[Senate Calendars for July 6, 2009 - 111th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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                             GENERAL ORDERS

                             UNDER RULE VIII

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 Order  Measure Number           Title                 Reported or       
  No.     and Author                              Placed on the Calendar 
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    1      S. 1      A bill to create jobs,    Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    restore economic          second time and placed 
          others       growth, and strengthen    on the calendar.
                       America's middle class 
                       through measures that 
                       modernize the nation's 
                       infrastructure, enhance 
                       America's energy 
                       independence, expand 
                       educational 
                       opportunities, preserve 
                       and improve affordable 
                       health care, provide 
                       tax relief, and protect 
                       those in greatest need, 
                       and for other purposes.

    2      S. 2      A bill to improve the     Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    lives of middle class     second time and placed 
          others       families and provide      on the calendar.
                       them with greater 
                       opportunity to achieve 
                       the American dream.

    3      S. 3      A bill protect homeowners Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    and consumers by          second time and placed 
          others       reducing foreclosures,    on the calendar.
                       ensuring the 
                       availability of credit 
                       for homeowners, 
                       businesses, and 
                       consumers, and 
                       reforming the financial 
                       regulatory system, and 
                       for other purposes.

    4      S. 4      A bill to guarantee       Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    affordable, quality       second time and placed 
          others       health coverage for all   on the calendar.
                       Americans, and for 
                       other purposes.

    5      S. 5      A bill to improve the     Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    economy and security of   second time and placed 
          others       the United States by      on the calendar.
                       reducing the dependence 
                       of the United States on 
                       foreign and 
                       unsustainable energy 
                       sources and the risks 
                       of global warming, and 
                       for other purposes.


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    6      S. 6      A bill to restore and     Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    enhance the national      second time and placed 
          others       security of the United    on the calendar.
                       States.

    7      S. 7      A bill to expand          Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    educational               second time and placed 
          others       opportunities for all     on the calendar.
                       Americans by increasing 
                       access to high-quality 
                       early childhood 
                       education and after 
                       school programs, 
                       advancing reform in 
                       elementary and 
                       secondary education, 
                       strengthening 
                       mathematics and science 
                       instruction, and 
                       ensuring that higher 
                       education is more 
                       affordable, and for 
                       other purposes.

    8      S. 8      A bill to return the      Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    Government to the         second time and placed 
          others       people by reviewing       on the calendar.
                       controversial 
                       ``midnight 
                       regulations'' issued in 
                       the waning days of the 
                       Bush Administration.

    9      S. 9      A bill to strengthen the  Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    United States economy,    second time and placed 
          others       provide for more          on the calendar.
                       effective border and 
                       employment enforcement, 
                       and for other purposes.

   10      S. 10     A bill to restore fiscal  Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    discipline and begin to   second time and placed 
          others       address the long-term     on the calendar.
                       fiscal challenges 
                       facing the United 
                       States, and for other 
                       purposes.

   11      S. 33     A bill to amend the       Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
        Mr. Ensign     Internal Revenue Code     second time and placed 
                       of 1986 with respect to   on the calendar.
                       the proper tax 
                       treatment of certain 
                       indebtedness discharged 
                       in 2009 or 2010, and 
                       for other purposes.

   12      S. 34     A bill to prevent the     Jan. 7, 2009.--Read the 
      Mr. DeMint and   Federal Communications    second time and placed 
          others       Commission from           on the calendar.
                       repromulgating the 
                       fairness doctrine.


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   15     S. 182     A bill to amend the Fair  Jan. 9, 2009.--Read the 
       Mrs. Clinton    Labor Standards Act of    second time and placed 
        and others     1938 to provide more      on the calendar.
                       effective remedies to 
                       victims of 
                       discrimination in the 
                       payment of wages on the 
                       basis of sex, and for 
                       other purposes.

   17     S. 275     A bill to amend title XXI Jan. 16, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Baucus     of the Social Security    Baucus, Committee on 
                       Act to extend and         Finance, without 
                       improve the Children's    amendment. (An original 
                       Health Insurance          bill.) (No written 
                       Program, and for other    report.)
                       purposes.

