| HB5661 | Intro
Sine Die | Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Appropriates for each of FY2015-FY2024 an amount that equals the difference between: (1) the amount appropriated for FY2015 for school improvement programs under part ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4902 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act or the Middle Class CHANCE Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant for award year 2014-2015 and adjust it each subsequent a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5529 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2014 or the HELP Act - Authorizes the following groups to petition for eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance to the Critical Employment Advisory Commission (established by this Act) and the governor of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4824 | Intro
Sine Die | Workers Opportunity and Retraining Competitive Grant Program Act of 2014 or the WORC Grant Program Act of 2014 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a manufacturing worker scholarship program to a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4831 | Intro
Sine Die | Twenty-First Century Manufacturing Skills and Jobs Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, on a quarterly basis, to make payments to an eligible community college in an amount equal to the aggregate new manufacturing job withholding matc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4914 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits funds available to the Department of State or any other department or agency from being used for contributions to the Institute of Peace. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4823 | Intro
Sine Die | Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act or WIRED Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise one-stop delivery system requirements. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish certain standards and best practices f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5523 | Intro
Sine Die | Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the mandatory summary description of a group health plan to declare: (1) whether the plan permits either the plan sponsor or any ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5596 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness in Student Loan Repayment Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make available to borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) the following loan repaym... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4832 | Intro
Sine Die | Education for Jobs Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an individual eligible to apply for a loan under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program if that individual: (1) is carrying at least th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5100 | Intro
Sine Die | Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures Act or the SCORE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each coeducational institution of higher education (IHE) that is participa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5352 | Intro
Sine Die | Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2014 - Division A: Education - Title I: Strong Start for America's Children - Subtitle A: Access to Voluntary Prekindergarten for Low- and Moderate-Income Families - Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to all... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5691 | Intro
Sine Die | Luna and Hidalgo Counties Wilderness Study Area Release Act of 2014 - Releases specified wilderness study areas in the Luna and Hidalgo Counties in New Mexico from further study for designation as wilderness. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation |
| HB4828 | Intro
Sine Die | Innovative STEM Networks Act or the I-STEM Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states or local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish STEM (science, tec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4913 | Intro
Sine Die | Achievement Through Technology and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to rename part D (Achievement through Technology and Innovation) as the Achievement Through Technology a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5721 | Intro
Sine Die | Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act - Amends the Defense Base Act with respect to payment of death benefits otherwise due a widow, widower, or surviving child of an individual employed at a military, air, or naval base outside of the United Stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB5354 | Intro
Sine Die | Campus Accountability and Safety Act - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that partic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5515 | Intro
Sine Die | Elder Justice Reauthorization Act - Reauthorizes the Elder Justice Act of 2009 and funding for its programs through FY2019. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) the National Training Institute for F... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4826 | Intro
Sine Die | School Modernization and Revitalization Through Jobs Act, the SMART Jobs Act, or the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5501 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Constitution Day Grant Program awarding competitive grants to local educational agencies and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5165 | Intro
Sine Die | Advancing Girls in STEM Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of Education to award grants to states to carry out programs that promote the involvement of elementary and secondary female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathemat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4827 | Intro
Sine Die | Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor manageme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5510 | Intro
Sine Die | Online Education Verification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require recognized accrediting agencies or associations that evaluate the quality of distance or correspondence education programs to requ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5303 | Intro
Sine Die | 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act - Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use that portion of their part A grant funds reserved for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4909 | Intro
Sine Die | Permanent Families for All Children Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: limit to 36 the number of months for which foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of a child not in a l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4954 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Our Children Act - Amends the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to exempt from its prohibition against lie detector use the employers of prospective employees who care for or supervise or interact with unsupervised children on a fr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5166 | Intro
Sine Die | Travel and Tourism For All Act - Directs the National Council on Disability to report to Congress with recommendations to improve the implementation of: (1) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) with respect to the travel, tourism, and ho... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5242 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards that give... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4776 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits federal funds from being used to enter into agreements with, make grants or awards to, or provide loans or loan guarantees to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in a boycott of the Israeli government, economy, or acade... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5159 | Intro
Sine Die | Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4782 | Intro
Sine Die | Building Understanding, Investment, Learning, and Direction Career and Technical Education Act of 2014 or the BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive two-year grants to local educatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4731 | Intro
Sine Die | Welfare Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to declare that it should be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to increase employment, encourage healthy marriag... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4956 | Intro
Sine Die | American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014 - Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 issued by the Secretary of the Interior to be approved as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4815 | Intro
Sine Die | American Manufacturing Jobs for Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education, when awarding grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for school counseling programs, to give special c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5343 | Intro
Sine Die | All Students Count Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require information on the annual state report cards on student achievement at each proficiency level to be disaggregated by the same major racial groups as... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5324 | Intro
Sine Die | Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic Youth Act or the SAFE PLAY Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop public educa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5325 | Intro
Sine Die | American Manufacturing Workforce Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through 2020, tax credits for: (1) up to $1,000 of the expenses for tuition, fees, and course materials paid or incurred for the training of a worker to develop... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5306 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security 2100 Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: increase the primary insurance amount formula factor from 90% to 93% for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5623 | Intro
Sine Die | National Parents Corps Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award a grant to a nonprofit entity (to be known as the NPCP Nonprofit Part... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5051 | Intro
Sine Die | Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014 - Affirms requirements, notwithstanding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, that: (1) an employer that establishes or maintains a group health plan for its employees must provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB5168 | Intro
Sine Die | Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to: (1) consortia composed of one or more local educational agencies (LEAs) and on... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5612 | Intro
Sine Die | Tackling Excessive Standardized Testing Act of 2014 or the TEST Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the frequency with which students must take the tests used in determining whether they are making adequat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5569 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Partnerships in Education Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: allow states and local educat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5540 | Intro
Sine Die | America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2014 or the America RISING Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to jointly establish a program providing grants to: eligible e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5567 | Intro
Sine Die | Education and Workforce Innovation Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a five-year pilot program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs that provide direct skills and job training for individuals to enter and adv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4970 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB4965 | Intro
Sine Die | Pre-K for USA Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting jointly in accordance with an interagency agreement, to award competitive ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4929 | Intro
Sine Die | Computer Science Career Education Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to consortia composed of at least one local educational agency, at least one institution of higher education (IHE), and community represent... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5590 | Intro
Sine Die | Go to High School, Go to College Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out (from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2020) a program awarding Early College Federal Pell... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5541 | Intro
Sine Die | Exercise and Fitness For All Act - Directs the Access Board to develop and publish guidelines for exercise or fitness service providers to provide accessible exercise or fitness equipment, including relevant personnel training. Requires such guidelin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |