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December 3, 2014

Bills Passed in Congress, November 2014

The following are the bills the House and Senate passed in November. Congress wasn't in session in October. 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 4 bills, 46 pages

Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 669, to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life, and the bill was then passed, 14 pages

Small Rural Hospitals: Senate passed H.R. 4067, to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014. 4 pages

Service of Women in the Armed Forces of the United States: Senate passed H.R. 5441, to amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States. 4 pages 

STELA Reauthorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 5728, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations. 24 pages 

HOUSE 36 bills, 316 pages

Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014: Concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4194, to provide for the elimination or modification of Federal reporting requirements, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 382 yeas with none voting “nay'', Roll No. 516; 28 pages

Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014: Concurred in the Senate amendments to H.R. 1233, to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records; 34 pages

Reauthorizing the National Estuary Programs: H.R. 5266, amended, to reauthorize the National Estuary Programs; 6 pages

Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse Conveyance Act: S. 1934, to direct the Administrator of General Services to convey the Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse to Teton County, Wyoming; 6 pages

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act: S. 898, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation. 6 pages

Directing the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, to convey certain Federal property located in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corporation: H.R. 5167, amended, to direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, to convey certain Federal property located in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 6 pages

Trinity County Land Exchange Act: H.R. 3326, amended, to provide for an exchange of land between the United States and the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California, involving a parcel of National Forest System land in Shasta-Trinity National Forest; 8 pages

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014: H.R. 4846, amended, to adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado; 4 pages

Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act: H.R. 4867, amended, to provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians. 6 pages

Sunscreen Innovation Act: The House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and pass S. 2141, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients and for other purposes. 48 pages

Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014: The House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and pass S. 2539, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research. 10 pages

E-LABEL Act: The House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and pass S. 2583, to promote the non-exclusive use of electronic labeling for devices licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. 6 pages

Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline: The House passed H.R. 5682, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, by a recorded vote of 252 ayes to 161 noes with 1 answering “present'', Roll No. 519. 4 pages

Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014: H.R. 5069, amended, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds; 8 pages

Allowing a certain parcel of land in Rockingham County, Virginia, to be used for a child care center: H.R. 5162, to amend the Act entitled “An Act to allow a certain parcel of land in Rockingham County, Virginia, to be used for a child care center'' to remove the use restriction, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 378 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 520;  4 pages

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 5468, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the “Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office''; 4 pages

Colonel M.J. `Mac' Dube, USMC Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 5331, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73839 Gorgonio Drive in Twentynine Palms, California, as the “Colonel M.J. `Mac' Dube, USMC Post Office Building''; 4 pages

Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 5386, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office''; 4 pages

Sergeant Cory Mracek Memorial Post Office Designation Act: S. 1499, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 278 Main Street in Chadron, Nebraska, as the “Sergeant Cory Mracek Memorial Post Office''; 4 pages

First Lieutenant Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr. Post Office Building Designation Act: S. 1093, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 Caldwell Drive in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, as the “First Lieutenant Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr. Post Office Building''; 4 pages

Thaddeus Stevens Post Office Designation Act: S. 885, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the “Thaddeus Stevens Post Office''; 4 pages

Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office: S. 1512, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1335 Jefferson Road in Rochester, New York, as the “Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office''; 4 pages

Chief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 5142, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 113 West Jackson Street in Rich Square, North Carolina, as the “Chief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building''; 4 pages

Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2014: H.R. 5544, amended, to increase the understanding of the health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation; 6 pages

Amending the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States: H.R. 5441, to amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States; 4 pages

Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act: H.R. 4049, amended, to amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light; 6 pages

Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act: H.R. 5040, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the State of Idaho; 6 pages

Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act: H.R. 3608, to amend the Act of October 19, 1973, concerning taxable income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. 4 pages

EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act: The House passed H.R. 1422, to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation, by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 525. 10 pages

John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014: H.R. 5448, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; 4 pages

STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014: H.R. 5728, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations; 24 pages

Providing for the approval of the Amendment to an Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes: H.R. 5681, to provide for the approval of the Amendment to the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes; 4 pages

Girls Count Act: H.R. 3398, amended, to authorize the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls in developing countries, and for other purposes; 8 pages

Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act: H.R. 3583, amended, to expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program. 10 pages

Secret Science Reform Act of 2014: The House passed H.R. 4012, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, by a recorded vote of 237 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 528. 4 pages

Promoting New Manufacturing Act: The House passed H.R. 4795, to promote new manufacturing in D1052the United States by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in obtaining necessary permits, by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 172 noes, Roll No. 531. 10 pages

 

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