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1. S.CON.RES.34 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should increase basic pay for members of the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/25/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 5/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

2. S.CON.RES.86 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms and seek to strengthen measures to conserve whale species.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/3/2008)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/3/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

3. S.RES.32 : A resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/17/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration; Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

4. S.RES.34 : A resolution calling for the strengthening of the efforts of the United States to defeat the Taliban and terrorist networks in Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/18/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

5. S.RES.66 : A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and distinguished career of the Reverend Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/1/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 2/1/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

6. S.RES.88 : A resolution honoring the extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/28/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

7. S.RES.174 : A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning April 22, 2007.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

8. S.RES.335 : A resolution recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/27/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

9. S.RES.339 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the situation in Burma.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 10/1/2007)      Cosponsors (26)
Latest Major Action: 10/1/2007 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.355 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Boston's celebration of the Little Rock Nine on the 50th anniversary of their courageous and selfless stand in the face of hatred, violence, and intolerance.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 10/24/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

11. S.RES.368 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, at the 20th Regular Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the United States should pursue a moratorium on the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to ensure control of the fishery and further facilitate recovery of the stock, pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and seek a review of compliance by all Nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendation for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/6/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 11/14/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

12. S.RES.372 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/8/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

13. S.RES.376 : A resolution providing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Commerce should declare a commercial fishery failure for the groundfish fishery for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and immediately propose regulations to implement section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/13/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 12/4/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

14. S.RES.524 : A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of the owners of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning April 21, 2008.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/22/2008)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

15. S.RES.533 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the political situation in Zimbabwe.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/24/2008)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

16. S.RES.554 : A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on humanitarian assistance to Burma after Cyclone Nargis.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/7/2008)      Cosponsors (19)
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

17. S.RES.596 : A resolution congratulating the Boston Celtics on winning the 2008 National Basketball Association Championship.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/19/2008)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/23/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

18. S.RES.668 : A resolution to commend the American Sail Training Association for its advancement of character building under sail and for its advancement of international goodwill.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/18/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

19. S.RES.690 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/27/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

20. S.RES.709 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/19/2008)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 11/20/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

21. S.95 : A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

22. S.96 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

23. S.97 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits with a partially refundable college opportunity credit.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

24. S.98 : A bill to foster the development of minority-owned small businesses.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

25. S.99 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for small business employee health insurance expenses.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

26. S.102 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

27. S.103 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that major oil and gas companies will not be eligible for the effective rate reductions enacted in 2004 for domestic manufacturers.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

28. S.163 : A bill to improve the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship; House Small Business
Senate Reports: 110-64
Latest Major Action: 9/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

29. S.196 : A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/8/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

30. S.234 : A bill to require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white spaces.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

31. S.288 : A bill to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use of gold in the metal content of the Medal of Honor.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/12/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

32. S.341 : A bill to restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/22/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

33. S.455 : A bill to amend the internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/31/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

34. S.485 : A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish an economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap-and-trade program to assist the economy in transitioning to new clean energy technologies, to protect employees and affected communities, to protect companies and consumers from significant increases in energy costs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/1/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

35. S.598 : A bill to require reporting regarding the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

36. S.679 : A bill to provide a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq and redeploying United States troops from Iraq within one year.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/17/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

37. S.827 : A bill to establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/8/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-353
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 785.

38. S.889 : A bill to improve acquisition under the Deepwater program of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

39. S.923 : A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/20/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-514.

40. S.1005 : A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve programs for veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/28/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

41. S.1006 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/28/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

42. 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: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/23/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

43. S.1197 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the deduction for depreciation.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/24/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

44. S.1214 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the partial exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/25/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

45. S.1221 : A bill to provide for the enactment of comprehensive health care reform.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/25/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.

46. S.1227 : A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish carbon dioxide new source performance standards for new coal-fired electric generated units.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

47. S.1243 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

48. S.1256 : A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize loan programs under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/1/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Senate Reports: 110-154
Latest Major Action: 4/16/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

49. S.1298 : A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/3/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

50. S.1311 : A bill to permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/4/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

51. S.1333 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/8/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

52. S.1337 : A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/8/2007)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

53. S.1365 : A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/10/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-293
Latest Major Action: 4/10/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.

