Sponsored by McCarthy, Carolyn - US Congress (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB360 | Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Presented to President. |
| US | HB1981 | To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | HR212 | Expressing support for designation of May 2013 as Mental Health Month. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | HB1955 | Long Island Aviation History Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | HB1910 | Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to jurisdiction of courts in the United States over foreign manufacturers that import products into the United States. Directs the Food and Drug Adm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | HB357 | GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary, to disapprove courses of education provided by public institutions of higher edu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1725 | Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1809 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1805 | Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include in a required annual VA activities and costs report to Congress a report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation during the p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1824 | VA Regional Office Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in a required annual report on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expenditures and activities a report on each VA regional office that failed to reach admin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1759 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the number of, and average response time to, requests made by the Secretary to the head of another federal department or agency for information required in adju... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1857 | Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching demonstration grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in which the student-to-school nurse ratio in each of their public elementary and... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HB1851 | Family Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of qualified infertility treatment expenses. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $12,970 for taxable years beginning in 2013, with a phase-out of such credit f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HCR30 | Recognizes the independence of Israel as a significant event in providing refuge and a national homeland for the Jewish people and in establishing a democracy in the Middle East. Commends the bipartisan commitment of successive U.S. administrations ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1593 | Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act or STOP Act - Establishes a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council, composed mainly of civilians, as an independent entity from the chain of command of the Department of Defense (DOD). Direc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1729 | VA Claims, Operations, and Records Efficiency Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to make the service treatment records, personal records, unit records, and medical records (service records) of each member of the Armed Forces available to th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1828 | Fire Police Fairness Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1565 | Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-30 |
| US | HB1438 | Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2013 - Excludes from annual income, for purposes of eligibility for pensions for veterans and their surviving spouses and children, reimbursements resulting from: (1) any accident; (2) any theft or loss; (3) any ca... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1494 | Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) review the logs of each Navy ship known to have operated in the waters near Vietnam during the Vietnam Era (January 9, 1962, through May 7, 1975); (2) determine,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1630 | America's Red Rock Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1521 | Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act - Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2018 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) authority for the performance of medical disability evaluations by contract physicians. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1623 | VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website publicly accessible information concerning pending and completed claims of compensation fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1717 | Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB569 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2013, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing al... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . |
| US | HB1755 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-managem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB11 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act. Modifies or expands grant conditions under such Act, including requirements rela... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB377 | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB12 | Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB515 | Parental Bereavement Act of 2013 or Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. A... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB650 | Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act or WAGES Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees of at least: (1) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the enactment of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB798 | Workforce Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1010 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act; (2) $9.15 an hour after o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1041 | Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2013 or the PRE-K Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve state-funded preschool programs.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB822 | Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonpro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB597 | Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act - Establishes the Commission on Americans Living Abroad which shall conduct a study of how federal laws and policies affect U.S. citizens living abroad, including civilians and members of the Armed Forces. Te... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1286 | Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HR174 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Speaker should follow regular House procedure and immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to negotiate a FY2014 budget resolution conference agreement with the Senate. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1009 | Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1652 | Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orien... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1646 | To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1620 | Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HCR34 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost of living adjustments for Social Security benefits. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1595 | Student Loan Relief Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Federal Direct Stafford loans to loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | HB1553 | Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require a federal financial institutions regulatory agency to make a final examination report to a financial ins... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1285 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to remove dihydrocodeinone (hydrocodone) from classification as a schedule III controlled substance. Directs the Attorney General to immediately allow manufacturers and distributors to store hydrocodone compound p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1507 | Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1416 | Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013 - Declares that, notwithstanding the presidential sequestration order issued on March 1, 2013, the budgetary resources sequestered for payments for drugs and biologicals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1518 | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013 or the PAST Act - Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulatory requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to license, train, assign, and oversee... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E441) |
| US | HB1451 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Main Street in Brockport, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post Office Building." [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
