hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3889
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Human rights
Human trafficking
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
North Korea
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014 - Prohibits FY2014 Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being made available to the government of Burma unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that: (1) Burma has taken steps toward establishing civilian oversight of the armed forces, addressing human rights abuses by the military, and terminating military relations with North Korea; (2) Burma has taken steps to establish a fair and inclusive process to amend the Constitution of Burma, including the full participation of the political opposition and ethnic minority groups; (3) Burma has amended its constitution and laws to ensure civilian control of the military; (4) Burma is promoting peace agreements or political reconciliation and is addressing the resettlement and humanitarian situation of displaced persons; and (5) the Burmese military is improving its human rights record, taking steps to withdraw forces from conflict zones, and implementing a code of conduct. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to report annually to Congress on the status of military-to-military engagement between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Burmese military.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award Urban Area Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations not located in high-risk urban areas.

Bill: 113-hr-3891
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Homeland security
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to award Urban Area Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations located in areas that are not designated as high-risk urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Rail and Deterring Deficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-3893
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Intergovernmental relations
Railroads
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Responsible Rail and Deterring Deficiency Act - Declares that the Congress determines that a certain California high-speed train project would not be adequately served by continuation of federal assistance.
 
Directs the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), based upon that determination, to exercise its right under the grant agreement (entered into between the FRA and the California High Speed Rail Authority numbered FR-HSR-0009-10-01-05 on December 5, 2012) to suspend any further financial assistance for the project until: (1) the California High Speed Rail Authority certifies to the FRA that it has access to state funds, or other non-federal funds, in the amounts specified in the grant agreement and such funds are available to meet the Authority's financial obligations under that agreement; or (2) September 30, 2017.
 
Prohibits the FRA from amending, supplementing, or otherwise changing the terms of the grant agreement until the requirements for suspension of federal assistance have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Bill: 113-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income.
 
Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the rules for approved structured settlement factoring transactions.

Bill: 113-hr-3897
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Financial services and investments
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption for structured settlement factoring transactions (i.e., transfers of the right to receive periodic payments under a settlement of a legal claim for damages in exchange for a lump sum payment) to require that court orders approving such transfers include additional requirements, including that: (1) the annual discount rate of the consideration for a transfer does not exceed the prime interest rate plus 5%; (2) the aggregate amount of charges, fees, and other expenses payable by the payee of the lump sum payment do not exceed 2% of the value of the consideration to the payee; (3) the payee is not liable for any penalty or forfeiture if the transfer does not satisfy the additional requirements imposed by this Act; (4) the transferee (the entity receiving the right to the periodic payments) has given written notice of its name, address, and taxpayer identification number to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor and has filed a copy of such notice with the state court or other authority issuing the order approving the transfer; (5) the transfer is fair and reasonable; and (6) the transferee makes certain disclosures to the payee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit students who have been convicted of a criminal hazing offense under State law from receiving assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Bill: 113-hr-3898
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make any student who is convicted of a criminal hazing offense ineligible for any grant, loan, or work assistance under title IV.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Community Oversight Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Intelligence Community Oversight Act of 2014 - Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2010 to require the head of each element of the intelligence community, in carrying out the directive of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) governing Comptroller General access to information in such element's possession, to: 
 
 
 provide the Comptroller General with timely access to necessary information concerning programs and activities for any audit, investigation, program evaluation, report, or review;
 
cooperate with the Comptroller General to the fullest extent possible and provide timely responses to requests for information;
 
 carefully consider requests for information based on consultation with the Comptroller General;
 
 work with the Comptroller General to explore alternative means to accommodate a request if the head determines that such element is unable to provide the Comptroller General with access to the specific information requested; 
 
 narrowly construe any limitation on access to information by the Comptroller General; and 
 
submit to the DNI, the Comptroller General, and Congress, in a timely manner and at the same time the head notifies the Comptroller General of the denial of access to requested information, a written justification for such denial.
 
 
Requires: (1) the DNI, semiannually, to report to Congress and the Comptroller General on any instances in which a head denied access to requested information; and (2) the Comptroller General, within 30 days of receiving such a report, to submit to Congress any comments in response to such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Pay Back the Taxpayers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Budget deficits and national debt
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Pay Back the Taxpayers Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs), during the term of any conservatorship or receivership, from making any contribution or transfer to, or allocating or setting aside any amounts for, the Housing Trust Fund or the Capital Magnet Fund.
 
