Child Protection Compact Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act
2012-02-27: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 328.
Sacramento River National Recreation Area Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Western States Trail Study Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Helping Responsible Homeowners Act
2011-09-14: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-382.
Violence Against Children Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pinnacles National Park Act
2011-05-11: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-124.
Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pollution and Costs Reduction Act
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Strengthening Protections for Children and Communities From Disease Clusters Act
2012-12-11: Star Print ordered on the report (112-213).
A resolution supporting "Lights on Afterschool", a national celebration of afterschool programs.
2012-09-22: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6679-6684; text as passed Senate: CR 9/21/2012 S6683; text of measure as introduced: CR 9/21/2012 S6634)
A resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to facilitate the immediate and unconditional release of Gao Zhisheng, and for other purposes.
2012-09-13: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6344)
A resolution honoring the life of pioneering astronaut Dr. Sally Ride and expressing the condolences of the Senate on her death.
2012-08-02: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6012-6013; text as passed Senate: CR S6013; text of measure as introduced: CR S5993)
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction.
2012-12-04: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7403-7404; text as passed Senate: CR S7403-7404)
A resolution designating the week of September 16, 2012, as "Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week", reaffirming the importance of an enhanced and coordinated research effort on mitochondrial diseases, and commending the National Institutes of Health for its efforts to improve the understanding of mitochondrial diseases.
2012-11-15: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6870-6871)
A resolution designating the week of May 20 through May 26, 2012, as "National Public Works Week".
2012-05-15: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3177; text as passed Senate: CR S3177; text of measure as introduced: CR S3176)