Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Right of privacy

Bill Introduced: H.R.3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act

2009-10-29T10:05:00Z

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1692 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009

2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the authority to issue national security letters, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1598 Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009

2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3404 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009

2009-07-30T00:00:00Z

To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits and the temporary availability of further additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3371 Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009

2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve airline safety and pilot training, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3360 Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009

2009-07-28T00:00:00Z

To amend title 46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009

2009-07-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information.

Bill Introduced: S.1463 Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009

2009-07-16T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, to authorize grants for State organ and tissue donor registries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act

2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

A bill to express the sense of Congress on improving cybersecurity globally, to require the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress on improving cybersecurity, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3170 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2010

2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1415 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have a genuine opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.590 Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.

2009-06-26T00:00:00Z

Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3071 Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009

2009-06-26T00:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, to authorize grants for State organ and tissue donor registries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1365 Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009

2009-06-25T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3001 Ending LGBT Health Disparities Act

2009-06-23T00:00:00Z

To address the health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, to eliminate the barriers they face in accessing quality health care, and to ensure that good health and well-being is accessible to all.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

2009-06-22T00:00:00Z

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.

June 22, 2009: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

2009-06-22T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

2009-06-16T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.1261 PASS ID Act

2009-06-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and amend title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to better protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personally identifiable information collected by States when issuing driver's licenses and identification documents, and for other purposes.