The following are the bills the House and Senate passed last month. The bills were passed by voice vote except where indicated. Roll call votes for the House are found here, and for the Senate here. The descriptions of bills are essentially taken verbatim from the Congressional Record Daily Digest (Index).
SENATE 3 bills, 16 pages
STOCK Act: Senate passed S. 716, to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms. 6 pages
District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act: Senate passed H.R. 1246, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the District of Columbia Treasurer or one of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia may perform the functions and duties of the Office in an acting capacity if there is a vacancy in the Office. 4 pages
Federal Aviation Administration: Senate passed S. 853, to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration. 6 pages
HOUSE 18 bills, 456 pages
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act: H.R. 254, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 90 6 pages
American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013: H.R. 1033, to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 283 yeas to 122 nays, Roll No. 91. 6 pages
Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act: The House passed H.R. 678, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, by a yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 96. 8 pages
Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act: The House passed H.R. 1120, to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until such time as Board constituting a quorum shall have been confirmed by the Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012, or the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress, by a recorded vote of 219 ayes to 209 noes, Roll No. 101. 4 pages
Modifying the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms: The House passed S. 716, to modify the requirements D306under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms. 6 pages
Government Accountability Office Improvement Act: H.R. 1162, amended, to amend title 31, United States Code, to make improvements in the Government Accountability Office, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 103; 6 pages
District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act: H.R. 1246, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the District of Columbia Treasurer or one of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia may perform the functions and duties of the Office in an acting capacity if there is a vacancy in the Office; 6 pages
Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013: H.R. 882, amended, to prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 104. 10 pages
Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013: H.R. 1163, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to revise requirements relating to Federal information security, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 106; 28 pages
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013: H.R. 756, amended, to advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 16 nays, Roll No. 107; 36 pages
Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of D3212013: H.R. 967, amended, to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 406 yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 108. 28 pages
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: The House passed H.R. 624, to provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, by a yea-and-nay vote of 288 yeas to 127 nays, Roll No. 117. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, April 17th. 40 pages
Making revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements: H.R. 1067, to make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 118 11 pages
Enacting title 54, United States Code, “National Park Service and Related Programs'', as positive law: H.R. 1068, amended, to enact title 54, United States Code, “National Park Service and Related Programs'', as positive law, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 119. 223 pages
Specifying the size of the precious-metal blanks that will be used in the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins: H.R. 1071, to specify the size of the precious-metal blanks that will be used in the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins 4 pages
Awarding posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th commemoration of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church: H.R. 360, amended, to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th commemoration of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church where the 4 little Black girls lost their lives, which served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 123. 6 pages
Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act: The House passed H.R. 527, to amend the Helium Act to complete the privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting the interests of American taxpayers, by a yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 128. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, April 25th. 32 pages
Providing the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration: H.R. 1765, to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 361 yeas to 41 nays, Roll No. 125. 6 pages