| SB2981 | Intro
Sine Die | Secure Data Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal agency from requiring a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2978 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City" based on: (1) contributions to the war effort during World War II; and (2) efforts to preserve t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB5797 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To House Budget Committee |
| HB5798 | Intro
Sine Die | Stability for Service Members Act - Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2015 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB5802 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to revise requirements permitting multiemployer plans to adopt alternative rules for computing the payment of an employer's withdrawal liability to include a plan in critical status whose pla... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB5793 | Intro
Sine Die | Cyber Supply Chain Management and Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines for agencies that contract to acquire software, firmware, or products containing a third party or open source binary c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2975 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition progr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2979 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends from 5 to 10 years after discharge or release from active duty after January 28, 2003, a combat veteran's eligibility for veterans' hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for illnesses that have not been medically proven to be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB5799 | Intro
Sine Die | Realign and Eliminate Duplicative Unnecessary Costly Excess in Government Act of 2014 or the REDUCE Government Act - Establishes the Federal Realignment and Closure Commission, which shall: (1) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB5792 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to formulate a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2976 | Intro
Sine Die | Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the treatment of affiliate transactions that may be exempt from clearing requirements to authorize such an exemption only if... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB2974 | Intro
Sine Die | Sustained Promotion of Responsibility in Team Sports Act or the SPORTS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to repeal the existing antitrust exemption for agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of profess... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2982 | Intro
Sine Die | Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act of 2014 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue a forever stamp that: (1) honors the sacrifices of the members of the Armed Forces who have been prisoners of war, missing in action, or unaccounted for; and (2) de... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB1721 | Intro
Sine Die | Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act or the FANS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to deny the antitrust exemption for joint agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests to any league of clubs participating in profes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. |
| HB3099 | Intro
Sine Die | Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013 - Directs the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission to: (1) prepare and adopt a data collection strategy for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery, including interstate collaboration measures and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| SB2963 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent a provision which prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) for a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613. |
| SB919 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2013 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Tribal Self-Gover... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-285. |
| HB5785 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2970 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for dete... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611. |
| HB5787 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received by a student under a comprehensive work-learning-service program operated by a work college. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5788 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Kansas, as the "Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB5784 | Intro
Sine Die | GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay up to nine months of additional Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a veteran who has used all of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to which he or she wa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB2971 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2972 | Intro
Sine Die | Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2014 - Requires equestrian helmets manufactured after a specified date to meet: (1) certain ASTM International standards if the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has not established a standar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB5786 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), with respect to minimum standards for residential mortgage loans and the presumption of ability to repay, to treat as a "qualified mortage"... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB917 | Intro
Sine Die | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of cour... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| HB4971 | Intro
Sine Die | Ask Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced non-government entity to conduct an annual survey, over a five-year period, of a statistically significant sample of veterans who reside in the geograph... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-03 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484. |
| HB5770 | Intro
Sine Die | Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 to make the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive certain debts relating to disas... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5712 | Intro
Sine Die | DHS Private Sector Office Engagement Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To House Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency |
| SB2968 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Partnerships in Education Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: allow states and local educat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2969 | Intro
Sine Die | General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Omar Bradley Foundation, Pennsylvania, to transfer, without consideration, to the child of General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Quay... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB5779 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for the qualified expenses, up to $10,000 in a taxable year, of attending a private school. Includes within the definition of "qualified expenses" expenses for tuition, fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2967 | Intro
Sine Die | Local Control of Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a st... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB1618 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals determined eligible for access to classified informa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610. |
| HB5756 | Intro
Sine Die | Heller Public Firearms Range Act of 2014 - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to include the District of Columbia in the apportionment to states and U.S. territories and possessions of revenues from taxes imposed on pistols, revolv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs |
| SB2911 | Intro
Sine Die | Super Pollutants Act of 2014 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-02 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. |
| SB2030 | Intro
Sine Die | National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the National Sea Grant College Program Act with specified appropriations through FY2020. Removes a requirement that the Secretary of Commerce report annually to Congress regardi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607. |
| HB5775 | Intro
Sine Die | Powering American Jobs Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015: (1) the tax credit for nonbusiness energy efficient improvements; (2) excise tax credits and payments for alternative fuels, biodiesel and renewable diesel ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5778 | Intro
Sine Die | Boko Haram Disarmament and Northeast Nigeria Recovery Act of 2014 - Directs the President to develop and submit to Congress a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to: (1) eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB5773 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to extend through 2015 the automatic extensions of amortization periods for multiemployer defined benefit plans. Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to ex... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5744 | Intro
Sine Die | State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act or the SWIC Enhancement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a state to include in its application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funding a certification: (1) tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 To House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications |
| HB3226 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the boundaries of the Long Pond Unit SC-01 in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in South Carolina. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 476. |
| HB3227 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the boundaries of the Huntington Beach Unit SC-03 in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in South Carolina. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 477. |
| HB277 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the boundaries of the Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Rhode Island. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474. |
| SB2480 | Intro
Sine Die | Nevada Native Nations Land Act -Title I: Elko Motocross Land Conveyance - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Elko County, Nevada, without consideration, approximately 275 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Manageme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-278. |
| SB2479 | Intro
Sine Die | Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act - Directs that approximately 25,977 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation be: (1) held in trust for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-277. |
| HB5049 | Intro
Sine Die | Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bann... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479. |
| HB1810 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the boundaries of the Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Florida. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475. |
| HB5449 | Intro
Sine Die | Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2018 to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for: the Northeast Corridor Improvement Fund account, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469. |
| HB5777 | Intro
Sine Die | Cryptocurrency Protocol Protection and Moratorium Act or the CryptPMA - Prohibits, for a five-year moratorium period beginning June 1, 2015, federal, state, and local governments from imposing statutory restrictions or regulations specifically identi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-01 To House Ways And Means Committee |