Sponsored by Rush, Bobby L. - US Congress (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB1346 | Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase to $10.50 an hour (adjusted annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) the federal minimum wage for employees. Prescribes the federal minimum wage... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1578 | To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide additional funds to permit additional individuals to enroll under the preexisting condition insurance program and expand eligibility, to be funded through a temporary ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | HB1588 | Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require drug manufacturers to pay the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) drug reba... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | HB1621 | Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the increase (from $5,000 to $10,000) in the tax deduction for the start-up expenditures of an active trade or business permanent (currently, limited to ta... [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 | 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 | 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 | HB1622 | Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is pu... [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 | HCR12 | Recognizes the 104th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Honors the NAACP for its work to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all persons. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB661 | Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds: (1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Tr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1289 | National Fab Lab Network Act of 2013 - Grants a federal charter to the Fab Foundation for the National Fab Lab Network. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1556 | Fairness in International Taxation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a reduction under any treaty of the United States of tax withholding for a tax deductible payment made between persons who are members of the same foreign controlle... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1554 | Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1555 | International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat foreign corporations that are managed, directly or indirectly, within the United States as domestic corporations for U.S. tax purposes; (2) subject certain... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1369 | Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) prohibit the purchase or sale of a firearm unless the purchaser presents proof to the seller and the seller verifies that the purchaser is covered by a qua... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1522 | Manufacturing Economic Recovery Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a manufacturing recovery tax credit for investment in manufacturing real and tangible personal property used in the United States, including an increased cre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1531 | Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2013 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan that provides medical and surgic... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1498 | 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 July 1, 2014. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | HB1433 | 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 July 1, 2015. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | HB793 | Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon the seller of any concealable firearm an excise tax equal to 10% of its retail sales price. Exempts sales to federal, state, or local governments. Makes an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB680 | Riya Wilson Act - Amends title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to require an approved state plan that is required in order to be eligible for federal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB717 | Reuniting Families Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas, and (2) the number of unused visas from FY199... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB895 | Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to include pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB955 | Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person, other than a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, collector, or dealer (licensed dealer), from kn... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB630 | Postal Service Protection Act of 2013 - Sets forth rules for the recalculation of annuities for employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and for the redetermination of surplus or supplemental liabilities under the Civil Service Retirement System (... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB684 | Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sell... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1403 | Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum unif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-29 |
| US | HB975 | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| US | HB1339 | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1370 | International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Requires an individual or entity that operates a website that provides access to international travel services to provide on its website, in a clear and conspicuous way, information regarding the h... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1249 | Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. Requires the nutrient content disclosure statement on... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1358 | STEM Opportunities Act of 2013 - Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide federal science agencies with guidance on establishing specified policies to accommodate the needs of caregiver researchers who receive their resea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1397 | Project Rebuild Act of 2013 - Appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities including state and local governments, and qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses or eligible consortia for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1261 | Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a depository institution from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with overdraft coverage, or in acts designed to evade the provisions of this ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| US | HB783 | Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act - Directs the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for Iran who shall: (1) seek to ease tensions and normalize relations between the Unit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HR89 | Condemns the attack against the residents of Camp Hurriya in Iraq. Calls on the President to work with Iraq to ensure that the December 25, 2011, Memorandum of Understanding on the temporary relocation and eventual resettlement of the residents of C... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HB683 | Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Considers a person a spouse, for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans' benefits, if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HR118 | Supports the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HB958 | Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 - Includes fertility counseling and treatment within authorized Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical services. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish such counseling a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HB1155 | National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. R... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HB1124 | TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for each of FY2013 and FY2014 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| US | HB847 | Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| US | HR90 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that in this Congress the Committee on Agriculture should not propose any reduction in the availability or amount of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and that the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| US | HB1093 | No Knives Act of 2013 - Requires the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to prohibit passengers from carrying aboard a domestic or foreign air carrier passenger aircraft any item that was prohibited... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| US | HB745 | Amends the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) grants and contracts for research to develop processes for converting saline water into water suitable for beneficial uses, and (2) the de... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 |
| US | HB897 | Includes as a homeless veteran, for purposes of eligibility for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a veteran or veteran's family fleeing domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threaten... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-08 |
| US | HB961 | United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), with respect to employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), to: (1) provide a new formula for calculating employee... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | HB693 | Sugar Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane (18 cents per pound) and sugar beet processors through FY2017. Amends the Agricultural ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| US | HB896 | Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), as part of the pediatric quality measures program and the Medicaid Quality Measurement Program (MQMP),... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
