| SB2825 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Safe Access to Prescription Medication Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the definition of "dispense" to include the delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to a practitioner, if: (1) such delive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR547 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the achievements and goals of Hispanic-serving institutions across the United States. Designates the week beginning September 14, 2014, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5650; text as passed Senate: CR S5635) |
| SB2818 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2830 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Health Service Act to make permanent the special diabetes programs for Indians, which provide services for prevention and treatment of diabetes through the Indian Health Service and Indian health programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SR546 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo on his electoral victory. Commends the people of Indonesia on their commitment to democracy and free elections. Affirms the commitment of the United States to strengthening our relationship with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR548 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates November 29, 2014, as Small Business Saturday. Expresses support for efforts to: (1) encourage consumers to shop locally, and (2) increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of such businesses on the U....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5650; text as passed Senate: CR S5635) |
| SB2827 | Intro
Sine Die | Make Student Grants Truly Tax-Free Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for scholarships to include amounts received: (1) through a scholarship or fellowship grant program administered by the Secretary of Education that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2820 | Intro
Sine Die | Garden Valley Withdrawal Act - Withdraws specified federal land in Garden Valley, Nevada, depicted on the map entitled Garden Valley Withdrawal Area, dated July 11, 2014, from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB1577 | Intro
Sine Die | Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to requirements for disclosure to a consumer of points and fees information about a consumer credit transaction, secured by the consumer's principal dwelling, but which is not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB1349 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013 or CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from its rules regarding management assessment of internal controls the following institutions which, as of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB1806 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to modify the eligibility criteria for membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank System by redefining insured depository institution to cover certain insured depository institutions as defined by the Federal Depos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB2813 | Intro
Sine Die | National Prostate Cancer Council Act - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer to: (1) develop and implement a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2812 | Intro
Sine Die | Repay Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a simplified income-driven repayment program for students who become new borrowers of William D. Ford Feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2698 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 or the RELIEVE Act - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish in the Federal Register proposed revisions to the Small Bank Holding C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB2732 | Intro
Sine Die | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2014 - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to raise the examination threshold that brings an insured depository institution or insured credit union withi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB2199 | Intro
Sine Die | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 40. Record Vote Number: 262. (consideration: CR S5579-5580; text: CR H5579) |
| SB1406 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013 or the PAST Act - Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulatory requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to license, train, assign, and oversee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562. |
| SB2809 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from garnishing the pay of an individual without a court order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2803 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that specified lands in Acadia National Park in Maine, which were conveyed by the National Park Service to the town of Tremont, Maine, for school purposes, shall no longer be required to be used exclusively and perpetually for such purposes,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2806 | Intro
Sine Die | Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt dependent care savings accounts to pay the employment-related expenses of caring for a dependent of the taxpayer, (2) allow a deduction from gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2808 | Intro
Sine Die | Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 - Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale during 2014 outside of a health care ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB132 | Intro
Sine Die | New Columbia Admission Act - Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB2804 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collaborate with state and local health departments to: (1) conduct activities regarding asthma, including det...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SR544 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the year 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming, congratulates family farmers, recognizes the role they play in the economic and social well-being of the United States and the world, and advocates for the protection of the viabil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5592; text as passed Senate: CR S5590) |
| SB2810 | Intro
Sine Die | Service Members Transition Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop procedures to share with state veterans agencies information, in electronic data format, on members of the Armed Forces who are separating from se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2805 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located at 1766 Majestic Lane in Billings, Montana, as the "Bear Root Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2807 | Intro
Sine Die | Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 [sic]- Requires states that receive certain criminal justice assistance grants to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, arrest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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. |
| SJR19 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress and the states to regulate and set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections. Grants Congress and the states the power to implement and enforc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-11
Cloture on the joint resolution not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 42. Record Vote Number: 261. (consideration: CR S5543-5544; text: CR S5543-5544) |
| 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 |
| SR542 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, acknowledging the need to raise public awareness of: (1) the importance of saving adequately for retirement, and (2) a variety of ways to save for retirement favored under the Intern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-11
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5571; text as passed Senate: CR S5565-5566) |
| 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 |
