hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4123
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2014 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, with respect to the detention of a juvenile status offender (a juvenile arrested for an offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult) who violates a valid court order, to require the court placing such juvenile in detention to issue a written order that: (1) identifies the valid court order that has been violated; (2) specifies the factual basis for determining that there is reasonable cause to believe that the juvenile has violated such order; (3) includes findings of fact to support a determination that there is no appropriate less restrictive alternative available to placing the juvenile in a secure detention or correctional facility, with due consideration to the best interest of the juvenile; (4) specifies the length of time, not to exceed three days, that the juvenile may remain in such facility and includes a plan for the juvenile's release; and (5) may not be renewed or extended. Provides that a juvenile status offender may only be detained once in any six-month period. Eliminates, not later than one year after the enactment of this Act, the use of valid court orders to provide secure lockup of juvenile status offenders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4124
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit subjecting a juvenile in federal custody in a juvenile facility to solitary confinement.
 
Requires the Director of the Board of Prisons to report annually to the President and Congress on: (1) the most recent data regarding the rate at which juveniles are subject to solitary confinement; and (2) the trends demonstrated by data on juveniles subjected to solitary confinement with regard to the types of offenses for which the juveniles were incarcerated, the race, gender, and age of such juveniles, how many hours such juveniles were subject to solitary confinement, and the purposes of the solitary confinement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Shasta Dam Expansion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4125
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Dams and canals
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Shasta Dam Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a project for the enlargement of the Shasta Dam, California, if the Secretary determines that such project is feasible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
San Luis Reservoir Expansion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4126
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
San Luis Reservoir Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize expenditures for the San Luis Reservoir lowpoint improvement project to include funds to increase storage capacity at San Luis Reservoir in California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Upper San Joaquin River Storage Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4127
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Upper San Joaquin River Storage Act of 2014 - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a project for Upper San Joaquin River storage in Fresno and Madera Counties, California, if the Secretary determines that such project is feasible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-4128
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Obama Administration should work to make the small employer health care insurance tax credit more accessible for small employers. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the small employer health care insurance tax credit, to: (1) revise the definition of "eligible small employer" to mean an employer with not more than 50 (currently, 25) full-time employees; (2) modify the phaseout formula for such credit to base such phaseout on number of employees and average annual wages; (3) allow a 35% credit in 2014 to small employers who purchase health care coverage outside of the Small Business Health Option Program (SHOP exchange); (4) extend from two to three consecutive taxable years the period during which an employer may claim such credit; (5) eliminate the requirement that employers contribute the same percentage of cost of each employee's health insurance and the cap limiting eligible employer contributions to average premiums paid to a state health insurance exchange; and (6) make such credit available to dependents of a small employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
RAYS Act

Bill: 113-hr-4129
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Roth Accounts for Youth Savings Act of 2014 or the RAYS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs), to allow dependents of a taxpayer to establish a Roth IRA (Roth Account for Youth). Disregards any amount in a Roth Account for Youth for purposes of determining elibility for benefits or assistance for a means-tested federal benefit program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Low and Moderate Income Housing Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4130
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Low and Moderate Income Housing Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to provide that a qualified low-income housing project is eligible for the credit if 50% or more of the residential units in such project are both rent-restricted and occupied by individuals whose income is at least 50%, but not more than 120%, of area median gross income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Predatory Towing Enforcement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4131
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
State and Local Predatory Towing Enforcement Act - Waives federal preemption to allow states to regulate tow truck operations performed without the prior consent or authorization of the owner or operator of the towed motor vehicle.
 
(Currently, states are allowed to regulate only the price of for-hire motor vehicle transportation by a tow truck, if such transportation is performed without the prior consent or authorization of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Helping Entrepreneurs Lower Prices Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4132
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Helping Entrepreneurs Lower Prices Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of "eligible small employer," for purposes of the small employer health insurance tax credit, to mean an employer who has not more than 50 (currently, 25) full-time employees for a taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Attraction and Retention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4133
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Small Business Attraction and Retention Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the period during which an employer may qualify for the small employer health insurance tax credit from two to three consecutive taxable years beginning with the first taxable year in which such employer offers one or more qualified health plans to its employees through an American Health Benefit Exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
America First Act

Bill: 113-hr-4134
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Foreign aid and international relief
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
America First Act - Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62. Offsets the cost of such repeal by reducing amounts authorized to be appropriated for foreign aid (including non-military and military assistance) for FY2015-FY2024. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4135
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to eliminate the requirement that a firearm or ammunition be particularly suitable for sporting purposes in order for such firearm or ammunition to be authorized to be: (1) imported into the United States; or (2) shipped to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States, to a club composed of such members, or to the U.S. residence of such a member.
 
Prohibits the Attorney General from authorizing the importation of armor piercing ammunition, incendiary ammunition, or tracer ammunition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Full Funding Act

Bill: 113-hr-4136
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
 IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
 
Sets the amount to be authorized and the amount to be appropriated for each fiscal year from FY2015-FY2023 as the greater of: (1) a specified amount, or (2) a specified percentage of an amount determined pursuant to a formula that multiplies the number of children receiving special education services by the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools. 
 
Authorizes and appropriates funds for FY2024 and each subsequent fiscal year equal to the greater of a specified amount or 40% of the amount determined using such formula. 
 
Requires amounts appropriated to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act

Bill: 113-hr-4137
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2014-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: 
Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state receiving a TANF grant to maintain policies and practices necessary to prevent assistance under the TANF program from being used in any electronic benefit transfer (via a card) at any establishment that offers marijuana for sale.

action_date: 2014-09-16
text: 

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

 
Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state receiving a TANF grant to maintain policies and practices necessary to prevent assistance under the TANF program from being used in any electronic benefit transfer (via a card) at any establishment that offers marijuana for sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7603)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7603)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4137.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7603-7605)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Mr. Reichert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act

Bill: 113-hr-4139
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2014-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Free trade and trade barriers
Oil and gas
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: 
American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to deem consistent with the public interest an expedited application and approval process for the importation or exportation of natural gas to a World Trade Organization country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Veterans with Children Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4140
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2014-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Family services
Right of privacy
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: 
Homeless Veterans with Children Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide per diem payments to eligible entities that assist homeless veterans to furnish care for dependents of such veterans.
 
Conditions the receipt of a VA grant for a program to assist an eligible entity in providing services to homeless veterans on the recipient agreeing to meet the physical, privacy, safety, and security needs of such veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4141
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
No Welfare for Weed Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4142
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: 
No Welfare for Weed Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude marijuana products from the definition of food which may be purchased under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program).
 
Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state receiving a TANF grant to maintain policies and practices necessary to prevent assistance under the TANF program from being used in any electronic benefit transfer (via a card) at any establishment that offers marijuana for sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Introduced in House