Bills About Government Operations And Politics Sponsored by Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Sen. Schumer sponsored 36 bills about government operations and politics in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Dec. 18, 2019	S.3104	A bill to make technical corrections relating to parental leave for Federal employees.	9	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S7161-7163)
Sept. 9, 2019	S.2444	A bill to establish a minimum staffing level of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the northern border, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5364)
May 9, 2019	S.1412	A bill to authorize veterans service organizations to solicit donations at post offices before and after Federal holidays.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
July 10, 2018	S.3187	A bill to authorize veterans service organizations to solicit donations at post offices before and after Federal holidays.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4876-4877)
May 12, 2016	S.2929	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building".	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Aug. 5, 2015	S.1950	A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for online voter registration and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Aug. 5, 2015	S.1951	A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the availability of early voting or no-excuse absentee voting.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Aug. 5, 2015	S.1952	A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to modify the procedures for change of address.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
March 19, 2015	S.823	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New York, as the "Officer Daryl R. Pierson Post Office".	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
March 10, 2015	S.692	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the "Herman Badillo Post Office Building".	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sept. 17, 2013	S.1512	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1335 Jefferson Road in Rochester, New York, as the "Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office".	1	All Democrats	Became Public Law No: 113-193.
July 24, 2014	S.2661	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office".	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan. 16, 2014	S.1937	A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt the administration of an election for Federal office, and for other purposes.	0		Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
April 19, 2012	S.2326	A bill to designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".	1	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577.
March 30, 2011	S.679	A bill to reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation.	17	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 112-166.
Dec. 14, 2011	S.1994	A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.	6	All Democrats	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-893.
July 12, 2010	S.3567	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the "Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building".	1	All Democrats	Became Public Law No: 111-288.
July 21, 2010	S.3628	A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes.	7	All Democrats	Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill (S.3628) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 39. Record Vote Number: 240.
Jan. 21, 2010	S.2945	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building".	1	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 381.
April 30, 2010	S.3295	A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes.	49	Bipartisan	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3029-3031)
Feb. 24, 2010	S.3034	A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to strike medals in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.	45	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
March 25, 2009	S.692	A bill to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.	0	All Democrats	Became Public Law No: 111-138.
June 9, 2009	S.1211	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 School Street, Orchard Park, New York, as the "Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building".	1	All Democrats	Became Public Law No: 111-110.
Aug. 6, 2009	S.1618	A bill to require the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method of truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and to provide for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the Internet of Social Security account numbers by State and local governments, and for other purposes.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
July 20, 2009	S.1475	A bill to prohibit the heads of executive agencies from entering into or renewing procurement contracts with persons that export certain computer or telecommunications technologies to Iran, and for other purposes.	1	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
July 8, 2009	S.1415	A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have a genuine opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, and for other purposes.	60	Bipartisan	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 114.
May 20, 2009	S.1083	A bill to require that, in the questionnaires used in the taking of any decennial census of population, a checkbox or other similar option be included so that respondents may indicate Caribbean extraction or descent.	1	All Democrats	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
July 28, 2008	S.3350	A bill to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.	0	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1072.
Dec. 6, 2007	S.2420	A bill to encourage the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale of food.	6	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 110-247.
June 12, 2008	S.3123	A bill to require lobbyists who represent foreign politicians or political parties and foreign entities to register under Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Oct. 18, 2007	S.J.RES.21	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13099)
May 24, 2007	S.J.RES.14	A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people.	29	Bipartisan	Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 38. Record Vote Number: 207. (consideration: CR S7441; text: CR S7441)
Jan. 22, 2003	S.201	A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide Federal aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to the States and their local governments.	7	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb. 15, 2001	S.379	A bill to establish the National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections to conduct a study of Federal voting procedures and election administration, to establish the Federal Election Modernization Grant Program to provide grants to States and localities for the modernization of voting procedures and election administration, and for other purposes.	12	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Aug. 16, 1994	H.R.4969	To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the rates and charges that may be imposed on interstate and foreign communications made through providers of operator services.	4	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
July 1, 1993	H.R.2609	To establish a Presidential Commission to investigate and propose solutions to reduce the broadcasting of violence on television.	22	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.

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