| SB104 | Intro
Sine Die | National Monuments Act of 2011- Requires the President to obtain congressional approval of proposed national monuments situated upon land owned or controlled by the federal government and certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB121 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Directs the Council ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB105 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in coordination with the National Academy of Engineering, to conduct and submit to Congress a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB106 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Access to Historical Records Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an official dataset on the historical temperature record. Requires NASA to use the raw data related to tempe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Tax Act of 2013 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2013. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB107 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of any other federal agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions until the Secretary of Commerce certifies that China, India, and Russia have initiated measures ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB123 | Intro
Sine Die | Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB108 | Intro
Sine Die | IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB109 | Intro
Sine Die | Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for constructi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB110 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Lock-Box Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order against consideration of any: (1) budget resolution that sets forth totals for any fiscal year with respect to the Social Security Trust Fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Budget Committee |
| SB111 | Intro
Sine Die | Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2013 - Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs): (1) to obtain an FBI background check on individuals prior to offering them employment as school employees; and (2) if the check identifies them as sex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB113 | Intro
Sine Die | Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a lender, before issuing a private education loan for a student attending an institution of higher education (IHE), to obtain the IHE's certification of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB114 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013 - Revises federal bankruptcy law with respect to the exemption from the exception to discharge in bankruptcy for certain educational loans if excepting such debt from discharge would impose an undue hardsh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR2 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR3 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR4 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - States that a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) at the time of the person's birth, one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR8 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) not relinquish its long utilized authority vested in the U.S. Constitution to borrow money on the credit of the United States by refusing to debate, amend, and vote on a bill to address the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR10 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the Senate that all further assistance provided by the United States to Antigua and Barbuda should be suspended until Antigua and Barbuda provide complete redress of specified issues regarding an investigation of the Stanford F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR11 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes that prayer before school board meetings is a protected act and expresses support for such prayer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB352 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Code Termination Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2017, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, and railroad retirement taxes. Requires a two-thirds majority vote in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Rules Committee |
| HB353 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of U.S. territories and possessions to obtain federal tax refunds or credits. Requires the program to include a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB355 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the current public debt limit from $14.294 trillion to $16.994 trillion after the President certifies and submits to the states for ratification a joint resolution entitled: "Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR39 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 325) to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB371 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting America's Solvency Act of 2013 - Increases the public debt limit by $1 billion, effective upon adoption by the Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Increases the public deb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB372 | Intro
Sine Die | Budget or Bust Act - Repeals requirements that the President submits annual budgets, including supplemental budget estimates and changes to Congress. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise accordingly congressional procedures for consi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Rules Committee |
| HB374 | Intro
Sine Die | Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a reduction of taxes on distributions from certain retirement savings plans designated by an individual under the age of 61 as being under investm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB376 | Intro
Sine Die | Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in federal elections by mail, except to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Administration Committee |
| HB380 | Intro
Sine Die | Communities Committed to College Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of any contribution to a tax-exempt scholarship funding trust established to provide scholarships for individuals with demonstrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB381 | Intro
Sine Die | Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) prepare a 10-year long-term cost benefit analysis for each public introduced bill or resolution that determines it...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Budget Committee |
| HB383 | Intro
Sine Die | War Powers Reform Act - Amends the War Powers Resolution to direct the President in every possible instance to submit to Congress before introducing U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Rules Committee |
| HB385 | Intro
Sine Die | Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013 or HAVEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB386 | Intro
Sine Die | Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 - 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 veteran access to HUD housing and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-23
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB3 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthen our Schools and Students Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: strengthen early learning programs to better prepare children for success in school; ensure that all students have equitable access to a high-quali...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB2 | Intro
Sine Die | Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to congressional attention to gun violence, including concerning: support for efforts of the President; promotion of common sense proposals for prev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1 | Intro
Sine Die | Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR41 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports the designation of February 12, 2013, the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 1809, as Darwin Day. Recognizes Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of huma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee |
| HR40 | Intro
Sine Die | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that active-duty military personnel stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to fully exercise their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution and be exempt ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SJR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing). Prohibits total outlays from exceeding 18% o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HCR9 | Intro
Sine Die | Govern Before Going Home Resolution - Prohibits the House of Representatives or Senate from adjourning for a period of more than five days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, except when the House or Senate is in session on such a day)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Rules Committee |
| SB53 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Disease Cluster Assistance Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to award grants to any individual or group of individuals tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB52 | Intro
Sine Die | Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act - Requires each energy manager of a building owned by the General Services Administration (GSA) to carry out an audit of that building that: (1) identifies any modification necessary to improve energ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB348 | Intro
Sine Die | Narrowing Exceptions for Withholding Taxes Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to require a shareholder of a subchapter S corporation engaged i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB50 | Intro
Sine Die | Strengthening Protections for Children and Communities From Disease Clusters Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) develop, publish, and update guidelines on an approach to investigate suspected or pote...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB48 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Genesio Januario Oliveira.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB55 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits Members of Congress and the President from receiving basic pay for any period in which: (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB56 | Intro
Sine Die | Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold amount a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB345 | Intro
Sine Die | District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2013 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate, with respect to each fiscal year that is not a control year, all federally-imposed mandates over the District of Columbia's: (1) local budg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB57 | Intro
Sine Die | U.S.A. AAA Credit Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, on the same day the President submits an annual budget proposal to Congress, to submit to Congress a message on the public debt limit. Requires the Secretary to: (1) include a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB58 | Intro
Sine Die | Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2013 or LINE Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to provide for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (includi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB60 | Intro
Sine Die | Western States National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 - Amends the National Trails System Act to require the Western States Trail, a trail of approximately 100 miles from Squaw Valley to Auburn, California, along which are conducted the Western St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
