| HB5399 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Stafford Loans to opt to extend the period before they must begin to repay s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5000 | Intro
Sine Die | Working Families Child Care Act of 2014 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a supplemental state entitlement for child care assistance for families with infants or toddlers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5394 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Education Elimination Act of 2014 - Abolishes the Department of Education (Department) and repeals any program for which it or the Secretary of Education has administrative responsibility. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5674 | Intro
Sine Die | College Affordability and Innovation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award 5-year grants to up to 15 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to carry out new or existing high-quality programs designed to graduate students with cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5090 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to the National Endowment for the Arts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5563 | Intro
Sine Die | Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) jointly establish a program to award nonmonetary Employment Salute Awards to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices; and (2) establish...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5678 | Intro
Sine Die | ZZZ's to A's Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a study examining the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being, and performance that: comprehensively reviews the scientific evidence relating to that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5210 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5395 | Intro
Sine Die | Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4837 | Intro
Sine Die | Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| HB4943 | Intro
Sine Die | National Child Protection Training Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to establish a program to sustain at least four regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5568 | Intro
Sine Die | B-On-Time Student Loan Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award interest-free loans to students who meet any prerequisites that the Secretary requires....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4839 | Intro
Sine Die | Original Living Wage Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the federal po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| SB1893 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to: develop and update biennially a strategic five-year technology in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. |
| HB5565 | Intro
Sine Die | Protect Student Borrowers Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to accept specified risk-shar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5489 | Intro
Sine Die | Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5012 | Intro
Sine Die | Summer Meals Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine "areas in which poor economic conditions exist," where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5001 | Intro
Sine Die | Core Opportunity Resources for Equity and Excellence Act of 2014 - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require states to adopt student achievement standards...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5560 | Intro
Sine Die | Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish a financial as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4842 | Intro
Sine Die | Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) legislation is necessary to provide consumers information on products that are free of child labor, forced labor, slavery, and human...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5155 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the National Endowment for the Humanities from providing funds to carry out the Popular Romance Project or any similar project relating to love or romance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5422 | Intro
Sine Die | Litigation Oversight Act of 2014 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the EEOC shall commence or intervene in litigation involving: (1) m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5423 | Intro
Sine Die | Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends equal employment opportunity requirements under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency (or a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB5577 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of Congress that no origination fees should be charged on any future loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program. (Origination fees are the fees lenders charge for processing new loan applications.) Amends title IV...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5005 | Intro
Sine Die | Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014 - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the Secretary of Education from providing education funding to any educational agency or institution that allows school personnel to inflict c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5417 | Intro
Sine Die | Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from applying the rule entitled "National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5566 | Intro
Sine Die | SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the program awarding Academic Competitiveness Grants to first- and second-year undergraduates who completed a rigorous hig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5219 | Intro
Sine Die | English Learning and Innovation Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable, competitive grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and public charter schools or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB5370 | Intro
Sine Die | American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5327 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require any employment in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves to be considered particularly hazardous oppressive child labor, which is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4982 | Intro
Sine Die | Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simpli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5589 | Intro
Sine Die | Veteran Education Empowerment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award four-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish, maintain, and improve a veteran student center. Requires grantees to be IHEs that: have a popul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5661 | Intro
Sine Die | Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Appropriates for each of FY2015-FY2024 an amount that equals the difference between: (1) the amount appropriated for FY2015 for school improvement programs under part ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
| HB4902 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act or the Middle Class CHANCE Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant for award year 2014-2015 and adjust it each subsequent a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5529 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2014 or the HELP Act - Authorizes the following groups to petition for eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance to the Critical Employment Advisory Commission (established by this Act) and the governor of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
| HB4824 | Intro
Sine Die | Workers Opportunity and Retraining Competitive Grant Program Act of 2014 or the WORC Grant Program Act of 2014 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a manufacturing worker scholarship program to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| SB2931 | Intro
Sine Die | Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2014 - Revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB4831 | Intro
Sine Die | Twenty-First Century Manufacturing Skills and Jobs Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, on a quarterly basis, to make payments to an eligible community college in an amount equal to the aggregate new manufacturing job withholding matc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB4914 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits funds available to the Department of State or any other department or agency from being used for contributions to the Institute of Peace.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| SB2935 | Intro
Sine Die | Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2015-FY2018. Revises reporting requirements for state programs on underage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2929 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review any decision by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NAERC)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB4823 | Intro
Sine Die | Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act or WIRED Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise one-stop delivery system requirements. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish certain standards and best practices f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| SB2934 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly going upon any critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense. Defines "critical infrastructure" to as a vital physical system or asset, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5523 | Intro
Sine Die | Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the mandatory summary description of a group health plan to declare: (1) whether the plan permits either the plan sponsor or any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions |
| SB2933 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly using an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of an individual with the intent to place the individual under surveillance without such individual's consent, except: (1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5596 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness in Student Loan Repayment Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make available to borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) the following loan repaym...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| SB2932 | Intro
Sine Die | Microlab Technology Commercialization Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the directors of national laboratories, to establish a program meeting specified criteria under which DOE sets up microlabs located in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB4832 | Intro
Sine Die | Education for Jobs Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an individual eligible to apply for a loan under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program if that individual: (1) is carrying at least th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5100 | Intro
Sine Die | Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures Act or the SCORE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each coeducational institution of higher education (IHE) that is participa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training |
| HB5352 | Intro
Sine Die | Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2014 - Division A: Education - Title I: Strong Start for America's Children - Subtitle A: Access to Voluntary Prekindergarten for Low- and Moderate-Income Families - Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-11-17
To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections |
