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HB5526Intro

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Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014 - Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded fund...
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2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Research and Technology
HB5806Intro

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Supporting America's Charities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes, and (2) tax-free distrib...
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2014-12-11
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 275 - 149 (Roll no. 562).
HB5826Intro

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Water Quality Investment Act of 2014
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2014-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
HB5810Engross

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Amends the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude cotton future contracts involving cotton that is grown outside of the United States and tendered for delivery from coverage under the Act, including the requirement that the cotton be classified ...
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2014-12-11
Received in the Senate.
SB2996Intro

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PATH Act
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2014-12-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB182Intro

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Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to une...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
SR596Intro

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Condemns the mass murder in Indonesia in 1965-1966. Expresses concern about the lack of accountability enjoyed by those who carried out crimes during this period. Urges political leaders in Indonesia to consider a truth, justice, and reconciliation ...
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2014-12-10
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SB2994Intro

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Leveling the Playing Field Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the administration and enforcement of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders. Declares that neither the administering authority (the Secretary of Commerce,...
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2014-12-10
To Senate Finance Committee
HCR107Engross

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Condemns the use of innocent civilians as human shields. Calls on the international community to recognize and condemn Hamas's use of human shields. Places responsibility for the rocket attacks against Israel on Hamas and other terrorist organizati...
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2014-12-10
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB2614Engross

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Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, with respect to rollovers to a traditional or Roth individual retirement account (IRA) of payments to qualified airline employees in commercial airline carrier bankruptcy cases, to: (1) extend the ...
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2014-12-10
Held at the desk.
HB5846Intro

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Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2014
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2014-12-10
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
SB2992Intro

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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...
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2014-12-10
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
SR598Intro

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Mourns the death of Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig and expresses condolences to his family and loved ones. Condemns the terrorist acts by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including the targeting of innocent civilians, journalists, and aid...
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2014-12-10
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6581; text as passed Senate: CR S6543)
HB5822Intro

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Developing Standards for Electronic Shipping Papers Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a Hazardous Materials Information Advisory Committee to develop voluntary standards and best practices for first responders a...
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2014-12-10
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
HB5830Intro

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Grand Jury Reform Act of 2014 - Requires a state to comply with the requirements of this Act in order for it, or a local governmental unit thereof, to be eligible to receive funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. Di...
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2014-12-10
To House Judiciary Committee
HB5839Intro

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Grow Your Own Teacher Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Grow Your Own Teacher program making competitive grants to eligible entities to train and employ certain individ...
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2014-12-10
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB5840Intro

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School Protection Act of 2014
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2014-12-10
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
SB2104Intro

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National Park Access Act - Requires the Director of the National Park Service to refund to each state all of the funds that it used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the period in October 2013 in which there ...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 638.
HB5838Intro

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Private Prison Information Act of 2014 - Subjects records relating to the operation of and prisoners in a prison or other correctional or detention facility that is owned or operated by a nongovernmental entity, state, or local government and that in...
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2014-12-10
To House Judiciary Committee
SB744Intro

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Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - (Sec. 2) States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for ...
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2014-12-10
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
HB5847Intro

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Fifth Amendment Restoration Act of 2014 - Prohibits government seizures of private property under any federal law providing for civil asset forfeiture. Defines "property" to include real property, financial assets, and commonly held property owned by...
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2014-12-10
To House Judiciary Committee
HB5831Intro

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Police Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to require a state or local law enforcement officer in a public agency which receives federal justice assistance, who engages in conduct that would constitute a federal crime of vio...
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2014-12-10
To House Judiciary Committee
HB5845Intro

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Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014
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2014-12-10
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB5842Intro

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Revamping the Education of our Veterans to Align Manufacturing through Partnerships with Community Colleges Act of 2014 or the REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) a...
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2014-12-10
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee
HB5827Intro

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Christmas Tree Tax Exclusion Act
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2014-12-10
To House Agriculture Committee
HR775Intro

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Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (S. 2244) to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of motions t...
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2014-12-10
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB5837Intro

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To provide for the establishment of a global affairs strategy and assistance for people of African descent, and for other purposes.
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2014-12-10
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
SB1419Intro

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Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to redefine "marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy" as energy (currently electrical energy) from: (1) waves, tides, and currents in...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
HB5086Engross

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Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on feasibility of designating as a national historic trail the Chief Standing Bear Trail extending approximately 550 miles from Ponca City, Oklahoma, thr...
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2014-12-10
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB2031Intro

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Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin to include the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Addition at the end of the breakwater on Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. Declares that Cong...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
SB1750Intro

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Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to land under their respective jurisdictions, pursuant to a state or local government offer, to enter into an agre...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.
SB776Intro

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Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act - Designates specified land in Carson National Forest in New Mexico, which shall be known as the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases any federal land with...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
SB398Intro

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Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum. Requires the Commission to: (1) report recommendations for a plan ...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630.
HB5781Engross

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California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Title I: California Emergency Drought Relief - (Sec. 102) Grants the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior (Secretaries) emergency authority, subject to existing priorities of individuals and entit...
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2014-12-10
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
HB5471Engross

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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 the affiliate enters into the swap to hed...
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2014-12-10
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
SB1317Intro

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2016 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Authorizes programs, activities, and reports respecting NASA, includin...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
HB885Engross

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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 - Modifies the boundary of the Park to include approximately 137 acres of additional identified land. Bars the use of condemnation authority by the Secretary for the acquisi...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 642.
SB2602Intro

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Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. Designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 640.
HB5750Intro

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Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2014
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2014-12-10
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8938)
HB1241Engross

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Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in any land exchange involving the conveyance of certain National Forest System land within the boundaries of Inyo National Forest in California, to accept for acquisition in such exchange certain non-fede...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
SB2873Intro

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National Park System Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to authorize donor acknowledgments (a statement, logo, trademark, proper legal name, or other reasonable form of credit) at a a visitor center or adminis...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.
SB2094Intro

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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operatio...
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2014-12-10
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-304.
HB5764Engross

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for FY2015-FY2019. Requires...
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2014-12-10
Received in the Senate.
SB1971Intro

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Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability Act of 2014 or NEWS Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish either Committee on Energy-Water Nexus for Sustainability or the Subcommittee on Energy-W...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
SB1328Intro

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New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the New Philadelphia archaeological site and the land surrounding it in Illinois. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regar...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633.
SB2379Intro

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Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Hydroelectric Settlement (Settlement), the Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement for the Sustainability of Public and Trust R...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.
HB5059Engross

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Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act or the Clay Hunt SAV Act - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) arrange for an independent third party evaluation, at least annually, of the VA's mental health care an...
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2014-12-10
Received in the Senate.
SB841Intro

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Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013 - Designates specified federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado as: (1) the Hermosa Creek Watershed and Protection Area, and (2) the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area. Requires the Secr...
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2014-12-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.
HB5841Intro

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Local Medicaid Enforcement Incentives Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to provide states with funds to: (1) detect and prevent Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse; (2) recover overpaymen...
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2014-12-10
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
HB5834Intro

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Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and ...
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2014-12-10
To House Financial Services Committee
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