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April 5, 2010

Bills Passed in Congress: January

The following are the bills the House and Senate passed in January. The bills were passed by voice vote except where indicated. Roll call votes for the House are found here, and for the Senate here. The descriptions of bills are essentially taken verbatim from the Congressional Record Daily Digest.

Page numbers of bills are based on the pdf display of the bill found at the Library of Congress legislative site.

SENATE 7 pages, 138 pages

Relief for Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti: Senate passed H.R. 4462, to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti, clearing the measure for the President. 3 pages

Social Security Act: Senate passed S. 2949, to amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increased fiscal year 2010 payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries, to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the Medicare cost-sharing program for low-income qualifying individuals. (“Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act) 2 pages

Criminal History Background Checks: Senate passed S. 2950, to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 1 page

Increasing the Statutory Limit on the Public Debt: By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 14),Senate passed H.J. Res. 45, increasing the statutory limit on the public debt, as amended, 60 pages

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act:  Senate passed S. 2799, to expand the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, to provide for the divestment of assets in Iran by State and local governments and other entities, to identify locations of concern with respect to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items to Iran. 54 pages

Lanham Act: Senate passed S. 2968, to make certain technical and conforming amendments to the Lanham Act. 14 pages

Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act: Senate passed H.R. 4508, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, clearing the measure for the President. 4 pages

HOUSE 19 bills, 371 pages

E.V. Wilkins Post Office Designation Act:  H.R. 3892, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Highway 64 Bypass in Roper, North Carolina, as the “E.V. Wilkins Post Office”, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 356 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 5; 2 pages

Sergeant Matthew L. Ingram Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 4139, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7464 Highway 503 in Hickory, Mississippi, as the “Sergeant Matthew L. Ingram Post Office”; 2 pages

Providing that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances: S. 692, to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances; 4 pages

Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2009: H.R. 2646, to amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the oversight authorities of the Comptroller General; 6 pages

Enacting certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, “National and Commercial Space Programs”: H.R. 3237, to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, “National and Commercial Space Programs”. 147 pages

BLM Contract Extension Act:  H.R. 3759, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-related contract extensions of certain timber contracts between the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers; 6 pages

Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act: H.R. 725, amended, to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings; 12 pages

Congresswoman Jan Meyers Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 4095, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9727 Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kansas, as the “Congresswoman Jan Meyers Post Office Building”; 2 pages

Accelerating the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti: H.R. 4462, amended, to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti; 3 pages

Amending the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Securing the Cities Initiative of the Department of Homeland Security: H.R. 2611, amended, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Securing the Cities Initiative of the Department of Homeland Security; 4 pages

Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act:  The House passed H.R. 3254, to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, by a yea-and-nay vote of 254 yeas to 158 nays, Roll No. 12. 34 pages

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act:  The House passed H.R. 3342, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, by a yea-and-nay vote of 249 yeas to 153 nays, Roll No. 13. 58 pages

White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act:  The House passed H.R. 1065, to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, by a yea-and-nay vote of 262 yeas to 147 nays, Roll No. 14. 64 pages

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 730, to strengthen efforts in the Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 10 nays, Roll No. 16; 10 pages

Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 3250, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in D32Riverhead, New York, as the “Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building” 2 pages

Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act: S. 2949, to amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority D48for increased fiscal year 2010 payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries and to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the Medicare cost-sharing program for low-income qualifying individuals. 2 pages

Providing for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958: H.R. 4508, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 24 4 pages

Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act: The House passed H.R. 4474, to authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, by a yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas with none voting “nay”, Roll No. 22. 5 pages

Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2010: The House passed H.R. 3726, to establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 175 nays, Roll No. 23. 4 pages

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