| SB2520 | Engross
Sine Die | FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to: (1) require federal agencies to make agency records that can be disclosed under such Act available for public inspection in an electronic format, (2) limit the authority ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Held at the desk. |
| HB4320 | Intro
Sine Die | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491. |
| HB5746 | Intro
Sine Die | Keeping America Safe from Ebola Act of 2014 - Defines "covered alien" as an alien: (1) who is a national or a resident of a country designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one with widespread transmission of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB5761 | Intro
Sine Die | Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| SB195 | Intro
Sine Die | Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held. |
| HB5759 | Engross
Sine Die | Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626. |
| HB5735 | Intro
Sine Die | Grant Residency for Additional Doctors Act of 2014 or the GRAD Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate a Department of State officer or employee whose sole responsibility during the months of March, April, May, June, and any other p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB5768 | Intro
Sine Die | Separation of Powers Act of 2014 - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any federal department or agency to: parole an alien into the United States or grant deferred action on a final order of removal for any reaso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| SB1038 | Intro
Sine Die | End Racial Profiling Act of 2013 - Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. |
| SB2692 | Intro
Sine Die | Campus Accountability and Safety Act - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that partic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held. |
| SB1945 | Intro
Sine Die | Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the requirement that a federal court retain jurisdiction for an appropriate period to prevent commencement of new devices to deny or abridge the right to vote....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. |
| SB1447 | Engross
Sine Die | New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Water and Power |
| SB2946 | Intro
Sine Die | Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625. |
| HB4489 | Intro
Sine Die | World War I Memorial Act of 2014 - Designates the Liberty Memorial of Kansas City at America's National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Redesignates Pershing Park in the District of Columb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 486. |
| HB4309 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on federal lands) to allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) that are obligated to cooperative agreements with states, local governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485. |
| HB5683 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488. |
| SB2987 | Intro
Sine Die | Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2988 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulatory Cost Assessment Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2989 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Regional Energy Partnerships for Advancing Resilient Energy Systems Act or the PREPARE Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Secretary of the Interior (acting through specified Assistant Secretaries) to provide technical assis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5804 | Intro
Sine Die | Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2014 - Provides for a tax exclusion of compensation paid to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Operation United Assistance in the Ebola virus disease outbreak area (i.e. Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gui...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB4402 | Intro
Sine Die | Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to enter into an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a surface danger zone that overlays the Ritidian Unit of the Guam N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487. |
| HB5807 | Intro
Sine Die | Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act or the SMART Act - Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-08
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB5745 | Intro
Sine Die | Commends the veterans of the Korean Constabulary and thanks them for their support during the difficult times leading to the establishment of South Korea. (The Korean Constabulary undertook internal security tasks on behalf of the U.S. military gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-05
To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs |
| SB2973 | Intro
Sine Die | National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the National Laboratory technology maturation program to make grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to National Laboratories to increase ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5795 | Intro
Sine Die | International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2014 - Urges the President to make every effort, in conjunction with the government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the international community to establish an Internatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2986 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill 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 States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB2985 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the segment of Interstate Route 35 between milepost 133 at Forest Lake, Minnesota, and milepost 259 at Duluth, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2984 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB2980 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2977 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers’ Health Act or the MEDTECH Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from regulation as a medical device: administrative, operational, or financial records sof...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| 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 |
| HB5769 | Engross
Sine Die | Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation 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. |
| SB2523 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB4067 | Pass | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals throug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
Became Public Law No: 113-198. |
| HB5441 | Pass | Amends the federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to describe the organization as a national association of veterans (currently, an association of men) who, as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, served this Nation i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-04
Became Public Law No: 113-199. |
| 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. |
