US Legislation | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress | Senate | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB1750	Intro Sine Die	Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to land under their respective jurisdictions, pursuant to a state or local government offer, to enter into an agre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.
SB1419	Intro Sine Die	Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to redefine "marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy" as energy (currently electrical energy) from: (1) waves, tides, and currents in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
SB1328	Intro Sine Die	New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the New Philadelphia archaeological site and the land surrounding it in Illinois. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633.
SB1317	Intro Sine Die	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2016 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Authorizes programs, activities, and reports respecting NASA, includin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
SB841	Intro Sine Die	Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013 - Designates specified federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado as: (1) the Hermosa Creek Watershed and Protection Area, and (2) the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area. Requires the Secr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.
SB776	Intro Sine Die	Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act - Designates specified land in Carson National Forest in New Mexico, which shall be known as the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases any federal land with... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
SB744	Intro Sine Die	Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - (Sec. 2) States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
SB398	Intro Sine Die	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum. Requires the Commission to: (1) report recommendations for a plan ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630.
SB182	Intro Sine Die	Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to une... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
SB2990	Intro Sine Die	State Trade and Export Promotion Utilization Program for American Small Businesses Act or the STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Bus... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
SB2991	Intro Sine Die	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2692	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]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.
SB2235	Intro Sine Die	Democracy Restoration Act of 2014 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the elect... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
SB1945	Intro Sine Die	Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the requirement that a federal court retain jurisdiction for an appropriate period to prevent commencement of new devices to deny or abridge the right to vote.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
SB1675	Intro Sine Die	Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a review of recidivism reduction programming and productive activities, including prison jobs, offered in correctional institutions; (2) conduc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
SB1410	Intro Sine Die	Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the federal criminal code to direct the court to impose a sentence for specified controlled substance offenses without regard to any statutory minimum sentence if the court finds that the defendant: (1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
SB1217	Intro Sine Die	Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014 - Title I: Elimination of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - (Section 101) Directs the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation (FMIC ) established under title II of this Act to take all steps necess... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB1038	Intro Sine Die	End Racial Profiling Act of 2013 - Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
SB195	Intro Sine Die	Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-09 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.
SB2989	Intro Sine Die	Promoting Regional Energy Partnerships for Advancing Resilient Energy Systems Act or the PREPARE Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Secretary of the Interior (acting through specified Assistant Secretaries) to provide technical assis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-08 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2988	Intro Sine Die	Regulatory Cost Assessment Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-08 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB2987	Intro Sine Die	Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-08 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2946	Intro Sine Die	Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-08 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.
SB2982	Intro Sine Die	Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act of 2014 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue a forever stamp that: (1) honors the sacrifices of the members of the Armed Forces who have been prisoners of war, missing in action, or unaccounted for; and (2) de... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB2974	Intro Sine Die	Sustained Promotion of Responsibility in Team Sports Act or the SPORTS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to repeal the existing antitrust exemption for agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of profess... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2976	Intro Sine Die	Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the treatment of affiliate transactions that may be exempt from clearing requirements to authorize such an exemption only if... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
SB2979	Intro Sine Die	Extends from 5 to 10 years after discharge or release from active duty after January 28, 2003, a combat veteran's eligibility for veterans' hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for illnesses that have not been medically proven to be... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
SB2975	Intro Sine Die	Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition progr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2978	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City" based on: (1) contributions to the war effort during World War II; and (2) efforts to preserve t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB2981	Intro Sine Die	Secure Data Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal agency from requiring a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2977	Intro Sine Die	Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers’ Health Act or the MEDTECH Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from regulation as a medical device: administrative, operational, or financial records sof... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2980	Intro Sine Die	Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2984	Intro Sine Die	Amends the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude cotton future contracts involving cotton that is grown outside of the United States and tendered for delivery from coverage under the Act, including the requirement that the cotton be classified ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
SB2985	Intro Sine Die	Designates the segment of Interstate Route 35 between milepost 133 at Forest Lake, Minnesota, and milepost 259 at Duluth, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB2986	Intro Sine Die	A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2973	Intro Sine Die	National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the National Laboratory technology maturation program to make grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to National Laboratories to increase ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2963	Intro Sine Die	Makes permanent a provision which prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) for a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613.
SB1721	Intro Sine Die	Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act or the FANS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to deny the antitrust exemption for joint agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests to any league of clubs participating in profes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
SB919	Intro Sine Die	Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2013 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Tribal Self-Gover... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-04 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-285.
SB2972	Intro Sine Die	Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2014 - Requires equestrian helmets manufactured after a specified date to meet: (1) certain ASTM International standards if the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has not established a standar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-03 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2971	Intro Sine Die	Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-03 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2970	Intro Sine Die	Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for dete... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-03 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611.
SB2967	Intro Sine Die	Local Control of Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a st... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-02 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2969	Intro Sine Die	General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Omar Bradley Foundation, Pennsylvania, to transfer, without consideration, to the child of General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Quay... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-02 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB2968	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]	2014-12-02 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2911	Intro Sine Die	Super Pollutants Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-02 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
SB1618	Intro Sine Die	Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals determined eligible for access to classified informa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
SB2479	Intro Sine Die	Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act - Directs that approximately 25,977 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation be: (1) held in trust for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-01 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-277.
SB2480	Intro Sine Die	Nevada Native Nations Land Act -Title I: Elko Motocross Land Conveyance - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, approximately 275 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Manageme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-01 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-278.
SB2030	Intro Sine Die	National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the National Sea Grant College Program Act with specified appropriations through FY2020. Removes a requirement that the Secretary of Commerce report annually to Congress regardi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-12-01 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607.