S.687: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/30/2011
You have voted S.687: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property..
3-D, Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011 [S.706]
3-D, Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011 - Considers that the Secretary of the Interior has approved the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Deems the Secretary to have issued a final environmental impact statement for such Program under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf planning area for which
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S.706: 3-D, Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 23. on 04/04/2011
Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2011 [S.712]
Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2011 - Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and revives or restores those the provisions of law amended by it as if that Act had not been enacted.
S.712: Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/31/2011
Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act [S.720]
Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (entitled the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act or the CLASS Act) which establish a national, voluntary insurance program for purchasing community living assistance services and supports in order to provide individuals with functional limitations with tools that will allow them to maintain their personal and financial independence and live in the community. Amends the Deficit Reduction
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S.720: Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/04/2011
Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 [S.724]
Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DHS), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Allows for the provision of such pay and allowances, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, for: (1) civilian DOD
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S.724: Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2291, S2291-2292, S2322-2323) on 04/08/2011
Decrease Spending Now Act [S.726]
Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account. Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department
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S.726: Decrease Spending Now Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 04/05/2011
Dodd-Frank Repeal Act of 2011 [S.746]
Dodd-Frank Repeal Act of 2011 - Repeals titles I through XV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Restores or revives the provisions of law amended or repealed by such titles as if the Act had not been enacted.
S.746: Dodd-Frank Repeal Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/06/2011
Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011 [S.815]
Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011 or SERVE Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code concerning the prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces to increase the period covered under such prohibition from one to two hours before and after a military funeral. Includes within such unlawful conduct any disturbance or disruption occurring within 500 feet of the residence of a surviving member of a deceased's immediate family. Provides civil remedies, including actual and statutory damages.
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S.815: Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/08/2011
A PLUS Act [S.827]
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or A PLUS Act - Allows each state to enter into a five-year performance agreement with the Secretary of Education permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires each agreement to be approved by a combination of specified state parties, and list the programs for which
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S.827: A PLUS Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/14/2011