4/21/09
4/22/09

Introduced.
Resolution passed by voice vote.

3/27/09

Introduced.
Reported by Budget Committee.

4/2/09

Resolution passed 233 - 196.

5/20/09

Introduced.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.

(as introduced):

Would provide for audits of programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks.

(as introduced):

Would permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in the State of California.

(as introduced):

Would provide for the authorization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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(as introduced):

Would establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes.
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(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded at: (1) a port in the U.S. mainland and unloaded at another such port after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) such a port in Canada and unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland.

Would defines the "Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System" as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Nova Scotia, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.

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(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports.
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(as introduced):

Would make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
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(as introduced):

Would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit issuance of any lease or other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in the fishing grounds known as Georges Bank in the waters of the United States.

(as introduced):

Would enhance the Nation's environmental, energy, economic, and national security by terminating long-standing Federal prohibitions on the domestic production of abundant offshore supplies of oil and natural gas.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish and carry out a hazardous materials cooperative research program.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for obtaining transportation worker identification credentials.

Introduced.
Passed House 245 - 178.
Received in Senate.

Passed Senate 62 - 35.

Signed by President, P.L. 111-008.

(as introduced):

Would make omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

Introduced.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.
Passed House by voice vote.

Received in Senate.
Referred to Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct in the maritime environment a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes; (2) ensure such program's coordination with other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric identification programs; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees respecting the cost of expanding DHS biometric identification capabilities for use by departmental maritime assets.

Defines "biometric identification" as the use of fingerprint and digital photography images.

Introduced.
Reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Passed House 317 - 101.

Received in Senate.
Referred to Environment and Public Works Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, including changing the tonnage duty (currently, a tax) on specified vessels entering or returning to a U.S. port.

Introduced.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.

(as introduced):

Would restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime law enforcement.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Cmte.

(as introduced):

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

Introduced.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.

(as introduced):

Would enhance the safety of ports of entry in the United States.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Ordered reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would structure Coast Guard acquisition processes and policies.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.

Introduced.

Ordered reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Passed House by voice vote.

Received in Senate.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions through transportation efficiency including the advocacy of short sea shipping.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Clean Air Act regarding transportation fuels and establishment of a low carbon fuel standard.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would authorize the President to review and approve oil and gas exploration, development, and production projects under existing Federal oil and gas leases, both onshore and offshore, and to limit administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to such projects, upon finding that such a project complies with all applicable Federal laws.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.

(as introduced):

Would terminate or provide for suspension of the application of Federal laws that restrict exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale, to facilitate the construction of new crude oil refineries.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would promote secure ferry transportation.

Introduced.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.

Reported by Homeland Security Committee.

Passed House 397 - 25.

Received in Senate.
Referred to Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

(as introduced):

Would authorize the Transportation Security Administration's programs relating to the provision of transportation security.

Introduced.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.
Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.

(as introduced):

Would lift the trade embargo on Cuba.

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.

Passed 368 - 60.

Received in Senate.
Passed 86 - 3.

Conference Report agreed to in House 226 - 202.

Concerence Report agreed to in Senate 91 - 5.

Signed into law, P.L. 111-032.

(as introduced):

Would make supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the Foreign Agricultural Service for Public Law 480 Title II grants (supplemental food program); (2) the Department of Commerce for Economic Development Administration (EDA) for assistance programs; and (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ), including for U.S. Marshall Services, the National Security Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE), and the Federal Prison System.

Would make FY2009 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (4) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (5) the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund; (6) procurement; (7) the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund; (8) research, development, test, and evaluation; (9) Defense Working Capital Funds; (10) the Defense Health Program; (11) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; (12) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (13) the Office of Inspector General; (14) the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - Civil for operation and maintenance, and flood control and coastal emergencies; (15) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and DOD; (16) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; and (17) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005.

Would make FY2009 supplemental appropriations to: (1) the Department of Energy (DOE) for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation; (2) the Department of the Treasury; (3) the Executive Office of the President for the National Security Council and for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; (4) the Judiciary for the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (5) the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC); (6) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for state and local programs; (7) the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service, for wildland fire management; (8) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Administration for Children and Families for refugee and entrant assistance; (9) the legislative branch for the Capitol Police and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); (10) the Department of State for diplomatic and consular programs, the Office of Inspector General, and embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (11) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (12) the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for operating expenses, the Capital Investment Fund, and the Office of Inspector General; (13) bilateral economic assistance, including global health and child survival; (14) international disaster assistance; (15) the Economic Support Fund; (16) assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; (17) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (18) nonproliferation, antiterrorism, demining, and related programs; (19) migration and refugee assistance; (20) peacekeeping operations; (21) International Military Education and Training (IMET); (22) the Foreign Military Financing Program; (23) the Department of Transportation (DOT) for payments to air carriers and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for grants-in-aid for airports; and (24) multilateral development bank replenishments, including the U.S. quota in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as loans to the IMF.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would establish a National Goods Movement Improvement Fund to provide funding for infrastructure projects that will improve the movement of goods, mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods, and enhance the security of transported goods.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.
Referred to Education and Labor Committee.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Agriculture Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

Reported by Energy and Commerce Committee.
Discharged bu Education and Labor Committee.
Discharged by Foreign Affairs Committee.

Discharged by Financial Services Sommittee.
Discharged by Science and Technology Committee.
Duscharged by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Discharged by Natural Resources Committee.
Discharged by Agriculture Committee.
Discharged by Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.

Introduced.
Referred to Rules Committee.
Referred to Budget Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives or the Senate of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to private, for-profit entities.

Introduced.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.
Referred to Financial Services Committee.

(as introduced):

Would reduce the price of gasoline by allowing for offshore drilling, eliminate Federal obstacles to constructing refineries and provide incentives for investment in refineries, suspend Federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount, and promote free trade.

Introduced.
Referred to Armed Services Committee.

Reported by Armed Services Committee.

Passed House 389 - 22.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Ordered reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 14, United States Code, to modernize the leadership of the Coast Guard, to modernize the administration of marine safety by the Coast Guard.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Ordered reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a maritime career training loan program.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Ordered reported by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to improve vessel safety, and for other purposes.

Introduced.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.

(as introduced):

Would establish a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a National Climate Enterprise.

Introduced.
Referred to Science and Technology Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title VII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would establish a program to improve freight mobility in the United States and establish the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund.

Introduced.
Referred to natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States.

Introduced.
Referred to Natural Resources Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes.

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

(as introduced):

Would ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue in the Arctic.

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.

Passed House 389 - 37.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.298

Introduced.
Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

(as introduced):

Would provide for the sale of light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and its replacement with heavy grade petroleum

Introduced.
Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Referred to Homeland Security Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend Title 46, United States Code, to assist in the defense of United States mariners and vessels against piracy, to ensure the traditional right of self-defense of those vessels against piracy.

Introduced.
Reported by Appropriations Committee.

(as introduced):

Would make appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010

Introduced.
Referred to Ways and Means Committee.

(as introduced):

Would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trade.

Introduced.
Referred to Foreign Affairs Committee.

(as introduced):

Would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security and agricultural development, to develop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, and would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.