Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013 [HB-543]
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.
HB-543: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/15/2013
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014 [HB-5448]
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for FY2015-FY2019 for maintenance, repair, and security, and for capital projects.
HB-5448: John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Carson
Received In The Senate. on 11/20/2014
Firefighter Equipment Protection Act of 2014 [HB-5483]
Firefighter Equipment Protection Act of 2014 - Codifies a national security exemption from emissions regulations for excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) that is transferred under specified DOD property transfer programs to a firefighting agency in a state or to another state agency.
HB-5483: Firefighter Equipment Protection Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 09/19/2014
SAFE for America Act [HB-5520]
Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2014 or the SAFE for America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.
HB-5520: SAFE for America Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 10/28/2014
Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2014 [HB-5532]
Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that covered motor carrier data is not made available to the public, and prohibits such data from being used in a civil action for damages resulting from an incident involving a motor carrier, until the Secretary submits a report certifying that recommendations required by this Act have been implemented. Defines "covered motor carrier data" as data generated with respect to a motor carrier under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative of the Federal
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HB-5532: Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 09/19/2014
To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. [HB-5682]
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 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding the pipeline issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014 to fully satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and any law that requires federal agency consultation or review, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Declares
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HB-5682: To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Received In The Senate. on 11/17/2014
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 [HB-569]
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2013, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the
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HB-569: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 04/25/2013
American Heroes COLA Act [HB-570]
American Heroes COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children, but only if such percentage increase is calculated
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HB-570: American Heroes COLA Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/22/2013
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 [HB-5759]
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 immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States; treating such aliens as if they were lawfully present or had a lawful immigration status; or treating them other than as unauthorized aliens. States that such prohibition shall not apply: to the extent prohibited by the Constitution;
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HB-5759: Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 626. on 12/09/2014
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2014 [HB-5761]
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.
HB-5761: Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/09/2014