Sen. Richard Blumenthal

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Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 373

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil. [S.983]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for business-related expenses paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to an incident resulting in the discharge of oil into the navigable waters, other than an incident caused by an act of God or an act of war.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2011

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Healthy Families Act [S.984]
Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2948-2949) on 05/12/2011

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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 [S.987]
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 112-177. on 10/13/2011

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New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 [S.996]
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the new markets tax credit through 2016; (2) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limitation amount for such credit after 2012; and (3) allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for such credit.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2011

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act [S.998]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with regard to both single-employer and multiemployer plan guaranteed benefits, to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) , in the case of commercial airline pilots required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation to retire before age 65, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at the required retirement age.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2955-2956) on 05/12/2011

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A concurrent resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving in, or have served in, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn. [SCR-13]
Honors the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are serving or have served in Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn. Calls on the people of the United States to reflect on the service of those members and veterans and to hold them in a special place of honor, both now and in the future.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/24/2011

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A concurrent resolution reorganizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities. [SCR-33]
Recognizes the hardships that people with disabilities must overcome every day. Reaffirms support of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and pledges to continue to identify and remove the barriers that prevent equal access to federal government services. Recommends that the United States Postal Service (USPS) and federal agencies install power-assisted doors to ensure equal access for all people.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S8156-8157) on 12/01/2011

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. [SCR-4]
Expresses the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery be provided for a memorial marker, to be paid for with private funds, to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, so long as the Secretary of the Army has exclusive authority to approve the design and site of the memorial marker. Provides that the President should establish an Arlington National Cemetery Advisory Commission and procedures for the evaluation and approval of new monuments (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 06/24/2011

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard should be provided for the Man in the Sea Memorial Monument to honor the members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world. [SCR-46]
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should provide an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard (District of Columbia) for the Man in the Sea Memorial Monument to honor members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3783-3784) on 06/06/2012

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived. [SCR-50]
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should continue working to implement the position of the United States on Internet governance that articulates the consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States to promote a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance the multistakeholder model that governs the Internet today.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Mrs. Blackburn Moved To Suspend The Rules And Agree To The Resolution. on 12/05/2012

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