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

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB5487	Intro Sine Die	Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from 5% to 10% the allowable ownership interest in real estate investment trust (REIT) stock for purposes of tax exemptions allowed by the Foreign Investm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB5497	Intro Sine Die	Film Incentive Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2015 the election to expense the cost of qualified film, television, and theatrical productions; and (2) include theatrical productions in such expensing allo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Ways And Means Committee
SB2824	Intro Sine Die	Florida Fisheries Improvement Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB1916	Intro Sine Die	Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2014 or the HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
HB5491	Intro Sine Die	United States-Caribbean Partnership Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish U.S. embassies with consular services in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to: (1) provide c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB5482	Intro Sine Die	Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to implement a plan to eliminate backlogs of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals eligible for access to classified information or eligible to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
SB2826	Intro Sine Die	Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to cancel 15%, 15%, 20%, 20%, and 30% of the amount a borrower owes after 2, 4, 6, 8, an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2825	Intro Sine Die	Ensuring Safe Access to Prescription Medication Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the definition of "dispense" to include the delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to a practitioner, if: (1) such delive... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2818	Intro Sine Die	Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specifi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2830	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Public Health Service Act to make permanent the special diabetes programs for Indians, which provide services for prevention and treatment of diabetes through the Indian Health Service and Indian health programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
HB5495	Intro Sine Die	Preserving Multifamily Housing Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) from taking any action that has the effect of reducing or limiting the volume or scope of the business of the Federal National Mortgage A... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Financial Services Committee
SB2827	Intro Sine Die	Make Student Grants Truly Tax-Free Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for scholarships to include amounts received: (1) through a scholarship or fellowship grant program administered by the Secretary of Education that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2820	Intro Sine Die	Garden Valley Withdrawal Act - Withdraws specified federal land in Garden Valley, Nevada, depicted on the map entitled Garden Valley Withdrawal Area, dated July 11, 2014, from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) lo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
HB5467	Intro Sine Die	Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act - Revises metropolitan transportation planning organization (MPO) requirements. Prescribes requirements for the designation of new and consolidation of multiple MPOs within a metropolitan statistical area. Define... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
HB5440	Intro Sine Die	Verified And Legitimate ID (VALID) Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from accepting an I-862 Notice to Appear form as identification in the course of a passenger screening. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7539)
HB2673	Intro Sine Die	Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to the permission that a creditor may presume that a residential mortgage loan has met the requirement that, at the time the loan is consummated, the consumer ha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB1577	Intro Sine Die	Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to requirements for disclosure to a consumer of points and fees information about a consumer credit transaction, secured by the consumer's principal dwelling, but which is not... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB1349	Intro Sine Die	Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013 or CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from its rules regarding management assessment of internal controls the following institutions which, as of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
HB5454	Intro Sine Die	Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants in Their Range Act of 2014 - Amends the African Elephant Conservation Act to make it a policy to prevent additional African elephant ivory from entering global commerce, and to reduce demand for ivory t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs
HB5456	Intro Sine Die	Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to alg... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs
SB1806	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to modify the eligibility criteria for membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank System by redefining insured depository institution to cover certain insured depository institutions as defined by the Federal Depos... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB2813	Intro Sine Die	National Prostate Cancer Council Act - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer to: (1) develop and implement a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2812	Intro Sine Die	Repay Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a simplified income-driven repayment program for students who become new borrowers of William D. Ford Feder... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2698	Intro Sine Die	Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 or the RELIEVE Act - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish in the Federal Register proposed revisions to the Small Bank Holding C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB2732	Intro Sine Die	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2014 - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to raise the examination threshold that brings an insured depository institution or insured credit union withi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
SB2199	Intro Sine Die	Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 40. Record Vote Number: 262. (consideration: CR S5579-5580; text: CR H5579)
HB4350	Intro Sine Die	Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 1,568 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal and iron ore mine... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.
SB1406	Intro Sine Die	Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013 or the PAST Act - Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulatory requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to license, train, assign, and oversee... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562.
HB2158	Intro Sine Die	Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act - Eases restrictions on transporting invasive animals under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 for the transport of the Burmese python, Indian python, Northern African python, Southern African python, an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 443.
HB5360	Intro Sine Die	American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act - Title I: Creating a More Competitive Tax Code - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce to 25% of taxable income the income tax rate for corporations (currently, the maximum rate is 35%). Makes permanent... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
HB5474	Intro Sine Die	Concrete Pump Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a vehicle mileage tax on owners of mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicles. Defines "mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicle" as a vehicle which is mobile machin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB5466	Intro Sine Die	Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 Sunny Isle Shopping Center in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Florence Louise Thomas Post Office." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB5465	Intro Sine Die	Middle Class Family Savings Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) increase the maximum deductible amount for such accounts, and (2) allow payments from such accounts for the medical ex... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB5463	Intro Sine Die	End Financing to ISIL Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to jointly submit to Congress an annual report that: identifies each person that provides material or financial support to the Islamic State of Iraq and th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB5472	Intro Sine Die	Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 16281 U.S. Highway 59 in Moscow, Texas, as the "Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya Memorial Post Office." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB5464	Intro Sine Die	Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Labor. Department of Health and Human ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Appropriations Committee
HB5432	Intro Sine Die	Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's or doctoral degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Subcommittee on Health
HB5437	Intro Sine Die	Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest. Designates certain lands, in Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
SB2809	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from garnishing the pay of an individual without a court order. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2803	Intro Sine Die	Declares that specified lands in Acadia National Park in Maine, which were conveyed by the National Park Service to the town of Tremont, Maine, for school purposes, shall no longer be required to be used exclusively and perpetually for such purposes,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
HB3606	Intro Sine Die	Emigrant Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act of 2013 - Declares that this Act modifies and supplements federal law applicable to the Emigrant Wilderness of the Stanislaus National Forest in California. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (US... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.
SB2806	Intro Sine Die	Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt dependent care savings accounts to pay the employment-related expenses of caring for a dependent of the taxpayer, (2) allow a deduction from gr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB2808	Intro Sine Die	Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 - Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale during 2014 outside of a health care ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB132	Intro Sine Die	New Columbia Admission Act - Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a St... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
SB2804	Intro Sine Die	Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collaborate with state and local health departments to: (1) conduct activities regarding asthma, including det... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB2810	Intro Sine Die	Service Members Transition Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop procedures to share with state veterans agencies information, in electronic data format, on members of the Armed Forces who are separating from se... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
SB2805	Intro Sine Die	Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located at 1766 Majestic Lane in Billings, Montana, as the "Bear Root Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
SB2807	Intro Sine Die	Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 [sic]- Requires states that receive certain criminal justice assistance grants to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, arrest... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB2811	Intro Sine Die	Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, or retailers from selling, manufacturing for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States any children's product or upholstered furniture... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
HB4182	Intro Sine Die	Adds the preservation of historical recreational activities as a purpose of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from designating management zones in the Riverways, including but not limited to, &qu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2014-09-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.