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BillTally Member Detail Report ~ 111th Congress, 1st session

(Note: All costs are annualized in millions of dollars)

Sanders, Bernie VT
IncreaseCutNet
$880,590-$705$879,885

*S 00839Annualized Cost: $7,000
A bill to assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5,000$6,000$7,000$8,000$9,000$35,000
Source: 5 Year Average

*S 01232Annualized Cost: -$600
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0-$3,000
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00021Annualized Cost: $417
A bill to reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$417$0$0$0$0$417
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00025Annualized Cost: $350
A bill to ensure access to basic broadcast television after the Digital Television Transition, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$700
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00046Annualized Cost: $400
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$700$400$0$0$1,200
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00160Annualized Cost: $2
To provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$1$2$2$2$7
Source: 4 Year Average

S 00182Annualized Cost: $3
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3$3$3$3$3$15
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00211Annualized Cost: $120
A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2- 1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services and volunteer services, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$150$150$100$100$100$600
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00240Annualized Cost: $7,000
A bill to set the United States on track to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5,000$6,000$7,000$8,000$9,000$35,000
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00277Annualized Cost: $1,243
A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$927$1,106$1,266$1,380$1,538$6,217
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00332Annualized Cost: $75
A bill to establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$75$75$75$75$75$375
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00354Annualized Cost: $188
A bill to provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$67$209$219$221$223$939
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00386Annualized Cost: $98
A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to th
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$211$240$32$5$2$490
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00422Annualized Cost: $58
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseas
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$51$55$58$62$66$292
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00433Annualized Cost: $33
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$31$25$39$37$132
Source: 4 Year Average

S 00435Annualized Cost: $217
A bill to provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and communi
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$469$152$153$154$156$1,084
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00441Annualized Cost: $10
A bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10$10$10$10$10$50
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00456Annualized Cost: $30
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary basis to develop plans to manage the risk
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$30$0$0$0$0$30
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00462Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, of any live an
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$4$4$4$4$20
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00473Annualized Cost: $81
A bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$81$81$81$81$81$405
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00484Annualized Cost: $6,840
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5,700$6,300$6,800$7,400$8,000$34,200
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00486Annualized Cost: $3,370
A bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$984$1,951$3,201$4,815$5,901$16,852
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00525Annualized Cost: -$600
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0-$3,000
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00529Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to assist in the conservation of rare fields and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of countries within the range of rare felid and rare c
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3$3$4$5$5$20
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00535Annualized Cost: $818
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for othe
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$818$818$818$818$818$4,090
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00546Annualized Cost: $2,704
To permit certain retired uniformed members who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation and retired pay.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3,205$2,320$2,508$2,678$2,807$13,518
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00571Annualized Cost: $6
A bill to strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, and other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$6$6$6$6$28
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00584Annualized Cost: $2
A bill to ensure that all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, are able to travel safel
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2$2$2$2$2$10
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00648Annualized Cost: $40
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare- covered services and for other
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$40$40$40$40$40$200
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00660Annualized Cost: $7
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3$7$8$8$7$33
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00663Annualized Cost: $88
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$113$99$87$75$64$438
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00670Annualized Cost: $1
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to provide pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1$1$1$1$1$5
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00683Annualized Cost: $20,030
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other pu
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$20,050$20,050$20,050$20,000$20,000$100,150
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00688Annualized Cost: $1,500
A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$2,900-$500$2,400$3,700$4,800$7,500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00700Annualized Cost: $10,800
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10,800$0$0$0$0$10,800
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00703Annualized Cost: $796,726
A bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$552,910$828,620$850,970$868,860$882,270$3,983,630
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00714Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5$5$5$0$0$15
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00718Annualized Cost: $400
A bill to amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, improve corporate practices of the Legal Services Corporation, and for othe
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$400$0$0$0$0$400
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00729Annualized Cost: $1
A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$1$0$0$0$1
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00749Annualized Cost: $15
A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teac
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$15$15$15$15$15$75
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00753Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5$5$5$5$5$25
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00790Annualized Cost: $877
A bill to improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of health professionals and the distribution of health pr
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$767$829$871$929$987$4,383
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00792Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the National Program of Cancer Registries by expanding data collection and allowing data sharing for public health objectives, and for other pu
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$100$100$100$0$400
Source: 4 Year Average

S 00820Annualized Cost: $16
A bill to enhance the automobile assistance allowance for veterans.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$16$16$16$16$16$80
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00821Annualized Cost: $6
A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$6$6$6$6$6$30
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00833Annualized Cost: $72
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$72$72$72$72$72$358
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00850Annualized Cost: $1
A bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1$1$1$1$1$5
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00866Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$100$100$100$100$500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00909Annualized Cost: $2
To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2$3$2$2$1$10
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00982Annualized Cost: -$33
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$185-$176$18$100$77-$166
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00987Annualized Cost: $25
A bill to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$25$25$25$25$25$125
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00994Annualized Cost: $9
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase awareness of the risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$9$9$9$9$9$45
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01023Annualized Cost: -$72
A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$77-$112-$85-$48-$38-$360
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01102Annualized Cost: $50
A bill to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$40$49$54$58$201
Source: 4 Year Average

S 01117Annualized Cost: $1
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the Connecticut River watershed .
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1$1$1$1$1$5
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01136Annualized Cost: $63
A bill to establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for Medicaid beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$63$63$63$63$250
Source: 4 Year Average

S 01152Annualized Cost: $3
A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3$3$3$4$4$17
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01156Annualized Cost: $420
A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school program.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$420$420$420$420$420$2,100
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01197Annualized Cost: $44
A bill to establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$90$95$14$10$10$219
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01214Annualized Cost: $105
A bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, and
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$11$110$138$136$130$525
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01273Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to amend the Public health Service Act to provide for the establishment of permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases a
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5$5$5$5$5$25
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01353Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$4$4$4$4$20
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01382Annualized Cost: $202
A bill to improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$77$202$327$0$0$606
Source: 3 Year Average

S 01410Annualized Cost: $422
A bill to establish expanded learning time initiatives, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$350$380$420$460$500$2,110
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01425Annualized Cost: $40
A bill to increase the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women in developing countries.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$40$0$0$0$0$40
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01442Annualized Cost: $24
A bill to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service- learning opportunities on public lands,
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10$20$30$30$30$120
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01492Annualized Cost: $1,607
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,607$0$0$0$0$1,607
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01532Annualized Cost: $930
A bill to establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$930$0$0$0$0$930
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01685Annualized Cost: $14,250
A bill to provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for such year, and for other purpos
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$14,250$0$0$0$0$14,250
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01692Annualized Cost: $2
A bill to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the authority to issue national security letters, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$5
Source: 3 Year Average

S 01731Annualized Cost: $7,460
A bill to require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, to create databases on foreclosures, and for other purp
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$7,460$0$0$0$0$7,460
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 02758Annualized Cost: $50
A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a national food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program fo
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$50$50$50$0$0$150
Source: 3 Year Average

S 02909Annualized Cost: $9
A bill to provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$6$8$11$14$43
Source: 5 Year Average

Note: All costs are annualized in millions of dollars. Items marked with an "*" are offset against another measure and do not add to a Member's spending total. Nothing in this report is to be construed as an attempt to aid or hinder the passage of any bill before Congress nor as a comment on a Member's fitness to serve. Bill and sponsor data for the 107th through 110th Congresses (2001 through 2008) was supplied by GalleryWatch.com.  Information after 2008 is provided by GovTrack.us. Contact Demian Brady with comments by phone (703) 683-5700 or fax (703) 683-5722. Send email to ntuf@ntu.org.