S 1556 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

USA Act

Introduced Oct 16, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Debbie Stabenow D-MI

Latest action · Oct 16, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10773)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 16, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Unity in Service to America Act (USA Act) - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to require the Points of Light Foundation, after obtaining the guidance of the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, such as the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to: (1) make an estimate of the number of victims killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; (2) compile a list of the name of each victim, including the State in which the victim resided; and (3) identify approximately the estimated number of community-based national and community service projects that meet certain eligibility requirements, and name each project in honor of a victim after obtaining the permission of the victim's family and the entity carrying out the project. Directs the Foundation to name projects that advance the goals of unity, and improving the quality of life in communities.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 16, 2001 to Dec 20, 2001; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Oct 16, 2001
R-OK	Don Nickles	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Oct 16, 2001
R-VA	George Allen	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-MO	Jean Carnahan	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-LA	John B. Breaux	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Oct 16, 2001
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Oct 16, 2001
R-AZ	Jon Kyl	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle	Original	Oct 16, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Oct 16, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe		Nov 5, 2001
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici		Dec 20, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Oct 16, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 16, 2001Introduced in Senate
Oct 16, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10773)
Oct 16, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10773)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S2069	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Mar 19, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S10773Text printed S10773	Debbie Stabenow D-MI (text)	Oct 16, 2001

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to establish a program to name national and community service projects in honor of victims killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Short Titles as Introduced: Unity in Service to America Act; USA Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 16, 2001Introduced in Senate

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