S. 277 - Serve America Act
Service, Community - Social welfare. 111th Congress (2009-2010) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Edward Kennedy
- Summary:
- A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
There have been no votes on this bill.
Serve America Act
S. 277 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- Keywords
- Service, Community
- Summary
- A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Learn More
- at OpenCongress
- Title
- A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Serve America Act
- Serve America Act
- Sponsor
- Edward Kennedy
- Co-Sponsors
- Daniel Akaka
- Evan Bayh
- Michael Bennet
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd
- Benjamin Cardin
- Robert Casey
- Thad Cochran
- Christopher Dodd
- Byron Dorgan
- Richard Durbin
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Judd Gregg
- Kay Hagan
- Orrin Hatch
- John Isakson
- Edward Kaufman
- John Kerry
- Mary Landrieu
- Frank Lautenberg
- Patrick Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Blanche Lincoln
- John McCain
- Robert Menéndez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- John Reed
- Harry Reid
- John Rockefeller
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Subjects
- Social welfare
- Academic performance and assessments
- Advisory bodies
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Financial literacy
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Forests
- Government information and archives
- Government investigations
- Government trust funds
- Health care coverage and access
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- Lakes and rivers
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- National and community service
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Personnel records
- Public-private cooperation
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Solid waste and recycling
- Student aid and college costs
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 1/16/2009 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 1/16/2009 1/16/2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Put on a legislative calendar 3/18/2009 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. 3/18/2009 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Mikulski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Put on a legislative calendar 3/18/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
- Total Contributions
- Contributions by Vote
- $ Near Votes
- Timeline of Contributions
Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…
support this bill
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 111th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2009.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions By Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Support | $ From Interest Groups That Oppose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanestad, Sam | R | CA-4 | $5,500 | $0 |
| Akaka, Daniel | D | HI | $24,500 | $0 |
| Alexander, Lamar | R | TN | $177,411 | $0 |
| Alquist, Elaine | D | CA-13 | $7,500 | $0 |
| Ashburn, Roy | R | CA-18 | $0 | $0 |
| Barrasso, John | R | WY | $13,250 | $0 |
| Baucus, Max | D | MT | $83,757 | $0 |
| Bayh, Evan | D | IN | $97,427 | $0 |
| Begich, Mark | D | AK | $45,975 | $0 |
| Bennet, Michael | D | CO | $44,418 | $0 |
| Bennett, Robert | R | UT | $14,450 | $0 |
| Bingaman, Jeff | D | NM | $29,750 | $0 |
| Bond, Christopher | R | MO | $36,900 | $0 |
| Boxer, Barbara | D | CA | $197,335 | $0 |
| Brown, Scott | R | MA | $7,150 | $0 |
| Brown, Sherrod | D | OH | $295,020 | $0 |
| Brownback, Samuel | R | KS | $4,750 | $0 |
| Bunning, Jim | R | KY | $24,500 | $0 |
| Burr, Richard | R | NC | $77,308 | $0 |
| Burris, Roland | D | IL | $0 | $0 |
| Byrd, Robert | D | WV | $53,050 | $0 |
| Calderon, Ron | D | CA-30 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Cantwell, Maria | D | WA | $179,078 | $0 |
| Cardin, Benjamin | D | MD | $182,854 | $0 |
| Carper, Thomas | D | DE | $23,925 | $0 |
| Casey, Robert | D | PA | $257,010 | $0 |
| Cedillo, Gilbert | D | CA-22 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Chambliss, Saxby | R | GA | $71,618 | $0 |
| Coburn, Thomas | R | OK | $22,125 | $0 |
| Cochran, Thad | R | MS | $18,350 | $0 |
| Cogdill, Dave | R | CA-14 | $4,000 | $0 |
| Collins, Susan | R | ME | $55,717 | $0 |
| Conrad, Kent | D | ND | $44,867 | $0 |
| Corbett, Ellen | D | CA-10 | $4,600 | $0 |
| Corker, Bob | R | TN | $223,085 | $0 |
| Cornyn, John | R | TX | $123,850 | $0 |
| Correa, Lou | D | CA-34 | $2,950 | $0 |
| Crapo, Michael | R | ID | $8,180 | $0 |
| DeMint, Jim | R | SC | $88,176 | $0 |
| DeSaulnier, Mark | D | CA-7 | $2,950 | $0 |
| Denham, Jeff | R | CA-12 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Dodd, Christopher | D | CT | $69,950 | $0 |
| Dorgan, Byron | D | ND | $48,600 | $0 |
| Ducheny, Denise | D | CA-40 | $1,100 | $0 |
| Durbin, Richard | D | IL | $209,500 | $0 |
| Dutton, Robert | R | CA-31 | $1,250 | $0 |
| Ensign, John | R | NV | $11,250 | $0 |
| Enzi, Michael | R | WY | $12,000 | $0 |
| Feingold, Russell | D | WI | $271,105 | $0 |
| Feinstein, Dianne | D | CA | $87,515 | $0 |
| Florez, Dean | D | CA-16 | $0 | $0 |
| Franken, Al | D | MN | $239,039 | $0 |
| Gillibrand, Kirsten | D | NY | $156,998 | $0 |
| Graham, Lindsey | R | SC | $65,793 | $0 |
| Grassley, Charles | R | IA | $37,225 | $0 |
| Gregg, Judd | R | NH | $13,250 | $0 |
| Hagan, Kay | D | NC | $93,630 | $0 |
| Hancock, Loni | D | CA-9 | $4,850 | $0 |
| Harkin, Thomas | D | IA | $144,100 | $0 |
| Harman, Tom | R | CA-35 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Hatch, Orrin | R | UT | $57,651 | $0 |
| Hollingsworth, Dennis | R | CA-36 | $0 | $0 |
| Huff, Bob | R | CA-29 | $150 | $0 |
| Hutchison, Kay | R | TX | $74,250 | $0 |
| Inhofe, James | R | OK | $10,470 | $0 |
| Inouye, Daniel | D | HI | $70,350 | $0 |
| Isakson, John | R | GA | $64,800 | $0 |
| Johanns, Mike | R | NE | $10,500 | $0 |
| Johnson, Tim | D | SD | $33,800 | $0 |
| Kaufman, Edward | D | DE | $0 | $0 |
| Kehoe, Christine | D | CA-39 | $11,225 | $0 |
| Kerry, John | D | MA | $54,019 | $0 |
| Klobuchar, Amy | D | MN | $179,600 | $0 |
| Kohl, Herbert | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Kyl, Jon | R | AZ | $103,270 | $0 |
| Landrieu, Mary | D | LA | $131,602 | $0 |
| Lautenberg, Frank | D | NJ | $59,000 | $0 |
| LeMieux, George | R | FL | $0 | $0 |
| Leahy, Patrick | D | VT | $17,450 | $0 |
| Leno, Mark | D | CA-3 | $16,675 | $0 |
| Levin, Carl | D | MI | $134,942 | $0 |
| Lieberman, Joseph | I | CT | $176,075 | $0 |
| Lincoln, Blanche | D | AR | $60,750 | $0 |
| Liu, Carol | D | CA-21 | $6,325 | $0 |
| Lugar, Richard | R | IN | $54,731 | $0 |
| Maldonado, Abel | R | CA-15 | $4,650 | $0 |
| McCain, John | R | AZ | $28,000 | $0 |
| McCaskill, Claire | D | MO | $190,009 | $0 |
| McConnell, Mitch | R | KY | $128,375 | $0 |
| Menéndez, Robert | D | NJ | $122,236 | $0 |
| Merkley, Jeff | D | OR | $112,386 | $0 |
| Mikulski, Barbara | D | MD | $116,987 | $0 |
| Murkowski, Lisa | R | AK | $19,700 | $0 |
| Murray, Patty | D | WA | $128,788 | $0 |
| Negrete McLeod, Gloria | D | CA-32 | $4,700 | $0 |
| Nelson, Ben | D | NE | $48,077 | $0 |
| Nelson, Bill | D | FL | $142,190 | $0 |
| Oropeza, Jenny | D | CA-28 | $7,410 | $0 |
| Padilla, Alex | D | CA-20 | $2,700 | $0 |
| Pavley, Fran | D | CA-23 | $3,250 | $0 |
| Price, Curren | D | CA-26 | $1,740 | $0 |
| Pryor, Mark | D | AR | $17,850 | $0 |
| Reed, John | D | RI | $41,025 | $0 |
| Reid, Harry | D | NV | $209,150 | $0 |
| Risch, James | R | ID | $3,550 | $0 |
| Roberts, Pat | R | KS | $21,100 | $0 |
| Rockefeller, John | D | WV | $88,000 | $0 |
| Romero, Gloria | D | CA-24 | $8,450 | $0 |
| Runner, George | R | CA-17 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Sanders, Bernard | I | VT | $87,086 | $0 |
| Schumer, Charles | D | NY | $73,150 | $0 |
| Sessions, Jefferson | R | AL | $54,500 | $0 |
| Shaheen, Jeanne | D | NH | $110,920 | $0 |
| Shelby, Richard | R | AL | $42,050 | $0 |
| Simitian, S. | D | CA-11 | $13,450 | $0 |
| Snowe, Olympia | R | ME | $68,003 | $0 |
| Specter, Arlen | D | PA | $408,970 | $0 |
| Stabenow, Debbie Ann | D | MI | $248,761 | $0 |
| Steinberg, Darrell | D | CA-6 | $17,200 | $0 |
| Strickland, Tony | R | CA-19 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Tester, Jon | D | MT | $84,049 | $0 |
| Thune, John | R | SD | $106,265 | $0 |
| Udall, Mark | D | CO | $160,070 | $0 |
| Udall, Tom | D | NM | $85,450 | $0 |
| Vitter, David | R | LA | $59,375 | $0 |
| Voinovich, George | R | OH | $39,713 | $0 |
| Walters, Mimi | R | CA-33 | $4,650 | $0 |
| Warner, Mark | D | VA | $122,543 | $0 |
| Webb, Jim | D | VA | $121,597 | $0 |
| Whitehouse, Sheldon | D | RI | $61,900 | $0 |
| Wicker, Roger | R | MS | $31,230 | $0 |
| Wiggins, Patricia | D | CA-2 | $1,725 | $0 |
| Wolk, Lois | D | CA-5 | $14,495 | $0 |
| Wright, Roderick | D | CA-25 | $0 | $0 |
| Wyden, Ron | D | OR | $48,300 | $0 |
| Wyland, Mark | R | CA-38 | $200 | $0 |
| Yee, Leland | D | CA-8 | $5,025 | $0 |
