BILLS & RESOLUTIONS

SENATE BILLS

S.3533A bill to establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program. Sponsor: Senator Schumer, Charles E.(introduced 9/22/2008) S.3511A bill to direct the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a joint project at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Clinton, Hillary Rodham(introduced 9/17/2008) S.3212 A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for auditable, independent verification of ballots, to ensure the security of voting systems, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Feinstein, Dianne(introduced 6/26/2008) S.3390 A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for the treatment of institutions of higher education as voter registration agencies. Sponsor: Senator Durbin, Richard(introduced 7/31/2008) S.3391 A bill to make technical corrections to the laws affecting certain administrative authorities of the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Feinstein, Dianne(introduced 7/31/2008) S.3308 A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Feinstein, Dianne(introduced 7/22/2008) S.3276 A bill to provide for the application of sections 552, 552a, and 552b of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Grassley, Chuck(introduced 7/16/2008) H.R.3032 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate. Sponsor: Representative Jones, Walter B., Jr. (introduced 7/12/2007) Bill Status: 7/16/2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Committee: Senate Rules and Administration H.R.6296 To extend through 2013 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission. Sponsor: Representative Brady, Robert A. (introduced 6/18/2008) Bill Status: 7/16/2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Committee: Senate Rules and Administration S.CON.RES.89 A concurrent resolution authorizing Frank Woodruff Buckles to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death. Sponsor: Senator Burr, Richard(introduced 6/11/2008) H.CON.RES.335 Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Sponsor: Representative Watson, Diane E. (introduced 4/24/2008) CRS Summary: Reported to House without amendment. Go to the Web page to see the new summary. CRS Summary: Passed House without amendment. Go to the Web page to see the new summary. S. 3100 A bill to require early voting in Federal elections, to prohibit restrictions on absentee voting in Federal elections, to establish a grant program to promote voting by mail, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Nelson, Bill(introduced 6/6/2008) H.R.5893 To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Representative Brady, Robert A. (introduced 4/24/2008) CRS Summary: Introduced. Go to the Web page to see the new summary S.J.RES.34 A joint resolution to provide a replacement laboratory and support space at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Mathias Laboratory. Sponsor: Senator Leahy, Patrick J.(introduced 5/22/2008) S.J.RES.35 -- A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona. Sponsor: Senator Leahy, Patrick J.(introduced 5/22/2008) Sponsor: Senator Feingold, Russell D.(introduced 5/1/2008) S.J.RES.36 A joint resolution to provide replacement laboratory space for terrestrial research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sponsor: Senator Leahy, Patrick J.(introduced 5/22/2008) Sponsor: Senator Feingold, Russell D.(introduced 5/1/2008) S.3073 - A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Cornyn, John(introduced 5/22/2008) Sponsor: Senator Feingold, Russell D.(introduced 5/1/2008) S. 2959 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for election day registration. Sponsor: Senator Feingold, Russell D.(introduced 5/1/2008) S. Res. 469 - A resolution providing for a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees. Sponsor: Senator Specter, Arlen(introduced 3/4/2008) S.44 - A bill to require disclosure and payment of noncommercial air travel in the Senate. Sponsor: Senator Vitter (introduced 1/4/2007) S.90 - A bill to modify the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to Indian tribes. Sponsor: Senator Vitter (introduced 1/4/2007) S.223 - A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form. Sponsor: Senator Feingold (introduced 1/9/2007) S.463 - A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator McCain (introduced 1/31/2007) S.478 - A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator McCain (introduced 2/1/2007) S.559 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Bill Nelson (introduced 2/13/2007) S.730 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Dodd (introduced 2/28/2007) S.737 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 in order to measure, compare, and improve the quality of voter access to polls and voter services in the administration of Federal elections in the States. Sponsor: Senator Obama (introduced 3/1/2007) S.804 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the administration of elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Clinton (introduced 3/7/2007) S.979 - A bill to establish a Vote by Mail program. Sponsor: Senator Wyden (introduced 3/1/2007) S.1091 - A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the limitation on party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general elections. Sponsor: Senator Corker (introduced 4/11/2007) S.1187 - A bill to require the Architect of the Capitol to develop a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the Capitol complex, with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality at the complex by December 31, 2020. Sponsor: Senator Kerry (introduced 4/23/2007) S.1285 - A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Durbin (introduced 5/3/2007) S.1679 - A bill to provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall. Sponsor: Senator Landrieu (introduced 6/21/2007) S.1869 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require new voting systems to provide a voter-verified permanent record, to develop better accessible voting machines for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Ensign (introduced 7/25/2007) S.1905 - A bill to provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates to a national Presidential nominating convention, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Klobuchar (introduced 7/31/2007) S.2024 - A bill to provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions. Sponsor: Senator Nelson, Bill (introduced 9/6/2007) S.2030 - A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require reporting relating to bundled contributions made by persons other than registered lobbyists. Sponsor: Senator Obama, Barack (introduced 9/6/2007) S.2206 - A bill to provide technical corrections to Public Law 109-116 (2 U.S.C. 2131a note) to extend the time period for the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Feinstein, Dianne (introduced 10/18/2007) S.2295 - A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Senator Nelson, Bill (introduced 11/1/2007) S.2305 - A bill to prevent voter caging. Sponsor: Senator Whitehouse, Sheldon (introduced 11/5/2007) S.2409 - A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto "In God We Trust" are each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center on a permanent basis and to prohibit the Architect from removing or refusing to include language or other content from exhibits and materials relating to the Capitol Visitor Center on the grounds that the language or content includes a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content. Sponsor: Senator DeMint, Jim (introduced 12/5/2007)

