Open Congress : Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: S.973 A bill to improve the integrity and safety of interstate horseracing, and for other purposes.

2013-05-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to improve the integrity and safety of interstate horseracing, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.981 A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.

2013-05-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.912 Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to allow multichannel video programming distributors to provide video programming to subscribers on an a la carte basis, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.921 Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the rental of motor vehicles that contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.904 STRONG Act

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to minimize the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events by ensuring that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.899 Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2013

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to establish a position of Science Laureate of the United States.

Bill Introduced: S.874 Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2013

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program.

Bill Introduced: S.818 Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent furloughs by the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.847 Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill Introduced: S.839 Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.794 Dependable Air Service Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

A bill to prevent an increase in flight delays and cancellations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.774 A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms.

2013-04-21T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms.

Bill Introduced: S.763 Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act of 2013

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

A bill to authorize States to enforce pipeline safety requirements related to wellbores at interstate storage facilities.

Bill Introduced: S.747 A bill to grant exclusive fishery management authority over the red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico to certain States.

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

A bill to grant exclusive fishery management authority over the red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico to certain States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1580 To affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance.

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

To affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance.

Bill Introduced: S.721 Kelsey Smith Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm.

Bill Introduced: S.713 Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

Bill Introduced: S.697 Contract Screener Reform and Accountability Act

2013-04-09T20:00:00Z

A bill to reform and improve the oversight of the performance of passenger and baggage security screening at domestic commercial airports by private screening companies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.687 A bill to prohibit the closing of air traffic control towers, and for other purposes.

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to prohibit the closing of air traffic control towers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.646 National Endowment for the Oceans Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

A bill to create the National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems, and for other purposes.