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United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009

Public Law 111-145 · H.R. 1299 · 111th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Mar 4, 2010 · Congress

Sponsor: Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA-1)

Cosponsors (2): Rep. Daniel Lungren,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseMethod not stated
  • SenateRecorded vote: 78 yea, 18 nay78–18
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Makes technical amendments to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 with respect to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Capitol Police. Requires appointment of the CAO without regard to political affiliation. Repeals requirements that the Comptroller General be involved in the process of hiring and evaluating the CAO.

Authorizes the Chief of the Capitol Police to: (1) suspend with or without pay, and to discipline, employees; and (2) terminate an officer or employee after notifying and obtaining the approval of the Capitol Police Board.

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of: (1) 2004 to grant legal representation authority to the Employment Counsel to the Chief of Police (current law grants such authority to the Employment Counsel of the United States Capitol Police Board); and (2) 2005 and 2008 to require advance notification of the House and Senate Administration (as well as Appropriation) Committees regarding the deployment of an officer outside the areas of jurisdiction of the Capitol Police or advance payments for subscription services.

(Sec. 3) Establishes a General Counsel to the Chief of Police and the U.S. Capitol Police, who shall be appointed by the Chief (after consultation with the Capitol Police Board) without regard to political affiliation.

(Sec. 5) Prohibits lump sum payments to terminated U.S. Capitol Police officers or employees for unused compensatory time, except as permitted under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.

Authorizes the Chief of Police to provide overtime compensation in the form of additional pay or compensatory time off for officers and employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 if: (1) there are special circumstances; (2) the Chief has established a monetary value for the work; and (3) the sum of the total compensation paid for the overtime work and the total regular compensation paid with respect to the pay period involved is limited to the cap on the aggregate sum of annual compensation that may be paid during that year, as allocated on a per pay period basis consistent with the Capitol Police Board's premium pay regulations.

(Sec. 6) Repeals provisions requiring U.S. Capitol Police officers to purchase their own uniforms.

(Sec. 7) Expands the definition, for purposes of provisions regarding federal government organization and employees, of: (1) "congressional employee" to include an employee of the U.S. Capitol Police; and (2) "agency in the legislative branch" to include the U.S. Capitol Police.

Includes the U.S. Capitol Police within the scope of provisions pertaining to: (1) dual pay from more than one position; and (2) fees for jury and witness service.

(Sec. 8) Grants the Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate the same law enforcement authority, including the authority to carry firearms, as a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, provided that they have the following qualifications: (1) a minimum of five years experience as a law enforcement officer before beginning service as Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (2) current certification in the use of firearms by the appropriate federal law enforcement entity or an equivalent nonfederal entity; and (3) any other firearms qualification required for members of the U.S. Capitol Police.

(Sec. 9) Travel Promotion Act of 2009 - Establishes the Corporation for Travel Promotion as an independent nonprofit corporation. Makes the Corporation subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Corporation should not engage in lobbying activities.

Requires the Corporation, among other things, to provide useful information to people interested in traveling to the United States, counter and correct misperceptions regarding U.S. entry policy, and promote U.S. travel. Requires the Corporation to develop and maintain a publicly accessible website.

Requires the Corporation to establish annual objectives and an annual marketing plan and to submit an annual Corporation activities report to Congress.

Establishes in the Treasury the Travel Promotion Fund and requires non-federal matching funds.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require (under current law, authorize) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and collect a fee for the use of an electronic data sharing system concerning the admissibility of certain aliens into the United States that will ensure recovery of the full costs of providing and administering such system. Terminates such fee following FY2014.

Authorizes the Corporation to impose an annual assessment on U.S. members of the travel and tourism industry represented on the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of Commerce the Office of Travel Promotion, to be headed by a Director.

Requires that the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries expand its research and development activities to promote international travel to the United States. Authorizes appropriations.

Who voted for it

Every senator of the 111th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 78 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

78 yea18 nay4 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(57)

  • Sen. Bernie SandersD-VT
  • Sen. Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
  • Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA
  • Sen. Richard DurbinD-IL
  • Sen. Roland BurrisD-IL
  • Sen. Jack ReedD-RI
  • Sen. Sherrod BrownD-OH
  • Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
  • Sen. Benjamin CardinD-MD
  • Sen. Al FrankenD-MN
  • Sen. Daniel AkakaD-HI
  • Sen. Kirsten GillibrandD-NY
  • Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
  • Sen. John KerryD-MA
  • Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD
  • Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI
  • Sen. Chuck SchumerD-NY
  • Sen. Edward KaufmanD-DE
  • Sen. Jeff MerkleyD-OR
  • Sen. Tom UdallD-NM
  • Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT
  • Sen. Bob MenendezD-NJ
  • Sen. Debbie StabenowD-MI
  • Sen. Bob CaseyD-PA
  • Sen. Tim JohnsonD-SD
  • Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV
  • Sen. Barbara BoxerD-CA
  • Sen. Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
  • Sen. Ron WydenD-OR
  • Sen. Harry ReidD-NV
  • Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA
  • Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM
  • Sen. Patty MurrayD-WA
  • Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV
  • Sen. Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
  • Sen. Byron DorganD-ND
  • Sen. Maria CantwellD-WA
  • Sen. Kent ConradD-ND
  • Sen. Herb KohlD-WI
  • Sen. Thomas CarperD-DE
  • Sen. Mary LandrieuD-LA
  • Sen. Max BaucusD-MT
  • Sen. Mark BegichD-AK
  • Sen. Mark UdallD-CO
  • Sen. Russell FeingoldD-WI
  • Sen. Bill NelsonD-FL
  • Sen. Jon TesterD-MT
  • Sen. Kay HaganD-NC
  • Sen. Michael BennetD-CO
  • Sen. Joseph LiebermanD-CT
  • Sen. Amy KlobucharD-MN
  • Sen. Mark PryorD-AR
  • Sen. Jim WebbD-VA
  • Sen. Claire McCaskillD-MO
  • Sen. Blanche LincolnD-AR
  • Sen. Evan BayhD-IN
  • Sen. Ben NelsonD-NE

Republicans who voted yea(21)

Data notes

The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 425 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.Res. 896Procedurally-relatedRelated bill

    United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009

  • S. 1023Related bill

    Travel Promotion Act of 2009

Data notes

Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 39 actions.

  1. Mar 4, 2010Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 111-145.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Mar 2, 2010FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Feb 26, 2010FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Feb 25, 2010Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1299) by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 18. Record Vote Number: 28.Senate roll call 28
  6. FloorFloor · Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 3326) is withdrawn in Senate.
  7. FloorFloor · DeMint motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 3334 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 38 - 58. Record Vote Number: 27.Senate roll call 27
  8. FloorFloor · Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 3328) fell when cloture was invoked on motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment in Senate.
  9. FloorFloor · Cloture on motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 20. Record Vote Number: 26.Senate roll call 26
  10. FloorFloor · Considered by Senate.
  11. OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
  12. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1299) by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 18. Record Vote Number: 28.Senate roll call 28
  13. Feb 24, 2010FloorFloor · Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with instructions to report back forthwith, with the following amendment (SA 3328) made in Senate.
  14. FloorFloor · Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1299) with an amendment (SA 3326).
  15. FloorFloor · Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1299) presented in Senate.
  16. FloorFloor · Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1299).
  17. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  18. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with instructions to report back forthwith, with the following amendment (SA 3328) made in Senate.
  19. Nov 9, 2009FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
  20. Nov 6, 2009FloorFloor · House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 896.
  21. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 896.
  22. Oct 30, 2009FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  23. Oct 29, 2009FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  24. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  25. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  26. Apr 1, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
  27. Mar 31, 2009FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  28. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 1 (Roll no. 174).House roll call 174
  29. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  30. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.

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Amendments

7 amendments offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.

Where each amendment ended up
  • S.Amdt. 3334SenateSen. Jim DeMintR-SC· offered Feb 25, 2010No vote recorded

    Feb 25, 2010: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded
  • S.Amdt. 3330SenateSen. Harry ReidD-NV· offered Feb 24, 2010Fell

    Of a perfecting nature.

    Feb 25, 2010: SA 3330 fell when SA 3329 fell.

    Fell
  • S.Amdt. 3329SenateSen. Harry ReidD-NV· offered Feb 24, 2010Fell

    Of a perfecting nature.

    Feb 25, 2010: SA 3329 fell when SA 3328 fell.

    Fell
  • S.Amdt. 3328SenateSen. Harry ReidD-NV· offered Feb 24, 2010Fell

    To provide for a study.

    Feb 25, 2010: SA 3328 fell when cloture invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment.

    Fell
  • S.Amdt. 3327SenateSen. Harry ReidD-NV· offered Feb 24, 2010Fell

    Of a perfecting nature.

    Feb 25, 2010: SA 3327 fell when SA 3326 was withdrawn.

    Fell
  • S.Amdt. 3326SenateSen. Harry ReidD-NV· offered Feb 24, 2010Withdrawn

    To change the enactment date.

    Feb 25, 2010: Proposed amendment SA 3326 withdrawn in Senate.

    Withdrawn
  • S.Amdt. 2720SenateSen. Chuck SchumerD-NY· offered Oct 29, 2009Agreed to

    In the nature of a substitute.

    Oct 29, 2009: Amendment SA 2720 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

    Agreed to
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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.