Performance Rights Act
2009-10-15: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 181.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the nonbusiness energy property credit for property placed in service during 2008.
2009-01-26: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S846)
A bill to authorize a cost of living adjustment for the Federal judiciary.
2009-01-11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 2009
2009-01-08: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act
2009-03-12: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 32.
A joint resolution to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct a facility and to enter into agreements relating to education programs at the National Zoological Park facility in Front Royal, Virginia.
2010-05-28: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
2009-05-07: Became Public Law No: 111-17.
A joint resolution providing for the appointment of France A. Cordova as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
2009-09-18: Became Public Law No: 111-64.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it values the active participation of the Republic of Macedonia as the state partner of the Vermont National Guard over the past 15 years.
2010-09-29: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7839)
A resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifices made by the Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty.
2010-05-11: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3567; text as passed Senate: CR S3567)
A resolution recognizing the importance of the Long Trail and the Green Mountain Club on the 100th anniversary of the Long Trail.
2010-03-17: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1679-1680; text as passed Senate: CR S1679-1680; text of measure as introduced: CR S1673-1674)
A resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers.
2009-05-11: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5339; text as passed Senate: CR S5339; text of measure as introduced: CR S5332)
A resolution commending Captain Richard Phillips, the crew of the "Maersk Alabama", and the United States Armed Forces, recognizing the growing problem of piracy off Somalia's coast, and urging the development of a comprehensive strategy to address piracy and its root causes.
2009-04-22: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4596-4597; text as passed Senate: CR S4597; text of measure as introduced: CR S4586)
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
2009-02-12: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2248-2249)