| SB2853 | Intro
Sine Die | Accelerating Action in Maternal and Child Health Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish a strategy to: accelerate action in each of the priority countries listed in this Act to combat the leading causes of maternal, newborn, and child mor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-18
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2882 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhanced 529 - Setting Aside for a Valuable Education Act or the Enhanced 529 - S.A.V.E. Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for contributions to a qualified tuition program (529 tuition program); and (2) allow an exclus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2901 | Intro
Sine Die | 10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems with the goal to install 10 million systems with a cumulative capacity of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-18
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5493 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989 to expand the Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers Training Program Pilot Program by authorizing the Coast Guard to establish and maintain a junior reserve officers training program in cooperation with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| HB5492 | Intro
Sine Die | Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) grant inspectors general additional subpoena authority to compel the attendance and testimony of certain witnesses, including federal government contractors ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| SB2670 | Intro
Sine Die | Keep the Promise Act of 2014 - Restricts gaming on land within the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. Terminates the restriction on January 1, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. |
| HB5508 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Loan Interest Deduction Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the dollar limitation for the tax deduction for education loan interest to $5,000 in a taxable year for married couples filing joint tax returns (thus elimina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5506 | Intro
Sine Die | Home Improvement Loan Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the National Housing Act to specify the premium charge paid by a financial institution to insure any loan, advance of credit, or purchase of obligations representing loans and advances of credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB2850 | Intro
Sine Die | Startup Opportunity Accelerator Act of 2014 or the SOAR Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop a program to award cash prizes of up to $50,000 to organizations in the Uni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB2842 | Intro
Sine Die | Caregiver Corps Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with a nonprofit to develop an online toolkit and guidance providing for the establishment and implementation o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2834 | Intro
Sine Die | Protect Veterans Employment and Training Services Act of 2014 - Amends the disabled veterans' outreach program to authorize the Secretary of Labor to establish an order of priority for furnishing program services if state disabled veterans' outreach ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2836 | Intro
Sine Die | Integrated Space Launch Policy Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to jointly, in coordination with the National Security Council, the Director of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2849 | Intro
Sine Die | Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act or the DIPLOMA Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award renewable five-year grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local consortia that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5524 | Intro
Sine Die | Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014 - Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the preventi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB2833 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Air, Strong Economies Act or the CASE Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from lowering its existing national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) until at least 85% of countries that are in nonattainment areas (countries...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2476 | Intro
Sine Die | Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations that prohibit broadband providers, in transmitting network traffic over the broadband Internet access service of an end...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. |
| SB2837 | Intro
Sine Die | Military and Veterans Education Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2848 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014 - Prescribes a special rule to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2015-FY2017 to apportion amounts for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs to spon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2846 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State: (1) is authorized to revoke the passport of any U.S. citizen whose activities abroad are likely to seriously damage U.S. national security or foreign policy; and (2) should use such autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB5514 | Intro
Sine Die | Bring the Jobs Home Loan Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a loan program to assist small businesses involved in manufacturing to begin the U.S. production ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Small Business Committee |
| SB2838 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act or the U.S. OUTDOOR Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2847 | Intro
Sine Die | Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of confirmation that Lloyd L. Fields has executed and deposited with an escrow holder in California a deed conveying title to certain lands d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
| SB2843 | Intro
Sine Die | National Guard and Reserve Access to Counsel Act - Expands eligibility for legal assistance provided by the Armed Forces special victims' counsel for eligible members and dependents who are victims of sex-related offenses to include a member of a res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB5229 | 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] | 2014-09-17
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| SB2841 | Intro
Sine Die | Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study health disparities, existing programs and policies intended to reduce dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2835 | Intro
Sine Die | Storm Shelter Affordability Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a refundable tax credit, through December 31, 2017, for the lesser of 50% of qualified storm shelter costs or $1,000. Requires such a storm she...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5509 | Intro
Sine Die | College Tuition and Debt Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the American Opportunity tax credit, (2) increase the allowable amount of such credit and adjust such amount for inflation for taxable years beginni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5513 | Intro
Sine Die | Electric Charging Advancement Reform Act or the E-Car Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the tax credit for qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures with a tax credit for 50% of the cost of any qualified elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2839 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2844 | Intro
Sine Die | James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund through FY2041 and to index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5504 | Intro
Sine Die | Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, to: (1) allow an inflation adjustment to the amount of such credit for taxable years be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2840 | Intro
Sine Die | Billy's Law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2845 | Intro
Sine Die | Southern Prairie Potholes National Wildlife Refuge Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the approximately 23,500-acre Southern Prairie Potholes National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land and water w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB4959 | Intro
Sine Die | EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act - Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to provide information on its public website regarding each case brought in court by the EEOC after a judgment is made with respect to any cause of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral. |
| HB5066 | Intro
Sine Die | Data Preservation Act of 2014 - Amends the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2005 to reauthorize the Program for FY2015-FY2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-17
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| SB2814 | Intro
Sine Die | National Labor Relations Board Reform Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise requirements with respect to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), and the process for appellate review. Incre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB727 | Intro
Sine Die | Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require a federal financial institutions regulatory agency to make a final examination report to a financial ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| SB2831 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the President to establish a primary mechanism to assist the private sector in coordinating U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities. Directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for Int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2823 | Intro
Sine Die | North American Energy Infrastructure Act - Prohibits any person from constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a cross-border segment of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility at the national boundary of the United...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5479 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to require any person (any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or governmental agency, or other entity) who develops a tool or system for deriving a cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB2829 | Intro
Sine Die | Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 - Requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB),...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB5496 | Intro
Sine Die | Fast Help For Homeowners Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require the servicer of a federally related mortgage, upon request by the mortgagor for a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property under the mortgage, to notify in writi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB2819 | Intro
Sine Die | Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014 - Authorizes a rental company that receives a notification (approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA]) from the manufacturer of a covered rental vehicle about any e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2816 | Intro
Sine Die | Securing Assistance for Victims' Empowerment (SAVE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the tax exemption for professional football leagues, and (2) deny a tax exemption for certain professional sports leagues which have annual g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2817 | Intro
Sine Die | Helping Innovation and Reviving Entrepreneurship Act of 2014 or the HIRE Act - Requires the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) ensure that the FCC complies with deadlines for determ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB5478 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Amends the program under which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities. Exclud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB2821 | Intro
Sine Die | Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award public safety and community policing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2832 | Intro
Sine Die | Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5494 | Intro
Sine Die | Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies or the INVEST Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2815 | Intro
Sine Die | Farmer Flexibility Act of 2014 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to extend the terms of marketing assistance loans in cases where a farmer has sold, transferred, or delivered the commodity subject to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-09-16
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
