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

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

Bingaman, Jeff NM
IncreaseCutNet
$32,547-$2,140$30,407

*S 00598Annualized Cost: $75
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve appliance standards, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$75$0$0$0$0$75
Source: 1st Year Cost

*S 00661Annualized Cost: $591
A bill to strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy efficiency, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$706$886$975$227$159$2,953
Source: 5 Year Average

*S 00949Annualized Cost: $123
A bill to improve the loan guarantee program of the Department of Energy under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to provide additional options for deploying energy technologies, and for oth
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$55$128$142$140$149$614
Source: 5 Year Average

*S 00967Annualized Cost: $620
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to create a petroleum product reserve, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$620$620
Source: 1st Year Cost

*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 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 00205Annualized Cost: $25
A bill to authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$25$25$0$0$0$50
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00244Annualized Cost: $153
A bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, and other
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$57$115$194$199$202$767
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00245Annualized Cost: $39
A bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$91$50$49$2$2$194
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00295Annualized Cost: -$1,067
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the quality and efficiency of the Medicare program through measurement of readmission rates and other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0-$800-$1,000-$1,400-$3,200
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00319Annualized Cost: $15
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$15$15$15$0$0$45
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00339Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$100$100$100$100$500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00413Annualized Cost: $500
A bill to establish a grant program to improve high school graduation rates and prepare students for college and work.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$500$0$0$0$0$500
Source: 1st Year Cost

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 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 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 00510Annualized Cost: $265
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$265$0$0$0$0$265
Source: 1st Year Cost

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 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 00547Annualized Cost: -$340
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-ser
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$340-$340-$340-$340-$340-$1,700
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00561Annualized Cost: $20
A bill to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, and for other purpose
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$12$18$20$25$25$100
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00583Annualized Cost: $16
A bill to provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$81
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00597Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$4$0$0$0$8
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00599Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any certain diseases is the
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3$4$4$4$4$19
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00631Annualized Cost: $53
A bill to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$160
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00633Annualized Cost: $69
A bill to establish a program for tribal colleges and universities within the Department of Health and Human Services and to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 and other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5$68$85$93$93$344
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 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 00671Annualized Cost: $30
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program,
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$30$30$30$30$30$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 00693Annualized Cost: $43
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$43$0$0$0$0$43
Source: 1st Year Cost

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 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 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 00796Annualized Cost: $12
A bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$6-$9$1$22$41$61
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00797Annualized Cost: $214
A bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$80$186$238$272$294$1,070
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 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 00965Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$6$6$6$3$25
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 00983Annualized Cost: $125
A bill to reform the essential air service program, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$125$125$125$125$0$500
Source: 4 Year Average

S 00985Annualized Cost: $123
A bill to establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$123$123$123$123$123$615
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 00999Annualized Cost: $35
A bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents, and for other pu
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$35$35$35$35$35$175
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01001Annualized Cost: $22
A bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$42$14$14$18$23$111
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01020Annualized Cost: $7
A bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$14$5$5$5$5$34
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01028Annualized Cost: $231
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$231$231$230$230$0$922
Source: 4 Year Average

S 01038Annualized Cost: $98
A bill to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$492
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01105Annualized Cost: $14
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2$2$11$22$34$71
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01160Annualized Cost: $331
A bill to provide housing assistance for very low- income veterans.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$176$261$374$413$433$1,657
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01161Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$4$5$5$5$23
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01186Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in the home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01190Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$100$100$100$100$500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01210Annualized Cost: $2
A bill to establish a committee under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and progr
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2$2$2$2$2$10
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 01233Annualized Cost: $43
A bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$27$42$47$50$51$217
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01239Annualized Cost: -$100
A bill to amend section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug discount program under that section to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safe
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$100$0$0$0$0-$100
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01343Annualized Cost: $9
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve and expand direct certification procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purpos
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$19$4$4$0$0$27
Source: 3 Year Average

S 01345Annualized Cost: $17
A bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$15$16$17$18$19$85
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01362Annualized Cost: $1,100
A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,100$0$0$0$0$1,100
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01379Annualized Cost: $1,013
A bill to encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,013$1,013$1,013$1,013$1,013$5,065
Source: 5 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 01411Annualized Cost: $260
A bill to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$260$260$260$260$260$1,300
Source: 5 Year Average

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 01462Annualized Cost: $2,485
An original bill to promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$12,427
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01482Annualized Cost: $3
A bill to reauthorize the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5$2$2$0$0$9
Source: 3 Year Average

S 01625Annualized Cost: $9
A bill to amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to provide for an improved method to measure poverty so as to enable a better assessment of the effects of programs under the Public Health Se
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$9$0$0$0$0$9
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01653Annualized Cost: $35
A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10$31$49$42$43$175
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01698Annualized Cost: $2,500
A bill to provide grants to the States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for struggling students an
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2,500$2,500$2,500$2,500$2,500$12,500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 02052Annualized Cost: $50
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relati
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$50$50$50$50$50$250
Source: 5 Year Average

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 02869Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to increase loan limits for small business concerns, to provide for low interest refinancing for small business concerns, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$6$7$3$2$22
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.