US Congress House Bill 4899 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on July 29 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-29 - Became Public Law No: 111-212.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2010. Title I - Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Agriculture for the Farm Service Agency's Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account, the Emergency Forest Restoration Program, and the Foreign Agricultural Service's Food for Peace Title II Grants for emergency relief and rehabilitation for Haiti. Chapter 2: Department of Commerce - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Commerce for: (1) the Economic Development Administration for disaster relief, recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in states that experienced damage from severe storms and flooding during March-May 2010; and (2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for expenses related to commercial fishery failures. Rescinds funds made available for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program. Requires funds previously made available for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Exploration to be available to fund continued performance of Constellation contracts. Chapter 3: Department of Defense--Military - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel, operation and maintenance (including for relief activities in Haiti), procurement, and research, development, test, and evaluation; (2) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (3) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (4) the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund; (5) Defense Working Capital Funds; (6) the Defense Health Program; and (7) Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities. (Sec. 308) Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to the congressional intelligence committees: (1) the charter and procedures for the interagency body established to carry out an interrogation pursuant to a recommendation of the report of the Special Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies submitted under Executive Order 13491 (commonly known as the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group); and (2) a report on lessons learned from such Group. Chapter 4: Department of Defense--Civil - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to DOD for FY2010 to the Corps of Engineers for Investigations, the Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, and Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies. (Sec. 401) Makes funds available for drought emergency assistance. Authorizes financial assistance under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for the optimization and conservation of project water supplies to assist drought-plagued areas of the West. (Sec. 406) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to use specified funds, at full federal expense, to make dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing federal navigation channels located in the Gulf Coast region to mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Directs the Secretary to coordinate the placement of dredged material with appropriate federal and Gulf Coast state agencies. Provides that: (1) the placement of such dredged material shall not be subject to a least-cost-disposal analysis or to the development of a Chief of Engineers report; and (2) nothing in this section shall affect the ability or authority of the federal government to recover costs from an entity determined to be a responsible party in connection with the spill. Chapter 5: Department of the Treasury - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of the Treasury for Salaries and Expenses for necessary expenses for emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction aid, and other expenses and disaster-response activities related to Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010. Rescinds specified funds made available to the Office of Inspector General for Salaries and Expenses. Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to: (1) the District of Columbia for the Federal Payment to the Public Defender Service (rescinds an equal amount); and (2) the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Chapter 6: Department of Homeland Security - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for: (1) the Coast Guard, including for necessary expenses and other disaster-response activities related to the earthquake in Haiti; (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief; and (3) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) for necessary expenses and other disaster response activities related to the Haiti earthquake. (Sec. 603) Directs the FEMA Administrator to consider the non-federal match requirement for assistance provided by FEMA under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to hazard mitigation to be satisfied for Hurricane Katrina. (Sec. 607) Requires the Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to issue a security directive that requires a commercial foreign air carrier that operates flights in and out of the United States to check the list of individuals that TSA has prohibited from flying not later than 30 minutes after such list is modified and provided to such carrier, except for such carriers that are enrolled in the Secure Flight program or that are Advance Passenger Information System Quick Query compliant. Chapter 7: Department of Labor - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to: (1) the Department of Labor for Departmental Management for mine safety activities and legal services related to the Department's caseload before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for necessary expenses for emergency relief, reconstruction aid, and other expenses and disaster-response activities related to Haiti following the earthquake; and (3) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. Chapter 8: House of Representatives - Appropriates specified funds to: (1) the House of Representatives for a payment to Joyce Murtha, widow of John P. Murtha, late a Representative from Pennsylvania; and (2) the Capitol Police to purchase and install a portion of a new radio system. Chapter 9: Military Construction - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds for: (1) Military Construction, Army and Air Force; (2) Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force; and (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Compensation and Pensions. (Sec. 902) Limits the obligation or expenditure of funds available to the VA until the expiration of the period for congressional disapproval under the Congressional Review Act of the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a service connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange during service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and hairy cell leukemia and other chronic B cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic heart disease. Chapter 10: Department of State - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of State for: (1) Diplomatic and Consular Programs; (2) the Office of Inspector General for Oversight of operations and programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq; (3) Embassy Security Construction, and Maintenance for necessary expenses for emergency needs in Haiti; (4) Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities for necessary expenses for emergency security in Haiti; (5) Migration and Refugee Assistance; and (6) International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, including assistance for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Haiti. Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds for: (1) International Broadcasting Operations for emergency broadcasting support and other expenses related to Haiti; (2) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Office of Inspector General for necessary expenses for oversight of operations and programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan and oversight of emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction aid, and other expenses related to Haiti; (3) Global Health and Child Survival for necessary expenses for pandemic preparedness and response; (4) International Disaster Assistance for emergency relief and rehabilitation, and other expenses related to Haiti; (5) the Economic Support Fund, including for assistance for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Jordan and for emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction aid and other expenses related to the Haiti earthquake; (6) the Department of the Treasury for International Affairs Technical Assistance for necessary expenses for emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction aid, and other expenses related to Haiti following the earthquake; and (7) the Foreign Military Financing Program for assistance for Pakistan and Jordan. (Sec. 1004) Places conditions on the availability of assistance for Afghanistan to support the work of the Independent Electoral Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission. Authorizes the Secretary of State to award task orders for a limited term for police training in Afghanistan under current Department of State contracts. (Sec, 1005) Makes funds available for human rights programs in Pakistan. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes the transfer of specified funds for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq for activities related to security for civilian led operations in those countries. (Sec. 1007) Places conditions on the availability of assistance to Haiti. (Sec. 1008) Appropriates supplemental funds for FY2010, authorizes the use of previously appropriated funds, and authorizes specified appropriations to provide for, and authorizes the U.S. Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank to vote for, specified debt relief for Haiti. (Sec. 1010) Makes funds for Mexico for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement available only after the Secretary of State submits a report to the Appropriations Committees detailing a coordinated, multiyear, interagency strategy to address the causes of drug-related violence and other organized criminal activity in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. (Sec. 1011) Makes funds available for emergency relief and reconstruction for El Salvador related to Hurricane/ Tropical Storm Ida. (Sec. 1012) Makes funds available for emergency security and humanitarian assistance for civilians, particularly women and girls, in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Sec. 1013) Authorizes the use of specified funds in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are available for science and technology centers in the former Soviet Union to support productive, nonmilitary projects that engage scientists and engineers who have no weapons background and whose competence could otherwise be applied to weapons development, provided such projects are executed through existing science and technology centers. (Sec. 1017) Makes funds available for reconstruction oversight in Afghanistan. Chapter 11: Department of Transportation - Makes specified amounts provided for Safety Belt Performance Grants available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for designated traffic and highway safety functions and makes corresponding rescissions. Rescinds specified amounts made available for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program. Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Community Development Fund for disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure, housing, and economic revitalization in areas affected by severe storms and flooding from March through May of 2010 for which the President declared a major disaster. Title II - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Commerce for Economic Development Assistance Programs to carry out planning, technical, and other assistance in states affected by the incidents related to the discharge of oil in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. Makes funds available to NOAA for Operations, Research, and Facilities to respond to economic impacts on fishermen and fishery-dependent businesses once the Secretary of Commerce determines that resources provided, including by the responsible parties under the Oil Pollution Act, are insufficient to respond to such impacts following an incident related to a spill of national significance. Makes funds available for scientific investigations and sampling as a result of the incidents related to the discharge of oil and use of oil dispersants that began in 2010 in connection with the Deepwater Horizon. Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to: (1) HHS for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for food safety monitoring and response activities in connection with that oil spill; (2) the Department of the Interior for increased inspections and other activities related to emergency offshore oil spill incidents in the Gulf of Mexico; (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ) for litigation expenses resulting from incidents related to the oil discharge in connection with the Deepwater Horizon; and (4) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Science and Technology for a study of potential human and environmental risks and impacts of the release of crude oil and application of dispersants and other mitigation measures. (Sec. 2001) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, subject to specified limitations and reporting requirements. (Sec. 2002) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to levy a fine or hold any person liable for construction or renovation work performed in any state under the final rules entitled "Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of Availability; Final Rule" and "Lead; Amendment to the Optout and Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program." (Sec. 2004) Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to: (1) NOAA to provide fisheries disaster relief related to the Deepwater Horizon oil discharge and to conduct an expanded stock assessment of the fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) the Department of Commerce for the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the long-term ecosystem service impacts of that discharge. Makes corresponding rescissions of NOAA funds. Title III: General Provisions--This Act - (Sec. 3001) Prohibits any appropriation in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. (Sec. 3002) Designates amounts in this Act as emergency requirements. (Sec. 3003) Requires, for FY2010 only, that all funds received from sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 be deposited in the Treasury. Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to use 50% and 25% of such receipts, respectively, to make payments to the states and counties within which the leased land and geothermal resources are located; and (2) 25% of such receipts to be deposited in miscellaneous receipts. (Sec. 3004) Amends Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 to reduce the amounts authorized for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and for historical accounting. (Sec. 3005) Amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to extend the authorization of appropriations for three years. (Sec. 3006) Authorizes the National Park Service Recreation Fee Program account to be available in FY2010 and FY2011 for the cost of adjustments and changes within the original scope of contracts for National Park Service projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and for associated administrative costs when no funds are otherwise available for such purposes. (Sec. 3007) Terminates authority provided with respect to the sale of public land under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act to 11 years (currently, 10 years) after its enactment. (Sec. 3008) Makes sums appropriated for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Byrne Program) available, at the Attorney General's discretion, for assistance for individuals transitioning from prison in Genesee County, Michigan. (Sec. 3009) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 to require the Amtrak security evaluation and checked firearms program to require: (1) inspections of any container containing a firearm or ammunition; and (2) the temporary suspension of firearm carriage service if credible intelligence information indicates a threat related to the national rail system or specific routes or trains. (Sec. 3010) Amends the Clean Contracting Act of 2008 to require the Administrator of General Services to post contractor performance information, excluding past performance reviews, on a publicly available Internet website. (Sec. 3011) Requires the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the participants of the interagency review of Guantanamo Bay detainees, to fully inform the congressional intelligence committees concerning the basis for the disposition decisions reached by the Guantanamo Review Task Force. Requires the Director to provide those committees: (1) the written threat analyses prepared on each detainee by the Task Force; (2) access to the intelligence information that formed the basis of any such specific assessments or threat analyses; (3) any new threat assessment prepared by the intelligence community of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who remains in detention or is pending release or transfer; and (4) access to the information that formed the basis of such threat assessment. (Sec. 3012) Authorizes the Attorney General to make available to the Georgia State University Center for Healthy Development amounts appropriated for the Byrne Program to be made available to the Marcus Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, to provide remediation for the potential consequences of childhood abuse and neglect. (Sec. 3013) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the immediate disbursement of funds in response to a spill of national significance under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, at the request of a producing state or coastal political subdivision, for certain projects specifically designed to respond to the spill.

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

Rep. David Obey [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-29		Became Public Law No: 111-212.
2010-07-29		Signed by President.
2010-07-29		Presented to President.
2010-07-27		Cleared for White House.
2010-07-27		Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2010-07-27		On motion that the House suspend the rules and recede and concur in the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 308 - 114 (Roll no. 474). (text as House recede and concur in the Senate amendment: CR H6052-6062)
2010-07-27		At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2010-07-27		DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to recede and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4899.
2010-07-27		Mr. Obey moved that the House suspend the rules and recede and concur in the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H6052-6068, H6124-6125)
2010-07-26		Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2010-07-22		Senate disagreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2010-07-22		Motion by Senator Reid to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4899) withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR H6190)
2010-07-22		Cloture on the motion to agree to the House amendment to Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4899) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 51. Record Vote Number: 219.
2010-07-22		Cloture motion on the motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4899) presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S6190; text: CR S6190)
2010-07-22		Motion by Senator Reid to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4899) made in Senate.
2010-07-22		Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6190)
2010-07-13		Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
2010-07-01		Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2010-07-01		On motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the fifth portion of the divided question (amendment 5) Failed by recorded vote: 162 - 260 (Roll no. 433). (text: CR H5383-5384)
2010-07-01		On motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the fourth portion of the divided question (amendment 4) Failed by recorded vote: 100 - 321 (Roll no. 432). (text: CR H5383)
2010-07-01		On motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the third portion of divided question [amendment 3] Failed by recorded vote: 25 - 376, 22 Present (Roll no. 431). (text: CR H5383)
2010-07-01		On motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the second portion of the divided question [amendment 2]. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 182, 1 Present (Roll no. 430). (text: CR H5371-5383)
2010-07-01		The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2010-07-01		ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Obey moved to concur in the Senate amendment to the text to H.R. 4899 with amendments. Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1500, the motion to concur in the Senate amendment with amendments shall be divided into each of its 5 portions. The first portion is considered as adopted pursuant to H.Res. 1500. The Chair shall put the question on adoption of each of portions 2 through 5 separately in their turn.
