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Bills introduced by John Forbes Kerry

BillDescription
S. 633Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act
S. 822Child Care Lending Pilot Act of 2003
S. 842Affordable Small Business Stimulus and Simplification Act of 2003
S. 875Community Development Homeownership Tax Credit Act
SC. 84A concurrent resolution recognizing the sacrifices made by members of the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces, expressing concern about their safety and security, and urging the Secretary of Defense to take immediate steps to ensure that the reserve components are provided with the same equipment as regular components.
S. 114Kids Come First Act of 2005
S. 137Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act of 2005
S. 138SBA Microenterprise Improvements Act
S. 139Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005
S. 1411National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2005
S. 1463Small Business Drought Relief Act of 2005
S. 1698Vaccines for the New Millennium Act of 2005
S. 1703Communications Security Act of 2005
S. 1818A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the manufacturing deduction provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in any possession of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1824Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2005
S. 1887A bill to authorize the conduct of small projects for the rehabilitation or removal of dams.
S. 1898Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act
S. 1959A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.
S. 1993Strategy for Success in Iraq Act
S. 1999YouthBuild Transfer Act of 2005
S. 2055A bill to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use of gold in the metal content of the Medal of Honor.
S. 2155A bill to provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children.
S. 2163Armed Forces Education Benefits Improvement Act
S. 2268Congressional Pension Accountability Act
S. 2323A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.
S. 2324A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain audio headphones.
S. 2325A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain audio headphones achieving full-spectrum noise reduction.
S. 2328A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain synthetic filament yarns.
S. 2329A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain filament yarns.
S. 2330A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain R-core transformers.
S. 2372Expedited Budget Item Veto Review Act of 2006
S. 240Small Business Military Reservist Tax Credit Act
S. 2449A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.
S. 2499Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2006
S. 2553Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act of 2006
S. 2574A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain golf club driver heads.
S. 2575A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain golf club fairway heads.
S. 2576A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain golf club driver heads of titanium.
S. 2577A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain golf club driver heads with plasma welded face plate.
S. 2578A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain golf club driver heads with rhombus shaped center face.
S. 2579A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain leather basketballs.
S. 2580A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain rubber basketballs.
S. 2581A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain volleyballs.
S. 2582A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain basketballs.
S. 2583A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic basketballs.
S. 2586Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program of 2006
S. 25947(a) Loan Program Reauthorization Act of 2006
S. 2595504 Loan Program Modernization Act of 2006
S. 2646Child Care Lending Pilot Act of 2006
S. 2669A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
S. 2670Energy Fairness for America Act
S. 2672Restore a Rational Tax Rate on Petroleum Production Act of 2006
S. 269Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2005
S. 2826A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010.
S. 2970Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006
S. 3487Small Business Disaster Loan Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006
S. 3680Securing Equity for the Economic Development of Low Income Areas Act of 2006
S. 3691Veterans Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2006
S. 3777Export Products Not Jobs Act
S. 3833Armed Forces Employment Support Act
S. 3919Small Business Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Assistance Act of 2006
S. 3953Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2006
S. 4039Global Warming Reduction Act of 2006
S. 4107College Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2006
S. 460Strengthening America's Armed Forces and Military Family Bill of Rights Act
S. 522A bill for the relief of Obain Attouoman.
S. 599Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2005
SC. 82A concurrent resolution to establish a procedure for the appointment of independent Congressional Ethics Office to investigate ethics violations in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
SJ. 33A joint resolution to provide for a strategy for successfully empowering a new unity government in Iraq.
SJ. 36A joint resolution providing a strategy for stabilizing Iraq and withdrawing United States troops.
SR. 261A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the crisis of Hurricane Katrina should not be used to weaken, waive, or roll back Federal public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations, and for other purposes.
SR. 372A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that oil and gas companies should not be provided outer Continental Shelf royalty relief when energy prices are at historic highs.
SR. 470A resolution promoting a comprehensive political agreement in Iraq.
SR. 578A resolution recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men.
S. 1005Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2007
S. 1006A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends.
S. 102A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010.
S. 103Restore a Rational Tax Rate on Petroleum Production Act of 2007
S. 1187Clean Capitol Act of 2007
S. 1197Tax Depreciation, Modernization, and Simplification Act of 2007
S. 1214Invest in Small Business Act of 2007
S. 1221Countdown to Coverage Act of 2007
S. 1227Clean Coal Act of 2007
S. 1243A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.
S. 1298Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007
S. 1311Bristol Bay Protection Act
S. 1333Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2007
S. 1337Children's Mental Health Parity Act
S. 1365A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
S. 1406Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007
S. 163Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007
S. 1631Small Business Emergency Fuel Assistance Act of 2007
S. 1657Small Business Energy Efficiency Act of 2007
S. 1662Small Business Venture Capital Act of 2007
S. 1663Securing Equity for the Economic Development of Low Income Areas Act of 2007
S. 1714Small Business Children's Health Education Act of 2007
S. 1761Safety and Accountability in Construction Act
S. 1784Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007
S. 1880A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures.
S. 1922TSA Acquisition Reform Act of 2007
S. 196Congressional Pension Accountability Act
S. 1971Hire a Hero Act
S. 1999A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes.
S. 2046Text a Tip Act of 2007
S. 2074Families First Immigration Enforcement Act
S. 2178ARTS Act
S. 2199Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007
S. 2323Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007
S. 2389A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes.
S. 2408Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007
S. 2486HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act of 2007
S. 2523National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007
S. 2553Small Business Stimulus Act of 2008
S. 2560Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2007
S. 2568A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met.
S. 2612Small Business Lending Stimulus Act of 2008
S. 2657A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes.
S. 2658A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member from the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure.
