SRES 503 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

A resolution designating May 21, 2010, as "Endangered Species Day".

Latest action · May 7, 2010 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3433)

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2010
  2. Agreed to in SenateMay 7, 2010

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates May 21, 2010, 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 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2010 to May 6, 2010; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalApr 28, 2010
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-MICarl LevinOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-ORRon WydenOriginalApr 28, 2010
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalApr 28, 2010
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldMay 6, 2010

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2010Discharged May 7, 2010

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2010Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3433)
  2. May 7, 2010Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3433)
  3. May 7, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3433)
  4. Apr 28, 2010Introduced in Senate
  5. Apr 28, 2010Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2764)

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S3433Text printed S3433Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIMay 7, 2010
SenateText printed S2764—Apr 28, 2010

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SRES 121A resolution designating May 15, 2009, as "Endangered Species Day".Related billMay 12, 2009

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution designating May 21, 2010, 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.

  1. May 7, 2010Agreed to Senate
  2. Apr 28, 2010Introduced in Senate

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