| HB5796 | Intro
Sine Die | State's Choice Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HCR121 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the enrollment of H.B. 3979, to revise the official title of such bill to read: "An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| SB2983 | Engross
Sine Die | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melvill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Held at the desk. |
| 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. |
| HB5699 | Engross
Sine Die | John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act - Authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire by donation approximately 44 acres of land to include in the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Received in the Senate. |
| 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. |
| HB5401 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting the Homeland Act - Terminates the nonimmigrant status of any Libyan national, or of any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity, who is engaging in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or trainin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505. |
| HB5094 | Intro
Sine Die | (Sec. 1) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue an order directing a VA employee to repay the amount, or a portion of the amount, of an award or bonus paid to the employee if: (1) the Secretary determines that such repayment is ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 504. |
| 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. |
| HB4874 | 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
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-675, Part I. |
| 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. |
| HB4253 | Intro
Sine Die | Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act - Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to declare that the withdrawal and reservation of certain lands and interests concerning the Naval Air Station Fallon Ran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503. |
| 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. |
| HB3674 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program under w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502. |
| HB3345 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Unworthy Spending Act or the SUSPEND Act - Establishes in the General Services Administration (GSA) the Board of Suspension and Debarment to serve as a centralized body to manage all executive agency suspension and debarment activities and to im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501. |
| HB2750 | Intro
Sine Die | Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 - Modifies the procedure for awarding civilian and defense agency design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500. |
| 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. |
| HB1773 | Intro
Sine Die | Agricultural Guestworker Act or the AG Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2C nonimmigrant visa for an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he or she has no intention of abandoning and who is com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506. |
| 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. |
| HB875 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to provide a comprehensive assessment of research on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499. |
| HB1 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Reform Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1800-1801) |
| HB5856 | Intro
Sine Die | No Armed Drones for DHS Act - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from purchasing, operating, or maintaining armed unmanned aerial vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Homeland Security Committee |
| HB5879 | Intro
Sine Die | Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act or the HELP Separated Children Act - Sets forth apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement-related activities engaged in by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and coo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB3005 | Intro
Sine Die | Progressive Consumption Tax Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5873 | Intro
Sine Die | Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels; (2) add a carbon dioxide equivalent rate to the tax on crude oil and petroleum products; and (3) impose an new excise tax...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB5871 | Intro
Sine Die | Dollar is a Dollar Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions allowing a lower income tax rate for capital gains income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5874 | Intro
Sine Die | Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB5855 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding how sole source suppliers of components to the DOD procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock, financial cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Armed Services 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 |
| HB5860 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat employer payments for employee health care premiums and for amounts paid on behalf of an employee to a health reimbursement arrangement as medical expenses under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5852 | Intro
Sine Die | Scrap the Cap Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the cap ($117,000 in 2014) on income that is subject to employment and self-employment taxes used to fund social security benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5878 | Intro
Sine Die | Shahbaz Bhatti International Religious Freedom Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5881 | Intro
Sine Die | Securing American Families Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on: (1) the extent of adoption disruption and dissolution in the United States and efforts by state and local governments and private ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Education And The Workforce 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 |
| HB5885 | Intro
Sine Die | Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5880 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring mem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Education And The Workforce 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 |
| HB5858 | Intro
Sine Die | Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2014 or the Build TRUST Act of 2014 - Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2999 | Intro
Sine Die | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR779 | Intro
Sine Die | Declares that the following presidential actions shall constitute impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors," which will cause the House of Representatives to vote articles of impeachment to send to the Senate for trial: initiating war wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House 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 |
| SR599 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the 100-year anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6698; text as passed Senate: CR S6631) |
| HB5862 | Intro
Sine Die | Improvements in Global Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes while Maximizing Successes Act or Improvements in Global MOMS Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to reduce newborn mortality and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5882 | Intro
Sine Die | Flat Tax Rate Act - Imposes a federal income tax rate of 15% on all income of all U.S. citizens, regardless of annual income or current economic standing. Allows exemptions for single and joint tax return filers and for each child of a taxpayer up to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Ways And Means Committee |
