| HB1391 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-207. |
| SB229 | Pass | Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Act of 2013 - Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Cente...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-230. |
| HB451 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 North Brevard Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida, as the "Richard K. Salick Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-206. |
| HB43 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-204. |
| HB78 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-205. |
| HB83 | Pass | Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-16
Became Public Law No: 113-235. |
| HB2131 | Intro
Sine Die | Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act or SKILLS Visa Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set worldwide employment-based immigration levels at: (1) 140,000 through FY2013, and (2) 235,000 beginning i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507. |
| SB3010 | Intro
Sine Die | Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB3015 | Intro
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] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB3013 | Intro
Sine Die | Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to make it unlawful for any large financial institution, either directly or indirectly, to purchase or sell any swap, any commodity in interstate commerce, or any contract ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB3014 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB3016 | Intro
Sine Die | Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act - Amends the Materials Act of 1947 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a mineral materials contract and to return to the contract holder any bid deposit and performance bond paid to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB3011 | Intro
Sine Die | Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB3012 | Intro
Sine Die | North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the President to investigate credible information of sanctionable activities involving North Korea and to designate and apply sanctions with respect to any person (including business entities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB3017 | Intro
Sine Die | Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB3009 | Intro
Sine Die | Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5884 | Intro
Sine Die | Don't Track Me Act - Declares that it is contrary to U.S. public policy to require the placement or use of any global positioning satellite (GPS), location, or distance tracking system to collect identities of vehicle owners by remote means. Prohibit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB5876 | Intro
Sine Die | Responsible Skies Act of 2014 - Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prohibit the operator of an unmanned recreational aircraft (drone) from flying it: above 400 feet and within 5 mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Aviation |
| HB5872 | Intro
Sine Die | American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue to: (1) allow taxpayers an election to make annual payments of 1% of their adjusted gross income for a minimum seven-year period in lieu of existing estate and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1807-1808) |
| HB5868 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make appropriate arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Counc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| HB5864 | Intro
Sine Die | FPS Improvement Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB5857 | Intro
Sine Die | Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB5812 | Intro
Sine Die | Innovate America Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), to award grants, on a competitive basis, to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade |
| HB5815 | Intro
Sine Die | Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB5819 | Intro
Sine Die | Funding Scientists at the Peak Age of Discovery Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that the median age of first-time researchers receiving R series (research...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5814 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal authority to restrict the export of: (1) coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks; and (2) supplies of materials or equipment necessary to maintain or further explorati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| HB5820 | Intro
Sine Die | YES to Cures Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5805 | Intro
Sine Die | Andrea Sloan Compassionate Use Reform and Enhancement Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5803 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 action pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Received in the Senate. |
| HB5809 | 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] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5808 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the special competitive acquisition program rule applied to diabetic testing strips to require the volume for such types of produc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5796 | Intro
Sine Die | State's Choice Act of 2014
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power |
| SB2983 | Engross
Sine Die | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melvill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Held at the desk. |
| SB2922 | Intro
Sine Die | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to: reaffirm the principles set forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992; support the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong; urge China's govern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Menendez from Committee on Foreign Relations filed written report. Report No. 113-313. |
| HB5699 | Engross
Sine Die | John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act - Authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire by donation approximately 44 acres of land to include in the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Received in the Senate. |
| SB2799 | Intro
Sine Die | Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act - Title I: Satellite Television - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-322. |
| SB2777 | Intro
Sine Die | Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Removes the Surface Transportation Board from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish it as an independent U.S. agency. Increases Board membership from three to five members. Pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-321. |
| HB5401 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting the Homeland Act - Terminates the nonimmigrant status of any Libyan national, or of any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity, who is engaging in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or trainin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505. |
| HB5094 | Intro
Sine Die | (Sec. 1) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue an order directing a VA employee to repay the amount, or a portion of the amount, of an award or bonus paid to the employee if: (1) the Secretary determines that such repayment is ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 504. |
| SB2581 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a rule requiring liquid nicotine containers to be designed with special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-311. |
| SB2485 | Intro
Sine Die | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act - Reauthorizes and amends the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, which provides for: (1) the implementation of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-316. |
| SB2482 | Intro
Sine Die | North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act - Authorizes the Department of Commerce to promulgate regulations to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-314. |
| HB4874 | Intro
Sine Die | Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-675, Part I. |
| SB2484 | Intro
Sine Die | South Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act - Authorizes the Department of Commerce to promulgate regulations to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, whic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-315. |
| SB2442 | Intro
Sine Die | Northern Cheyenne Lands Act - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 932 acres of land in Montana into trust for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (Sec. 5) Requires Great Northern Properties to convey to the Tribe its coal a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 113-317. |
| HB4253 | Intro
Sine Die | Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act - Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to declare that the withdrawal and reservation of certain lands and interests concerning the Naval Air Station Fallon Ran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503. |
| SB2140 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises requirements for experimental permits related to commercial space launch activities. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue an experimental permit for a particular reusable suborbital vehicle (RSV) for research and development to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-318. |
| SB2055 | Intro
Sine Die | Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to allow a non-federal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652. |
| SB2022 | Intro
Sine Die | Forensic Science and Standards Act of 2014 - Establishes a national forensic science research program to improve, expand, and coordinate federal research in forensic sciences. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to contrac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-320. |
| HB3674 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program under w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-12-12
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502. |
