Sponsored by Pitts, Joseph R. - US Congress (Current)
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB3 | Northern Route Approval Act - Declares that a Presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40. |
| US | HR218 | Calling on the Secretary of State to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a "Country of Particular Concern" with respect to religious freedom. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | HB2012 | To improve the integrity and safety of interstate horseracing, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| 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 | HB1580 | Declares that it is the policy of the United States to preserve and advance the successful multistakeholder model (under which the private sector, civil society, academia, and individual users operate in an environment where information flows free fr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 |
| US | HB7 | No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Prohibits the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law (federal funds) for any abortion. Prohibits fe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | HB807 | Full Faith and Credit Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in addition to any other authority provided by law, to issue obligations to pay with legal tender, and solely for the purpose of paying, the principal and interest on U.S. obligation... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | HB1950 | Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | HR147 | Condemns the government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities, including Saeed Abedini (a U.S. citizen sentenced to prison in Iran after being tried for his religious beliefs and convicted for undermining the government of Iran). Calls ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HR106 | Recognizes, in the spirit of the "Arab Spring" revolution (where ordinary citizens have taken to the streets demanding an end to corruption, political cronyism, and government repression), that religious minority freedoms and rights must be... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1797 | District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1549 | Helping Sick Americans Now Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer from the Prevention and Public Health Fund any unobligated funds which are attributable to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 Rule H. Res. 175 passed House. |
| US | HB484 | Real Unemployment Calculation Act - Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB557 | Advice and Consent Restoration Act - Prohibits a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member from receiving a salary unless that member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill a vacan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB711 | Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2013 - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway construction projects and public transportation construction pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB976 | Declares that any agency action taken by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) since January 4, 2012, shall be void unless each NLRB member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1242 | Prohibits the federal government from using a drone (unmanned aircraft) to kill a U.S. citizen located in the United States. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to an individual who poses an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to anot... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1571 | Buffett Rule Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to donate an amount (not less than $1), in addition to any tax owed, which shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and transferred to an account used to red... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1552 | Health Freedom for Seniors Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free transfers of required distributions after age 70 1/2 from an individual retirement account (IRA) and other tax-exempt retirement accounts to a health savings account.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1407 | Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1408 | Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1462 | RFS Reform Act of 2013 [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 | HR153 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009: (1) was a "bill for raising revenue" as those words were intended to be understood in article I, section 7, clause 1 of the Constitution;... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HJR36 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall v... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB850 | Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to determine if Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization and: (1) if so, designate the IRGC as a foreign terror... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB938 | United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 - Declares that Israel is a major strategic partner of the United States. Amends the Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 to extend authority to: (1) make additions to foreign-based d... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1313 | Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish or shellfish effective on the date of enactment of such Act. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| US | HR125 | Encourages the Navy to commission the USS Somerset (LPD-25) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| US | HB1381 | Educational Opportunities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Allows a maximum credit amount of $4,500 ($2,250 for a married individual... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1337 | Palestinian Accountability Act - Prohibits any U.S. government document from referring to the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) as Palestine until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the PA: (1) does not inappropriately... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1248 | Family Health Care Flexibility Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| US | HB301 | Directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia within the Department of State. Requires the Special Envoy to: (1) promote the right of religious freedom of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HB1099 | Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the establishment of, and appropriation of funds to, the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public heal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HCR24 | Express the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the best interest of the United States. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HB1174 | Sound Dollar Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to: (1) pursue the goal of long-term price stability, and (2) establis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HCR23 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should not sign the Arms Trade Treaty, and that, if he transmits the Treaty with his signature to the Senate, the Senate should not ratify it; and (2) until the Treaty has been signed by the Pre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| US | HB959 | Accountability in Grants Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from awarding grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance under the national resea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-08 |
| US | HR103 | Congratulates the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) on its continued success in support of the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Commends the school's students, volunteers, and supporting organizations for ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| US | HB869 | White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic R... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| US | HB718 | Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants for qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents. Requires such education ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H821) |
| 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 | HR38 | Recognizes National Emancipation Day, marking the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the end of slavery in areas of rebellion, and the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation in the struggle for the equal rights and freedoms afforded to all ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB447 | Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013 - Imposes criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly or knowingly attempts to: (1) perform an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought based on the sex, gender, color or race of the child, or the ra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HJR28 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that imposes a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HCR16 | Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-air, or on any business for suc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB925 | Amends the Diplomatic Security Act to require a determination by the Accountability Review Board that an individual's misconduct or unsatisfactory performance of duty significantly contributed to serious injury, loss of life, significant property des... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB828 | Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| US | HB681 | Changes the date of the observance of the birthday of President George Washington to February 22 of each year (currently, the third Monday in February). [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | HB454 | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center." [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
