US Legislation | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB2857	Intro Sine Die	Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut. Requires submi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
HB5580	Intro Sine Die	Accelerating Biomedical Research Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National In... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Budget Committee
SB2865	Intro Sine Die	Voter Registration Modernization Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Directs the appropriate state or local election official... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
SB2900	Intro Sine Die	Livable Communities Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) to review and coordinate federal policies that: encourage locally directed comprehensive a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB2893	Intro Sine Die	Workforce Residential Housing Act of 2014 - Amends the National Housing Act to except from the prohibition against the use of houses built with federally insured mortgages for transient or hotel housing certain mulifamily housing that is a short-term... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB2851	Intro Sine Die	Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH research on Tourette syndrome... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
HB5653	Intro Sine Die	CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize any metropolitan city, urban county, local government, Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives amounts from a community d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Financial Services Committee
SB2887	Intro Sine Die	Accessible Transportation for All Act - Requires owners or operators of a for-hire transportation company, taxi service, or transportation network company to provide accessible vehicles for hire by disabled individuals in need of transportation servi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
HB5636	Intro Sine Die	Cut REDTAPE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a new small business, including an incorporated business, from the additional tax imposed for underpayment of estimated income tax, if such business's gross receipts for the calendar year d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Ways And Means Committee
SB2898	Intro Sine Die	Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2876	Intro Sine Die	Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act of 2014 - Prohibits payment to a hospital under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act unless the hospital promptly provides information about emergency contraception to a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2896	Intro Sine Die	Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 - Exempts an inflation-adjusted $9,000 each year of an individual's benefits under the Social Security Act from being used by the Department of Education to offset the amount the individual owes o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2891	Intro Sine Die	Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program. Requires states to make competitive... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB2886	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB2903	Intro Sine Die	Strengthening Privacy, Oversight, and Transparency Act or the SPOT Act - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to expand the functions of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include reviews of legislation,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB5455	Intro Sine Die	Scan Containers Absolutely Now Act or the SCAN Act - Amends the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) conduct a one-year pilot program at two domestic ports to evaluate the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
SB2855	Intro Sine Die	Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to nondiscrimination requirements for tax-exempt employee pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans, to include protections for older, longer service p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2874	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2014 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, with respect to the detention of a juvenile status offender (a juvenile arrested for an offense that would not be a crim... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2885	Intro Sine Die	Protecting American Jobs Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the authority of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to issue, and prosecute before the Board, complaints with respect to unfair labor pract... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2867	Intro Sine Die	Creating Quality Technical Educators Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program to be used for secondary school career and te... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2899	Intro Sine Die	Responsible Estate Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, to: (1) revise estate tax rates to impose an increased tax for estates over $3.5 million and a maximum tax rate of 55... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2888	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]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2871	Intro Sine Die	Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2907	Intro Sine Die	21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a comprehensive program to improve the education and training of workers for energy-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2872	Intro Sine Die	Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 - Title I: Strengthening and Improving Intervention Efforts - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program to award grants to states, political subdivisions... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2890	Intro Sine Die	Digital Coast Act of 2014 - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
HB5412	Intro Sine Die	Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
SB2862	Intro Sine Die	Regulatory Transparency, Patient Access, and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2861	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
HB5670	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft, including the use of security questions th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Ways And Means Committee
SB2904	Intro Sine Die	Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Armed Services Committee
HB5632	Intro Sine Die	Fair Local Adjustment for Tenant Rents Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise and eliminate specified requirements with respect to public housing agencies (PHAs) establishing flat rental amounts for PHA dwelling units. A... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Financial Services Committee
SB2897	Intro Sine Die	Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, Education, and Defense (DOD) and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2905	Intro Sine Die	Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Budget Committee
HB5578	Intro Sine Die	Employer Participation in Refinancing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for the payment of an employer, either to an employee or a lender, of any indebtedness of an employee under a qualified education ref... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Ways And Means Committee
SB2869	Intro Sine Die	Counterterrorism Border Security Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct an assessment (which shall consider the visa waiver program requirements for travelers and program countries) and report to Congress regard... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2863	Intro Sine Die	Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
HB5640	Intro Sine Die	Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to revise the formula and terms for allocations of grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for housing programs for persons wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Financial Services Committee
SB2884	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]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2878	Intro Sine Die	Student Loan Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income income imputed from a discharge of student loan indebtedness based on repayments which are income contingent or income based or a discharge due to the death o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
HB5651	Intro Sine Die	Small Business Hardship Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage for its employees a small business (i.e., an employer of not more than 100 full-time employees... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To House Ways And Means Committee
SB2910	Intro Sine Die	Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2852	Intro Sine Die	State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require that one of the presidential appointees to the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) once served as a sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB2881	Intro Sine Die	Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2014 or the STARS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide emp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
HB3981	Intro Sine Die	Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convert certain existing water service contracts between the United States and water users' associations to repayment contracts to al... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16.
SB2868	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations governing an action or proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a civil monetary penalty. Tolls this statute of limitations any time an al... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB2870	Intro Sine Die	On the Job Training Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, with respect to grants to states by the Secretary of Labor for reemployment demonstration projects, to allow grants... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2864	Intro Sine Die	Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the impact of climate change on health systems. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish and implement a national st... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2875	Intro Sine Die	National Guard Investigations Transparency and Improvement Act of 2014 - Codifies the establishment of the Office of Complex Administrative Investigations (the Office) in the Office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Requires the Office to un... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB2892	Intro Sine Die	401(Kids) Education Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate after 2014 the income-based reduction of contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts, (2) increase the annual contribution limit for such a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-18 To Senate Finance Committee