| SB3018 | Intro
Sine Die | Partnership Auditing Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for audits of large for-profit partnerships (partnerships with more than 100 partners). Repeals existing audit rules under Chapter 1 and Chapter 63 of the Internal R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3020 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish the composition known as America the Beautiful as the national anthem.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3019 | Intro
Sine Die | War Powers Against Non-State Actors Act of 2014 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to declare that the authority to use U.S. Armed Forces against non-state actors would terminate 60 days after submission of a specified presidential report explaining ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR595 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Nobel Laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai as symbols of peace and advocates for ending the financial exploitation of children and for the opportunity of all children to have access to education. Commends all individuals worki...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6929; text as passed Senate: CR S6929) |
| SR564 | Intro
Sine Die | Commemorates the importance of the 100th anniversary of the passenger pigeon extinction, our natural heritage, the sustainability of our ecosystem, and the balanced and responsible conservation of our nation's wildlife.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6929-6930) |
| SR226 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, for his contributions to the Olympic Games, collegiate athletics, international race relations, and democracy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| SJR47 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorization for the Use of Military Force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Authorizes the President to use the U.S. Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or associated persons or forces. Declares tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-13
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653. |
| SB3010 | Intro
Sine Die | Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3015 | Intro
Sine Die | Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3013 | Intro
Sine Die | Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to make it unlawful for any large financial institution, either directly or indirectly, to purchase or sell any swap, any commodity in interstate commerce, or any contract ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB3014 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SR600 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to limit, with exceptions, consideration of a motion to proceed to the consideration of any debatable matter to not more than two hours, equally divided between, and control...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR601 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the cooperation in science and technology between the governments of the United States and China since 1979. Emphasizes the importance of open markets, intellectual property rights, and the free exchange of information to the development ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB3016 | Intro
Sine Die | Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act - Amends the Materials Act of 1947 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a mineral materials contract and to return to the contract holder any bid deposit and performance bond paid to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB3011 | Intro
Sine Die | Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3012 | Intro
Sine Die | North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the President to investigate credible information of sanctionable activities involving North Korea and to designate and apply sanctions with respect to any person (including business entities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB3017 | Intro
Sine Die | Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3009 | Intro
Sine Die | Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2922 | Intro
Sine Die | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to: reaffirm the principles set forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992; support the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong; urge China's govern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Menendez from Committee on Foreign Relations filed written report. Report No. 113-313. |
| SB2799 | Intro
Sine Die | Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act - Title I: Satellite Television - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-322. |
| SB2777 | Intro
Sine Die | Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Removes the Surface Transportation Board from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish it as an independent U.S. agency. Increases Board membership from three to five members. Pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-321. |
| SB2581 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a rule requiring liquid nicotine containers to be designed with special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-311. |
| SB2485 | Intro
Sine Die | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act - Reauthorizes and amends the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, which provides for: (1) the implementation of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-316. |
| SB2482 | Intro
Sine Die | North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act - Authorizes the Department of Commerce to promulgate regulations to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-314. |
| SB2484 | Intro
Sine Die | South Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act - Authorizes the Department of Commerce to promulgate regulations to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, whic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-315. |
| SB2442 | Intro
Sine Die | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 932 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (Sec. 5) Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-317. |
| SB2140 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises requirements for experimental permits related to commercial space launch activities. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue an experimental permit for a particular reusable suborbital vehicle (RSV) for research and development to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-318. |
| SB2055 | Intro
Sine Die | Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to allow a non-federal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652. |
| SB2022 | Intro
Sine Die | Forensic Science and Standards Act of 2014 - Establishes a national forensic science research program to improve, expand, and coordinate federal research in forensic sciences. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to contrac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-320. |
| SB1014 | Intro
Sine Die | Youth Sports Concussion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should review the National Academies' report on sports-related concussions in youth, and future re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-310. |
| SB429 | Intro
Sine Die | Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2013 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue orders applicable to manufacturers of concrete masonry products (concrete). (Sec. 5) Requires any such order to provide fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-319. |
| SB3005 | Intro
Sine Die | Progressive Consumption Tax Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3006 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the Secretary's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB3000 | Intro
Sine Die | Hurricane Sand Dunes National Recreation Area Act of 2014 - Establishes the Hurricane Sand Dunes National Recreation Area in Utah to provide for the enhancement of recreational uses and the use of off-highway vehicles. Provides for the conveyance of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB3003 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old, Age and Survivors Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to revise the Disability Insurance program to declare any individual who is entitled to both ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2999 | Intro
Sine Die | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3001 | Intro
Sine Die | Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 - Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR599 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 100-year anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6698; text as passed Senate: CR S6631) |
| SB2998 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding School Choice Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to allocate school improvement grant funds among their local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of the number of childr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3004 | Intro
Sine Die | Dormant Therapies Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB3007 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Enhanced Access to Primary Care Act - Extends through calendar 2016 the requirement that state plans under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act provide for payment of 100% of the payment rate for primary care services. Adds physic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3002 | Intro
Sine Die | Guarding Our Great Lakes Act - Requires the Chief of Engineers, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and each ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SR597 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. Commends the progress in global AIDS programs supported through the efforts of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649. |
| SCR38 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should: (1) use all lawful tools to bring Warren Weinstein home to his family; (2) make the return of all U.S. citizens held captive abroad a top priority; and (3) keep Congress apprised of its...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647. |
| SB1784 | Intro
Sine Die | Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 - Names the Act of August 28, 1937, as the Oregon and California Land Grant Act. Requires the management of those parts of certain revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Roa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646. |
| SB1463 | Intro
Sine Die | Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650. |
| SR598 | Intro
Sine Die | Mourns the death of Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig and expresses condolences to his family and loved ones. Condemns the terrorist acts by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including the targeting of innocent civilians, journalists, and aid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6581; text as passed Senate: CR S6543) |
| SB2994 | Intro
Sine Die | Leveling the Playing Field Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the administration and enforcement of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders. Declares that neither the administering authority (the Secretary of Commerce,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR596 | Intro
Sine Die | Condemns the mass murder in Indonesia in 1965-1966. Expresses concern about the lack of accountability enjoyed by those who carried out crimes during this period. Urges political leaders in Indonesia to consider a truth, justice, and reconciliation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2996 | Intro
Sine Die | PATH Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