Requires any amounts paid or repaid to the Secretary of the Treasury by a GSE in any form, during any conservatorship or receivership of the GSE, to be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for reducing the federal budget deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and paralysis
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2013 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining state and national criminal history background checks on covered individuals, and (2) establish a criminal history review program to provide covered entities with reliable and accurate information on the criminal history of a covered individual.
 
Defines "covered entity" as any business or organization that provides, or licenses, certifies, or coordinates individuals or organizations to provide, care, care placement, supervision, treatment, education, training, instruction, or recreation to children. 
 
Defines "covered individual" as an individual who: (1) has, seeks to have, or may have unsupervised access to vulnerable populations (i.e., elderly, disabled, and children) served by a covered entity; (2) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, a covered entity; or (3) owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, a covered entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3903
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the exemption of certain foreign medical schools from the prohibition on foreign medical schools participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program, unless:
 
 
at least 60% of those enrolled in, and at least 60% of the graduates of, the foreign medical school during the preceding year were not citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States or were not in the United States with the intention of becoming citizens or permanent residents; and
 
at least 75% of students or graduates of the medical school located outside the United States or Canada who took the examinations administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in the preceding year received a passing score.
 
 
Preserves the Direct Loan eligibility of students who were enrolled at schools excepted from that prohibition on or before the date of this Act's enactment.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
To reduce the period of the availability of allowances for former Speakers of the House of Representatives to one year, beginning on the date of the expiration of an individual's service as Speaker.

Bill: 113-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional leadership
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971 to reduce from five years to one year the period of availability to former Speakers of the House of Representatives of entitlements to use of office, allowance, franked mail, and additional staff to facilitate the administration, settlement, and conclusion of matters pertaining to or arising out of his or her incumbency as Speaker.
 
Starts the one-year period on the date of the expiration of an individual's service as Speaker (currently, at the expiration of the individual's term of office as a Representative in Congress).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
To improve the response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking.

Bill: 113-hr-3905
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be used (among other things) to operate a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking (currently, child prostitution).
 
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each state reporting on missing children to: (1) provide, with respect to each missing child report, a recent photograph of the child, if available; (2) direct the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to verify and update such record with any additional information no later than 30 days after the original entry of the record into the state law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks and to maintain close liaison with state and local child welfare systems for the exchange of information and technical assistance; and (3) grant permission to the NCIC Terminal Contractor for the state to update the missing person record in the NCIC computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Fixing America's Inconsistent Redistricting (FAIR) Act

Bill: 113-hr-3906
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional districts and representation
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Fixing America's Inconsistent Redistricting (FAIR) Act - Requires any congressional redistricting conducted by a state to be conducted in accordance with a redistricting plan developed by a nonpartisan agency of the legislative branch of the state government and enacted into law by the state.
 
Requires each state, by December 31 of the year preceding a redistricting year, to establish a nonpartisan agency in the state government's legislative branch to develop the state's redistricting plan according to specified criteria. 
Requires the state to appoint a Temporary Redistricting Advisory Commission by February 15 of each redistricting year to: (1) guide the agency in development of the plan, (2) analyze and review the plan, and (3) recommend to the state legislature whether it should be adopted or rejected. 
Requires the state legislature to approve or reject the plan within three days after receiving the Commission's report.
 
Prescribes requirements for development and submission of revised plans when preceding plans are rejected.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Justice Integrity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Judicial procedure and administration
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Justice Integrity Act of 2014 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish a pilot program in 10 U.S. districts to promote fairness and the perception of fairness in the federal criminal justice system and to determine whether legislation is required, and (2) designate a U.S. attorney in each of the districts to implement a plan for carrying out such pilot program.

Requires each U.S. attorney designated to implement a pilot program to appoint an advisory group consisting of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other individuals and entities who play an important role in the criminal justice system. Requires each advisory group to: (1) collect and analyze data on the race and ethnicity of defendants at each stage of a criminal proceeding, (2) seek to determine causes of racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice process, and (3) submit to the U.S. attorney a report and proposed plan for addressing such disparities. Requires each U.S. attorney to annually evaluate the efficacy of a plan submitted by an advisory group. 

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) prepare a comprehensive report on all advisory group plans and submit such report and plans to Congress, and (2) exercise continuing oversight of the criminal justice system to reduce unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities and improve such system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in House