hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5323
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue regulations to entitle any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period.
 
Requires such employee to submit to the Secretary certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider. .


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing Workforce Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5325
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
American Manufacturing Workforce Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through 2020, tax credits for: (1) up to $1,000 of the expenses for tuition, fees, and course materials paid or incurred for the training of a worker to develop or improve skills for a manufacturing position; and (2) up to 20% of the first $1,000 of education or training expenses for manufacturing under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or a curriculum approved by the Employment and Training Administration for individuals employed in manufacturing positions.
 
Establishes the Presidential Award for Business Leadership in Manufacturing Job Training to recognize companies and other organizations for extraordinary efforts in assisting their employees and members to develop or improve manufacturing skills and training and increase productivity.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to periodically collect and disseminate best practices for manufacturing job training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-07-31
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: 2014-07-31
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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5326
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt dependent care savings accounts to pay the employment-related expenses of caring for a dependent of the taxpayer, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) of up to $5,000 in a taxable year for cash contributions to such accounts, (3) set forth rules for the tax treatment of account distributions and for excess contributions to an account, and (4) impose a tax on employers who fail to make comparable contributions to a dependent savings account for all participating employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.

Bill: 113-hr-5327
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require any employment in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves to be considered particularly hazardous oppressive child labor, which is prohibited under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5328
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Genetics
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the requirements that: (1) health insurance includes coverage for preexisting conditions; and (2) health insurers accept every employer and every individual in a group that applies for coverage in the group market and every individual that applies for coverage in the individual market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Accountable Recovery Act

Bill: 113-hr-5329
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Accountable Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce as appropriate to make recovery plans for the conservation and survival of a species publicly available at the time of a determination that the species is endangered or threatened. Requires the plans to incorporate objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from the endangered and threatened species list.
 
Gives the appropriate Secretary 30 days to deny a petition stating that the numerical recovery goal has been achieved for a species. Removes a species from the endangered and threatened species list if the Secretary has not acted on a petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
BUILD Act

Bill: 113-hr-5330
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Income tax credits
Securities
State and local finance
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Bringing Urgent Investment to Local Development Act or the BUILD Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for investment in Build America bonds, to: (1) make permanent the authority for issuance of such bonds, (2) phase in an annual reduction in the credit rate for bondholders and issuers between 2014 and 2019, and (3) allow an issuer a refundable credit amount for investment in economic development bonds in cities with specified unemployment and poverty rates and population loss. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
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".

Bill: 113-hr-5331
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Designates 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."
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates 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."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-266.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-266.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6841)
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6841)
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8005-8006)
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8005-8006)
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5331.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8005-8006)
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-266
Serving America's Veterans Effectively Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5332
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Serving America's Veterans Effectively Act of 2014 or the SAVE Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: 
 
 
require the inclusion of a patient's status as a veteran in the patient information that the Secretary requires for meaningful use of electronic health records under the Medicare and Medicaid programs,
 
include an inquiry into whether a patient is a veteran and any relevant circumstances relating to a veteran's service in the Armed Forces as part of the initial preventive examination of Medicare beneficiaries, and
 
take such additional actions as may be appropriate to promote awareness among nongovernmental physicians of the special circumstances and health care needs of veterans.
 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to organizations to educate health care providers on appropriate health care for veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Access for Veterans' Service Animals Act

Bill: 113-hr-5333
Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Service animals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Expanding Access for Veterans' Service Animals Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) certified therapeutic animals should be provided the same access to facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as service animals, and (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should implement a certification process for therapeutic animals that mitigate the effects of a medically diagnosed mental health condition.
 
Bars the Secretary from prohibiting any service animal that is allowed to access VA medical facilities from accessing the room of a patient who is receiving inpatient care at such a facility, including with respect to staying overnight. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to ensure the safety and health of VA employees, patients, and the public, including by requiring that a patient maintain responsibility for such animal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Open Our Democracy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5334
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Open Our Democracy Act of 2014 - Requires all candidates for election to the House of Representatives to run in a single open primary, regardless of political party preference.
 
Limits the ensuing general election to the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the single open primary.
 
Gives candidates the option, at the time of filing to run for office, to declare a political party preference, which does not constitute or imply endorsement of the candidate by the party designated.
 
Treats the general election day in the same manner as a legal public holiday for purposes of federal employment.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that private employers should give their employees a day off on the general election day in November 2016 and each even-numbered year thereafter to enable them to cast votes in elections held on that day.
 
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the feasibility and desirability of enacting national standards and criteria for congressional redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5337
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require all commercial passenger aircraft ordered by an air carrier on or after January 1, 2016, to be equipped with a deployable recorder system as the second combination FDR/CVR recorder system installed under International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight recorder standards.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;commercial passenger aircraft&quot; to mean a jet aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass over 15,000 kilograms that is required to be equipped with two combination recorder systems in accordance with ICAO requirements; and (2) &quot;deployable recorder system&quot; to mean a flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder, and emergency locator transmitter housed in one crash protected, floatable unit that meets the performance specifications under specified standards of the FAA and the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-5338
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act - Repeals provisions requiring federal employees, including foreign service employees, who began service after 2012 to pay an increased contribution (4.4%) for funding their annuities under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for U.S. tax purposes; and (2) revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with lower income tax rates than the United States).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5339
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse or addiction. Requires states to use these grants to provide up to 60 consecutive days of services to individuals who otherwise would not have access to substance abuse services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House