| HB5732 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Schemes and Crimes Against Medicare and Seniors (Stop SCAMS) Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act with respect to standards for financial and administrative transactions and their data elements to enable the electronic exchange of he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5757 | Intro
Sine Die | Honoring Workers' Rights Act - Redesignates the Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., as the "Reed Larson Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-21
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5206 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit employees of the Foreign Service and other executive branch employees to designate beneficiaries of their death benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB5713 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Assessment Act of 2014 - Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to assess and report on the cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes. Directs the Under Secretary to mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| HB5710 | Intro
Sine Die | Ebola Emergency Response Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa poses severe health, economic, and security threats to the affected countries, the United States, and the broader international community; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB5685 | Intro
Sine Die | Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require congressional notification not less than 15 days after a reward is authorized under the the Department of State's reward...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB5241 | Intro
Sine Die | Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act - Prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. Prohibits any federal department or agency fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB5726 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom From Foreign Influence Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue promptly permits allowing energy resources exploration and extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources |
| HR762 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR764 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates congresswomen Frederica S. Wilson and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on their induction into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Hall of Fame. Commends them for their outstanding service to our country.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Administration Committee |
| HB5765 | Intro
Sine Die | Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2019 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB5758 | Intro
Sine Die | Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal banking agency from suggesting, requesting, or ordering a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account, or otherwise restrict or discourage it from enterin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB5749 | Intro
Sine Die | State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require that one of the presidential appointees to the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) once served as a sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR765 | Intro
Sine Die | Urges the people of the United States to recognize the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974. Recognizes the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's research and work to improve renewa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee |
| HR761 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of Giving Tuesday and recognizes its lasting impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5752 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Rewards for Justice program authorized under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, to offer a reward to any individual who furnishes information leading to the arrest or conviction ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5767 | Intro
Sine Die | Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5754 | Intro
Sine Die | Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Directs the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the data inventory, data infrastructure, and statistical ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5751 | Intro
Sine Die | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5760 | Intro
Sine Die | Funeral Honors for World War II Veterans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to include seven person firing parties in the funeral honors details for World War II veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB5747 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that: defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in which all faiths and ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full integration into the government and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR763 | Intro
Sine Die | Applauds the work done by individuals, organizations, and governments committed to human rights and the well-being of children in decreasing the number of children trapped in child labor by one-third since 2000. Recognizes that challenges that remai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB2689 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2013 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct each federal facility energy manager to consider, not later than two years after completion of a comprehensive energy and wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467. |
| HR754 | Intro
Sine Die | Calls on the government of Iran to abide by its international and domestic obligations regarding human rights and civil liberties, including freedoms of assembly, speech, and press. Deplores: (1) the dramatic rise in executions of Iranian citizens b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR759 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Survivors Victory Day to celebrate and honor the victims and survivors of trauma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5738 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to a possible epidemic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HR760 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of World MRSA Day and International MRSA Testing Week. (MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which causes deadly infections in patients in health care facilities and within communit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5743 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on the following issues related to intercollegiate athletics: the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB4668 | Intro
Sine Die | Point Spencer Coast Guard and Public-Private Sector Infrastructure Development Facilitation and Land Conveyance Act - Designates certain land at Point Spencer in Alaska (a parcel of land on which a decommissioned long range radio navigation station w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB5689 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer all or any part of its interests in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the tribe.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs |
| HB5725 | Intro
Sine Die | Patient Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, after 2013, the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8036) |
| HR756 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1422) to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5734 | Intro
Sine Die | Right of Return Act - Requires the following courses of action: the Secretary of State shall call for Israel to increase the standard of living of those living in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza by extending its sovereignty over those territories, and for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5733 | Intro
Sine Die | Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Budget Committee |
| HB5727 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require a certification from each person that is a prospective government contractor that such person, and any person owned or controlled by such person, is not a boycotting person (a perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB4680 | Intro
Sine Die | Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to enable eligible states (including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5122 | Intro
Sine Die | Railroad Hours of Service Employees Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 to consider that a railroad employee, subject to hours of service under federal law, meets the hours of service eligibility require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5275 | Intro
Sine Die | Maximizing Opportunities and Retaining Experienced Teachers Act or the MORE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan and Willia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4767 | Intro
Sine Die | Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require states, for academic year 2014 and each of the succeeding four academic years, to maintain their support for: (1) institutions of higher educa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5572 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4765 | Intro
Sine Die | Fit for LIFE Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to create or expand the offering of an innovative food distribution project that: serves a low-income area or one that is a food desert (an area without ready acc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5477 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a state educational agency to allocate grant funds among local educational agencies based on the number of eligible children...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4860 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Students from Failing Institutions Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to discharge a borrower's liability on a loan under the Federal Family Education Loan (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4897 | Intro
Sine Die | Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5485 | Intro
Sine Die | Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an institution of higher education (IHE), other than a foreign IHE, that is participating in the programs under titl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4756 | Intro
Sine Die | Bullying Redress and Verified Enforcement Act or the BRAVE Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require the employees of local educational agencies (LEAs) who become aware of bullying to report to an LEA-designate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4758 | Intro
Sine Die | Skills Connection Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a searchable and publicly available database containing a registry of industry-recognized credentials, a skills database, and a jobs bank to enable programs that lead to such credential...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4773 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act or the CHOICE Act - Amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to use funds appropriated under the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5259 | Intro
Sine Die | Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into cooperative agreements with states to establish state and multistate infrastructure banks that make loans to local educational agencies, public libr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5399 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Stafford Loans to opt to extend the period before they must begin to repay s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
