    [House Calendars for July 13, 2011 - 112th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                        HISTORY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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        No.                                Index Key and History of Bill
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                                  SENATE BILLS

    S. 23.--To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for
        patent reform. Referred to the Judiciary Jan. 25 (Legislative
        day of Jan. 5), 2011. Reported amended Feb. 3, 2011; no
        written report. Considered Feb. 28, Mar. 1, 2, 3, 7, 2011.
        Passed Senate amended Mar. 8, 2011; Roll No. 35: 95-5.
        Received in House and held at desk Mar. 9, 2011.

    S. 49.--To amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded
        coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are
        contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads.
        Referred to the Judiciary Jan. 25 (Legislative day of Jan. 5),
        2011. Reported Mar. 28, 2011; no written report.

    S. 99.--To promote the production of molybdenum-99 in the United
        States for medical isotope production, and to condition and
        phase out the export of highly enriched uranium for the
        production of medical isotopes. Referred to Energy and Natural
        Resources Jan. 25 (Legislative day of Jan. 5), 2011. Reported
        amended May 18, 2011; Rept. 112-17.

    S. 109.--To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require
        congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear
        cooperation with foreign countries, and for other purposes.
        Referred to Finance Jan. 25 (Legislative day of Jan. 5), 2011.
        Committee discharged Feb. 3, 2011. Referred to Foreign
        Relations Feb. 3, 2011.

    S. 126.--To reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to
        the Government of Mexico in response to the illegal border
        crossings from Mexico into the United States, which serve to
        dissipate the political discontent with the higher
        unemployment rate within Mexico. Referred to Rules and
        Administration Jan. 25 (Legislative day of Jan. 5), 2011.
        Committee discharged Feb. 3, 2011. Referred to Foreign
        Relations Feb. 3, 2011.

    S. 162.--To cut $500,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 2011.
        Ordered placed on the calendar Jan. 26, 2011.

    S. 163.--To require that the Government prioritize all obligations
        on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt
        limit is reached. Ordered placed on the calendar Jan. 26,
        2011.

    S. 188.--To designate the United States courthouse under
        construction at 98 West First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the
        ``John M. Roll United States Courthouse''. Referred to
        Environment and Public Works Jan. 26, 2011. Committee
        discharged. Passed Senate Feb. 1, 2011. Received in House and
        held at desk Feb. 8, 2011. Rules suspended. Passed House Feb.
        9, 2011; Roll No. 27: 429-0. Presented to the President Feb.
        11, 2011. Approved Feb. 17, 2011. Public Law 112-2.

    S. 191.--To direct the Department of Homeland Security to
        undertake a study on emergency communications. Referred to
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Jan. 26, 2011.
        Reported amended June 13, 2011; Rept. 112-22.

    S. 192.--To repeal the job-killing health care law and health
        care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education
        Reconciliation Act of 2010. Ordered placed on the calendar
        Jan. 27, 2011.

    S. 193.--To extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA
        PATRIOT Act, and for other purposes. Referred to the Judiciary
        Jan. 26, 2011. Reported amended Mar. 17, 2011; Rept. 112-13.

    S. 216.--To increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and
        international violations relating to food that is misbranded
        or adulterated. Referred to the Judiciary Jan. 27, 2011.
        Reported amended Mar. 31, 2011; no written report. Passed
        Senate amended Apr. 14, 2011. Received in House and referred
        to Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Judiciary Apr.
        15, 2011.

    S. 222.--To limit investor and homeowner losses in foreclosures,
        and for other purposes. Referred to the Judiciary Jan. 27,
        2011. Reported Mar. 31, 2011; no written report.

    S. 223.--To modernize the air traffic control system, improve the
        safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air
        in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic
        control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation
        Administration, and for other purposes. Ordered placed on the
        calendar Jan. 27, 2011. Considered Feb. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 14, 15,
        16, 2011. Passed Senate amended Feb. 17, 2011; Roll No. 25:
        87-8.

    S. 248.--To allow an earlier start for State health care coverage
        innovation waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable
        Care Act. Referred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
        Feb. 1, 2011. Committee discharged Feb. 7, 2011. Referred to
        Finance Feb. 7, 2011.

    S. 266.--To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as
        the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Referred
        to Environment and Public Works Feb. 3, 2011. Committee
        discharged. Passed Senate Feb. 17, 2011. Received in House and
        referred to Natural Resources Feb. 18, 2011.

