| SB1800 | Engross
Sine Die | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to: (1) maintain i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-02
Held at the desk. |
| SB684 | Engross
Sine Die | Mni Wiconi Project Act Amendments of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to develop plans for completing, and to enter into agreements with specified agency heads to complete, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-02
Held at the desk. |
| SB609 | Engross
Sine Die | San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, on request of the plaintiffs in the case Blancett v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541. |
| SB354 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument and lands identifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-713. |
| SB363 | Engross
Sine Die | Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of federal land for geothermal development if: (1) the land is available f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540. |
| SB311 | Engross
Sine Die | Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study that evaluates the national significance of a specified study area located in Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, and the feasibility of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539. |
| SB2673 | Pass | United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of Congress that Israel is a major U.S. strategic partner. (Sec. 5) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to extend authority to transfer certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-19
Became Public Law No: 113-296. |
| SB1237 | Engross
Sine Die | Omnibus Territories Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Extends through December 31, 2019, a system for allocating and determining the number, terms, and conditions of permits issued to prospective employers for nonimmigrant workers performing work during the tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-19
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| SB3008 | Pass | Foreclosure Relief for Servicemembers Act of 2014 - Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2015 the one-year period after a service member's military service during whic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-286. |
| SB2759 | Pass | Directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to release the city of St. Clair, Missouri, from all restrictions on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair Regional Airport. Prohibits such release from being executed before ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-285. |
| SB2651 | Pass | DHS OIG Mandates Revision Act of 2014 - Repeals requirements that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General: (1) conduct an annual evaluation of the Cargo Inspection Targeting System pursuant to the Coast Guard and Maritime Transpor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-284. |
| SB2519 | Pass | National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a national cybersecurity and communications integration center in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out the responsibiliti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-282. |
| SB2521 | Pass | Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) to: (1) reestablish the oversight authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with respect to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-283. |
| SB2444 | Pass | Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016 - Authorizes FY2015-FY2016 appropriations for the Coast Guard. Authorizes: (1) specified levels of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads; (2) l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-281. |
| SB2338 | Pass | United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to: (1) authorize appropriations for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for FY2014-FY2020, (2) require that the Agency be re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-280. |
| SB2270 | Pass | Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-279. |
| SB2142 | Pass | Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that: the United States aspires to a mutually beneficial relationship with Venezuela based on respect for human rights and the rule of law, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-278. |
| SB1691 | Pass | Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) States as the purposes of this Act: (1) strengthening U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and ensuring that border patrol agents are sufficiently ready to conduct necessary work and will perf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-277. |
| SB1683 | Pass | Title I: Transfer of Excess United States Naval Vessels - Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013 - (Sec. 102) Authorizes the President to transfer on a grant basis to Mexico, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates CURTS and MCCLUSKY. Autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-276. |
| SB1474 | Pass | Amends the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a provision prohibiting Alaska tribes other than the Metlakatla Indian Community from issuing and enforcing domestic violence protective orders against non-member Alaska Natives ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-275. |
| SB1353 | Pass | Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 - Title I: Public-Private Collaboration on Cybersecurity - (Sec. 101) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to permit the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-274. |
| SB1000 | Pass | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 2, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Office of Management and Budget (O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-18
Became Public Law No: 113-273. |
| SB3018 | Intro
Sine Die | Partnership Auditing Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for audits of large for-profit partnerships (partnerships with more than 100 partners). Repeals existing audit rules under Chapter 1 and Chapter 63 of the Internal R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3020 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish the composition known as America the Beautiful as the national anthem.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3019 | Intro
Sine Die | War Powers Against Non-State Actors Act of 2014 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to declare that the authority to use U.S. Armed Forces against non-state actors would terminate 60 days after submission of a specified presidential report explaining ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR595 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Nobel Laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai as symbols of peace and advocates for ending the financial exploitation of children and for the opportunity of all children to have access to education. Commends all individuals worki...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6929; text as passed Senate: CR S6929) |
| SB2921 | Pass | Designates the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) located at 310 Home Boulevard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the "Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-234. |
| SB2917 | Pass | Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add filoviruses, a family of viruses that includes the Ebola virus, to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-233. |
| SR564 | Intro
Sine Die | Commemorates the importance of the 100th anniversary of the passenger pigeon extinction, our natural heritage, the sustainability of our ecosystem, and the balanced and responsible conservation of our nation's wildlife.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6929-6930) |
| SB2040 | Pass | Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bann...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-232. |
| SB1744 | Engross
Sine Die | Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act - (Sec. 3) Deems an an agency employee to be unfit for federal employment if the agency determines that such employee has engaged in misconduct affecting the integrity of a background inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Held at the desk. |
| SR226 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, for his contributions to the Olympic Games, collegiate athletics, international race relations, and democracy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| SB1434 | Pass | Designates the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Kansas, as the "Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-231. |
| SB706 | Engross
Sine Die | Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance in schedule I or II, flunitrazepam, or a listed chemical by individuals having r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Held at the desk. |
| SB229 | Pass | Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Act of 2013 - Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Cente...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-230. |
| SJR47 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorization for the Use of Military Force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Authorizes the President to use the U.S. Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or associated persons or forces. Declares tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-13
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653. |
| SB3010 | Intro
Sine Die | Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3015 | Intro
Sine Die | Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3013 | Intro
Sine Die | Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to make it unlawful for any large financial institution, either directly or indirectly, to purchase or sell any swap, any commodity in interstate commerce, or any contract ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB3014 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SR600 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to limit, with exceptions, consideration of a motion to proceed to the consideration of any debatable matter to not more than two hours, equally divided between, and control...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR601 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the cooperation in science and technology between the governments of the United States and China since 1979. Emphasizes the importance of open markets, intellectual property rights, and the free exchange of information to the development ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB3016 | Intro
Sine Die | Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act - Amends the Materials Act of 1947 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a mineral materials contract and to return to the contract holder any bid deposit and performance bond paid to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB3011 | Intro
Sine Die | Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3012 | Intro
Sine Die | North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the President to investigate credible information of sanctionable activities involving North Korea and to designate and apply sanctions with respect to any person (including business entities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB3017 | Intro
Sine Die | Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3009 | Intro
Sine Die | Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2983 | Engross
Sine Die | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melvill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Held at the desk. |
| SB2922 | Intro
Sine Die | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to: reaffirm the principles set forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992; support the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong; urge China's govern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Menendez from Committee on Foreign Relations filed written report. Report No. 113-313. |
| SB2799 | Intro
Sine Die | Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act - Title I: Satellite Television - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-322. |
