Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020).
 
The resolution requires the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to make a mandatory $20 million payment on January 4, 2021, to the U.S. Center for Safe Sport for the center's operating costs for FY2021 and equivalent payments for subsequent fiscal years. 

action_date: 2020-10-01
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 2330 (Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020).
 
The resolution requires the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to make a mandatory $20 million payment on January 4, 2021, to the U.S. Center for Safe Sport for the center's operating costs for FY2021 and equivalent payments for subsequent fiscal years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H5159)
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5159)
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Ms. Bass asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5825; text: CR S5837)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Bill: 116-sconres-47
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental health
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
This resolution calls for renewed U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for relevant federal departments and agencies to prepare a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing support for the designation of October 28, 2020, as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day".

Bill: 116-sconres-48
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
This concurrent resolution supports the designation of October 28, 2020, as Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5987)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution mandating procedures to ensure adequate precautions against COVID-19 in Senate buildings.

Bill: 116-sconres-49
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-10-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional officers and employees
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Members of Congress
Senate
U.S. Capitol
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-05
text: 
This resolution requires all individuals in a Senate building to (1) adhere to social distancing guidelines, and (2) wear a mask while in any public area. It also requires the Senate to develop and implement a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing and contact tracing program for Senators and Senate workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S6039)
action_date: 2020-10-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

Bill: 116-sconres-50
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-12-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Human rights
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution (1) affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship, that the nation owes a debt of remembrance not only to those who lived through the injustices of slavery but also to their descendants; and (2) urges the establishment of a U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress, including toward permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S7219)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution correcting the enrollment of S. 1869.

Bill: 116-sconres-51
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Foreign property
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Landlord and tenant
Legislative rules and procedure
Public contracts and procurement
Real estate business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of S. 1869 (Secure Federal Leases from Espionage And Suspicious Entanglements Act or the Secure Federal LEASEs Act) to specify the duration of a General Services Administration reporting requirement.

action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of S. 1869 (Secure Federal Leases from Espionage And Suspicious Entanglements Act or the Secure Federal LEASEs Act) to specify the duration of a General Services Administration reporting requirement.

action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of S. 1869 (Secure Federal Leases from Espionage And Suspicious Entanglements Act or the Secure Federal LEASEs Act) to specify the duration of a General Services Administration reporting requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7130)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7130)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Mr. Brown (MD) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7130)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7285; text: CR S7284)
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of S. 3312.

Bill: 116-sconres-52
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 3312 (Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020), which authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants to provide clinical services for individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders who need post-release mental health services. The resolution expands the entities that are eligible for grants to include Indian tribes, units of local government, and community-based nonprofit organizations. 

action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 
This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 3312 (Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020), which authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants to provide clinical services for individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders who need post-release mental health services. The resolution expands the entities that are eligible for grants to include Indian tribes, units of local government, and community-based nonprofit organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S.Con.Res. 52 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7828)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S.Con.Res. 52 by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7216-7217)
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7216-7217)
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7216-7217)
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Ms. Bass asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7470-7471; text: 12/15/2020 CR S7503-7504)
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7470-7471)
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 116-sjres-1
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
 
Terms beginning before the ratification of this article do not count towards term limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution disapproving the President's proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.

Bill: 116-sjres-2
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2019-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Russia
Sanctions
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: 
This joint resolution expresses disapproval of the Office of Foreign Assets Control's report to Congress that it intends to terminate sanctions imposed on En+ Group plc, UC Rusal plc, and JSC EuroSibEnergo, companies connected to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 13.
action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Cloture on the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 42. Record Vote Number: 6. (CR S247)
action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S233-247)
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (CR S208)
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S202-208)
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 42. Record Vote Number: 5.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Motion to table the motion to proceed to the measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 57. Record Vote Number: 4.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S201)
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 13.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged pursuant to section 216(c)(5)(B) of Public Law 115-44.
action_date: 2019-01-15
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged pursuant to section 216(c)(5)(B) of Public Law 115-44.
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S27-28; text: CR S30)
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.

Bill: 116-sjres-3
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. 
 
The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding 18% of the gross domestic product of the United States, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above this amount. 
 
The amendment requires a two-thirds vote of each chamber of Congress to impose a new tax, increase the statutory rate of any tax, or increase the aggregate amount of revenue. It requires a three-fifths vote of each chamber to increase the limit on the debt of the United States. 
 
The President must submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts and 18% of the gross domestic product of the United States. 
 
The amendment prohibits a court from ordering a revenue increase to enforce the requirements. 
 
Congress may waive specified requirements when a declaration of war is in effect or the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-sjres-4
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Collective security
Congressional oversight
Europe
International law and treaties
Judicial review and appeals
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 
This joint resolution requires either the advice and consent of the Senate or an act of Congress before the President may suspend, or withdraw the United States from, the North Atlantic Treaty. No funds shall be authorized or appropriated to support any efforts to withdraw from the treaty without the Senate's approval by a two-thirds vote or an act of Congress. 
 
The President shall notify Congress in writing of any effort to suspend or withdraw from the treaty no later than 48 hours after such action.
 
This joint resolution also authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel of the House of Representatives to represent Congress in judicial proceedings related to actions that are inconsistent with this resolution. 


action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 
This joint resolution requires either the advice and consent of the Senate or an act of Congress before the President may suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty. No funds shall be authorized or appropriated to support any efforts to suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw from the treaty without the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives by a two-thirds vote or an act of Congress. 
 
The President shall notify Congress in writing of any effort to suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw from the treaty no later than 48 hours after such action.
 
This joint resolution also authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel of the House of Representatives to represent Congress in judicial proceedings related to actions that are inconsistent with this resolution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S295)
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

Bill: 116-sjres-5
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year or 18% of the U.S. gross domestic product unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. 
 
The amendment requires a two-thirds vote of each chamber of Congress to levy a new tax, increase the rate of any tax, or increase the debt limit. 
 
The amendment provides any Member of Congress with standing and a cause of action to seek judicial enforcement of this amendment if authorized by a petition signed by one-third of the Members of either house of Congress. Courts are prohibited from ordering any increase in revenue to enforce this amendment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate