| HB5397 | Intro
Sine Die | Yosemite National Park Public Access Preservation and Boundary Modification Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately 1,575 acres of land adjacent to Yosemite National Park in California to be added to the Park. Permits ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-19 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5389 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from designating as a national marine sanctuary an area of the marine environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high tide line unless an Act of Congress require... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-19 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HB5265 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic located in Hamlet, North Carolina, as the "Edward 'Ed' James O'Neal Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5088 | Intro
Sine Die | Responsive and Efficient Appeals Courts for Heroes Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, acting as a panel or en banc, to hear class action appeals in accordance with specified procedures. Allows one or more appellants to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs |
| HB5157 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to waive certain institutional continuity requirements that would block the Secretary's approval of a veteran's enrollment in a program of education offered by a proprietary school that does not lead ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HB5131 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Care and Treatment Now for Veterans Act or the ACT Now for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse any non-VA medical provider, including such a provider who has not been pre-approved by the Secretary, who... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5152 | Intro
Sine Die | Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue software licensing policies for federal agencies. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to expa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5224 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Veterans Affairs Act of 2014 or the RDOCS-VA Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Professionals Educational Assist... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5357 | Intro
Sine Die | Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act - Establishes: (1) the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial at the Saint Francis Dam site in Los Angeles County, California, to honor the victims of the Saint Francis Dam disaster of March 12, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5342 | Intro
Sine Die | VA Credentialing and Privileging Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within 30 days after a military health care provider requests privileges to provide hospital care or medical services in a VA medical facility, to appr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5371 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of federal funds or the provision of technical assistance for the Heritage Partnership Program or any National Heritage Area. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5349 | Intro
Sine Die | VA Appeals Backlog Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office certifies a VA Form 9, Appeal to Board of Veterans' Appeals, submitted by a veteran to appeal a decision re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs |
| HB5333 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding Access for Veterans' Service Animals Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) certified therapeutic animals should be provided the same access to facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as service animals, and (2) the S... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5366 | Intro
Sine Die | National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Director of the National Park Service to expand and maintain a National Historic Vehicle Register composed of: (1) a narrative describing each historic vehicle and its significance, (2) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5358 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to prohibit a federal agency from being required to consider the social cost of carbon (an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5115 | Intro
Sine Die | Rural Veteran Access to Care Act - Provides for the reimbursement of the travel expenses a veteran with a service-connected disability incurs for the examination, treatment, or care for which the veteran is eligible. (Currently, that disability must ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5172 | Intro
Sine Die | POW Accountability Act - Requires: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to review the list maintained by the Secretary of veterans the Secretary determines are former prisoners of war (VA POW list) and the list maintained by the Secretary of De... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5112 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires service in the United States Merchant Marine of an individual who served as a crew member of a vessel that was in oceangoing service during the Vietnam Era in the Southeast Asia theater of operations and who receives a certificate of honorab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs |
| HB5286 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between the date a veteran is referred to a VA specialty clinic by the veteran's VA primary care phys... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5273 | Intro
Sine Die | Post-9/11 Veterans Education Fairness Act - Allows former members of the Armed Forces and Armed Forces Reserves who are entitled to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to transfer those benefits to family members within 15 years after their discharge or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HB5193 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Credit Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct outreach to inform veterans of how to resolve credit issues caused by a delayed payment (i.e., a proper invoice that is not paid by the Secretary until a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-15 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5311 | Intro
Sine Die | Rocky Mountain Recreation and Wilderness Preservation Act [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-12 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5156 | Intro
Sine Die | Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with governors of potentially affected states, to declare a wildlife disease emergency for any wildlife disease occurring within the United States or, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-11 To House Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit |
| HB5220 | Intro
Sine Die | No More Land Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to prohibit the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used for acquisition. Directs the heads of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service, the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-11 To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry |
| HB4996 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Markets Emergency Act - Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use its authority (including emergency powers) to: (1) to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction on o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-11 To House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management |
| HB5238 | Intro
Sine Die | Securing the Assistance of Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 (SAVE Act) - Prohibits funds made available to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 from being used in contravention of provisions of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prote... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-11 To House Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition |
| HB4966 | Intro
Sine Die | Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise the definition of "adulterated" to make explicit the Department o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-11 To House Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit |
| HB5208 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire an additional four acres of land for the Petersburg National Battlefield. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-04 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB5391 | Intro
Sine Die | National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2014 - Directs the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) enter into an agreement to obtain a chair featuring the logo of the National League of POW/MIA Families, and (2) place it on the Capitol grounds in a suitable per... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-04 To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5283 | Intro
Sine Die | Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act - Declares national goals of: (1) no increase in the generation of solid waste sent to landfills, (2) recycling of at least 50% of the municipal solid waste stream by the end of 2020 and 65% by the end of 2030, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| HB5207 | Intro
Sine Die | John P. Parker House Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing it as a unit of the National Park Sys... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HR711 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all businesses and residential customers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5396 | Intro
Sine Die | Keeping Families Home Act of 2014 - Directs each mortgage servicer to establish a deed-for-lease program which shall permit an eligible mortgagor to: enter into a deed in lieu of foreclosure agreement; continue to occupy and lease the property that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR710 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5230) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5272) to prohibit certain actions wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 191 (Roll no. 477). (text: CR H7206) |
| HR712 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter into a bilateral free trade agreement with the Republic of South Africa. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5393 | Intro
Sine Die | Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject any entity certified as a hospice program to a standard survey by an appropr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5392 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness for Farmers Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude nonimmigrant agricultural seasonal workers from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential hea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5221 | Intro
Sine Die | Border Health Security Act of 2014 - Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to revise the duties of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to include: (1) cooperating with the Canada-United States Pan Border Public He... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5218 | Intro
Sine Die | Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center. R... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5223 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2014 or RDOCS Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make matching grants under which sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5215 | Intro
Sine Die | Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon. Restores all rights and privileges of the Tribe and the members of the Tribe under any federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs |
| HR709 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the value of biomedicine, biotechnology, and life sciences; the challenges those industries face; and ways those challenges can be addressed. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5322 | Intro
Sine Die | Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act of 2014 - Consolidates the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Department of Energy and the Environment (DEE), with the primary mission of ensuri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB5364 | Intro
Sine Die | CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2014 - Revises and extends through FY2019 at generally increased levels the program under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA), and adjusts CHIP allotment requirem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5340 | Intro
Sine Die | Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2014 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to exclude from federal health programs certain individuals, including officers o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR699 | Intro
Sine Die | States that the House of Representatives is: (1) studying ways to improve the utilization of the range of U.S. trade policy tools with respect to Africa and exploring how Africa can become more attractive to trade and investment, and (2) looking forw... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5359 | Intro
Sine Die | Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2013 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB5314 | Intro
Sine Die | Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience Act of 2014 or the PREPARE Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and Risk Management (Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5376 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB5304 | Intro
Sine Die | Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the coverage of audiology services to treat as physicians qualified audiologists authorized by the state and acting within the scope of their li... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01 To House Subcommittee on Health |