hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-3098
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: 
 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act - Treats the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who acquires the ownership interest in a small business of the deceased veteran as such veteran, for purposes of eligibility for VA service-disabled small business contracting goals and preferences, for a period of: (1) 10 years after the veteran's death, if such veteran was either 100% disabled or died from a service-connected disability; or (2) 3 years after such death, if the veteran was less than 100% disabled and did not die from a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Government Shutdown Avoidance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3100
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
District of Columbia
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: 
District of Columbia Government Shutdown Avoidance Act of 2013 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to authorize the District of Columbia to obligate and expend local funds for projects and activities in accordance with the local budget act for the fiscal year, at the rate of operations provided under that act, during any portion of a fiscal year in which neither the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for such fiscal year nor a District of Columbia continuing resolution for it is in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5875-5878)
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1311-1312)
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3101
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: 
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 and rate of the household and dependent care tax credit and make such credit refundable; (3) allow a new $2,000 tax credit for child care providers who hold a bachelor's degree in early childhood education, child care, or a related degree and who provide at least 1,200 hours of child care services in a taxable year; and (4) increase the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3103
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2013-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial procedure and administration
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: 
Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to revise congressional reporting requirements with respect to FISA court decisions. 
 
Requires the Attorney General (DOJ), within 45 days after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review issues a decision, order, or opinion that includes a denial or modification of a request for an order, or that results in a change of application or a new application of FISA, to submit to Congress a copy of such decision and any associated pleadings, applications, or memoranda of law. (Currently, the Attorney General submits such materials only with respect to decisions that the Attorney General determines are a significant construction or interpretation of FISA.)
 
Directs the Attorney General to include with such court documents a brief statement (a summary) of the relevant background factual information, questions of law, legal analysis, and decision rendered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the application of all laws, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the Federal Government and Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3104
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional officers and employees
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: 
Declares that Congress and the executive branch are expressly and equally bound by any federal law which is intended to be broadly enforced upon the American people.
 
Makes the following individuals ineligible for any federally funded health care premium subsidies, until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully repealed:
 
 
 a Member or employee of Congress,
 
 the President,
 
 the Vice President,
 
 any employee of the Executive Office of the President, and
 
 any other civilian federal worker.
 
 
Exempts from such restriction a health care premium subsidy:
 
 
under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act;
 
for coverage under a veterans' health care program; or
 
for medical coverage for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, including coverage under the TRICARE program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-3105
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aquaculture
Fishes
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exclude from the meaning of the term &quot;fish or wildlife&rdquo; any animal accidentally included in a shipment of an aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act

Bill: 113-hr-3106
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Michigan
Violent crime
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act - Authorizes the appropriate federal official (either the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the Army) to reconsider a decision to inter or honor the memory of a person in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery upon receiving information that such person may have committed a federal or state capital crime but was not convicted by reason of unavailability for trial due to death or flight to avoid prosecution.
 
Requires the appropriate federal official, upon finding, after an opportunity for a hearing, that the person committed but was not convicted of such crime, to provide notice to the individual's next of kin or other authorized person. Allows such next of kin or other person 60 days to file a notice of disagreement, which shall be decided in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. Authorizes the appropriate federal official, when a decision becomes final, to disinter the remains or remove the memorial headstone.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) to disinter the remains of Michael LaShawn Anderson from Fort Custer National Cemetery (Michigan); (2) to notify his next of kin of the impending disinterment; and (3) upon disinterment, to relinquish the remains to the next of kin or, if the next of kin of record in unavailable, arrange for the appropriate disposition of the remains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act

Bill: 113-hr-3108
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the benefit calculation of 113.6 % of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food plan for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) and the consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa until September 30, 2016, or the first date on which the value of the thrifty food plan equals or exceeds 113.6 % of the June 2008 value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-3111
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Terrorism
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the military department concerned to award the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces (members) who were killed or wounded in the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009; and (2) the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to award the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom to civilian employees and contractors of DOD who were killed or wounded in such attack.
 
 Deems, for purposes of all applicable federal benefit laws, regulations, and policies: (1) such members to have been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an enemy act; and (2) such employees to have been killed or wounded by hostile action while serving with the Armed Forces in a contingency operation and to have been killed or wounded in a terrorist attack. Excludes any member whose death or wound was the result of willful misconduct. Applies such provisions to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other psychological injuries that were a a result of such attack.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5629)
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
ConTACT Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3113
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2013 or ConTACT Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines for states on the implementation of best practices for diagnosis, treatment, and management of mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBIs) in school-aged children, including best practices relating to student athletes returning to play after an MTBI.
 
Requires the Pediatric MTBI Guideline Expert Panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a final report on such best practices by March 15, 2015.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states for: (1) adopting, disseminating, and ensuring school implementation of the guidelines; and (2) ensuring elementary and secondary schools implement computerized preseason baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing for student athletes.
 
Directs the Secretary to require states receiving grants to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable expertise and services offered by local chapters of national brain injury organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Helping Families and Seniors Save on Health Care Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3114
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Helping Families and Seniors Save on Health Care Act of 2013 - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that increases the adjusted gross income threshold for claiming the tax deduction for medical expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Growth Through Exports Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3115
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Small Business Growth Through Exports Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act to extend, and increase the authorization of appropriations for, the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program through FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3118
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2013-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Employment taxes
Inflation and prices
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 
Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013.
 
Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.
 
Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who have attained early retirement age for purposes of an old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefit.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Health Information Privacy Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3119
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
 Health Information Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Prohibits the enrollment of any individual in a qualified health plan offered in a state through an American Health Benefit Exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until the state certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Secretary certifies to Congress, that the state has in place standards and a process to protect the personal information (including Social Security numbers and financial information) of those being enrolled through the Exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House