Bills About Law Sponsored by Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

Sen. Leahy sponsored 30 bills about law in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Feb. 28, 2019	S.635	A bill to restore statutory rights to the people of the United States from forced arbitration.	10	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
March 7, 2017	S.550	A bill to restore statutory rights to the people of the United States from forced arbitration.	15	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1642)
Feb. 4, 2016	S.2506	A bill to restore statutory rights to the people of the United States from forced arbitration.	17	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S672-673)
May 5, 2011	S.890	A bill to establish the supplemental fraud fighting account, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 112-142.
May 12, 2011	S.968	A bill to prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes.	41	Bipartisan	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S. 968 withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S13)
Sept. 29, 2010	S.3871	A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the designation and assignment of retired justices of the Supreme Court to particular cases in which an active justice is recused.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7793)
June 22, 2010	S.3518	A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments in United States Courts where those judgments undermine the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and to provide a cause of action for declaratory judgment relief against a party who has brought a successful foreign defamation action whose judgment undermines the first amendment.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sept. 8, 2009	S.1653	A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.	20	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9138-9139)
Aug. 5, 2009	S.1578	A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Federal Torts Claim Act) to extend medical malpractice coverage to free clinics and the officers, governing board members, employees, and contractors of free clinics in the same manner and extent as certain Federal officers and employees.	1	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8867)
March 18, 2009	S.630	A bill to make technical amendments to laws containing time periods affecting judicial proceedings.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3375)
Feb. 11, 2009	S.417	A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act.	9	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2155-2157)
Jan. 11, 2009	S.200	A bill to authorize a cost of living adjustment for the Federal judiciary.	1	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
July 21, 2008	S.3296	A bill to extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.	1	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 110-402.
Dec. 11, 2007	S.2450	A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.	2	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 110-322.
March 13, 2008	S.2774	A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.	21	Bipartisan	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 891.
June 15, 2007	S.1638	A bill to adjust the salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other purposes.	28	Bipartisan	Star Print ordered on the written report (110-277).
May 8, 2007	S.1327	A bill to create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships.	10	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
July 17, 2007	S.1806	A bill to restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the United States by repealing the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, and commercial names and impediments to registration of such marks, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 7/18/2007 S9477)
Jan. 24, 2007	S.378	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.	12	Bipartisan	Held at the desk.
Jan. 8, 2007	S.197	A bill to authorize salary adjustments for justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2007.	5	Bipartisan	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-14.
July 28, 2005	S.1525	A bill to ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.	10	All Democrats	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-557.
Jan. 26, 2006	S.2202	A bill to provide for ethics reform of the Federal judiciary and to instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S229-230)
Sept. 9, 2003	S.1602	A bill to amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to extend the deadline for filing a claim to December 31, 2004.	8	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
April 3, 2003	S.787	A bill to provide for the fair treatment of the Federal judiciary relating to compensation and benefits, and to instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4840-4841)
Feb. 11, 2003	S.352	A bill to ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.	9	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
July 9, 2002	S.2713	A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the judicial discipline procedures, and for other purposes.	1	Bipartisan	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
Sept. 19, 2001	S.1437	A bill to clarify the applicable standards of professional conduct for attorneys for the Government, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 1, 1997	S.678	A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
March 6, 1998	S.1721	A bill to provide for the Attorney General of the United States to develop guidelines for Federal prosecutors to protect familial privacy and communications between parents and their children in matters that do not involve allegations of violent or drug trafficking conduct and the Judicial Conference of the United States to make recommendations regarding the advisability of amending the Federal Rules of Evidence for such purpose.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Feb. 5, 1998	S.1612	A bill to provide for taxpayer recovery of costs, fees, and expenses under section 504 of title 5, United States Code, and section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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