| SB3007 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Enhanced Access to Primary Care Act - Extends through calendar 2016 the requirement that state plans under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act provide for payment of 100% of the payment rate for primary care services. Adds physic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB3004 | Intro
Sine Die | Dormant Therapies Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5851 | Intro
Sine Die | Honoring Our Veterans By Exercising The Right To Vote On Veterans Day Act - Moves Veterans Day from November 11 to the Tuesday after the first Monday in November each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2998 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding School Choice Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to allocate school improvement grant funds among their local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of the number of childr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5742 | Engross
Sine Die | Soledad Canyon Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 (located in Soledad Canyon, California) and compensate the contract holder for the cancel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Received in the Senate. |
| HB5877 | Intro
Sine Die | American Pension Investments Modernization Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB5869 | Intro
Sine Die | Lynnette's Law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB5870 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for FY2015 or any ensuing fiscal year for negotiating a trade agreement that includes a waiver of Buy American Act requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5718 | Intro
Sine Die | Stockman Effect Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the impact that a shift in the Earth's magnetic field could have on the weather.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB5854 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to declare that nothing in it or in the Public Health Service Act shall prevent or restrict, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall not implement or enforce any law to prevent or restrict, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB5848 | Intro
Sine Die | Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2014 - Revises early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles regarding possible defects of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Directs the Secretary of Transportatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB2882 | Intro
Sine Die | Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into a memorandum of understanding with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-662, Part I. |
| HB5741 | Intro
Sine Die | Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to revise requirements for the audit capacity of voting systems, particularly those for a permanent paper record. Requires the voting system to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Research and Technology |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SCR38 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should: (1) use all lawful tools to bring Warren Weinstein home to his family; (2) make the return of all U.S. citizens held captive abroad a top priority; and (3) keep Congress apprised of its...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647. |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SB2999 | Intro
Sine Die | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Judiciary 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB5885 | Intro
Sine Die | Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Natural Resources 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB5874 | Intro
Sine Die | Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB5656 | Engross
Sine Die | Global Food Security Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President, in providing assistance to implement the Global Food Security Strategy, should: coordinate federal efforts to implement the Strategy, utilize open and streaml...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Received in the Senate. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SB3005 | Intro
Sine Die | Progressive Consumption Tax Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To Senate Finance 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 |
| 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 |
| HB5233 | Intro
Sine Die | Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the federal criminal code to authorize an owner of a trade secret related to a product or service used in interstate or foreign commerce, who is aggrieved by a misappropriation of such trade secr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494. |
| HB4573 | Engross
Sine Die | International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the Ang...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645. |
| SB2785 | Engross
Sine Die | Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 180 days a health advisory including recommendations on: (1) the level of microcystins (toxins produced by freshw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Held at the desk. |
| HB1869 | Intro
Sine Die | Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014 - Title I: Congressional Budget Process - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA), including the Congressional Impoundment Control Act of 1974, to revise the federal and congressional bu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492. |
| HB5571 | Intro
Sine Die | 10-20-30 Act of 2014 - Requires 10% of funds made available in appropriations Acts in FY2015-FY2025 for specified accounts or activities to be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties. Defines "persistent poverty counties" as any count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Research and Technology |
| HB5527 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act - Amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support entrepreneurial programs that recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Research and Technology |
| HB5663 | Intro
Sine Die | Bridge to Manufacturing Jobs Act - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to: (1) provide that themes for the competitive grant program to add capabilities to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program may be related to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Research and Technology |
| SB1463 | Intro
Sine Die | Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650. |
| HB5548 | Intro
Sine Die | Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB5402 | Intro
Sine Die | Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014 - Amends the Clayton Act with respect to actions brought by the Attorney General for violations of antitrust laws. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but only under the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495. |
| HR776 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.B. 83) to require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB2452 | Intro
Sine Die | Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to condition a g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498. |
