| HB5229 | Intro
Sine Die | Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 - Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| HB5509 | Intro
Sine Die | College Tuition and Debt Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the American Opportunity tax credit, (2) increase the allowable amount of such credit and adjust such amount for inflation for taxable years beginni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5513 | Intro
Sine Die | Electric Charging Advancement Reform Act or the E-Car Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the tax credit for qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures with a tax credit for 50% of the cost of any qualified elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5504 | Intro
Sine Die | Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, to: (1) allow an inflation adjustment to the amount of such credit for taxable years be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB4959 | Intro
Sine Die | EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act - Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to provide information on its public website regarding each case brought in court by the EEOC after a judgment is made with respect to any cause of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral. |
| HB5066 | Intro
Sine Die | Data Preservation Act of 2014 - Amends the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2005 to reauthorize the Program for FY2015-FY2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HJR125 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorization for Use of Military Force Against ISIL Resolution - Authorizes the President to use the U.S. Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the territory of the Republic of Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5479 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to require any person (any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or governmental agency, or other entity) who develops a tool or system for deriving a cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB5496 | Intro
Sine Die | Fast Help For Homeowners Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require the servicer of a federally related mortgage, upon request by the mortgagor for a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property under the mortgage, to notify in writi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB5478 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Amends the program under which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities. Exclud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB5494 | Intro
Sine Die | Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies or the INVEST Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5487 | Intro
Sine Die | Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from 5% to 10% the allowable ownership interest in real estate investment trust (REIT) stock for purposes of tax exemptions allowed by the Foreign Investm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5497 | Intro
Sine Die | Film Incentive Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2015 the election to expense the cost of qualified film, television, and theatrical productions; and (2) include theatrical productions in such expensing allo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR728 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for: (1) the designation of a Small Business Saturday, (2) efforts to encourage consumers to shop locally, and (3) efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and their impact on the U.S. economy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Small Business Committee |
| HB5491 | Intro
Sine Die | United States-Caribbean Partnership Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish U.S. embassies with consular services in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to: (1) provide c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5482 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to implement a plan to eliminate backlogs of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals eligible for access to classified information or eligible to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5495 | Intro
Sine Die | Preserving Multifamily Housing Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) from taking any action that has the effect of reducing or limiting the volume or scope of the business of the Federal National Mortgage A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR722 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 124) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5467 | Intro
Sine Die | Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act - Revises metropolitan transportation planning organization (MPO) requirements. Prescribes requirements for the designation of new and consolidation of multiple MPOs within a metropolitan statistical area. Define...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB5440 | Intro
Sine Die | Verified And Legitimate ID (VALID) Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from accepting an I-862 Notice to Appear form as identification in the course of a passenger screening.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7539) |
| HB2673 | Intro
Sine Die | Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to the permission that a creditor may presume that a residential mortgage loan has met the requirement that, at the time the loan is consummated, the consumer ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| HB5454 | Intro
Sine Die | Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants in Their Range Act of 2014 - Amends the African Elephant Conservation Act to make it a policy to prevent additional African elephant ivory from entering global commerce, and to reduce demand for ivory t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HB5456 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to alg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HB4350 | Intro
Sine Die | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444. |
| HB2158 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act - Eases restrictions on transporting invasive animals under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 for the transport of the Burmese python, Indian python, Northern African python, Southern African python, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 443. |
| HB5360 | Intro
Sine Die | American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act - Title I: Creating a More Competitive Tax Code - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce to 25% of taxable income the income tax rate for corporations (currently, the maximum rate is 35%). Makes permanent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HR724 | Intro
Sine Die | Believes that: (1) the future of Scotland can only be determined by the people of Scotland on September 18, 2014, and (2) a strong and prosperous Scotland is important for U.S. national priorities. Supports the peaceful and democratic manner in whi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5474 | Intro
Sine Die | Concrete Pump Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a vehicle mileage tax on owners of mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicles. Defines "mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicle" as a vehicle which is mobile machin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5466 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 Sunny Isle Shopping Center in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Florence Louise Thomas Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5465 | Intro
Sine Die | Middle Class Family Savings Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) increase the maximum deductible amount for such accounts, and (2) allow payments from such accounts for the medical ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5463 | Intro
Sine Die | End Financing to ISIL Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to jointly submit to Congress an annual report that: identifies each person that provides material or financial support to the Islamic State of Iraq and th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5472 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 16281 U.S. Highway 59 in Moscow, Texas, as the "Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya Memorial Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR723 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Esteems the integral role of Latinos and their manifold heritage in the economy, culture, and identity of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5464 | Intro
Sine Die | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Labor. Department of Health and Human ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB5432 | Intro
Sine Die | Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's or doctoral degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5437 | Intro
Sine Die | Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest. Designates certain lands, in Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB3606 | Intro
Sine Die | Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act of 2013 - Declares that this Act modifies and supplements federal law applicable to the Emigrant Wilderness of the Stanislaus National Forest in California. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (US...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442. |
| HB4182 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the preservation of historical recreational activities as a purpose of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from designating management zones in the Riverways, including but not limited to, &qu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441. |
| HB5425 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of federal funds made available for FY2015 for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Water and Power |
| HB5217 | Intro
Sine Die | Supporting Afterschool STEM Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an afterschool STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant program awarding competitive grants to afterschool or STEM net...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Research and Technology |
| HB5428 | Intro
Sine Die | Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act - Requires all U.S. interest in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico (Activity), transferred to the Secretary of the In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5149 | Intro
Sine Die | Smart Water Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart water management pilot program to award grants to three to five eligible entities (authorities that provide drin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB5363 | Intro
Sine Die | Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB5335 | Intro
Sine Die | Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB5436 | Intro
Sine Die | Assistance in Gaining Experience, Independence, and Navigation Act of 2014 or the AGE-IN Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a grant to: (1) analyze existing research on yout...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5439 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 90 days a health advisory including recommendations on: (1) the level of microcystins (toxins produced by freshwater cyanoba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| HB5460 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the ambulance fee schedule to: (1) increase the conver...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5451 | Intro
Sine Die | Next Generation Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Next Generation of Research Initiative in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate NIH policies and programs aimed at promoting and providing opportunit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5453 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale through 2016 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5458 | Intro
Sine Die | Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to enable states to implement scholarship programs to ensure an adequate s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
