| SB2644 | 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] | 2014-07-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2649 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that, for purposes of U.S. law and for activities undertaken within the jurisdiction of the United States, no verdict, order, warrant, or writ issued by the government of Egypt or any court, administrative tribunal, or other Egyptian authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2392 | Intro
Sine Die | East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified river segments of the East Rosebud Creek in Montana as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Prohibits the inclusion of any pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB1820 | Intro
Sine Die | Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for production of a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486. |
| SB2650 | Intro
Sine Die | Iran Nuclear Negotiations Act of 2014 - Directs the President, within three days after entering into a U.S.-Iran agreement relating to Iran's nuclear program, to submit such agreement to Congress. Provides for: (1) a 15-day review period by the Senat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB1389 | Intro
Sine Die | Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyr's Monument in Fort Greene Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn as a unit of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB1785 | Intro
Sine Die | Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act - Modifies the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park to include the following areas : (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield, (2) Russell House Battlefi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB2647 | Intro
Sine Die | Security Officer Screening Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to establish policies and procedures for: (1) informing entities that employ private security officers about how to r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2221 | Intro
Sine Die | MotorCities National Heritage Area Extension Act - Amends the Automobile National Heritage Area Act to extend through FY2030 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance for the Automobile National Heritage Area...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB2293 | Intro
Sine Die | National Scenic Trails Parity Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to require the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails to be administered as units of the National Park System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB2318 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act to extend the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission until 30 years (currently, 15 years) after December 21, 2000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB2356 | Intro
Sine Die | Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 - Transfers administrative jurisdiction of 525 acres of land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a rail project. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| SB1219 | Intro
Sine Die | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - (Sec. 4) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement (Agreement), entered into by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Rancho California Wate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-215. |
| SB2642 | 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] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2641 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to the permission that a creditor may presume that a residential mortgage loan has met the requirement that, at the time the loan is consummated, the consumer has a reasonable ability to repay it, if the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB2636 | Intro
Sine Die | Alaska Native Conservation Parity Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Alaska Native Corporations an increased tax deduction for donations of conservation easements related to lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2634 | Intro
Sine Die | National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax relief for disasters declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 by: extending through 2014 the election to expense qualified disaster expenses (i.e., for removal of d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2643 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report containing an analysis of: (1) the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outsi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2637 | Intro
Sine Die | SBA Intermediary Lending Program Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to make permanent the Small Business Administration (SBA) Intermediary Lending Program (ILP). Limits to a maximum of: (1) $1 million a single ILP loan to an eligible interm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB2639 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Affairs Health Workforce Enhancement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish medical residency programs, or ensure a sufficient number of residency positions in medical residency programs, at any VA medical ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2638 | Intro
Sine Die | Natural Gas Export Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to make a public interest determination and issue an order for an application for the exportation of natural gas to a foreign country throug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2635 | Intro
Sine Die | 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2631 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources to: (1) consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473. |
| SB2633 | Intro
Sine Die | UAC State Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2592 | Intro
Sine Die | North Atlantic Energy Security Act - Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to permit the use of rights of way for natural gas pipelines through public lands, forest, and other reservations of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4646-4647) |
| SB2632 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to declare that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2622 | Intro
Sine Die | Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require mammography facilities to include up-to-date information about breast density in both the written report of the results of a mammography examinatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2629 | Intro
Sine Die | Preventive Care Coverage Notification Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury to jointly develop requirements for employers exempted from covering mandated health serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2624 | Intro
Sine Die | Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to: (1) increase to 4,000 the number of Afghan special immigrant visas available in FY2014, and (2) extend unused visa carryover authority through December 31, 201...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2628 | Intro
Sine Die | UAC State Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2623 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior from implementing or limiting any modification to a public or private land-related policy or subsurface mineral right-related policy or practice that is in effect on enact...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2619 | Intro
Sine Die | Children Returning on an Expedited and Safe Timeline Act or the CREST Act - Prohibits the federal government from providing non-security assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras until the President certifies that the government of such count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2630 | Intro
Sine Die | State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2621 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 - Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of duck stamps, which are required to hunt migratory waterfowl, from $15 to $25. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to reduce t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2627 | Intro
Sine Die | Strong Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on fam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2620 | Intro
Sine Die | Grid Reliability Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Power Act, with respect to temporary connection and exchange of facilities during an emergency, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), if an order conflicts with any federal, state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2625 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Birth Control Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately info...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2626 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Share Act of 2014 - Consolidates and amends three federal programs that provide payments to local governments that have federal lands within their borders: the Department of the Interior's Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, the Forest Ser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-17
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2617 | Intro
Sine Die | Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alterat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2618 | Intro
Sine Die | Strong Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on fam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB1153 | Intro
Sine Die | Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act - Authorizes any person, entity, or the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife taxa. Requires the Director to determine whether the proposal sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB2560 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act - Authorizes the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, non...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB571 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) from performing a discharge (defined as an intentional diversion of waste st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB1175 | Intro
Sine Die | Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees to enable state political subdivisions to acquire interests in real prop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB1381 | Intro
Sine Die | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce, breeding, or possessing a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB1232 | Intro
Sine Die | Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to include as a purpose of such Act to achieve the goals established in the Great Lakes Restoration In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB2578 | 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] | 2014-07-16
Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 228) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4535) |
| SB1650 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB2530 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2014 or the PLAQ Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the importation into or shipment within the United States of the species of mussels of the genus Dreissena (thus covering quagga musse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
| SB2225 | Intro
Sine Die | Smart Water Resource Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart water resource management pilot program to award grants to three to five eligible entities (authorities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-16
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. |
