hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2440
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 
FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that each decision, order, or opinion (&quot;decision,&quot; for purposes of this Act) issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes significant construction or interpretation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information should be declassified in a manner consistent with the protection of national security, intelligence sources and methods, and other properly classified and sensitive information.
 
Amends FISA provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to require the Attorney General, with exceptions, to declassify and make publicly available decisions concerning certain surveillance orders required for inclusion in a semiannual report to Congress. Requires release to the public of unclassified summaries and reports if the Attorney General determines that a decision may not be declassified.
 
Requires the Attorney General, in cases in which an unclassified summary may not be made available, to make publicly available an unclassified report on the status of the internal deliberations and process regarding the declassification by executive branch personnel of such decisions, including estimates of the number of decisions that will be declassified or remain classified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2441
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 
Small Business Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to permit a contract between a federal agency and a small business teaming arrangement entity to be deemed awarded for purposes of the small business procurement and services contracting goals established by the head of that agency if the obligations of such entity are performed by a qualified HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small business or a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or women. 
 
Defines &quot;teaming arrangement entity&quot; as a prime contractor under a contractor team arrangement as defined under specified provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-2442
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe. 
 
Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services.
 
Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe.
 
Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws.
 
Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E919)
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act

Bill: 113-hr-2443
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Sales and excise taxes
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 
Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of &quot;applicable large employer&quot; for purposes of the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees: (1) any elementary or secondary school, (2) any for-profit school which would be an elementary or secondary school if it were nonprofit, (3) any state or local educational agency, and (4) any institution of higher education (other than institutions outside of the United States). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2444
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2013-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 
Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2013 - Prohibits civilian or defense contracts from allowing compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees to exceed the rate of compensation payable to the Vice-President (currently, $230,700). Allows an exception to such limitation for scientists, engineers, or other specialists who are needed to ensure that an executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to specified congressional committees on contractor compensation, including the number of contractor employees hired in the preceding fiscal year who are exempt from the limitation on compensation imposed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
CAFE Standards Repeal Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2445
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2013-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 
CAFE Standards Repeal Act of 2013 - Repeals the corporate average fuel economy standards.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4148)
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2446
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013 - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to replace the position of Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with a five-member Commission whose members are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 
Prohibits the Chair of the Commission from making requests for estimates related to appropriations without the prior approval of the Commission.

action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013 - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to replace the position of Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with a five-member Commission composed of the Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve System and four additional members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, each to serve for a term of five years.
 
Prohibits the Chair of the Commission from making requests for estimates related to appropriations without the Commission's prior approval.
 
Makes technical and conforming amendments to related statutes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 255.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 113-345.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 113-345.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 21.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2447
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Directs the Committee on Technology under the National Science and Technology Council to develop, in lieu of the currently required strategic plan to guide federal programs and activities in support of advanced manufacturing research and development, a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan to improve government coordination and provide long-term guidance for federal programs and activities in support of U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced manufacturing research and development. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in developing and updating the plan quadrennially, to serve as the chairperson of the Committee. 
 
Specifies the goals of the plan to be to: (1) promote growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector, (2) support the development of a skilled manufacturing workforce, (3) enable innovation and investment in domestic manufacturing, and (4) support national security. 
 
Requires the Committee, as part of the development of the plan, to conduct an analysis of specified factors that impact the competitiveness and growth of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to transmit the plan, and subsequent updates, to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2448
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to make payments of unemployment compensation (including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970 and the emergency unemployment compensation program under the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008) to an individual whose resources in the preceding year were at least $1 million. 
 
Requires an individual's resources to be determined in the same manner as a subsidy eligible individual's resources are determined under the alternative resource standard of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to extend the term of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016.

Bill: 113-hr-2449
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
International law and treaties
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend the term of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016.

action_date: 2013-09-17
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the President to extend the term of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 461). (text: CR H5562)
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 461).(text: CR H5562)
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5573-5574)
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2449.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5562-5564)
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 153.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 113-209.
action_date: 2013-09-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 113-209.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Locality Pay Equity Act

Bill: 113-hr-2450
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Locality Pay Equity Act - Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as &quot;Rest of United States.&quot;
 
Requires the Director of OPM to ensure that this Act shall not reduce any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Entrepreneurs' Economic Development Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2451
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Strengthening Entrepreneurs' Economic Development Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a direct lending program for small businesses (businesses with fewer than 20 employees). Sets forth provisions governing the amount and repayment period of, and interest rate on, such a loan. Authorizes the Administrator to collect a fee from the borrower.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance regarding prudent underwriting standards for such loans; (2) establish a process of making each loan application available to lenders for the purpose of originating, underwriting, closing, and servicing the loan; (3) first give priority to lenders within 50 miles of the principal office of the applicant, then make such applications available to lenders in the Preferred Lenders Program, and then consider such a loan for origination, underwriting, closing, and servicing by the Administrator; (4) offer to sell loans made under the program through the semi-annual public solicitation of offers to purchase; and (5) maintain and service loans that are not sold through asset sales.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to require the SBA, for each small business loan in excess of $2 million that is approved under such Act, to collect a fee not to exceed a certain percentage of the outstanding balance of the deferred participation share of the loan as necessary to reduce to zero the cost to the SBA of making such loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House