2010-07-01		DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1500, the House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the text with amendments.
2010-07-01		Mr. Obey moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the text with amendments. (consideration: CR H5358-5407; text of Senate amendment as received in House: CR H5358-5368; text of portion 1 as adopted pursuant to H. Res. 1500: CR H5369-5371)
2010-05-28		Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2010-05-27		Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Inouye; Byrd; Leahy; Harkin; Mikulski; Kohl; Murray; Dorgan; Feinstein; Durbin; Johnson; Landrieu; Reed; Lautenberg; Nelson NE; Pryor; Tester; Specter; Cochran; Bond; McConnell; Shelby; Gregg; Bennett; Hutchison; Brownback; Alexander; Collins; Voinovich; Murkowski. (consideration: CR S4507)
2010-05-27		Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 28. Record Vote Number: 176. (text: CR 5/28/2010 S4573-4583)
2010-05-27		Cloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
2010-05-27		The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4287 Amendment SA 4287 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4505)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4251 Amendment SA 4251 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as further modified: CR S4505)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4213 Amendment SA 4213 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S4505)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4200 Amendment SA 4200 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4248 Amendment SA 4248 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4255 Amendment SA 4255 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4259 Amendment SA 4259 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4184 Amendment SA 4184 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as further modified: CR S4504)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4280 Amendment SA 4280 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4260 Amendment SA 4260 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4249 Amendment SA 4249 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4246 Amendment SA 4246 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4245 Amendment SA 4245 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4224 Amendment SA 4224 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4222 Amendment SA 4222 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4217 Amendment SA 4217 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4205 Amendment SA 4205 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4178 Amendment SA 4178 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4287 Amendment SA 4287 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Shelby. (consideration: CR S4503-4505)To provide fisheries disaster relief, conduct a study on ecosystem services, and conduct an enhanced stock assessment for the Gulf of Mexico fisheries impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil discharge.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4251 Amendment SA 4251 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Merkley. (consideration: CR S4503-4505, S4506)To provide funds for drought relief, with an offset.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4200 Amendment SA 4200 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Byrd. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4505)To make technical corrections.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4248 Amendment SA 4248 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4505)To authorize the Secretary of State to award task orders for police training in Afghanistan under current Department of State contracts for police training.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4255 Amendment SA 4255 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Isakson. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504-4505)To make a technical correction.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4259 Amendment SA 4259 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Bond. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To require assessments on the detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4280 Amendment SA 4280 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To require the Administrator of the General Services to make publicly available the contractor integrity performance database established under the Clean Contracting Act of 2008.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4260 Amendment SA 4260 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Lugar. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To clarify that non-military projects in the former Soviet Union for which funding is authorized by this Act for the purpose of engaging scientists and engineers shall be executed through existing science and technology centers.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4249 Amendment SA 4249 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To modify a condition on the availability for funds to support the work of the Independent Electoral Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghanistan.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4246 Amendment SA 4246 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To strike a technical clarification.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4245 Amendment SA 4245 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To add a provision relating to commitments of resources by foreign governments.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4224 Amendment SA 4224 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Wicker. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To make a technical correction related to Amtrak security in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4222 Amendment SA 4222 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Webb. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To limit the use of funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs for presumption of service-connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam and certain additional diseases until the period for disapproval by Congress of the regulation establishing such presumption has expired.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4217 Amendment SA 4217 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4504)To provide for the submittal of the charter and reports on the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group to additional committees of Congress.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4205 Amendment SA 4205 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4503-4504)To make a technical correction.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4178 Amendment SA 4178 proposed by Senator Inouye for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S4503-4505; text: CR S4503)To facilitate a transmission line project.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4174 Proposed amendment SA 4174 withdrawn in Senate.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4173 Proposed amendment SA 4173 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4183 Proposed amendment SA 4183 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4175 Proposed amendment SA 4175 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4191 Proposed amendment SA 4191 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4179 Proposed amendment SA 4179 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4180 Proposed amendment SA 4180 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4182 Proposed amendment SA 4182 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4234 Proposed amendment SA 4234 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4229 Proposed amendment SA 4229 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4230 Proposed amendment SA 4230 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4289 Proposed amendment SA 4289 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4503)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4273 Amendment SA 4273 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 37 - 58. Record Vote Number: 175.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4299 Amendment SA 4299 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 35. Record Vote Number: 174.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4273 Amendment SA 4273 proposed by Senator Burr. (consideration: CR S4502-4503; text: CR S4502)To strike section 901, relating to the transfer of amounts to the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4299 Amendment SA 4299 proposed by Senator Inouye. (consideration: CR S4502-4503; text: CR S4502)To allow unobligated balances in the Construction, Major Projects account to be utilized for major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs otherwise authorized by law.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4253 Amendment SA 4253 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 37. Record Vote Number: 173.
