A resolution designating May 15, 2009, as "Endangered Species Day".
Latest action · May 12, 2009 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5394)
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Agreed to in SenateMay 12, 2009
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates May 15, 2009, as Endangered Species Day.
Encourages: (1) schools to spend at least 30 minutes on such Day teaching and informing students about threats to, and efforts to restore, endangered species; (2) organizations, businesses, private landowners, and agencies with a shared interest in conserving endangered species to collaborate in developing educational information for use in schools; and (3) people to become educated about, and aware of, threats to species, success stories in species recovery, and opportunities to promote species conservation.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2009 to May 5, 2009; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | May 5, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2009Discharged May 12, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2009Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5394)
- May 12, 2009Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5394)
- May 12, 2009Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5394)
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4977-4978)
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4977)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 S5394Text printed S5394 | Harry Reid D-NV | May 12, 2009 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4977Text printed S4977 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA | Apr 30, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 503 | A resolution designating May 21, 2010, as "Endangered Species Day". | Related bill | May 7, 2010 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating May 15, 2009, as "Endangered Species Day".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2009Agreed to Senate
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