   19     S. 336     A bill making             Jan. 27, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Inouye     supplemental              Inouye, Committee on 
                       appropriations for job    Appropriations, without 
                       preservation and          amendment. (An original 
                       creation,                 bill.) (Rept. 3.)
                       infrastructure 
                       investment, energy 
                       efficiency and science, 
                       assistance to the 
                       unemployed, and State 
                       and local fiscal 
                       stabilization, for the 
                       fiscal year ending 
                       September 30, 2009, and 
                       for other purposes.

   20     S. 350     A bill to provide for a   Jan. 29, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Baucus     portion of the economic   Baucus, Committee on 
                       recovery package          Finance, without 
                       relating to revenue       amendment. (An original 
                       measures, unemployment,   bill.) (No written 
                       and health.               report.)

   22   S. Res. 46   Resolution authorizing    Feb. 12, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Schumer    expenditures by the       Schumer, Committee on 
                       Committee on Rules and    Rules and 
                       Administration.           Administration, without 
                                                 amendment. (An original 
                                                 resolution.) (No 
                                                 written report.)

   24     S. 478     A bill to amend the       Feb. 26, 2009.--Read the 
      Mr. DeMint and   National Labor            second time and placed 
          others       Relations Act to ensure   on the calendar.
                       the right of employees 
                       to a secret-ballot 
                       election conducted by 
                       the National Labor 
                       Relations Board.

   25     S. 482     A bill to require Senate  Feb. 26, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Feingold    candidates to file        second time and placed 
        and others     designations,             on the calendar.
                       statements, and reports 
                       in electronic form.


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   29     S. 542     A bill to repeal the      Mar. 9, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Reid and    provision of law that     second time and placed 
          others       provides automatic pay    on the calendar.
                       adjustments for Members 
                       of Congress.

   31     S. 570     A bill to stimulate the   Mar. 12, 2009.--Read the 
      Mr. Vitter and   economy and create jobs   second time and placed 
          others       at no cost to the         on the calendar.
                       taxpayers, and without 
                       borrowing money from 
                       foreign governments for 
                       which our children and 
                       grandchildren will be 
                       responsible, and for 
                       other purposes.

   32      S. 49     A bill to help Federal    Mar. 12, 2009.--Mr. 
      Messrs. Leahy    prosecutors and           Leahy, Committee on the 
        and Cornyn     investigators combat      Judiciary, with an 
                       public corruption by      amendment in the nature 
                       strengthening and         of a substitute. (No 
                       clarifying the law.       written report.)

   33     S. 146     A bill to amend the       Mar. 18, 2009.--Mr. 
       Mr. Kohl and    Federal antitrust laws    Leahy, Committee on the 
          others       to provide expanded       Judiciary, without 
                       coverage and to           amendment. (Rept. 9.)
                       eliminate exemptions 
                       from such laws that are 
                       contrary to the public 
                       interest with respect 
                       to railroads.

   34     S. 277     A bill to amend the       Mar. 18, 2009.--Ms. 
       Mr. Kennedy     National and Community    Mikulski, Committee on 
        and others     Service Act of 1990 to    Health, Education, 
                       expand and improve        Labor, and Pensions, 
                       opportunities for         with an amendment in 
                       service, and for other    the nature of a 
                       purposes.                 substitute. (No written 
                                                 report.) (See also 
                                                 Order No. 35.)

   36    H.R. 1586   An act to impose an       Mar. 23, 2009.--Read the 
                       additional tax on         second time and placed 
                       bonuses received from     on the calendar.
                       certain TARP 
                       recipients.


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   37     S. 651     A bill to amend the       Mar. 23, 2009.--Read the 
      Mr. Baucus and   Internal Revenue Code     second time and placed 
          others       of 1986 to impose an      on the calendar.
                       excise tax on excessive 
                       bonuses paid by, and 
                       received from, 
                       companies receiving 
                       Federal emergency 
                       economic assistance, to 
                       limit the amount of 
                       nonqualified deferred 
                       compensation that 
                       employees of such 
                       companies may defer 
                       from taxation, and for 
                       other purposes.