54. S.1406 : A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to strengthen polar bear conservation efforts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/16/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

55. S.1631 : A bill to establish an emergency fuel assistance grant program for small businesses during energy emergencies
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/14/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

56. S.1650 : A bill to establish a digital and wireless network technology program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/19/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 110-257
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.

57. S.1657 : A bill to establish a small business energy efficiency program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/19/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 6/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

58. S.1662 : A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to reauthorize the venture capital program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/19/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Senate Reports: 110-199
Latest Major Action: 10/16/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422.

59. S.1663 : A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to reauthorize the New Markets Venture Capital Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/19/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. incorporated into measure S. 1662 ordered to be reported.

60. S.1671 : A bill to reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/20/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Senate Reports: 110-185
Latest Major Action: 9/26/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.

61. S.1714 : A bill to establish a multiagency nationwide campaign to educate small business concerns about health insurance options available to children.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/27/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 6/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

62. S.1761 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to contract with an independent engineer to review the construction methods of certain Federal highway projects, to require States to submit a project management plan for each highway project financed with Federal funds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 7/10/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

63. S.1784 : A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve programs for veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 7/12/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Ordered placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550.
Note: For further action, see H.R.4253, which became Public Law 110-186 on 2/14/2008.

64. S.1880 : A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 7/26/2007)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

65. S.1922 : A bill to apply basic contracting laws to the Transportation Security Administration.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

66. S.1971 : A bill to authorize a competitive grant program to assist members of the National Guard and Reserve and former and current members of the Armed Forces in securing employment in the private sector, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

67. S.1999 : A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 8/3/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

68. S.2046 : A bill to establish a pilot program for police departments to use anonymous texts from citizens to augment their anonymous tip hotlines.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/12/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

69. S.2074 : A bill to provide for safe and humane policies and procedures pertaining to the arrest, detention, and processing of aliens in immigration enforcement operations.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/20/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

70. S.2178 : A bill to expedite the adjudication of employer petitions for aliens with extraordinary artistic ability.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 10/17/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

71. S.2199 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 10/18/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 10/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

72. S.2300 : A bill to improve the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/1/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 11/7/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

73. S.2307 : A bill to amend the Global Change Research Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/5/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 110-341
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 752.

74. S.2323 : A bill to provide for the conduct of carbon capture and storage technology research, development, and demonstration projects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/7/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-343.

75. S.2389 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 11/16/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

76. S.2408 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require physician utilization of the Medicare electronic prescription drug program.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 12/5/2007)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 12/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

77. S.2486 : A bill to remove a provision from the Immigration and Nationality Act that prohibits individuals with HIV from being admissible to the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 12/14/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

78. S.2523 : A bill to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 12/19/2007)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

79. S.2553 : A bill to modify certain fees applicable under the Small Business Act for 2008, to make an emergency appropriation for certain small business programs, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide increased expensing for 2008, to provide a 5-year carryback for certain net operating losses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/24/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance; Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 4/16/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

80. S.2560 : A bill to create the income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/28/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

81. S.2568 : A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 1/29/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

82. S.2612 : A bill to provide economic stimulus for small business concerns.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/7/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 4/16/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

83. S.2657 : A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/15/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 110-429
Latest Major Action: 7/22/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 893.

84. S.2658 : A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member from the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/25/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

85. S.2668 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 2/26/2008)      Cosponsors (60)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

86. S.2764 : A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/13/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Armed Services; Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

87. S.2775 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing services under contract with the United States Government as American employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/13/2008)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

88. S.2847 : A bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/10/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/10/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

89. S.2920 : A bill to reauthorize and improve the financing and entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/24/2008)      Cosponsors (31)
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 720.

90. S.2979 : A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/6/2008)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 850.
Note: For further action, see H.R.5690, which became Public Law 110-257 on 7/1/2008.

91. S.2990 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/7/2008)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

92. S.3016 : A bill to direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/14/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

93. S.3026 : A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/15/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

94. S.3029 : A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/15/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-235 [GPO: Text, PDF]

95. S.3034 : A bill to protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 5/19/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

96. S.3081 : A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/4/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

97. S.3097 : A bill to amend the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/6/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Senate Reports: 110-458
Latest Major Action: 9/12/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 957.

98. S.3099 : A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Defense for propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/6/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

99. S.3108 : A bill to require the President to call a White House Conference on Food and Nutrition.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/10/2008)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

100. S.3184 : A bill to make grants to States to implement statewide portal initiatives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 6/24/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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