hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Bill: 113-hr-5178
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime victims
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: 
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person. 
 
Defines &quot;state judicial debt&quot; to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
POSTAL Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5179
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: 
Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act of 2014 or the POSTAL Act of 2014 - Expands the specific powers of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to include the provision of basic financial services, including: (1) small-dollar loans; (2) checking accounts, interest-bearing savings accounts, and services relating to international money transfers, each of which may be provided by the USPS alone or in partnership with depository institutions and credit unions; (3) other basic financial services as appropriate in the public interest; and (4) the creation of a Postal Card that allows users to engage in such financial services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5180
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2014-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Federal Reserve System
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: 
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to subject the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) to the Administrative Procedure Act.
 
Requires the Council to make publicly available any final report study or analysis it has prepared, unless exempt from disclosure.
 
Requires the Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and to prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability.
 
Requires the Council, when reevaluating determinations with respect to a nonbank financial company under Federal Reserve Board supervision, to provide written notice to the company and afford it opportunity to submit written materials to contest the determination.
 
Directs the Council, upon identifying a nonbank financial company for comprehensive analysis of its potential to pose a threat to U.S. financial stability, to provide: (1) written notice that explains with specificity the basis for the identification, and (2) an opportunity to submit written materials for Council consideration.
 
Prescribes procedural requirements for proposed determinations and final decisionmaking by the Council, including periodic review of individual determinations.
 
Directs the Council every five years to study: (1) the impact of its determinations to subject nonbank financial companies to Federal Reserve Board supervision and prudential standards, and (2) whether such determinations have the intended result of improving domestic financial stability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
RECORD Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5181
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2014-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: 
Retention of Electronic Correspondence Of Regulatory Decisions Act of 2014 or the RECORD Act of 2014 - Requires the records management program maintained by each federal agency head to provide for: (1) the identification and automatic retention of electronic mail (email) accounts that should be preserved as permanent federal records, including the accounts of such head and specified other agency officials and employees; and (2) the electronic capture, management, and preservation of those email accounts in accordance with records disposal requirements such that electronic records are readily accessible for retrieval through electronic searches and there are mandatory minimum functional requirements for electronic records management systems to ensure compliance with program requirements.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate and report to Congress not less than every two years on agency management of email records.
 
Amends the Inspector General Act to make it the responsibility of each Inspector General to: (1) review legislation and regulations relating to records retention requirements under the Federal Records Act for entity programs and operations, and (2) make recommendations in such Inspector General's semiannual reports concerning compliance with such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5182
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2014-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: 

 
Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.
 
Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.
 
Waives the nine-month marriage requirement to make eligible for widow or widower benefits certain widows or widowers whose marriage to a deceased individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the deceased individual as a result of such a marriage.
 
Waives the one-year marriage requirement to make eligible for husband's or wife's OASDI benefits certain husbands and wives whose marriage to an individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the individual as a result of such a marriage.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a comprehensive and effective three-year outreach campaign to encourage benefit applications by individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits as a result of changes in law relating to same-sex marriage and occurring on or after June 26, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
VBID for Better Care Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5183
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: 
Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2014 or the VBID for Better Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a three-year demonstration program to test the use of value-based insurance design methodologies under the eligible Medicare plans offered by Medicare Advantage organizations under part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
 
Defines &quot;value-based insurance design methodology&quot; as one for identifying specific prescription medications, and clinical services reimbursable under Medicare, for which copayments, coinsurance, or both should be reduced or eliminated because of the high-value and effectiveness of these medications and services for specific chronic clinical conditions (as approved by the Secretary).
 
Directs the Secretary to expand the demonstration program to implement, on a permanent basis, those components beneficial to Medicare beneficiaries and the Medicare program, unless a required evaluation of the program states that it: (1) increases expenditures under Medicare with respect to participating beneficiaries, or (2) decreases the quality of health care services furnished to such beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5187
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2014 - Defines "prevailing party" for any Act of Congress, any agency ruling, regulation, or interpretation, or any judicial or administrative rule that provides for the recovery of attorney's fees, to include a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides any significant part of the relief sought. 
 
Prohibits this Act from altering any: (1) special eligibility criteria established for prevailing defendants, or (2) specific eligibility criteria contained in any statute that expressly limits or qualifies who may be considered a prevailing party for purposes of that statute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to develop a model form for a disclosure notice that shall be used by depository institutions and credit unions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5188
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to develop a model form for a disclosure notice to be used by depository institutions and credit unions to inform consumers before they open a checking account.
 
Exempts from the requirement to use such a form any depository institutions or credit unions with total assets of less than $2 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5189
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hydrology and hydrography
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate water considerations into its energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects by: (1) advancing energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices that meet the objectives of minimizing freshwater withdrawal and consumption, increasing water use efficiency, and utilizing nontraditional water sources with efforts to improve the quality of the water from those sources; (2) considering the effects climate variability may have on water supplies and quality for energy generation and fuel production; and (3) improving the understanding of the energy required to provide reliable water supplies and the water required to provide reliable energy supplies.
 
Directs DOE to develop and update every five years a strategic plan to carry out the integration.
 
Requires DOE to establish an Energy-Water Subcommittee of the Energy Advisory Board to promote and enable improved energy and water resource data collection, reporting, and technological innovation.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to require state, tribal, or local governments to take any action that may result in an increased financial burden by restricting their water use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Ukraine Security Assistance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5190
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Political movements and philosophies
Russia
Terrorism
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Ukraine Security Assistance Act of 2014 - Authorizes the the President to provide Ukraine with specified defense articles, services, and training.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to conduct or complete an ongoing assessment of the capabilities and needs of Ukraine's armed forces, and provide it to Congress.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: 
 
 
provide Ukraine with appropriate intelligence and other information to determine the location, strength, and capabilities of the military and intelligence forces of the Russian Federation located on Ukraine's eastern border and within its territorial borders, including Crimea; 
 
take steps to ensure that such intelligence information is protected from further disclosure; and 
 
report to Congress detailing such disclosure.
 
 
States that during the period in which Ukraine meets specified democratic government and security cooperation criteria it shall be treated as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally.
 
 Directs the President to increase: (1) military-to-military interactions of the U.S. Armed Forces with the armed forces of Ukraine, and (2) U.S. and NATO security assistance to Ukraine.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotiations with Ukraine to establish new, or strengthen existing, bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation agreements, including agreements related to cyber defense cooperation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Accessibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-5191
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Pell Grant Accessibility Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive the ban on participation in the Federal Pell Grant program by an institution of higher education (IHE) (or an affiliate that controls the IHE) that has filed for bankruptcy if: (1) that filing occurred at least five years before the IHE seeks a waiver of such ban, (2) the IHE submits to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers appropriate, and (3) the Secretary determines that the IHE should not be subject to the ban.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
THRIFT Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5192
Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-10]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
To Help Reduce Inefficient Federal Tendencies Act of 2014 or the THRIFT Act of 2014 - Allows federal agencies, including judicial branch agencies, to: (1) retain up to 25% of annual savings from the implementation of plans developed by such agencies to create efficiencies and cost savings in agency operations, and (2) use such savings for specified purposes, including salary increases and employee awards for cost savings disclosures. Requires an agency to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan and an associated request to amend its approved operating budget specifying how such savings will be achieved and the amount and source of such savings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House