   40    S. Res. 9   Resolution commemorating  Mar. 31, 2009.--Mr. 
      Mr. Lugar and    90 years of U.S.-Polish   Kerry, Committee on 
          others       diplomatic relations,     Foreign Relations, 
                       during which Poland has   without amendment, and 
                       proven to be an           with a preamble. (No 
                       exceptionally strong      written report.)
                       partner to the United 
                       States in advancing 
                       freedom around the 
                       world.

   41   S. Res. 20   Resolution celebrating    Mar. 31, 2009.--Mr. 
         Messrs.       the 60th anniversary of   Kerry, Committee on 
      Voinovich and    the North Atlantic        Foreign Relations, 
           Casey       Treaty Organization.      without amendment, and 
                                                 with a preamble. (No 
                                                 written report.)

   42   S. Res. 56   Resolution urging the     Mar. 31, 2009.--Mr. 
         Mr. Lugar     Government of Moldova     Kerry, Committee on 
                       to ensure a fair and      Foreign Relations, 
                       democratic election       without amendment, and 
                       process for the           with a preamble. (No 
                       parliamentary elections   written report.)
                       on April 5, 2009.

   43   S. Res. 90   Resolution expressing the Mar. 31, 2009.--Mr. 
      Mr. Kerry and    sense of the Senate       Kerry, Committee on 
          others       regarding the Fifth       Foreign Relations, 
                       Summit of the Americas,   without amendment, and 
                       held in Port of Spain,    with a preamble. (No 
                       Trinidad and Tobago,      written report.)
                       April 17, 18, and 19, 
                       2009.

   44  S. Con. Res.  Concurrent resolution     Apr. 2, 2009.--Mr. Kerry, 
            11         condemning all forms of   Committee on Foreign 
       Ms. Collins     anti-Semitism and         Relations, with 
        and others     reaffirming the support   amendments, and with a 
                       of Congress for the       preamble. (No written 
                       mandate of the Special    report.)
                       Envoy to Monitor and 
                       Combat Anti-Semitism, 
                       and for other purposes.


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   46     S. 515     A bill to amend title 35, Apr. 2, 2009.--Mr. Leahy, 
      Mr. Leahy and    United States Code, to    Committee on the 
          others       provide for patent        Judiciary, with 
                       reform.                   amendments. (Rept. 18.) 
                                                 (Additional minority, 
                                                 and supplemental views 
                                                 filed.)

   50    H.R. 1664   An act to amend the       Apr. 23, 2009.--Read the 
                       executive compensation    second time and placed 
                       provisions of the         on the calendar.
                       Emergency Economic 
                       Stabilization Act of 
                       2008 to prohibit 
                       unreasonable and 
                       excessive compensation 
                       and compensation not 
                       based on performance 
                       standards.

   51     S. 895     A bill to prevent         Apr. 27, 2009.--Read the 
       Mr. Dodd and    mortgage foreclosures     second time and placed 
          others       and enhance mortgage      on the calendar.
                       credit availability.

   54     S. 414     A bill to amend the       Apr. 29, 2009.--Mr. Dodd, 
       Mr. Dodd and    Consumer Credit           Committee on Banking, 
          others       Protection Act, to ban    Housing, and Urban 
                       abusive credit            Affairs, with an 
                       practices, enhance        amendment in the nature 
                       consumer disclosures,     of a substitute. (Rept. 
                       protect underage          16.) (See also Order 
                       consumers, and for        No. 55.)
                       other purposes.

   58     S. 838     A bill to provide for the May 7, 2009.--Mr. Kerry, 
         Mr. Lugar     appointment of United     Committee on Foreign 
                       States Science Envoys.    Relations, without 
                                                 amendment. (No written 
                                                 report.)

   59     S. 327     A bill to amend the       May 7, 2009.--Mr. Leahy, 
         Mr. Leahy     Violence Against Women    Committee on the 
                       Act of 1994 and the       Judiciary, with an 
                       Omnibus Crime Control     amendment in the nature 
                       and Safe Streets Act of   of a substitute. (No 
                       1968 to improve           written report.)
                       assistance to domestic 
                       and sexual violence 
                       victims and provide for 
                       technical corrections.


