hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act

Bill: 113-hr-4368
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing any change to the prohibited items list of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that would permit passengers to carry small, non-locking knives through passenger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile areas at airports, or on board passenger aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Using our Energy to Build Better Communities Act

Bill: 113-hr-4369
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy revenues and royalties
Mining
Oil and gas
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Using Our Energy To Build Better Communities Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act, with respect to disposition of moneys received from oil, gas, and geothermal leases and prospecting permits on federal lands, to reduce from 40% to 20% the amount designated for the reclamation fund created under the Reclamation Act.
 
Requires that another 20% of such funds be used to pay directly to each county in which mining operations occurred an amount directly proportional to the portion of such money attributable to those operations. 
 
Requires that moneys paid directly to such county be used by the county for its schools and roads.
 Makes this Act inapplicable to Alaska and its counties.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in California as the "Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area", and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4371
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Motor vehicles
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Redesignates the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in California as the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-4372
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Aviation and airports
Government information and archives
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act - Directs the President to make public an annual report on the use of targeted lethal force by remotely-piloted aircraft, which shall include the total numbers of combatants, civilians, and other persons killed or injured outside the United States by remotely-piloted aircraft each calendar year. Excludes: (1) any use of targeted lethal force in Afghanistan prior to the end of U.S. combat operations, or (2) any use of such force in a foreign country described by a future declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force.
 
Requires the first report submitted to also include such information for the six preceding calendar years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-4373
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Pell Grant Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student may be eligible for an award year at a specified amount, increased for inflation each year, plus any additional amount specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to that award year.
 
Appropriates for FY2015 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to provide, in combination with any amounts separately appropriated for the additional Pell Grant amount, each eligible student with the maximum Pell Grant amount, minus the student's expected family contribution. (This converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant. 
 
Permits the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year to exceed the total maximum Pell Grant for such award year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4374
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cell biology and embryology
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) adopt the unique device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or implement a comparable standard identification system, for identifying biological implants intended for use in medical procedures conducted in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities; (2) implement a compatible system for tracking the implants from donor to implantation; and (3) implement inventory controls compatible with such tracking system so that all patients who have received, in a VA medical facility, a biological implant subject to a recall by the FDA can be notified of the recall. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to procure biological implants only from vendors that meet specified conditions, including that the vendor uses the standard identification system, consents to periodic VA inspections and audits, is registered with the FDA, and maintains national accreditation specific to biological implants. Requires the Secretary to: (1) procure such implants under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules, (2) accommodate reasonable vendor requests to undertake specified outreach efforts to educate VA medical professionals about the use and efficacy of implants that are listed on such Schedules, and (3) procure biological implants that are unavailable for procurement under such Schedules using competitive procedures in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
 
Makes any VA procurement employee found responsible for a biological implant procurement transaction with intent to avoid, or with reckless disregard of, the requirements of this Act ineligible to hold a certificate of appointment as a contracting officer or to serve as the representative of an ordering officer, contracting officer, or purchase card holder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-4375
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Security Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4376
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Retirement Security Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prescribe final regulations to permit employers to participate in multiple employer pension benefit plans, (2) promulgate regulations or other guidance to simplify and clarify rules relating to the timing of participant notices required under tax-preferred pension plans and the automatic escalation rules, and (3) modify the 1040EZ tax return form to allow taxpayers to claim the tax credit for retirement savings (saver's credit) on such form.
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employer pension benefit plans, to: (1) allow employers to maintain a tax-exempt multiple employer pension benefit plan even if the employers sponsoring the plan share no common interest, (2) modify requirements for secure deferral arrangements with respect to nondiscrimination and employer matching contributions, and (3) allow employers with not more than 100 employees a business-related tax credit to cover increased matching contributions required by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-04-02
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: 2014-04-02
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: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4377
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Defense spending
Detention of persons
Disaster relief and insurance
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Human trafficking
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military operations and strategy
North Korea
Political movements and philosophies
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Burma Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2014 - Prohibits FY2014 or FY2015 funds from being made available for security assistance 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.
 
States that nothing in this Act should be construed to prevent participation by Burmese authorities in training on civil-military relations and human rights, as carried out by the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies, or to prevent U.S. disaster assistance in Burma. 
 
 Directs the Secretary of State 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: 2014-09-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
EAT for Health Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4378
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Education and Training for Health Act of 2014 or the EAT for Health Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidelines to federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have at least six credits of continuing medical education courses relating to nutrition. Requires these to include at least courses on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
 
Requires each agency employing such primary care professionals to report to Congress annually on the extent to which it has adopted and enforced the guidelines issued under this Act with respect to those employed during any portion of the previous year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any appropriation of funds for the National Labor Relations Board.

Bill: 113-hr-4379
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Denies the authorization of any appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-4380
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act - Prohibits any of the funds made available through the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 or the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program from being provided to any jurisdiction which: (1) maintains a registry of gun ownership, or (2) conducts a program of gun confiscation directed at any firearm which is not prohibited by federal law or any group of persons who are not prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Biometric Information Privacy Act

Bill: 113-hr-4381
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Government information and archives
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Biometric Information Privacy Act - Establishes an offense that subjects business entities (including organizations, trusts, and nonprofits), government entities, and people to penalties for knowingly: (1) obtaining in a fraudulent manner personal physiological biometric information relating to an individual, or (2) disclosing such information without permission from the individuals to whom the information pertains.
 
Defines &quot;personal physiological biometric information&quot; as genetic information, finger prints, palm prints, hand geometry, iris scans, retina scans, and eye vein scans. 
 
Sets forth the following penalties to apply to such offenses:
 
 
a fine of up to $50,000, imprisonment for up to 1 year, or both;
 
if the offense is committed under false pretenses, a fine of up to $100,000, imprisonment for up to 5 years, or both; and 
 
if the offense is committed with intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm, a fine of up to $250,000, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both.
 
 
Permits a governmental entity to obtain such personal information pursuant to a court order only if, in the court proceeding relevant to such order: (1) such entity offers clear and convincing evidence that the subject of the information is reasonably suspected of engaging in criminal activity and that the information sought would be material evidence in the case, and (2) the subject of the information is afforded the opportunity to appear and contest such entity's claim. 
 
Requires the Attorney General (DOJ) to enforce violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To streamline the collection and distribution of government information.

Bill: 113-hr-4382
Sponsor: Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
General science and technology matters
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Repeals the National Technical Information Act of 1988, effective one year after the enactment of this Act (thus abolishes the National Technical Information Service [NTIS]). 
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Commerce, the Archivist of the United States, the Comptroller General (GAO), and the Commissioner of Social Security to consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine if any NTIS function is critical to the U.S. economy; (2) the Comptroller General to determine which of any such critical functions are not being carried out by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government; and (3) the Secretary of Commerce, prior to the effective date of this Act, to submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance a written certification that all NTIS operations have been terminated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in House