| SB2524 | Intro
Sine Die | Pathways to Prosperity Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act to replace specified minimum measures of student attainment in the core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2517 | Intro
Sine Die | Holding the IRS Leadership Accountable Act - Prohibits the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from providing any performance awards, including bonuses, step increases, and leave time, to IRS senior-level executives until such time as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2514 | Intro
Sine Die | Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2014 or the ORDEAL Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to lengthen from five years to ten years the intervals at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2518 | Intro
Sine Die | College Access Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive planning grants and competitive implementation grants to states to plan and implement comprehensive state plans to: (1) enhance the affordability of postsecondary ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2515 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Integration Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to give an individual with disabilities needing the level of care provided in an institutional setting the choice and opportuni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2512 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-23
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2513 | Intro
Sine Die | Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to select up to 15 institutions of higher education (IHEs), systems...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-23
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB1917 | Engross
Sine Die | Victims Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (NDAA 2014) to revise the sexual assault prevention and response program activities of the Armed Forces. (Sec. 2) Amends NDAA 2014 to include the sen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-20
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| SB2491 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Protection Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the eligibility age under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act should not be increased, and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437. |
| SB2505 | Intro
Sine Die | Wi-Fi Innovation Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5850-5925 megahertz band under technical rules suitable for the widespread commercial development of unlicensed operations. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2510 | Intro
Sine Die | Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Suspension Act of 2014 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to transfer or release any covered detainee at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Guantanamo) to the custody or control of such indiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB2501 | Intro
Sine Die | Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2495 | Intro
Sine Die | One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish and enforce new spending caps. Establishes the aggregate outlay cap (less net interest payments...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Budget Committee |
| SB2506 | Intro
Sine Die | Correctly Recognizing Educational Achievements To Empower Graduates Act or the CREATE Graduates Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and, through them, subgrants to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2504 | Intro
Sine Die | Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force. Reauthorizes the Harold Rogers Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2497 | Intro
Sine Die | Angel Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for 25% of equity investments of $25,000 or more in a domestic corporation or partnership that: (1) has its headquarters in the United States, (2) has ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2499 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Department of State and Related Agency - Makes FY2015 appropriations for the Department of State (Department) for: administration of foreign affairs a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435. |
| SB2509 | Intro
Sine Die | Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should set a strong example for other Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2500 | Intro
Sine Die | American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordinating standards and guidelines under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act with agencies and offices o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2498 | Intro
Sine Die | Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act or the HALOS Act - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend Regulation D (governing the limited offer and sale of securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933) to make the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB2502 | Intro
Sine Die | Global Development Lab Act of 2014 - Establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) the United States Global Development Lab whose responsibilities should include: increasing the application of science, technology, innovation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2507 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act - Deems service of a person as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service) to be active military service for purposes of all laws administe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2489 | Intro
Sine Die | American Jobs for American Infrastructure Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to appropriate to the Highway Account and Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY2014-FY2018 amounts necessary to ensure that the balance of each Account f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2494 | Intro
Sine Die | Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to issue a final decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 45 days after conclusion of the review required by the National Environmental ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2493 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2487 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of a loan under the microloan program. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB2490 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in each questionnaire used for conducting the decennial census of population a question to ascertain U.S. citizenship and immigration status.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2486 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish salary thresholds for the exemption of executive, administrative, and professional employees from federal minimum wage and maximum hour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2488 | Intro
Sine Die | Working Parents Home Office Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the home office tax deduction, to allow the use of a portion of a dwelling unit used for conducting a trade or business for the care of a dependent child of the taxpa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2492 | Intro
Sine Die | Charity Care Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a physician a tax deduction equal to the amount such physician would have otherwise charged for charity medical care provided on a volunteer or pro bono basis through a pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2477 | Intro
Sine Die | Egyptian Military Coup Act of 2014 - Prohibits U.S. government assistance to Egypt pursuant to the coup d'etat restriction under the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, 2012. Suspends the provision of specified defense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2481 | Intro
Sine Die | Women's Small Business Procurement Parity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to revise procurement program requirements for women-owned small businesses. Authorizes a contracting officer to award a sole source contract under this Act to small busine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB2478 | Intro
Sine Die | Short Line Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to award grants to private or nonprofit organizations involved in, or affiliated with, transportation by regional (Class II) railroads and shortline...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2475 | Intro
Sine Die | Children in Families First Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Department of State the Office of Vulnerable Children and Family Security which shall: (1) support the implementation in foreign countries of child welfare laws and policies; and (2) add...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2472 | Intro
Sine Die | International Human Rights Defense Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish in the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples who shall: (1) direct U.S. gov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2473 | Intro
Sine Die | Wireless Innovation Act of 2014 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to report to the President and Congress with recommendations to reallocate a span of at leas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2471 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to cite circumstances under which a medically distressed debtor may elect to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy up to $250,000 of the debtor's aggregate interes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2467 | Intro
Sine Die | Continuing Care for Veterans Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from altering the health care available to a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system or the amount of time that veteran has to wait for an appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2468 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Emergency Health Care Safety Net Expansion Act of 2014 - Eliminates the requirement limiting reimbursement for emergency treatment in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility to veterans who are active participants in the VA's heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2469 | Intro
Sine Die | Government Services Accessibility Act or the GSA Act - Prohibits the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from leasing a building for a federal agency unless the Administrator determines that the building to be leased would sati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2474 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, Martin Wani, and Maya Wani.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2461 | Intro
Sine Die | CHIP Extension Act of 2014 - Revises and extends through FY2019 at generally increased levels the program under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA), and adjusts CHIP allotment requirements accordingly...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2463 | Intro
Sine Die | Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise requirements for the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) constitutional rights should be upheld ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2464 | Intro
Sine Die | National Bison Legacy Act - Adopts the North American bison as the national mammal of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2462 | Intro
Sine Die | Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude any elementary or secondary school, state or local educational agency, and institution of higher education from the definition of "applicable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2466 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries among the forms of violations of the right to religious freedom in many countries around the world.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2459 | Intro
Sine Die | Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide pre-loan counseling at or prior to the first disbursement of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3596-3597) |
| SB2450 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 - Title I: Improvement of Scheduling System for Health Care Appointments - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract for an independent assessment ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
See also H.R. 3230. |
| SB2452 | Intro
Sine Die | Strong Start for America's Children Act - Title I: Prekindergarten Access - Subtitle A: Access to Voluntary Prekindergarten for Low- and Moderate-Income Families - (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to allot matching grants to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427. |
| SB2456 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to an item of adverse information about an active duty military consumer. Declares that, if the action or inaction that gave rise to the item occurred while the consumer was an active duty military co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