SENATE RESOLUTIONS

S.RES.655 - A resolution to improve congressional oversight of the intelligence activities of the United States. Sponsor: Senator Bond, Christopher S.(introduced 9/11/2008) S.RES.32 - A resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Sponsor: Senator Kerry (introduced 1/17/2007) S.RES.38 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Sponsor: Senator Bingaman (introduced 1/24/2007) S.RES.40 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Sponsor: Senator Dorgan, Byron L.(introduced 1/25/2007) S.RES.42 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary. Sponsor: Senator Leahy (introduced 1/25/2007) S.RES.45 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging. Sponsor: Senator Kohl (introduced 1/29/2007) S.RES.46 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Sponsor: Senator Boxer (introduced 1/30/2007) S.RES.48 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed Services. Sponsor: Senator Levin (introduced 1/30/2007) S.RES.51 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence. Sponsor: Senator Rockefeller (introduced 1/30/2007) S.RES.52 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget. Sponsor: Senator Conrad (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.54 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sponsor: Senator Kennedy (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.55 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Sponsor: Senator Akaka (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.56 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Sponsor: Senator Dodd (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.57 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Sponsor: Senator Harkin, Tom(introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.58 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Sponsor: Senator Inouye (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.59 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance. Sponsor: Senator Baucus (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.60 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Sponsor: Senator Lieberman (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.63 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration. Sponsor: Senator Feinstein (introduced 1/31/2007) S.RES.64 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations. Sponsor: Senator Biden (introduced 2/1/2007) S.RES.83 - A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit filling the tree. Sponsor: Senator Specter (introduced 2/15/2007) S.CON.RES.15 - A concurrent resolution authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on March 29, 2007, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen. Sponsor: Senator Levin (introduced 3/1/2007) S.RES.89 - An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2007, through September 30, 2007, and October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008, and October 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009. Sponsor: Senator Feinstein (introduced 3/1/2007) S.RES.123 - A resolution reforming the congressional earmark process. Sponsor: Senator DeMint (introduced 3/26/2007) S.RES.205 - A resolution to provide for a budget point of order against legislationn that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hardworking middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students. Sponsor: Senator Cornyn (introduced 5/17/2007) S.RES.375 - A resolution amending Senate Resolution 400, 94th Congress, and Senate Resolution 445, 108th Congress, to improve congressional oversight of the intelligence activities of the United States, to provide a strong, stable, and capable congressional committee structure to provide the intelligence community appropriate oversight, support, and leadership, and to implement a key recommendation of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Sponsor: Senator Burr (introduced 11/13/2007)

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

S.CON.RES.100 - A concurrent resolution authorizing the last surviving United States veteran of the First World War to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death. Sponsor: Senator Byrd, Robert C.(introduced 9/22/2008) S.CON.RES. 15 - A concurrent resolution authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on March 29, 2007, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen. Sponsor: Senator Levin (introduced 3/1/2007) S.CON.RES. 17 - A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for Live Earth Concert. Sponsor: Senator Reid (introduced 3/9/2007) S.CON.RES. 24 - A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for Live Earth Concert. Sponsor: Senator Reid (introduced 3/23/2007)

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

H.CON.RES.61 - Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States flag flown over the United States Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of the brave men and women from the United States who have lost their lives in military conflicts. Sponsor: Rep Davis, Lincoln (introduced 2/8/2007) Bill Status: 10/2/2008: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. H.CON.RES.388 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Program should take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their dependents and citizens living overseas are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections. Sponsor: Rep Blunt, Roy (introduced 7/8/2008) Bill Status: 10/2/2008: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. H.CON.RES. 1 - A concurrent resolution regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of government. Sponsor: Representative Slaughter, Louise McIntosh (introduced 1/4/07) Bill Status: 1/8/2007: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Committee: Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

S.J.RES. 6 - A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Walter E. Massey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Sponsor: Senator Leahy (introduced 3/8/2007) S.J.RES. 7 - A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Sant as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Sponsor: Senator Leahy (introduced 3/8/2007) S.J.RES. 8 - A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Patricia Q. Stonesifer as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Sponsor: Senator Leahy (introduced 3/8/2007) S.J.RES. 25 - A joint resolution providing for the appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Sponsor: Senator Leahy (introduced 11/16/2007)

HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

H.R. 6625 - To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes Sponsor: Rep Brady, Robert A. (introduced 7/29/2008) Bill Status: 10/2/2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. H.R. 6475 - To establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program. Sponsor: Representative Lofgren, Zoe (introduced 7/10/2008) Bill Status: 9/12/2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. H.R. 5493 - A bill to provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration. Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. (introduced 2/26/2008) Bill Status: 4/29/2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. H.R. 5492 - A bill to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a greenhouse facility at its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O.(introduced 2/26/2008) H.RES.2630 - A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit certain political committees from compensating the spouse of the candidate for services provided to or on behalf of the committee, to require such committees to report on payments made to the spouse and the immediate family members of the candidate, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Representative Schiff, Adam B. (introduced 6/7/2007) Bill Status: 7/24/2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Committee: Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Sponsor: Senator Kerry (introduced 1/17/2007)