2010-05-27		DeMint motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 4177 not agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 172. (consideration: CR S4500-4501)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4221 Proposed amendment SA 4221 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4494)
2010-05-27		Cloture on the committee reported substitute amendment invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 69 - 29. Record Vote Number: 171. (consideration: CR S4483; text: CR S4483)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4232 Motion to table amendment SA 4232 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 47. Record Vote Number: 170.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4231 Motion to table amendment SA 4231 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 169.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4204 Amendment SA 4204 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 18 - 80. Record Vote Number: 168.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4202 Proposed amendment SA 4202, under the order of 5/26/2010, having rejected the motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4481)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4202 Motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, with respect to amendment SA 4202 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 167.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4202 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4202.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4228 Proposed amendment SA 4228, under the order of 5/26/2010, having rejected the motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4479)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4228 Motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress with respect to amendment SA 4228 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 44. Record Vote Number: 166.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4228 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4228.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4214 Proposed amendment SA 4214, under the order of 5/26/2010, having rejected the motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline, withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4479)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4214 Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 4214 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 165.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4214 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4214.
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4289 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4253 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475, S4491-4494, S4494-4496, S4501-4502)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4234 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4232 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475, S4483)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4231 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475, S4482-4483)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4230 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4228 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475, S4479)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4221 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475, S4494)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4214 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4475-4479)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4213 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4503-4505)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4204 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4481-4482)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4202 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4479-4481; text as further modified: CR S4479-4480)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4191 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475, S4503-4505)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4182 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4180 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4179 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4175 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4475)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4174 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4496-4497)
2010-05-27		S.AMDT.4173 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4496-4497)
2010-05-27		Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474-4484, S4484-4507)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4289 Amendment SA 4289 proposed by Senator Menendez to Amendment SA 4174. (consideration: CR S4416-4417; text: CR S4416)To require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4253 Amendment SA 4253 proposed by Senator Collins. (consideration: CR S4410-4413; text: CR S4410)To prohibit the imposition of fines and liability under certain final rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4221 Amendment SA 4221 proposed by Senator Isakson. (consideration: CR S4406; text: CR S4406)To include the 2009 flooding in the Atlanta area as a disaster for which certain disaster relief is available.
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4230 Amendment SA 4230 proposed by Senator Ensign. (consideration: CR S4405, S4421-4422; text: CR S4405-4406; text as modified: CR S4421)To establish limitations on the transfer of C-130H aircraft from the National Guard to a unit of the Air Force in another State.
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4229 Amendment SA 4229 proposed by Senator Ensign. (consideration: CR S4405; text: CR S4405)To prohibit the transfer of C-130 aircraft from the National Guard to a unit of the Air Force in another State.
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4234 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4232 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4406-4409, S4424-4425)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4231 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4406-4409, S4424-4425, S4426-4428; text as modified: CR S4426-4427)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4228 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4419-4420; text as modified: CR S4419)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4214 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4422-4423)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4213 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4204 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4202 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4422-4423)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4191 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4182 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4180 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4179 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4175 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4174 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398)
2010-05-26		S.AMDT.4173 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4409-4410)
2010-05-26		Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398-4437)
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4234 Amendment SA 4234 proposed by Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S4202-4203; text: CR S4202-4203)To establish a program, and to make available funds, to provide technical assistance grants for use by organizations in assisting individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4182 Amendment SA 4182 proposed by Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S4202; text: CR S4202)To require the Secretary of the Army to use certain funds for the construction of authorized restoration projects in the Louisiana coastal area ecosystem restoration program.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4213 Amendment SA 4213 proposed by Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S4201-4202; text: CR S4201-4202)To provide authority to the Secretary of the Interior to immediately fund projects under the Coastal Impact Assistance Program on an emergency basis.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4184 Amendment SA 4184 proposed by Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S4201; text as modified: CR S4201)To require the Secretary of the Army to maximize the placement of dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels to mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at full Federal expense.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4180 Amendment SA 4180 proposed by Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S4201; text: CR S4201)To defer payments of principal and interest on disaster loans relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4179 Amendment SA 4179 proposed by Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S4200-4201; text: CR S4200)To allow the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to create or save jobs by providing interest relief on certain outstanding disaster loans relating to damage caused by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes or the 2008 Gulf Coast hurricanes.
