hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-961
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), with respect to employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), to: (1) provide a new formula for calculating employee pension contributions using the normal-cost percentage method multiplied by the aggregate amount of basic pay payable to employees of USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission, and (2) provide for the use of excess FERS contributions to pay USPS debt obligations and make pension contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-962
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of diabetes prevention program services to an eligible diabetes prevention program individual.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the criteria for a diabetes prevention program in accordance with the standards under the National Diabetes Prevention Program established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 
Excludes items and services under a diabetes prevention program from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
 
Includes: (1) items and services under a diabetes prevention programs among federally qualified health center services, (2) rates of referrals of eligible individuals to diabetes prevention programs among the quality measures for covered professional services in the Medicare physician quality reporting system, and (3) an individual's diabetes risk assessment in the individual's Medicare personalized prevention plan.
 
Expresses the sense of the House that the National Diabetes Prevention Program presents an opportunity for states to reduce the incidence of diabetes among individuals enrolled in their Medicaid programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-05
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: 2013-03-05
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: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Coordination of Pro Bono Medically Recommended Dental Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-963
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Coordination of Pro Bono Medically Recommended Dental Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities to maximize the number of eligible low-income individuals receiving dental care.
 
Requires an entity to use amounts received under a grant or contract to fund the employment costs of a program to: (1) coordinate the provision of free, medically recommended dental care to eligible low-income individuals by volunteer dentists in a manner consistent with state licensing laws; and (2) verify the medical, dental, and financial needs of individuals who may be eligible for such dental services.
 
Requires an eligible: (1) entity to be tax-exempt and provide for the participation of eligible individuals in a free dental services program; and (2) individual to be entitled to benefits or be enrolled under Medicare, Medicaid, or a state plan or waiver under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-964
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Federal preemption
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that, in the case of any state law that pertains to marihuana, no provision of such Act shall be construed as indicating congressional intent to: (1) occupy the field in which that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the exclusion of state law on the same subject matter; or (2) preempt any such state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials.

Bill: 113-hr-965
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the possession or transfer of a junk gun which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Exempts the continuous and otherwise lawful possession of such a gun that began before the effective date of this Act.
 
Defines "junk gun" to mean: (1) a handgun that is not a sporting handgun (i.e., a type of handgun generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes); and (2) any combination of parts from which such a handgun can be assembled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-966
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Philippines
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-968
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Fire Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow local variances for certain residential structures.
 
Prohibits certain land use and control measures from being deemed inadequate or inconsistent with land management criteria for participation in the flood insurance program because such measures authorize granting a variance for a residential structure located in a covered area and that is substantially damaged by fire. 
 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from either suspending a community from participation in the national flood insurance program, or placing it on probation, because its land use and control measures provide for such a variance. 
 
Defines such variance as one granted by an appropriate official of the community from compliance with such land use and control measures and permits repair and restoration of such structure to its pre-damaged condition without elevation of the structure. 
 
Requires the official to have made specified determinations as a prerequisite to granting such a variance. 
 
Requires chargeable flood insurance premium rates for a residential structure granted such a variance to equal, after repair and restoration, the rates which would have been applicable if the structure had not been substantially damaged, repaired, and restored under the variance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-969
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or any state from requiring any health care provider to participate in any health plan as a condition of the provider's licensure in any state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Elimination of Single Parent Tax Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-970
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Elimination of Single Parent Tax Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit states from retaining a $25 annual collection fee from support collected on behalf of an individual applying for child support collection services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Proper Community Investments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-971
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Ensuring Proper Community Investments Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit a metropolitan city, urban county, local government, Indian tribe, or insular area that receives a community development block grant from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), or through a state allocation, from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring all or any portion of such grant to or for any other such entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-972
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Prohibits a person or entity acting under the authority of the United States from using a drone to gather evidence or other information pertaining to criminal conduct or regulatory violations except to the extent authorized in a warrant issued under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
 
Defines a &quot;drone&quot; as any powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, and can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, be expendable or recoverable, and carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.
 
Exempts from such prohibition the use of drones to: (1) patrol national borders to prevent or deter illegal entry of any immigrants or illegal substances, (2) prevent imminent danger to life or serious damage to property or to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect or destruction of evidence when drones are used by a law enforcement party under exigent circumstances, or (3) counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a specific individual or organization based on credible intelligence determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Authorizes civil actions by aggrieved parties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-973
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
First Amendment rights
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Religion
Sales and excise taxes
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt an employer opposed by reason of adherence to a religious belief or moral conviction from the tax penalty imposed for failure of a group health plan to cover required women's preventive care and screenings.
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from bringing an action against a plan to enforce any requirement to provide such coverage to which an employer is opposed by reason of adherence to a religious belief or moral conviction. 
Exempts group health plans from penalties under state and federal enforcement provisions of the Public Health Service Act for failure to meet such women's health requirements insofar as they concern coverage to which an employer is opposed on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
MOVE Freight Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-974
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Multimodal Opportunities Via Enhanced Freight Act of 2013 or MOVE Freight Act of 2013 - Defines the &quot;national freight network&quot; as a network composed of highways, railways, navigable waterways, seaports, airports, freight intermodal connectors, and aerotropolis transportation systems most critical to the multimodal movement of freight.
 
Revises requirements for establishment and designation of a national freight network.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national freight network for efficient movement of freight on highways (as currently), railways, and navigable waterways, as well as into and out of inland ports, seaports, and airports.
 
Recharacterizes the primary freight network as multimodal, including critical rail corridors, critical intermodal connections, and critical inland port, seaport, and airport infrastructure.
 
Directs the Secretary to require (currently, encourage) states to develop state freight plans for immediate and long-range planning activities and investments with respect to freight. Requires states to coordinate with neighboring states to ensure multistate network continuity and connectivity.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program for capital investment projects that improve the efficiency of the national transportation system to move freight.
 
Limits the federal share of project net capital costs to 80%. 
 
Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $500 million or more, or (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $100 million or more. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Servicemember Mental Health Review Act

Bill: 113-hr-975
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Defense
Disability and paralysis
Lawyers and legal services
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are separated from the Armed Forces due to unfitness for duty because of a mental condition with a disability rating of 20% or less and are found to be ineligible for retirement. Adds to those eligible for such review individuals who, before December 31, 2014, are separated due to unfitness because of a mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation based on a personality or adjustment disorder. Requires the Board to: (1) review, upon request, the findings and decisions of the appropriate physical evaluation board with respect to such latter individuals; and (2) include as Board members at least one licensed psychologist and one licensed psychiatrist who have had no fiduciary relationship to the Department of Defense (DOD) since December 31, 2001. Allows the Board to review disability determinations of non-requesting individuals, after obtaining their consent.
 
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to correct the military records of individuals in accordance with Board recommendations, unless such Secretary finds that the Board has made a clearly erroneous recommendation.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure that eligible individuals receive notification of their right to a separation review by the Board, including the right to obtain counsel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House