| HB97 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2015 Amends federal bankruptcy law governing expenses and claims to increase to $20,000: (1) allowed unsecured claims in the fourth order of priority (wages, salaries, or commissions);...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| SB147 | Intro
Sine Die | Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (Sec. 2) 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 Depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2. |
| HB278 | Intro
Sine Die | TIGER CUBS Act Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery for Cities Underfunded Because of Size Act of 2015 This bill provides $500 million in supplemental FY2015 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for national infrastruc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Budget Committee |
| SB148 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB63 | Intro
Sine Die | CATCH Traffickers Act of 2015 Coordinated Assistance To Catch Human Traffickers Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish and maintain a database to serve as a central location for information from law enforcement agency inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB59 | Intro
Sine Die | Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB269 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting Taxpayer-Funded Monuments to Members of Congress Act Prohibits any real property under the jurisdiction of the federal government or constructed using federal funds from being named after, or otherwise officially identified by the name of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB64 | Intro
Sine Die | Candace's Law Domestic Violence Enhanced Penalty Act of 2015 Directs a state to provide by law enhanced sentencing requirements for persons convicted of committing, or attempting to commit, an act of domestic violence in the presence of minor childre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB48 | Intro
Sine Die | No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act This bill requires the Director of the Terrorist Screening Center to: (1) review the completeness of the Terrorist Screening Database and the terrorist watch list utilized by the Transportation Security Administration ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB101 | Intro
Sine Die | Home Foreclosure Reduction Act of 2015 Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income) to exclude from the computation of debts the secured or unsecured portions of: (1) debts sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| HB56 | Intro
Sine Die | Donbass People's Militia Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Donbass People's Militia (an armed militia with allegiance to the Donestsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed state in Eastern Europe) has met the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB3 | Engross
Sine Die | Keystone XL Pipeline Act 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 M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3. |
| HB46 | Intro
Sine Die | No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2015 Prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB26 | Pass | Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 TITLE I--EXTENSION OF TERRORISM INSURANCE PROGRAM (Sec. 101) Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program through December 31, 2020, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
Became Public Law No: 114-1. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB77 | Intro
Sine Die | Justice for Children Now Act of 2015 Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint 70 immigration judges in addition to the those serving as of the date of enactment of this Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB51 | Intro
Sine Die | Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2015 Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic violations by law enforcement officers; (2) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including compl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB74 | Intro
Sine Die | Custodial Interrogation Recording Act Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to make grants to states and local governments for the complete and accurate recording, by both audio and video means, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB67 | Intro
Sine Die | Domestic Violence Safety Plan Grant Program Act of 2015 My Sister's Keeper Act of 2015 Directs the Attorney General to establish a program to award grants to eligible state and local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB277 | Intro
Sine Die | Defend Israel by Defunding Palestinian Foreign Aid Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any amounts from being obligated or expended to provide assistance, loan guarantees, or debt relief to the Palestinian Authority (PA), or any affiliated governing enti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB144 | Intro
Sine Die | Local Leadership in Education Act Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit a federal officer or employee, either directly or indirectly through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements under ESEA, from: m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB224 | Intro
Sine Die | To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health. Requires the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to report annually to Congress on the effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB217 | Intro
Sine Die | Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) from providing federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB230 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for environmental r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB221 | Intro
Sine Die | Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB264 | Intro
Sine Die | Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium in order to help provide funding for certain causes) to benefit the Peace Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB255 | Intro
Sine Die | Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the purchase (during a specified period of between 5 and 10 years based on the incentive needed with respect to each product) of new product...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive Homes for Heroes Act of 2015 Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veterans' access to HU...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB225 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearm Safety Act of 2015 Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act This bill provides a permanent appropriation for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits to survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services during a period of lapsed appropriations. The...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB248 | Intro
Sine Die | American Job Protection Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB196 | Intro
Sine Die | Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2015 Directs the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that prohibit broadband providers, in transmitting network traffic over the broadband Internet access service of an end user, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB256 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit of 20% of the amount paid to acquire an equity investment in a qualified research intensive small business concern. Def...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Maya Angelou Congressional Gold Medal Act Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Maya Angelou in rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Administration Committee |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for expenses for household and elder care services necessary for gainful employment. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new tax credit for employment-related expenses necessa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB254 | Intro
Sine Die | Support Our Startups Act of 2015 This bill allows the increased tax deduction amount for business start-up expenses (defined as expenses for investigating the creation or acquisition of an active trade or business) for taxable years beginning in 2015...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB257 | Intro
Sine Die | To provide for United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and for other purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of State to facilitate the U.S. readmission and participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and to pay related annual me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | Incentivize Growth Now In Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs Act of 2015 This bill creates tax-exempt small business start-up accounts to pay for the start-up expenses (defined as expenses for investigating the creation or acquisition of an active trade or bus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | No More Ghost Money Act Prohibits any federal department, agency, or federal government contractor from making a monetary payment to any official of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any illegal activity that undermines the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB231 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers or applicants for enrollment as a volunteer to use the seal, emblem, or name "Peace Corps" on death announcements, plaques, grave stones, or other grave mark...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB154 | Intro
Sine Die | Close the Floodgates Act Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H160) |
| HB214 | Intro
Sine Die | Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H160) |
| HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | Half in Ten Act of 2015 Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty, which shall develop a National Strategy to reduce the number of persons living in poverty in America in ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB260 | Intro
Sine Die | INVEST Act Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. Defines "s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB45 | Intro
Sine Die | Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2015 Requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research on triple-negative breast cancer (breast cancers whose c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB89 | Intro
Sine Die | Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act Directs the Department of Energy (DOE), for proposals that must also obtain authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the United States Maritime Administration to site, construct, expand...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB175 | Intro
Sine Die | ENERGY STAR Regulatory Improvement Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Energy Star program to exempt program partners that have complied with all program requirement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-09
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Commute Less Act of 2015 Requires metropolitan planning organization (MPO) transportation plans to include, among other things, employer and transportation management organization outreach activities and strategies to help create and expand employer-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-08
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB39 | Intro
Sine Die | To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2015 and 2016. This bill makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-08
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H113) |
| SB138 | Intro
Sine Die | I Teach Act of 2015 Incentives to Educate American Children Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a refundable tax credit of $1,000 for: (1) teachers in public or elementary or secondary schools or public kindergartens in rural areas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
