A resolution to permit the solicitation of donations in Senate buildings for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Latest action · Sep 7, 2005 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9738; text as passed Senate: CR S9738; text of measure as introduced: CR S9738)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedSep 7, 2005
- Agreed to in SenateSep 7, 2005
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Permits a Senator or employee of the Senate to: (1) solicit another Senator or employee of the Senate within Senate buildings for nonmonetary donations for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina; and (2) work with a nonprofit organization with respect to the delivery of such donations.
Cosponsors 52
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 7, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Sep 7, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 7, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9738; text as passed Senate: CR S9738; text of measure as introduced: CR S9738)
- Sep 7, 2005Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9738; text as passed Senate: CR S9738; text of measure as introduced: CR S9738)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Alabama
- Charitable contributions
- Congress
- Congressional employees
- Congressional office buildings
- Disaster relief
- Emergency Management
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Louisiana
- Members of Congress
- Mississippi
- Nonprofit organizations
- Senate
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2005Agreed to Senate
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