2010-05-25		Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4197; text: CR S4197)
2010-05-25		Cloture motion on the committee reported substitute amendment presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4197; text: CR S4197)
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4231 Amendment SA 4231 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S4196-4197)To pay for the costs of supplemental spending by reducing waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending within the Federal Government.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4232 Amendment SA 4232 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S4195-4196; text: CR S4195-4196)To pay for the costs of supplemental spending by reducing Congress' own budget and disposing of unneeded Federal property and uncommitted Federal funds.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4228 Amendment SA 4228 proposed by Senator Kyl to Amendment SA 4202. (consideration: CR S4194; text: CR S4194)To appropriate $200,000,000 to increase resources for the Department of Justice and the Judiciary to address illegal crossings of the Southwest border, with an offset.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4191 Amendment SA 4191 proposed by Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S4193-4194; text: CR S4193)To prohibit the use of funds for leasing activities in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4175 Amendment SA 4175 proposed by Senator Lautenberg. (consideration: CR S4185-4186, S4190-4191; text: CR S4185; text as modified: CR S4190)To provide that parties responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico shall reimburse the general fund of the Treasury for costs incurred in responding to that oil spill.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4202 Amendment SA 4202 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S4185, S4194; text as modified: CR S4185)To make appropriations to improve border security, with an offset from unobligated appropriations under division A of Public Law 111-5.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4214 Amendment SA 4214 proposed by Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S4182-4183, S4183-4185; text: CR S4182)To provide for National Guard support to secure the southern land border of the United States.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4204 Amendment SA 4204 proposed by Senator Feingold. (consideration: CR S4181-4182; text: CR S4181)To require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4183 Amendment SA 4183 proposed by Senator Wyden. (consideration: CR S4172-4176; text: CR S4172-4173)To establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter.
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4174 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4167)
2010-05-25		S.AMDT.4173 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4167, S4169-4170, S4186-4187)
2010-05-25		Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4167-4171, S4172-4176, S4176-4206)
2010-05-24		S.AMDT.4173 Amendment SA 4173 proposed by Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S4122-4123)To establish 3 year discretionary spending caps.
2010-05-24		S.AMDT.4174 Amendment SA 4174 proposed by Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S4121)To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or their political subdivisions.
2010-05-24		Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4112-4130; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4112-4121)
2010-05-14		Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376.
2010-05-14		Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 111-188.
2010-05-13		Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2010-05-07		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
2010-03-25		Received in the Senate.
2010-03-24		On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 175, 1 Present ) (Roll No. 186). (text: CR H2300-2301)
2010-03-24		On motion to table the motion to appeal of the ruling of the Chair Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 176 (Roll no. 185).
2010-03-24		Mr. Obey moved to table the motion to appeal of the ruling of the Chair.
2010-03-24		Mr. Lewis (CA) appealed the ruling of the Chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the Chair.
2010-03-24		Mr. Obey raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. The provisions of the motion to recommit constitute legislation in an appropriations bill. Sustained by the Chair.
2010-03-24		Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H2309-2310; text: CR H2309)
2010-03-24		The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2309)
2010-03-24		DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4899.
2010-03-24		Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4899 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All point of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
2010-03-24		Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1204. (consideration: CR H2300-2311)
2010-03-24		Rule H. Res. 1204 passed House.
2010-03-22		Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1204 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4899 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All point of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
2010-03-21		Referred to House Budget
2010-03-21		Referred to House Appropriations
2010-03-21		Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HR1204 (Related) 2010-03-24 - On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 191 (Roll no. 179). (text: CR H2273)
HR1500 (Related) 2010-07-01 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB5745 (Related)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4899/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4899/BILLS-111hr4899ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4899/BILLS-111hr4899eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4899/BILLS-111hr4899rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4899/BILLS-111hr4899eas.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4899/BILLS-111hr4899eah.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4899/BILLS-111hr4899enr.pdf