S. 2668Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008
S. 2764A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
S. 2775Fair Share Act of 2008
S. 2847Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act
S. 288A bill to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use of gold in the metal content of the Medal of Honor.
S. 2920SBA Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008
S. 2979A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
S. 2990Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2008
S. 3016Internet Crime Prevention Act of 2008
S. 3026A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
S. 3029A bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
S. 3034Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2008
S. 3081A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.
S. 3097Vietnam Education Foundation Amendments Act of 2008
S. 3099A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Department of Defense for propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law.
S. 3108The White House Conference on Food and Nutrition
S. 3184Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Education Portals Act
S. 3200Mentoring for All Act of 2008
S. 3204Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008
S. 3223Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2008
S. 3231Shark Conservation Act of 2008
S. 3274National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008
S. 3292Emergency Energy Assistance Act of 2008
S. 3327Empowered at Home Act of 2008
S. 3362SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008
S. 3379SERV Act
S. 341Energy Fairness for America Act
S. 3426Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
S. 3576A bill to prohibit the 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.
S. 3596A bill to stabilize the small business lending market, and for other purposes.
S. 3628A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodations in employment, and for other purposes.
S. 3675A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other purposes.
S. 455Active Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007
S. 485Global Warming Reduction Act of 2007
S. 598Small Business Disaster Loan Reporting Act of 2007
S. 679A bill to provide a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq and redeploying United States troops from Iraq within one year.
S. 827Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act
S. 889Deepwater Accountability Act
S. 923New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act
S. 95Kids Come First Act of 2007
S. 96Export Products Not Jobs Act
S. 97College Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2007
S. 99Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Act
SC. 34A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should increase basic pay for members of the Armed Forces.
SC. 86A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms and seek to strengthen measures to conserve whale species.
SR. 174A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning April 22, 2007.
SR. 32A resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
SR. 335A resolution recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men.
SR. 339A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the situation in Burma.
SR. 34A resolution calling for the strengthening of the efforts of the United States to defeat the Taliban and terrorist networks in Afghanistan.
SR. 355A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Boston's celebration of the Little Rock Nine on the 50th anniversary of their courageous and selfless stand in the face of hatred, violence, and intolerance.
SR. 368A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, at the 20th Regular Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the United States should pursue a moratorium on the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to ensure control of the fishery and further facilitate recovery of the stock, pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and seek a review of compliance by all Nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendation for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and for other purposes.
SR. 372A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan.
SR. 376A resolution providing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Commerce should declare a commercial fishery failure for the groundfish fishery for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and immediately propose regulations to implement section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
SR. 524A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of the owners of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, beginning April 21, 2008.
SR. 533A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the political situation in Zimbabwe.
SR. 554A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on humanitarian assistance to Burma after Cyclone Nargis.
SR. 596A resolution congratulating the Boston Celtics on winning the 2008 National Basketball Association Championship.
SR. 66A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and distinguished career of the Reverend Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
SR. 668A resolution to commend the American Sail Training Association for its advancement of character building under sail and for its advancement of international goodwill.
SR. 690A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
SR. 88A resolution honoring the extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
S. 234Wireless Innovation Act of 2007
S. 1256Small Business Lending Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2007
S. 2300Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act of 2007
S. 1671Entrepreneurial Development Act of 2007
S. 98Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007
S. 1650Max Cleland Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act
S. 2307Global Change Research Improvement Act of 2007
S. 1011A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.
S. 1112Veterans' Prescription Drug Reform Act of 2003
S. 1254Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003
S. 1255National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2003
S. 1310A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the harbor maintenance tax is applied to certain ports that import cargo exceeding $100,000,000 in value per year.
S. 1386A bill to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use of gold in the metal content of the Medal of Honor.
S. 1411National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2003
S. 1595Small Business Military Reservist Tax Credit Act
S. 1739Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2003
S. 1782Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2003
S. 1838A bill to require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq.
S. 1873Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act of 2003
S. 1884Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance Act of 2003
S. 1885Manufacturing Job Production Act of 2003
S. 1886MADE in America Act
S. 1958Mutual Fund Investor Protection Act of 2003
S. 1991A bill to require the reimbursement of members of the Armed Forces or their family members for the costs of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces.
S. 2186SBA Emergency Authorization Extension Act of 2004
S. 2266Women's Business Center Safeguard Act
S. 300A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson.
S. 305A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include in the criteria for selecting any project for the low-income housing credit whether such project has high-speed Internet infrastructure.
S. 318Small Business Drought Relief Act of 2003
S. 503A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow increase the minimum tax credit where stock acquired pursuant to an incentive stock option is sold or exchanged at a loss.
S. 530Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2003
S. 577Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act

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