| HR765 | Intro
Sine Die | Urges the people of the United States to recognize the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974. Recognizes the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's research and work to improve renewa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee |
| HR761 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of Giving Tuesday and recognizes its lasting impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2957 | Intro
Sine Die | Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to expand the list of entities prohibited from making telephone calls to numbers on the FTC's "do-not-call" registry to include: (1) political committees that accept do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB5752 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Rewards for Justice program authorized under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, to offer a reward to any individual who furnishes information leading to the arrest or conviction ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2949 | Intro
Sine Die | Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act - Prescribes certain whistleblower incentives and protections for motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership employees or contractors who voluntarily provide the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB5767 | Intro
Sine Die | Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB2953 | 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] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2947 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable to wholesale demand response resourc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5754 | Intro
Sine Die | Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Directs the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the data inventory, data infrastructure, and statistical ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SR587 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes the significance of North Korea's past willingness to resume reunions of divided family members between North Korea and South Korea. Acknowledges North Korea's release in November 2014 of incarcerated American citizens Kenneth Bae and Mat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB2948 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend to manufacturers of generic drugs the requirement that drug manufacturers in certain circumstances pay an additional rebate to state Medicaid ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5751 | Intro
Sine Die | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB5760 | Intro
Sine Die | Funeral Honors for World War II Veterans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to include seven person firing parties in the funeral honors details for World War II veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB2954 | Intro
Sine Die | Higher Education Affordability Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5747 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that: defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in which all faiths and ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full integration into the government and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR763 | Intro
Sine Die | Applauds the work done by individuals, organizations, and governments committed to human rights and the well-being of children in decreasing the number of children trapped in child labor by one-third since 2000. Recognizes that challenges that remai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2961 | Intro
Sine Die | Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation (Office), headed by the Assistant Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB2959 | Intro
Sine Die | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SR589 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors the lifetime of service by Mayor Thomas S. Menino to the city and residents of Boston, Massachusetts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6221; text as passed Senate: CR S6211-6212) |
| SB2964 | Intro
Sine Die | Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal the declaration that trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 197...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB2689 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2013 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct each federal facility energy manager to consider, not later than two years after completion of a comprehensive energy and wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467. |
| SR584 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses appreciation to Jerry Linnell and commends him for his lengthy, faithful, and outstanding service to the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6159; text as passed Senate: CR S6157) |
| SB2940 | Intro
Sine Die | American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a fee on: (1) fossil fuel products, including coal, petroleum products, and natural gas, for carbon dioxide emissions; and (2) emissions of any greenhouse gas other than...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2942 | Intro
Sine Die | Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in an emergency or significant potential emergency which involves a specific infectious disease that requires the i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2944 | Intro
Sine Die | No Social Security for Nazis Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR754 | Intro
Sine Die | Calls on the government of Iran to abide by its international and domestic obligations regarding human rights and civil liberties, including freedoms of assembly, speech, and press. Deplores: (1) the dramatic rise in executions of Iranian citizens b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB2941 | Intro
Sine Die | Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code, with respect to sex trafficking of children, to: (1) subject to criminal prosecution buyers, as well as sellers, of commercial sex involving sex trafficking victims; (2) provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR759 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes Survivors Victory Day to celebrate and honor the victims and survivors of trauma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB5738 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to a possible epidemic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HR760 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of World MRSA Day and International MRSA Testing Week. (MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which causes deadly infections in patients in health care facilities and within communit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2945 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a provision prohibiting Alaska tribes other than the Metlakatla Indian Community from issuing and enforcing domestic violence protective orders against non-member Alaska Natives ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
| HB5743 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on the following issues related to intercollegiate athletics: the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SB2943 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend Public Law 110-299 to extend the time period during which permits are not required for certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB4668 | Intro
Sine Die | Point Spencer Coast Guard and Public-Private Sector Infrastructure Development Facilitation and Land Conveyance Act - Designates certain land at Point Spencer in Alaska (a parcel of land on which a decommissioned long range radio navigation station w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-19
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB5689 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer all or any part of its interests in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the tribe.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs |
| HB5725 | Intro
Sine Die | Patient Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, after 2013, the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8036) |
| HR756 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1422) to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR577 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a Senator, officer, or employee of the Senate to: (1) collect from another such individual, within Senate buildings, nonmonetary donations of clothing, toys, food, and housewares for charitable purposes related to serving persons in need o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. |
| SB2685 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2014 or the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 - Title I: FISA Business Records Reforms - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 42. Record Vote Number: 282. (consideration: CR S6079-6080; text: CR S6079) |
| SB2936 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to lease non-excess military property to local educational agencies or elementary or secondary schools at or below fair market value or for no consideration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB2937 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of five years. Requires the president of the Federal Reserv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SR582 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses support for the designation of National Entrepreneurs Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB5734 | Intro
Sine Die | Right of Return Act - Requires the following courses of action: the Secretary of State shall call for Israel to increase the standard of living of those living in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza by extending its sovereignty over those territories, and for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB2280 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities specified in an application filed by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State on May 4, 2012. Deems the Fin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
Under the order of 11/12/14, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 41. Record Vote Number: 280. |
| SB2939 | Intro
Sine Die | Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB2938 | Intro
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] | 2014-11-18
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5733 | Intro
Sine Die | Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Budget Committee |
| SR581 | Intro
Sine Die | Honors Staff Sergeant Robert Henry Anderson for his decades of service and his contributions as a paratrooper, combat medic, plumber, and family member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB5727 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require a certification from each person that is a prospective government contractor that such person, and any person owned or controlled by such person, is not a boycotting person (a perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB4680 | Intro
Sine Die | Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to enable eligible states (including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
