Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Members

This committee has 19 members. Use the buttons below to see all of the members.

Legislation in this Committee

Below are the bills that are assigned to this committee in this legislative session. These bills and resolutions have been proposed by Members of Congress but may not have had any action taken on them on their path to becoming law. In fact, the vast majority of proposed legislation never becomes law.

Introduced Measures Pending Committee Consideration

S. 27: Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2009

S. 48: Voting Integrity and Verification Act of 2009

S. 103: A bill to require disclosure and payment of noncommercial air travel in the Senate.

S. 104: A bill to prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee.

S. 149: Weekend Voting Act

S. 162: Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act

S. 395: Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009

S. 528: Caging Prohibition Act of 2009

S. 752: Fair Elections Now Act

S. 1026: Military Voting Protection Act of 2009

S. 1077: Robocall Privacy Act of 2009

S. 1103: Voter Fraud Prevention Act

S. 1125: Student VOTER Act of 2009

S. 1265: Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009

S. 1319: Enumerated Powers Act

S. 1372: A bill to provide a vehicle maintenance building to house the Smithsonian Institution's Vehicle Maintenance Branch at the Suitland Collections Center in Suitland, Maryland.

S. 1431: Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009

S. 1433: Fair and Representative Presidential Primaries Act of 2009

S. 1443: A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to modify State responsibilities under such Act.

S. 1648: Federal Election Administration Act of 2009

S. 1986: Same Day Registration Act

S. 2797: A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to provide an exemption from certain requirements for States that provide sufficient time to vote.

S.Con.Res. 17: A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of a bust of Sojourner Truth.

S.Con.Res. 20: A concurrent resolution authorizing the last surviving veteran of the First World War to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death.

S.Con.Res. 24: A concurrent resolution to direct the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.

S.Con.Res. 27: A concurrent resolution directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of "In God we trust" in the Capitol Visitor Center.

S.Res. 12: A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit filling the tree.

S.Res. 28: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

S.Res. 30: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations.

S.Res. 31: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

S.Res. 32: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

S.Res. 33: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

S.Res. 34: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence.

S.Res. 36: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.Res. 39: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.

S.Res. 41: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.

S.Res. 42: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.Res. 43: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.Res. 44: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed Services.

S.Res. 45: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging.

S.Res. 47: A resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.Res. 50: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

S.Res. 51: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

S.Res. 54: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance.

S.Res. 62: A resolution establishing a select committee of the Senate to make a thorough and complete study and investigation of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the economic crisis facing the United States and to make recommendations to prevent a future recurrence of such a crisis.

S.Res. 63: A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that all congressionally directed spending items in appropriations and authorization legislation fall under the oversight and transparency provisions of S. 1, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007.

S.Res. 118: A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications.

S.Res. 164: A resolution amending Senate Resolution 400, 94th Congress, and Senate Resolution 445, 108th Congress, to improve congressional oversight of the intelligence activities of the United States, to provide a strong, stable, and capable congressional committee structure to provide the intelligence community appropriate oversight, support, and leadership, and to implement a key recommendation of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

S.Res. 238: A resolution to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care.

S.Res. 246: A resolution requiring that legislation considered by the Senate to be confined to a single issue.

S.Res. 307: A resolution to require that all legislative matters be available and fully scored by CBO 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.

Bills and Resolutions Referred to this Committee on the Legislative Calendar

S. 1415: Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

S.Res. 46: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Bills and Resolutions Voted on in One Chamber, or Failed Passage

H.R. 151: Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2009

H.R. 749: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate.

H.R. 1299: United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009

H.R. 2510: Absentee Ballot Track, Receive, and Confirm Act

H.R. 2728: William Orton Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act

H.Con.Res. 1: Regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of government.

H.Con.Res. 38: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.

H.Con.Res. 39: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.

H.Con.Res. 136: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a celebration of Citizenship Day.

S. 60: A bill to prohibit the sale and counterfeiting of Presidential inaugural tickets.

S.Res. 53: A resolution authorizing a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol.

Bills Considered by this Committee that have been Enacted

S.J.Res. 8: A joint resolution providing for the appointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

S.J.Res. 9: A joint resolution providing for the appointment of France A. Cordova as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.