| HB5716 | Intro
Sine Die | Sandy Reinvestment Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the nonrecognition of gain from property involuntarily converted, to extend from two years to five years the replacement period for property involuntarily co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5707 | Intro
Sine Die | Ebola Response Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit any individual from entering the United States for 30 days following the individual's presence in a coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5696 | Intro
Sine Die | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - Amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of State to report to Congress on conditions in Hong Kong that are of U.S. interest by March 31, 2015, and annually thereafter fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5684 | Intro
Sine Die | Point Reyes Coast Guard Housing Conveyance Act - Directs the Coast Guard to sell property in Point Reyes Station to Marin County, California, for use as affordable housing or for a related purpose. Requires the property to be sold at fair market valu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| HR748 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5682) to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5697 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to replace the current windfall elimination provision (WEP) (that reduces the Social Security benefits o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5702 | Intro
Sine Die | Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act - Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Ebenezer D. Bassett.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5704 | Intro
Sine Die | Master Teacher Corps Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs), states, or LEAs and states, acting in pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB3678 | Intro
Sine Die | Redesignates the lock and dam located in Modoc, Illinois, commonly known as the Kaskaskia Lock and Dam, as the "Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 142. |
| HB5690 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a special rule to deny tax-exempt status to a professional sports league that promotes, or allows a member club or franchise to promote, the use of the term "redskin" in connection with any team...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5692 | Intro
Sine Die | Ebola Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate all passports as restricted for travel to or for use in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, except for travel for diplomatic, health care, humanitarian, journalistic, or milita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR751 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative stamp should be issued by the U.S. Postal Service honoring the Chinese railroad workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR749 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates and honors Kailash Satyarthi on receiving the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the protection of children's rights and the promotion of peace. Condemns child labor as a form of modern slavery. States that in honoring Ka...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR752 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates Marcel Closset for receiving the French Legion of Honor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR750 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates and honors Malala Yousafzai on receiving the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to global education equality and the promotion of peace. States that in honoring Malala Yousafzai the House of Representatives honors those who ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB2026 | Intro
Sine Die | Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452. |
| HB4854 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to limit the period during which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453. |
| HB5536 | Intro
Sine Die | Domestic Violence Enhanced Penalty Act of 2014 or Candace's Law - Directs a state to provide by law enhanced sentencing requirements for persons convicted of committing, or attempting to commit, an act of domestic violence in the presence of minor ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5680 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Toxic Wounds Research Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a master registry of veterans who experienced toxic exposures while serving in the Armed Forces. Includes in the master registry the registries ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5605 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Public Safety and Federal Resources Act - Disapproves amendment number 3 of the Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines submitted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to Congress on April 30, 2014, relating to statutory mandatory minimum pena...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5676 | Intro
Sine Die | Guard and Reserve Academic Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that institutions of higher learning provide members of the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves who are receiving educational assistance from th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HB5595 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthening Privacy, Oversight, and Transparency Act or the SPOT Act - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to expand the functions of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include reviews of legislation,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5525 | Intro
Sine Die | Political Intelligence Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to require the disclosure of political intelligence activities, particularly relating to information useful for analyzing securities or commodities mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5586 | Intro
Sine Die | You Own Devices Act - Amends federal copyright law to allow the owner of a machine or other product operated in any part by a computer program to transfer an authorized copy of the computer program, or the right to obtain such copy, when the owner se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HB5606 | Intro
Sine Die | Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who has attained age 18 and desires to make a handgun, or to obtain a unique serial number or other identifying mark for a handgun made by the perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HR742 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it is unconstitutional for the President to continue to provide deferred action for childhood arrivals in enforcement of the immigration laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB5488 | Intro
Sine Die | No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act - Requires the Director of the Terrorist Screening Center to: (1) review the completeness of the Terrorist Screening Database and the terrorist watch list utilized by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5585 | Intro
Sine Die | Granting Our People Access to Channel Choice Act of 2014 or the GO PACC Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a cable operator or satellite carrier to provide to certain subscribers in specified Wisconsin counties who elect t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HB5555 | Intro
Sine Die | FIREARM Act - Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5535 | Intro
Sine Die | Custodial Interrogation Recording Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to make grants to states and local governments for the complete and accurate recording, by both audio and video means...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5470 | Intro
Sine Die | Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include terrorism risk as a factor the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall consider under the electronic system for travel authorization (ESTA) in dete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB5473 | Intro
Sine Die | James Boulet National Language Act of 2014 - Amends federal law to: (1) make English the official language of the United States, (2) require that official U.S. government functions be conducted in English, and (3) require the U.S. government to prese...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HR732 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and (2) the prohibition of firearms without such features in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HR725 | Intro
Sine Die | Commends the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for raising awareness during Suicide Prevention Month of the life-saving resources available to those who have served, or are currently serving, in uniform. Express...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5502 | Intro
Sine Die | Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 or the FAIR Act - Amends the federal criminal code to increase the federal government's burden of proof in civil forfeiture proceedings to clear and convincing evidence. Requires the government, in ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5617 | Intro
Sine Die | Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin follo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HB5522 | Intro
Sine Die | ATF Elimination Act - Rescinds the hiring authority of the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Requires the Director, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Administrator of the Drug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5594 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: suspend from the visa waiver program any country that has identified passport holders fighting with Islamic extremist organizations, including such groups as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Lev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB5519 | Intro
Sine Die | Billy's Law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5503 | Intro
Sine Die | James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund through FY2041 and to index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB5620 | Intro
Sine Die | First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), for the purpose of domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism, to: (1) make available surplus ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications |
| HR741 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproves of the President's expression of intent to expand amnesty to undocumented immigrants through executive order after the 2014 congressional midterm elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB5520 | Intro
Sine Die | Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2014 or the SAFE for America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HJR126 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a bill that increases entitlement spending or creates a new entitlement program from becoming law unless it: (1) is approved by a two-thirds majority of each house of Congress, or (2) provides that the increase or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB5538 | Intro
Sine Die | Domestic Violence Safety Plan Grant Program Act of 2014 or the My Sister's Keeper Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a program to award grants to eligible state and local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit orga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5550 | Intro
Sine Die | Urban and Municipal Justice Act of 2014 or the Justice Act - Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: (1) by 75% for any such unit that, during ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5607 | Intro
Sine Die | Voices of Human Trafficking Act of 2014 - Establishes the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Task Force to Monitor and Combat Tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5618 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Health Administration Management Improvement Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) conduct a five-year management review of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and (2) submit ann...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-28
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5634 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to publicly disclose crop insurance premium subsidies paid on behalf of: Members of Congress and their immediate famil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-23
To House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management |
| HB5603 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey a 2,025-acre parcel of real property known as the Lake Fannin Tract of the Caddo National Grasslands in Fannin County, Texas, to Fannin County, without consideration, for the purpose of permitting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-10-23
To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry |
