hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-991
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of "imaging services" for which there is a special rule regarding outpatient services department (OPD) fee schedule payments.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit a preliminary report to Congress on the status of coverage of CTC as a CRC screening test under Medicare, including the extent to which such coverage as required by this Act has been implemented.


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: 2013-03-06
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: 2013-03-06
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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-994
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit an aggrieved person from commencing a civil action for discrimination based on the failure to remove a structural barrier to entry into an existing public accommodation unless the owner or operator of such accommodation: (1) is provided a written notice specific enough to identify such barrier; and (2) has, within specified time periods, either failed to provide the aggrieved person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to remove such barrier or provided such description and failed to remove such barrier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act

Bill: 113-hr-995
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act - Establishes the Organ Mountains monument in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, to comprise approximately 54,800 acres of public land in the county. 
 
States that, the purposes of the monument are the conservation, protection, and enhancement of its cultural, traditional, archaeological, natural, ecological, geological, historical, wildlife, livestock, watershed, educational, recreational, and scenic resources for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to manage the monument in a manner to conserve, protect, and enhance those resources.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Organ Mountains monument.
 
Allows hunting and trapping in the monument. 
 
Releases the Organ Mountains, Organ Needles, and Pena Blanca Wilderness Study Areas from further study for designation as wilderness and prohibits such Areas from any longer being subject to requirements under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 regarding the status of their lands during the period of review and determination of such areas for preservation as wilderness. 
 
Requires such monument to be administered as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
English Language Unity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-997
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
English Language Unity Act of 2013 - Makes English the official language of the United States. 
 
Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the U.S. government be conducted in English, and (2) all naturalization ceremonies be conducted in English.
 
Establishes a uniform English language rule for naturalization.
 
Makes English language requirements and workplace policies, whether in the public or private sector, presumptively consistent with the laws of the United States. 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for uniform testing of English language ability of candidates for naturalization based upon the principles that: (1) all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the laws of the United States; and (2) any exceptions to this standard should be limited to extraordinary circumstances, such as asylum.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the holding period used to determine whether horses are section 1231 assets to 12 months.

Bill: 113-hr-998
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the preferential tax treatment of gains and losses from the sale of depreciable property used in a trade or business, to eliminate &quot;horses&quot; from the definition of &quot;livestock&quot; (thus making the 24-month holding period requirement for livestock inapplicable to horses and allowing horses to be treated as capital assets subject to the existing 1-year holding period requirement). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-999
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Transportation safety and security
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Revises requirements with respect to the training of aliens and other individuals designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the operation of certain aircraft.
 
Authorizes a flight instructor, pilot school, or aviation training center to provide training to an individual in the operation of an aircraft with a takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds only if that individual has been checked against databases available to the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) that he or she is: (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national, (3) a permanent resident, or (4) an alien temporarily admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant for the purpose of obtaining such training.
 
Directs the Secretary to require Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of flight schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a specific limited exemption from the overtime pay requirements of such Act for work related to disaster or catastrophe claims adjustment after a major disaster.

Bill: 113-hr-1001
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Labor standards
Life, casualty, property insurance
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from maximum hours requirements any employee who: (1) adjusts or evaluates claims resulting from or relating to a major disaster for at least $591 per week (or any minimum weekly amount established by the Secretary of Labor, whichever is greater) during the 2-year period after the disaster; and (2) is employed as an adjuster or evaluator by an employer not itself engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1002
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Fair Access to Credit Scores Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require certain consumer reporting agencies to disclose, without charge, as part of a consumer's free annual disclosure upon request, a current credit score generated using the scoring methodology most frequently used to generate scores sold to creditors, including information regarding other risk scores or predictors in the consumer's file. 
 
Requires the agencies also to furnish such other consumer information as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) considers appropriate with respect to consumer financial education, including where the consumer's credit score falls with respect to a range of possible credit scores, and the general factors contributing to the credit scores of consumers.
 
Requires such agencies, upon consumer request for either a credit score or a risk score, to supply any such score in the consumer's file at the agency.
 
Requires the agencies to maintain credit scores or other risk scores or predictors in the consumer's file for at least one year after the data is generated.
 
Directs the CFPB to develop regulations establishing a mandatory format for consumer file disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders.

Bill: 113-hr-1003
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to revise the requirement that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), before promulgating a regulation or issuing an order, consider the costs and benefits of the action. Requires the CFTC, through the Office of the Chief Economist, to: (1) assess the costs and benefits, both qualitative and quantitative, of an intended regulation; and (2) propose or adopt a regulation only on a reasoned determination that the benefits justify the costs.
 
Lists additional mandatory considerations for the CFTC to evaluate in making a reasoned determination of the costs and the benefits, including the impact on market liquidity in the futures and swaps markets, as well as alternatives to direct regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act

Bill: 113-hr-1004
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California. 
 
Designates the Delta Protection Commission as the management entity for the Heritage Area. 
 
Requires the Commission to submit a proposed management plan for the Heritage Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. 
 
Bars approval of the management plan until the Secretary has received certification from the Commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the Council pursuant to state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Postal Executive Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-1006
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Postal Executive Accountability Act - Limits to six the number of United States Postal Service (USPS) officers and employees in very senior executive positions who may be paid at level I of the Executive Schedule and otherwise prohibits the rate of basic pay and bonuses for USPS officers and employees from exceeding the rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule (currently, level I). Prohibits USPS officers and employees in very senior executive positions from receiving fringe benefits that are greater than the benefits received by other USPS supervisory and managerial personnel who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Asthma Management Plans in School Act

Bill: 113-hr-1007
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Asthma Management Plans in School Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to schools that are receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Act and are located in areas that have a high prevalence of asthma so they can: (1) develop and implement an asthma management plan; and (2) purchase the asthma inhalers, nebulizer machines, valved holding chambers (VHCs), spacers, auto-injectable epinephrine, and other supplies necessary for the relief and treatment of affected students. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to local health or education departments to carry out such activities if they are the entities that would routinely carry out such activities in an area.
 
 Requires grantees to: (1) find innovative ways to encourage rapid bidirectional communication between schools and students' physicians and students' adherence to asthma treatment, and (2) ensure that they have on staff a nurse or individual who is trained to administer emergency asthma care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1009
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax deferral
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance clarifying that a length of service award program is not an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-03-06
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: 2013-03-06
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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1010
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act; (2) $9.15 an hour after one year; (3) $10.10 an hour after two years; and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) after three years, and annually thereafter.
 
Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the wage increase to ensure that it remains equal to 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Bishop (NY). Petition No: 113-7. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0007.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House