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   60     S. 384     A bill to authorize       May 13, 2009.--Mr. Kerry, 
      Mr. Lugar and    appropriations for        Committee on Foreign 
          others       fiscal years 2010         Relations, with 
                       through 2014 to provide   amendments. (Rept. 19.)
                       assistance to foreign 
                       countries to promote 
                       food security, to 
                       stimulate rural 
                       economies, and to 
                       improve emergency 
                       response to food 
                       crises, to amend the 
                       Foreign Assistance Act 
                       of 1961, and for other 
                       purposes.

   62     S. 1054    A bill making             May 14, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Inouye     supplemental              Inouye, Committee on 
                       appropriations for the    Appropriations, without 
                       fiscal year ending        amendment. (An original 
                       September 30, 2009, and   bill.) (Rept. 20.) (See 
                       for other purposes.       also Order No. 63.)

   64     H.R. 35    An act to amend chapter   May 19, 2009.--Mr. 
                       22 of title 44, United    Lieberman, Committee on 
                       States Code, popularly    Homeland Security and 
                       known as the              Governmental Affairs, 
                       Presidential Records      with an amendment in 
                       Act, to establish         the nature of a 
                       procedures for the        substitute. (Rept. 21.)
                       consideration of claims 
                       of constitutionally 
                       based privilege against 
                       disclosure of 
                       Presidential records.

   69     S. 713     A bill to require the     June 1, 2009.--Mr. 
         Mr. Pryor     Administrator of the      Lieberman, Committee on 
                       Federal Emergency         Homeland Security and 
                       Management Agency to      Governmental Affairs, 
                       quickly and fairly        with an amendment. 
                       address the abundance     (Rept. 23.)
                       of surplus manufactured 
                       housing units stored by 
                       the Federal Government 
                       around the country at 
                       taxpayer expense.

   71     S. 1023    A bill to establish a     June 5, 2009.--Mr. 
      Mr. Dorgan and   non-profit corporation    Rockefeller, Committee 
          others       to communicate United     on Commerce, Science, 
                       States entry policies     and Transportation, 
                       and otherwise promote     with amendments. (Rept. 
                       leisure, business, and    25.)
                       scholarly travel to the 
                       United States.

   72     H.R. 31    An act to provide for the June 9, 2009.--Read the 
                       recognition of the        second time and placed 
                       Lumbee Tribe of North     on the calendar.
                       Carolina, and for other 
                       purposes.


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   73     S. 1232    A bill to amend the       June 11, 2009.--Read the 
      Mr. Dorgan and   Federal Food, Drug, and   second time and placed 
          others       Cosmetic Act with         on the calendar.
                       respect to the 
                       importation of 
                       prescription drugs, and 
                       for other purposes.

   74    H.R. 2751   An act to accelerate      June 11, 2009.--Read the 
                       motor fuel savings        second time and placed 
                       nationwide and provide    on the calendar.
                       incentives to 
                       registered owners of 
                       high polluting 
                       automobiles to replace 
                       such automobiles with 
                       new fuel efficient and 
                       less polluting 
                       automobiles.

   77     S. 685     A bill to require new     June 15, 2009.--Mr. 
      Mr. Lautenberg   vessels for carrying      Rockefeller, Committee 
        and others     oil fuel to have double   on Commerce, Science, 
                       hulls, and for other      and Transportation, 
                       purposes.                 with amendments. (Rept. 
                                                 26.)

   78     S. 669     A bill to amend title 38, June 16, 2009.--Mr. 
       Mr. Burr and    United States Code, to    Akaka, Committee on 
          others       clarify the conditions    Veterans' Affairs, 
                       under which certain       without amendment. 
                       persons may be treated    (Rept. 27.)
                       as adjudicated mentally 
                       incompetent for certain 
                       purposes.

   82     S. 1294    A bill making             June 18, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Nelson     appropriations for the    Nelson (NE), Committee 
           (NE)        legislative branch for    on Appropriations, 
                       the fiscal year ending    without amendment. (An 
                       September 30, 2010, and   original bill.) (Rept. 
                       for other purposes.       29.) (See also Order 
                                                 No. 84.)