    S. 275.--To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for
        enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline
        transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability in the
        transportation of the Nation's energy products by pipeline,
        and for other purposes. Referred to Commerce, Science and
        Transportation Feb. 3, 2011. Reported amended July 7, 2011;
        Rept. 112-30.

    S. 289.--To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT
        Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, the Intelligence
        Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and the FISA
        Amendments Act of 2008 until December 31, 2013, and for other
        purposes. Ordered placed on the calendar Feb. 4, 2011.

    S. 290.--To extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA
        PATRIOT Act, and for other purposes. Ordered placed on the
        calendar Feb. 4, 2011.

    S. 291.--To repeal the sunset provisions in the USA PATRIOT
        Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and other related
        provisions and permanently reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act.
        Ordered placed on the calendar Feb. 4, 2011.

    S. 307.--To designate the Federal building and United States
        courthouse located at 217 West King Street, Martinsburg, West
        Virginia, as the ``W. Craig Broadwater Federal Building and
        United States Courthouse''. Referred to Environment and Public
        Works Feb. 8, 2011. Committee discharged. Passed Senate Feb.
        17, 2011. Received in House and referred to Transportation and
        Infrastructure Feb. 18, 2011. Reported Apr. 12, 2011; Rept.
        112-59. House Calendar. Rules suspended. Passed House Apr. 12,
        2011; Roll No. 255: 408-3. Presented to the President Apr. 14,
        2011. Approved Apr. 25, 2011. Public Law 112-11.

    S. 340.--To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the
        funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway
        Trust Fund, and for other purposes. Reported from Finance Feb.
        14, 2011; Rept. 112-1.

    S. 349.--To designate the facility of the United States Postal
        Service located at 4865 Tallmadge Road in Rootstown, Ohio, as
        the ``Marine Sgt. Jeremy E. Murray Post Office''. Referred to
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Feb. 15, 2011.
        Reported May 12, 2011; no written report. Passed Senate May
        16, 2011. Received in House and referred to Oversight and
        Government Reform May 23, 2011. Rules suspended. Passed House
        June 21, 2011; Roll No. 462: 397-0. Presented to the President
        June 23, 2011. Approved June 29, 2011. Public Law 112-22.

    S. 350.--To require restitution for victims of criminal violations
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other
        purposes. Referred to the Judiciary Feb. 15, 2011. Reported
        May 19, 2011; no written report.

    S. 365.--To make a technical amendment to the Education Sciences
        Reform Act of 2002. Reported from Health, Education, Labor,
        and Pensions Feb. 16, 2011; no written report. Passed Senate
        Feb. 17, 2011. Received in House and referred to Education and
        the Workforce Feb. 18, 2011.

    S. 375.--To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the
        Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements
        with State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide
        certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and
        protection services. Referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, and
        Forestry Feb. 17, 2011. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
        discharged Apr. 14, 2011. Rereferred to Energy and Natural
        Resources Apr. 14, 2011.

    S. 388.--To prohibit Members of Congress and the President from
        receiving pay during Government shutdowns. Referred to
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Feb. 17, 2011.
        Committee discharged. Passed Senate Mar. 1, 2011. Received in
        House and held at desk Mar. 2, 2011.

    S. 394.--To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and
        exporting cartels illegal. Referred to the Judiciary Feb. 17,
        2011. Reported Apr. 7 (Legislative day of Apr. 5), 2011; no
        written report.

    S. 398.--To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to
        improve energy efficiency of certain appliances and equipment,
        and for other purposes. Referred to Energy and Natural
        Resources Feb. 17, 2011. Reported amended May 18, 2011; Rept.
        112-18.

    S. 410.--To provide for media coverage of Federal court
        proceedings. Referred to the Judiciary Feb. 17, 2011. Reported
        Apr. 7 (Legislative day of Apr. 5), 2011; no written report.

    S. 493.--To reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs,
        and for other purposes. Referred to Small Business and
        Entrepreneurship Mar. 4, 2011. Reported amended Mar. 9, 2011;
        no written report. Considered Mar. 15, 16, 17, 28, 29, 30,
        Apr. 5, 6 (Legislative day of Apr. 5), May 2, 2011.

    S. 498.--To ensure objective, independent review of task and
        delivery orders. Referred to Homeland Security and
        Governmental Affairs Mar. 7, 2011. Reported amended May 9,
        2011; Rept. 112-16. Passed Senate amended May 12, 2011.
        Received in House and held at desk May 13, 2011.

    S. 550.--To improve the provision of assistance to fire
        departments, and for other purposes. Referred to Homeland
        Security and Governmental Affairs Mar. 10, 2011. Reported
        amended June 29, 2011; Rept. 112-28.

