| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| SB2996 | Intro
Sine Die | PATH Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2997 | Intro
Sine Die | Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2993 | Intro
Sine Die | Students Before Profits Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require the Secretary of Education to: (1) use corrected data and information to recalculate the cohort default rates for institutions of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2995 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2992 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for dete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644. |
| SB2873 | Intro
Sine Die | National Park System Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to authorize donor acknowledgments (a statement, logo, trademark, proper legal name, or other reasonable form of credit) at a a visitor center or adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641. |
| SB2602 | Intro
Sine Die | Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. Designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 640. |
| SB2379 | Intro
Sine Die | Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Hydroelectric Settlement (Settlement), the Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement for the Sustainability of Public and Trust R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639. |
| SB2104 | Intro
Sine Die | National Park Access Act - Requires the Director of the National Park Service to refund to each state all of the funds that it used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the period in October 2013 in which there ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 638. |
| SB2094 | Intro
Sine Die | Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-304. |
| SB2031 | Intro
Sine Die | Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin to include the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Addition at the end of the breakwater on Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. Declares that Cong...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637. |
| SB1971 | Intro
Sine Die | Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability Act of 2014 or NEWS Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish either Committee on Energy-Water Nexus for Sustainability or the Subcommittee on Energy-W...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636. |