   83     S. 1298    A bill making             June 18, 2009.--Mr. Reid 
       Mr. Reid for    appropriations for the    (for Mr. Byrd), 
         Mr. Byrd      Department of Homeland    Committee on 
                       Security for the fiscal   Appropriations, without 
                       year ending September     amendment. (An original 
                       30, 2010, and for other   bill.) (Rept. 31.)
                       purposes.

   84    H.R. 2918   An act making             June 22, 2009.--Placed on 
                       appropriations for the    the calendar. (See also 
                       Legislative Branch for    Order No. 82.)
                       the fiscal year ending 
                       September 30, 2010, and 
                       for other purposes.


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   86     S. 1344    A bill to temporarily     June 25, 2009.--Read the 
      Messrs. Vitter   protect the solvency of   second time and placed 
          and Kyl      the Highway Trust Fund.   on the calendar.

   87    H.R. 2847   An act making             June 25, 2009.--Ms. 
                       appropriations for the    Mikulski, Committee on 
                       Departments of Commerce   Appropriations, with an 
                       and Justice, and          amendment in the nature 
                       Science, and Related      of a substitute. (Rept. 
                       Agencies for the fiscal   34.)
                       year ending September 
                       30, 2010, and for other 
                       purposes.

   88     S. 1107    A bill to amend title 28, June 25, 2009.--Mr. 
        Mr. Durbin     United States Code, to    Leahy, Committee on the 
                       provide for a limited     Judiciary, without 
                       6-month period for        amendment. (No written 
                       Federal judges to opt     report.)
                       into the Judicial 
                       Survivors' Annuities 
                       System and begin 
                       contributing toward an 
                       annuity for their 
                       spouse and dependent 
                       children upon their 
                       death, and for other 
                       purposes.

   89     S. 1390    A bill to authorize       July 2, 2009.--Mr. Levin, 
         Mr. Levin     appropriations for        Committee on Armed 
                       fiscal year 2010 for      Services, without 
                       military activities of    amendment. (An original 
                       the Department of         bill.) (Rept. 35.) 
                       Defense, for military     (Additional views 
                       construction, and for     filed.)
                       defense activities of 
                       the Department of 
                       Energy, to prescribe 
                       military personnel 
                       strengths for such 
                       fiscal year, and for 
                       other purposes.

   90     S. 1391    A bill to authorize       July 2, 2009.--Mr. Levin, 
         Mr. Levin     appropriations for        Committee on Armed 
                       fiscal year 2010 for      Services, without 
                       military activities of    amendment. (An original 
                       the Department of         bill.) (No written 
                       Defense, to prescribe     report.)
                       military personnel 
                       strengths for such 
                       fiscal year, and for 
                       other purposes.

   91     S. 1392    A bill to authorize       July 2, 2009.--Mr. Levin, 
         Mr. Levin     appropriations for        Committee on Armed 
                       fiscal year 2010 for      Services, without 
                       military construction,    amendment. (An original 
                       and for other purposes.   bill.) (No written 
                                                 report.)


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   92     S. 1393    A bill to authorize       July 2, 2009.--Mr. Levin, 
         Mr. Levin     appropriations for        Committee on Armed 
                       fiscal year 2010 for      Services, without 
                       defense activities of     amendment. (An original 
                       the Department of         bill.) (No written 
                       Energy, and for other     report.)
                       purposes.

   93     S. 1229    A bill to reauthorize and July 2, 2009.--Ms. 
       Ms. Landrieu    improve the               Landrieu, Committee on 
                       entrepreneurial           Small Business and 
                       development programs of   Entrepreneurship, with 
                       the Small Business        an amendment. (Rept. 
                       Administration, and for   36.)
                       other purposes.

   94     S. 1233    A bill to reauthorize and July 2, 2009.--Ms. 
       Ms. Landrieu    improve the SBIR and      Landrieu, Committee on 
        and others     STTR programs, and for    Small Business and 
                       other purposes.           Entrepreneurship, with 
                                                 an amendment in the 
                                                 nature of a substitute. 
                                                 (Rept. 37.)


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