    S. 618.--To promote the strengthening of the private sector in
        Egypt and Tunisia. Referred to Foreign Relations Mar. 17,
        2011. Reported amended June 22, 2011; Rept. 112-25.

    S. 623.--To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code,
        relating to protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures
        of discovery information in civil actions, and for other
        purposes. Referred to the Judiciary Mar. 17, 2011. Reported
        amended May 19, 2011; no written report.

    S. 627.--To establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act
        Processing Delays. Referred to the Judiciary Mar. 17, 2011.
        Reported amended Apr. 8, 2011; no written report. Passed
        Senate amended May 26, 2011. Received in House and referred to
        Oversight and Government Reform May 27, 2011.

    S. 629.--To improve hydropower, and for other purposes. Referred
        to Energy and Natural Resources Mar. 17, 2011. Reported
        amended May 18, 2011; Rept. 112-19.

    S. 630.--To promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy
        research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to
        Energy and Natural Resources Mar. 17, 2011. Reported amended
        July 11, 2011; Rept. 112-31.

    S. 655.--To designate the facility of the United States Postal
        Service located at 95 Dogwood Street in Cary, Mississippi, as
        the ``Spencer Byrd Powers, Jr. Post Office''. Referred to
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Mar. 28, 2011.
        Reported May 12, 2011; no written report. Passed Senate May
        16, 2011. Received in House and referred to Oversight and
        Government Reform May 23, 2011. Rules suspended. Passed House
        June 21, 2011. Presented to the President June 23, 2011.
        Approved June 29, 2011. Public Law 112-23.

    S. 679.--To reduce the number of executive positions subject to
        Senate confirmation. Referred to Homeland Security and
        Governmental Affairs Mar. 30, 2011. Reported amended June 13,
        2011; Rept. 112-24. Considered June 22, 23, 28, 2011. Passed
        Senate amended June 29, 2011; Roll No. 101: 79-20. Held at
        Desk July 1, 2011.

    S. 680.--To authorize the Administrator of General Services to
        convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia
        to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History
        Museum. Referred to Environment and Public Works Mar. 30,
        2011. Reported amended May 2, 2011; Rept. 112-14.

    S. 699.--To authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a
        program to demonstrate the commercial application of
        integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon
        dioxide, and for other purposes. Referred to Energy and
        Natural Resources Mar. 31, 2011. Reported amended July 11,
        2011; Rept. 112-32.

    S. 706.--To stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and
        create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing
        money from foreign governments for which our children and
        grandchildren will be responsible, and for other purposes.
        Ordered placed on the calendar Apr. 4, 2011.

    S. 710.--To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
        establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system.
        Referred to Environment and Public Works Mar. 31, 2011.
        Reported June 7, 2011; Rept. 112-20.

    S. 719.--To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for
        intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
        States Government, the Community Management Account, and the
        Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,
        and for other purposes. Reported from Intelligence Apr. 4,
        2011; Rept. 112-12.

    S. 739.--To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish
        battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in
        parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Senate at no net
        cost to the Federal Government. Referred to Rules and
        Administration Apr. 6 (Legislative day of Apr. 5), 2011.
        Reported May 12, 2011; no written report.

    S. 757.--To provide incentives to encourage the development and
        implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from
        dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture
        technologies. Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Apr. 7
        (Legislative day of Apr. 5), 2011. Reported amended July 11,
        2011; Rept. 112-33.

    S. 762.--To improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. Referred to
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Apr. 7 (Legislative
        day of Apr. 5), 2011. Reported June 9, 2011; Rept. 112-21.

    S. 768.--To provide for continuing operations of Government in a
        fiscally responsible manner. Ordered placed on the calendar
        Apr. 8, 2011.

    S. 782.--To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
        1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes. Referred
        to Environment and Public Works Apr. 8, 2011. Reported amended
        May 2, 2011; Rept. 112-15. Considered June 8, 9, 14, 15, 16,
        21 (Legislative day of June 16), 2011.

    S. 783.--To provide an extension of time for filing individual
        income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government
        shutdown. Ordered placed on the calendar Apr. 12, 2011.

    S. 840.--To establish customs user fees for commercial trucks
        transporting foreign municipal solid waste, and for other
        purposes. Referred to Environment and Public Works Apr. 14,
        2011. Environment and Public Works discharged May 18, 2011.
        Rereferred to Finance May 18, 2011.

