Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act [HB-3970]
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the $1 million limitation on the deductibility of employee compensation, to: (1) extend such limitation to any individual who is a current or former officer, director, or employee of a publicly-held corporation; (2) eliminate the exemption from such limitation for compensation payable on a commission basis or upon the attainment of a performance goal; and (3) make such limitation applicable to all publicly-held corporations that are required
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HB-3970: Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/29/2014
New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014 [HB-3978]
New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program to make loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities to carry out bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects. Prescribes project eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary to ensure that at least 25% of funds provided under this Act are used to support projects in low-income communities.
HB-3978: New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 01/30/2014
Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013 [HB-400]
Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund, to be administered through the International Trade Administration, to ensure that U.S. clean energy technology firms have the information and assistance they need to be competitive and to create clean energy technology sector jobs; and (2) administer the Fund to promote policies that will reduce production costs and encourage innovation, investment, and
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HB-400: Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 02/25/2013
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 [HB-401]
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Amends the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 to: (1) expand the assistance provided under such Act, and (2) reauthorize appropriations for FY2015-FY2019. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to establish or expand: (1) veterans treatment court programs, which involve collaboration among criminal justice, veterans, and mental health and substance abuse agencies to provide qualified veterans (preliminarily qualified offenders who were discharged from the
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HB-401: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/28/2013
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts. [HB-4014]
Amends the federal criminal code to replace the current two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators and one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber with an outright ban at any time on such contacts, subject to fines and/or imprisonment. Specifies a one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former elected officers of the House with any House Member, officer, or employee.
HB-4014: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/20/2014
Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act [HB-4026]
Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include within the definition of "public safety officers," in order for them to receive death benefits under the Act, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who are performing their official duties related to protecting the nation's transportation systems.
HB-4026: Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/20/2014
Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act [HB-404]
Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for an additional sentence of two years' imprisonment for violating the prohibitions against making false statements or misrepresenting identification regarding the acquisition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) knowing that the violation will further the transfer of two or more firearms to a person prohibited by law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm; and (2) with the intent to conceal such person's identity from the transferor. Prohibits
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HB-404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/28/2013
HB-4041: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Committee On Financial Services, And In Addition To The Committee On House Administration, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 02/11/2014
You have voted HB-4041: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel..
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-4045]
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requries the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to award a congressional gold medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal at a price sufficient to cover the costs of such medals.
HB-4045: First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Committee On Financial Services, And In Addition To The Committee On House Administration, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 02/11/2014
Songwriter Equity Act of 2014 [HB-4079]
Songwriter Equity Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law regarding the exclusive rights of sound recording copyright owners to remove a provision that prohibits license fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings, by means of a digital audio transmission, from being taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental proceeding to set or adjust the royalties payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works. Requires Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs), when setting royalty
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HB-4079: Songwriter Equity Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 03/20/2014