Sen. John Cornyn

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District SD-TX
Party Republican
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Bills Introduced 409

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Federal
US Congress 112th Congress

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent. [SR-99]
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is incompatible with the Constitution, the laws, and the traditions of the United States; (2) the Convention would undermine presumptions of freedom and independence for U.S. families; (3) the Convention would interfere with U.S. principles of sovereignty, independence, and self-government that preclude the necessity or propriety of adopting international law to govern domestic matters; and (4) the President should not transmit the Convention to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1566-1567) on 03/10/2011

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US Congress 116th Congress

EARN IT Act of 2020 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 [S.3398]
Revises the framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. Among other things, the bill does the following: establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention, directs the commission to develop best practices for interactive online services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children, limits the liability protections of online service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws, and replaces statutory (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Graham With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 07/20/2020

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US Congress 116th Congress

SAFER Act Strategic Acquisition and Floodplain Efficiency Reform Act [S.4764]
A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program for public-private partnerships for disaster mitigation projects, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thom Tillis Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/30/2020

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A resolution condemning the crackdown on peaceful protestors in Belarus and calling for the imposition of sanctions on responsible officials. [SR-689]
This resolution: finds the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus to be undemocratic; stands with the people of Belarus in their pursuit of democracy and human rights; calls on Belarus to uphold its human rights obligations; and urges the United States to respond to the events in Belarus, including through sanctions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 09/14/2020

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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not more than 9 justices. [SJR-14]
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the U.S. Supreme Court to be composed of not more than nine Justices.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/25/2019

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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building". [S.4851]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 10/23/2020

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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in Castroville, Texas, as the "Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office". [S.4855]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in Castroville, Texas, as the "Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 10/23/2020

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A bill to create a point of order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. [S.4805]
Creates a point of order against considering legislation in the Senate that modifies the total number of Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill allows the point of order to be waived by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 582. on 11/09/2020

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A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2020, as a national day of remembrance of the tragic terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983. [SR-751]
This resolution expresses support for the designation of a national day of remembrance on October 23, 2020, for members of the U.S. Armed Forces who were killed or injured by the terrorist attack on the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. (text: Cr S6404) on 10/22/2020

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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the "Tom Reid Post Office Building". [S.4853]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the "Tom Reid Post Office Building."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 10/23/2020

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