| HB4965 | Intro
Sine Die | Pre-K for USA Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting jointly in accordance with an interagency agreement, to award competitive ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4929 | Intro
Sine Die | Computer Science Career Education Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to consortia composed of at least one local educational agency, at least one institution of higher education (IHE), and community represent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5590 | Intro
Sine Die | Go to High School, Go to College Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out (from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2020) a program awarding Early College Federal Pell...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5541 | Intro
Sine Die | Exercise and Fitness For All Act - Directs the Access Board to develop and publish guidelines for exercise or fitness service providers to provide accessible exercise or fitness equipment, including relevant personnel training. Requires such guidelin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4932 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing Technology Skills Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Labor the Information Technology Certification Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a work opportunity tax credit for any employer who hires a certified informati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4675 | Intro
Sine Die | Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to include in their annual fire safety report:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5294 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to expand the collection and analysis of data in programs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Sets forth provisions to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5288 | Intro
Sine Die | National Care Corps Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Care Corps through which Corps Members provide certain services to individuals in need who are age 65 or older or have a disability and ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5597 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminate Dogmatic Interference by Bureaucratic Lunch Extremists Act or the EDIBLE Act - Prohibits the federal government from issuing or enforcing requirements for elementary or secondary schools with respect to food for which there is or will be a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5256 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Discrimination in the Workplace Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5611 | Intro
Sine Die | Public School Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide emergency impact aid payments to states and, through them, to local educational agencies and Indian schools for each quarter of the 2014-2015 school year for any incre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5269 | Intro
Sine Die | Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department to make publicly available on its website: a list of the inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5200 | Intro
Sine Die | Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2014 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make it a duty and function of the Administration on Aging (AOA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide technical assistance to, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4973 | Intro
Sine Die | Spurring Teacher Education Movement for STEM Act or the STEM for STEM Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the United States should be at the forefront of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education; students in low-income and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5186 | Intro
Sine Die | Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2014 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to redefine "homeless," "homeless individual," or "homeless person." Modifies requirements relating to an individual or family who will imminently lose their...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5533 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Apprenticeships for Credentials and Employment Act or the PACE Act - Establishes the Office of Apprenticeship in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, to be headed by the Administrator of the Office of Appre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5263 | Intro
Sine Die | Living Donor Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits discrimination based on a person's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| SB1804 | Intro
Sine Die | Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to establish in the TSA an aviation security advisory committee. Requires the Assistant Secr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598. |
| HB5127 | Intro
Sine Die | Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes appropriations for the grant program under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5277 | Intro
Sine Die | Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act or the SOS Campus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in the programs under title IV (Student Assistance) to designate an indep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5720 | Intro
Sine Die | Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the clo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5717 | Intro
Sine Die | Report the Costs Act - Requires the annual reports of federal agency chief financial officers to include the cost of multilingual services provided or performed by federal agencies, including the cost of hiring interpreters and producing materials in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR755 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of American Education Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR753 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress to be printed as a House document, including 3,000 additional copies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB5716 | Intro
Sine Die | Sandy Reinvestment Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the nonrecognition of gain from property involuntarily converted, to extend from two years to five years the replacement period for property involuntarily co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5707 | Intro
Sine Die | Ebola Response Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit any individual from entering the United States for 30 days following the individual's presence in a coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-14
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB2926 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB5696 | Intro
Sine Die | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - Amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of State to report to Congress on conditions in Hong Kong that are of U.S. interest by March 31, 2015, and annually thereafter fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2920 | Intro
Sine Die | Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 - Makes any participant in Nazi persecution ineligible for: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA), and (2) Supplemental S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB1045 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible to continue serving as a federal employee or to be appointed as a federal employee. Defines "seriously delinquent tax debt" as an outstanding tax debt for which a notice of federa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596. |
| HB5684 | Intro
Sine Die | Point Reyes Coast Guard Housing Conveyance Act - Directs the Coast Guard to sell property in Point Reyes Station to Marin County, California, for use as affordable housing or for a related purpose. Requires the property to be sold at fair market valu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| HR748 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5682) to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB2041 | Intro
Sine Die | May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act - Repeals the Act of May 31, 1918 (authorized the Secretary of the Interior to set aside and reserve a tract of land within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, for town-site purposes). Gives the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-271. |
| HB5697 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to replace the current windfall elimination provision (WEP) (that reduces the Social Security benefits o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2924 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends federal shipping law to extend through October 31, 2028, the exemption of certain vessels from the requirement that U.S. passenger vessels having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers be constructed of fire-retardant mat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2927 | Intro
Sine Die | Inspectors General Streamlining Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to authorize each federal agency inspector general, in conducting an audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review authorized by such Act, to compare any r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB5702 | Intro
Sine Die | Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act - Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Ebenezer D. Bassett.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2925 | Intro
Sine Die | Reports Reduction Act of 2014 - Eliminates or modifies reporting requirements for programs of the: (1) Department of Agriculture (USDA), (2) Department of Defense (DOD), (3) Department of Education, (4) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), (5) U.S....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2928 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to publish a cost-benefit analysis before issuing any decision that would either: (1) authorize creation of a new capacity zone, or (2) affect the supply and demand curves or models used to det...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2923 | Intro
Sine Die | Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
| HB5704 | Intro
Sine Die | Master Teacher Corps Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs), states, or LEAs and states, acting in pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-13
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB3678 | Intro
Sine Die | Redesignates the lock and dam located in Modoc, Illinois, commonly known as the Kaskaskia Lock and Dam, as the "Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 142. |
| SB2918 | Intro
Sine Die | Democracy Day Act of 2014 - Designates Federal Election Day, the next Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, as a legal public holiday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5690 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a special rule to deny tax-exempt status to a professional sports league that promotes, or allows a member club or franchise to promote, the use of the term "redskin" in connection with any team...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5692 | Intro
Sine Die | Ebola Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate all passports as restricted for travel to or for use in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, except for travel for diplomatic, health care, humanitarian, journalistic, or milita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2915 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HR751 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative stamp should be issued by the U.S. Postal Service honoring the Chinese railroad workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2913 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2916 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring America's Watersheds Act of 2014 - Directs the Forest Service to establish a Water Source Protection Program within the region of the National Forest System west of the 100th Meridian. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to ente...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HR749 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulates and honors Kailash Satyarthi on receiving the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the protection of children's rights and the promotion of peace. Condemns child labor as a form of modern slavery. States that in honoring Ka...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
