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

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB2811	Intro Sine Die	Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, or retailers from selling, manufacturing for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States any children's product or upholstered furniture... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2802	Intro Sine Die	Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act - Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to revise the mission statement for the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to ensure access to, and opportunities for, adult ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB1925	Intro Sine Die	Driver Privacy Act - Declares that any data retained by a motor vehicle's event data recorder (as defined in Department of Transportation [DOT] regulations) is the property of the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle in which the recorder is installe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 563.
SB921	Intro Sine Die	Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes a rental company that receives a notification (approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA]) from the manufacturer of a covered rental vehicle ab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.
SB2323	Intro Sine Die	Gold Star Fathers Act of 2014 - Includes as a preference eligible for federal employment purposes a parent (currently, the mother only) of either an individual who lost his or her life under honorable conditions while serving in the Armed Forces duri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
SB2798	Intro Sine Die	Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to alg... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2801	Intro Sine Die	Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act - Prohibits automatic renewal for 2015 of an individual's health plan purchased through a health exchange for coverage in 2014 unless the 2015 premiums are the same as the 2014 premiums (before and after f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2795	Intro Sine Die	Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include as a program that is eligible to participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program and the Federal Perki... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2792	Intro Sine Die	Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for up to $5,000 for the training of a qualified individual in a qualified apprenticeship program. Defines a "qualified i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2794	Intro Sine Die	Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the interagency task force that is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to improve the business development and federal contracting opportunities avail... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
SB2800	Intro Sine Die	Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Patient-Centered Health Care and Quality of Life Stakeholder Strategic Summit to analyze health system barriers to patient-centered car... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2796	Intro Sine Die	Working Student Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowance for academic year 2015-2016 to: $8,451 for dependent students; $13,135 for independent students wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2797	Intro Sine Die	Clean Water Affordability Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-11 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB2781	Intro Sine Die	Student Visa Integrity Act - Amends the federal criminal code to subject to fine and a 15-year prison term an owner, official, employee, or agent of an educational institution who commits fraud or misuse of visas, permits, and other immigration docum... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5482-5483)
SB2791	Intro Sine Die	EPS Service Parts Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exempt external power supplies (EPS) for four years from energy conservation standards established by the Department of Energy in 2014. (EPS convert household electric c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2787	Intro Sine Die	Caller ID Scam Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information (which makes it unlawful to cause a caller identification service to knowingly tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2789	Intro Sine Die	IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through FY2024 for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2784	Intro Sine Die	Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2015-FY2020 to carry out rail safety activities for the safe transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat). Authorizes the Secretary to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2786	Intro Sine Die	Corporate Inverters Earnings Stripping Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose limitations on the tax deduction for interest paid by corporations which are designated as applicable entities (i.e., members of an expanded affili... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2790	Intro Sine Die	IDEA Fairness Restoration Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to include expert witness fees, including the reasonable costs of any test or evaluation necessary for the preparation of the parents' or guardians' case in the ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2783	Intro Sine Die	Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2014 or the VBID for Better Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a three-year demonstration program to test the use of value-based insurance desig... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2788	Intro Sine Die	Middle School Technical Education Program Act or the Middle School STEP Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to: create a pilot program for career and technical education exploration programs, and award grants to eligible partnerships (local e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB1275	Intro Sine Die	Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act or the REFI Pacific Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Commerce (upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States) to is... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 556.
SB2782	Intro Sine Die	Amends the federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to describe the organization as a national association of veterans (currently, an association of men) who, as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, served this Nation i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-09 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2780	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky (relating to the Battle of Mill Springs fought on January 19, 1862, in Pulaski and Wayne Counties durin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-09 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2779	Intro Sine Die	Expatriate Terrorists Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen: taking an oath or making a declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrorist or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.
SB2665	Intro Sine Die	Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, with respect to entities that are eligible to receive certain disaster assitance, to include: (1) broadcasting facilities with... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-08 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
SB1574	Intro Sine Die	Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to make revisions to the program that provides for the integration of employme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
SB2188	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when the tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which held that the Secr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 540.
SB2640	Intro Sine Die	Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2014 - Requires each presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administration on all contributions of $200 or more whether monetary or in... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 532.
SB1468	Intro Sine Die	Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 547.
SB2113	Intro Sine Die	Taxpayer Right-to-Know Act - (Sec. 2) Defines "program" for purposes of this Act as an organized set of activities by one or more agencies directed toward a common purpose or goal. Requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OM... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 531.
SB1799	Pass	Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) the children's advocacy program; (2) grants from the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-08 Became Public Law No: 113-163.
SB653	Pass	Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes the President to appoint a Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia within the Department of State.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-08 Became Public Law No: 113-161.
SB1104	Pass	Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that transparency, accountability, democracy, and good governance are integral factors in any congressional decision regarding U.S. assistance, including assistance to Haiti. D... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-08 Became Public Law No: 113-162.
SB517	Pass	Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling acces... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-01 Became Public Law No: 113-144.
SB2774	Intro Sine Die	Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2013 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) establish standards for determining the maximum passenger capacity for recreational vessels, expressed in the number of passengers and in pounds; (2) require m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-01 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB2775	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt aircraft management services from the excise tax on transportation of persons and property. Defines "aircraft management services" as scheduling, flight planning, weather forecasting, operation of flights, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-01 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2776	Intro Sine Die	Ten in Ten Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-01 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2773	Intro Sine Die	Protecting Children and America's Homeland Act of 2014 - Division A: Supplemental Appropriations - Provides supplemental FY2014 appropriations for expenses related to the rise in unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-01 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 528.
SB2772	Intro Sine Die	Secure the Southwest Border Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014 - Provides supplemental FY2014 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-08-01 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527.
SB2748	Intro Sine Die	Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding cost... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB2768	Intro Sine Die	Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
SB2745	Intro Sine Die	Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear Trail, extending approximately 550 miles from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma, and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2755	Intro Sine Die	Overdose Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter into cooperative agreements to reduce deaths from drug overdoses by: (1) purchasing and distributi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2717	Intro Sine Die	Cyber Information Sharing Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for qualified Information Sharing and Analysis Organization costs (defined as the sum of dues for membership in the Organization, personnel p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2019	Intro Sine Die	SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperativ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.
SB915	Intro Sine Die	Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to submit to the Secretary of Education data that the Secretary determ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB2250	Intro Sine Die	Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (TPA) to revise qualifications requirements for members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Travel Promotion. (Sec. 3) Revise... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.
SB2010	Intro Sine Die	Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act - Amends the Water Conservation and Utilization Act (WCUA) to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to enter into leases of pow... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-07-31 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.