| SB1800 | Engross
Sine Die | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to: (1) maintain i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-02
Held at the desk. |
| SB684 | Engross
Sine Die | Mni Wiconi Project Act Amendments of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to develop plans for completing, and to enter into agreements with specified agency heads to complete, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-02
Held at the desk. |
| SB609 | Engross
Sine Die | San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, on request of the plaintiffs in the case Blancett v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541. |
| SB354 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Redesignates the Oregon Caves National Monument and lands identifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-713. |
| SB363 | Engross
Sine Die | Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of federal land for geothermal development if: (1) the land is available f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540. |
| SB311 | Engross
Sine Die | Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study that evaluates the national significance of a specified study area located in Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, and the feasibility of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539. |
| SB1237 | Engross
Sine Die | Omnibus Territories Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Extends through December 31, 2019, a system for allocating and determining the number, terms, and conditions of permits issued to prospective employers for nonimmigrant workers performing work during the tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-19
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| SB1744 | Engross
Sine Die | Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act - (Sec. 3) Deems an an agency employee to be unfit for federal employment if the agency determines that such employee has engaged in misconduct affecting the integrity of a background inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Held at the desk. |
| SB706 | Engross
Sine Die | Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance in schedule I or II, flunitrazepam, or a listed chemical by individuals having r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Held at the desk. |
| SB2983 | Engross
Sine Die | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melvill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Held at the desk. |
| SB2822 | Engross
Sine Die | Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study and report to Congress on matters relating to the interring of veterans' unclaimed remains in national cemeteries under the control of the Nati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Held at the desk. |
| SB2828 | Engross
Sine Die | Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) States that it is U.S. policy to assist the government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to deter the government of the Russian Federation from further destabiliz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Held at the desk. |
| SB2785 | Engross
Sine Die | Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 180 days a health advisory including recommendations on: (1) the level of microcystins (toxins produced by freshw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Held at the desk. |
| SB2244 | Engross
Sine Die | Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Extension of Terrorism Insurance Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program through December 31, 2020, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill. |
| SB1535 | Engross
Sine Die | Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act - Amends the federal judicial code to include among the exceptions to U.S. jurisdictional immunity of foreign states any statutory or common law tort claim arising out of an act of extrajudicial killing, airc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Held at the desk. |
| SB2614 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, with respect to rollovers to a traditional or Roth individual retirement account (IRA) of payments to qualified airline employees in commercial airline carrier bankruptcy cases, to: (1) extend the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Held at the desk. |
| SB2520 | Engross
Sine Die | FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to: (1) require federal agencies to make agency records that can be disclosed under such Act available for public inspection in an electronic format, (2) limit the authority ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Held at the desk. |
| SB1447 | Engross
Sine Die | New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Water and Power |
| SB2523 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2912 | Engross
Sine Die | Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-19
Held at the desk. |
| SB2793 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson for acts of valor during World War I for which he was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-19
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB2778 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Rewards for Justice program authorized under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, to offer a reward to any individual who furnishes information leading to the arrest or conviction ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-19
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2061 | Engross
Sine Die | Preventing Conflicts of Interest with Contractors Act - Provides that a contract may not be entered into, and an extension of or option on a contract may not be exercised, with a contractor to conduct a quality review process relating to background i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-19
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB1611 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Data Center Consolidation Act of 2013 - Requires the heads of specified federal agencies, assisted by their chief information officers, to submit to the Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology of the Office of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-19
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB1360 | Engross
Sine Die | Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to: (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-19
Held at the desk. |
| SB2511 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to the treatment as a substantial employer subject to specified liability of any employer that ceases operations at a facility in any location with the result that more t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Held at the desk. |
| SB2440 | Engross
Sine Die | BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make the Federal Permit Streamlining Project program permanent. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to collect for each of FY...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Held at the desk. |
| SB2117 | Engross
Sine Die | Smart Savings Act - Makes the default investment in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) an age-appropriate target date asset allocation portfolio (L Fund), instead of the Government Securities Investment Fund (G Fund), if no election has been made for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Held at the desk. |
| SB1214 | Engross
Sine Die | All-American Flag Act - Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2577 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Rewards for Justice program authorized under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, to offer a reward of up to $5 million to any individual who furnishes information leading to the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-30
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2057 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the "Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB2056 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the "Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB247 | Engross
Sine Die | Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act - Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Establishes in Auburn, New Yor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-14
To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| SB2076 | Engross
Sine Die | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors Enhancement Act - Amends federal shipping law to: (1) expand the membership of the Board of Visitors to the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, and (2) specify requirements for the presidential appointees. Au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-03
To House Armed Services 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 |
| SB2198 | Engross
Sine Die | Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaries), in response to the decl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-23
Held at the desk. |
| SB2197 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that stationery for the Senate be purchased according to a bidding process, and related requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-09
To House Administration Committee |
| SB579 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the next triennial International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly to be held in September 2013 in Montreal, Canada; and (2) instruct the U.S....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-03
Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-458. |
| SB1827 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
Held at the desk. |
| SB1302 | Engross
Sine Die | Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act - (Sec. 2) Declares that: (1) defined benefit pension plans are a cost-effective way for cooperative associations and charities to provide their employees with economic security in retire...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-25
See also H.R. 4275. |
| SB1171 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit a veterinarian who is registered to manufacture or distribute controlled substances from being required to have a separate registration in order to transport and dispense controlled substances in the u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-20
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| SB2147 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the congressional gold medal awarded in honor of the Montford Point Marines, U. S. Marine Corps, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II, to be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it will be displayed and made av...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB1456 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB2137 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from refunding any flood insurance premium collected in excess of mandatory rates cited in the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, if the premium refund is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB1954 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to continue to apply through calendar year 2014 the enforcement instruction on physician supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB1068 | Engross
Sine Die | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes and amends authorities relating to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps). Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB1417 | Engross
Sine Die | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through FY2018 a grant program for newborn and child screening programs for heritable disorders. Includes the improvement of the timel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-07
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB376 | Engross
Sine Die | Drought Information Act of 2013 - Amends the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 to specify that: (1) the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall continue to support the National Integrated Drought Informati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-04
Held at the desk. |
| SB1926 | Engross
Sine Die | Title I: Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 - (Sec. 103) Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from implementing during a specified six-month perio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-31
Held at the desk. |
| SB1847 | Engross
Sine Die | Renames the Department of Defense (DOD) regional center for security studies, currently known as the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, as the "Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Readiness |