    S. 890.--To establish the supplemental fraud fighting account, and
        for other purposes. Referred to the Judiciary May 5, 2011.
        Reported May 19, 2011; no written report.

    S. 940.--To reduce the Federal budget deficit by closing big oil
        tax loopholes, and for other purposes. Ordered placed on the
        calendar May 11, 2011.

    S. 951.--To improve the provision of Federal transition,
        rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to
        members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other
        purposes. Referred to Veterans' Affairs May 11, 2011. Reported
        amended July 7, 2011; no written report.

    S. 953.--To authorize the conduct of certain lease sales in the
        Outer Continental Shelf, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf
        Lands Act to modify the requirements for exploration, and for
        other purposes. Ordered placed on the calendar May 12, 2011.

    S. 968.--To prevent online threats to economic creativity and
        theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes.
        Referred to the Judiciary May 12, 2011. Reported amended May
        26, 2011; no written report.

    S. 978.--To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal
        infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes. Referred
        to the Judiciary May 12, 2011. Reported June 20 (Legislative
        day of June 16), 2011; no written report.

    S. 990 (H. Res. 281) (S. 1082).--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. Ordered placed on the calendar May 16, 2011. Passed
        Senate amended May 19, 2011. Received in House and held at
        desk May 23, 2011. Rules suspended. Passed House with
        amendment May 24, 2011. Senate agreed to House amendment with
        amendment May 26, 2011. Roll No. 84: 72-23. House agreed to
        Senate amendment to House amendment May 26, 2011; Roll No.
        376: 250-153. Presented to the President May 26, 2011.
        Approved May 26, 2011. Public Law 112-14.

    S. 1022.--To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT
        Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the
        Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until
        December 31, 2014, and for other purposes. Ordered placed on
        the calendar May 19, 2011.

    S. 1050.--To modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
        1978 and to require judicial review of National Security
        Letters and Suspicious Activity Reports to prevent
        unreasonable searches and for other purposes. Ordered placed
        on the calendar May 24, 2011.

    S. 1057.--To repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.
        Ordered placed on the calendar May 25, 2011.

    S. 1082 (S. 990).--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.
        Passed Senate May 26, 2011. Received in House and held at desk
        May 26, 2011. Rules suspended. Passed House May 31, 2011; Roll
        No. 378: 387-33. Presented to the President June 1, 2011.
        Approved June 1, 2011. Public Law 112-17.

    S. 1103.--To extend the term of the incumbent Director of the
        Federal Bureau of Investigation. Referred to the Judiciary May
        26, 2011. Reported amended June 16, 2011; Rept. 112-23.

    S. 1125.--To improve national security letters, the authorities
        under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and
        for other purposes. Ordered placed on the calendar June 6,
        2011.

    S. 1145.--To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify and
        expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors
        and employees outside the United States, and for other
        purposes. Referred to the Judiciary June 6, 2011. Reported
        amended June 23, 2011; no written report.

    S. 1253.--To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for
        military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
        construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
        Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such
        fiscal year, and for other purposes. Reported from Armed
        Services June 22, 2011; Rept. 112-26.

    S. 1254.--To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for
        military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe
        military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
        other purposes. Reported from Armed Services June 22, 2011; no
        written report.

    S. 1255.--To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for
        military construction, and for other purposes. Reported from
        Armed Services June 22, 2011; no written report.

    S. 1256.--To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for
        defense activities of the Department of Energy, and for other
        purposes. Reported from Armed Services June 22, 2011; no
        written report.

    S. 1276.--To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the
        International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States
        quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to
        rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes.
        Ordered placed on the calendar June 27, 2011.

    S. 1317.--To allow individuals to choose to opt out of the
        Medicare part A benefit. Ordered placed on the calendar June
        30, 2011.

    S. 1323.--To express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice
        in resolving the budget deficit. Ordered placed on the
        calendar June 30, 2011. Considered July 11, 2011.

    S. 1326 (H.R. 1954).--To implement the President's request to
        increase the statutory limit on the public debt. Ordered
        placed on the calendar July 6, 2011.

    S. 1340.--To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. Ordered
        placed on the calendar July 11, 2011.

    S. 1342.--To amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power
        system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of
        the United States against cybersecurity and other threats and
        vulnerabilities. Reported from Energy and Natural Resources
        July 11, 2011; Rept. 112-34.

    S. 1343.--To provide for the conduct of an analysis of the impact
        of energy development and production on the water resources of
        the United States, and for other purposes. Reported from
        Energy and Natural Resources July 11, 2011; Rept. 112-35.

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