hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act

Bill: 113-s-2487
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Performance measurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of a loan under the microloan program.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use amounts made available for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs to pay for any costs associated with these increases.
 
Requires the Administrator to develop and adopt outcome-oriented standards to measure the microloan program's performance, including the recommendations provided in the SBA Office of Inspector General Memorandum ROM-10-10, &quot;SBA's Administration of the Microloan Program under the Recovery Act,&quot; issued December 28, 2009.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to educate individuals, including owners and operators of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs, about the microloan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Parents Home Office Act

Bill: 113-s-2488
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Child care and development
Income tax deductions
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Working Parents Home Office Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the home office tax deduction, to allow the use of a portion of a dwelling unit used for conducting a trade or business for the care of a dependent child of the taxpayer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3813)
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3774)
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to include a question to ascertain United States citizenship and immigration status in each questionnaire used for a decennial census of population, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2490
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in each questionnaire used for conducting the decennial census of population a question to ascertain U.S. citizenship and immigration status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-2491
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Medicare Protection Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the eligibility age under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act should not be increased, and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher system.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, with respect to extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation, to require a provision to be considered extraneous if it eliminates or reduces guaranteed benefits for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under Medicare or restricts the eligibility for such program. (Thus subjects such a provision to a point of order and stricken from the bill.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Charity Care Expansion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2492
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Charity Care Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a physician a tax deduction equal to the amount such physician would have otherwise charged for charity medical care provided on a volunteer or pro bono basis through a pre-existing agreement between the physician and a health care clinic or other organization providing health care to underserved or low-income individuals. Imposes an overal limitation on such deduction equal to 10% of the physician's gross income derived from physicians' services (as defined by the Social Security Act) or $10,000 for physicians who do not have income derived from physicians' services.
 
Repeals the block grant program for preventive health and health services under the Public Health Service Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3813)
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 113-s-2493
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Minnesota
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2494
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Energy
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to issue a final decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 45 days after conclusion of the review required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
 
Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility under an application will be located with respect to any civil action for review of: (1) an order by the Secretary regarding the application, or (2) failure of the Secretary to issue a decision on the application. 
 
Requires the Court, if it finds in a civil action that the Secretary has failed to issue a decision on an application, to order the Secretary to issue one within 30 days. Requires the Court to set any civil action brought under this Act on the docket for expedited consideration as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading. 
 
Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct DOE, in the case of any authorization to export liquefied natural gas, to require the applicant to report to DOE the names of the countries of destination. 
 
Requires DOE to publish such information on its website and otherwise make it publicly available.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2495
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish and enforce new spending caps. 
Establishes the aggregate outlay cap (less net interest payments) for FY2015 at $3.774 trillion, less 1%. Reduces the outlay cap for FY2016-FY2017 by 1% of the previous fiscal year's outlay cap.
 
Requires the outlay cap for FY2018 and subsequent fiscal years to be 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for that fiscal year as estimated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prohibits outlays from being less than those for the preceding fiscal year for any fiscal year beginning with FY2019.
 
Requires OMB to enforce the spending caps using a sequestration to eliminate any excess spending through automatic cuts. Eliminates most exemptions from sequestration. 
 
 
 
Permits the budget committees to report a resolution directing the committees of their respective chambers to change existing law to achieve the spending reductions necessary to meet the outlay limits if a sequestration is projected.
 

 

 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create procedures for the House and Senate to enforce the outlay caps established in this Act. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2496
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing the proposed rule entitled &quot;Definition of `Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act&quot;; or (2) using the proposed rule, or any substantially similar proposed rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking or any decision regarding the scope or enforcement of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).
 
Provides that the use of the proposed rule, or any substantially similar proposed rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking or any decision regarding the scope or enforcement of the Clean Water Act shall be grounds for vacating the final rule, decision, or enforcement action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4294-4296)
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Angel Tax Credit Act

Bill: 113-s-2497
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Angel Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for 25% of equity investments of $25,000 or more in a domestic corporation or partnership that: (1) has its headquarters in the United States, (2) has gross revenues for the taxable year of less than $1 million, (3) employs fewer than 25 full-time employees, (4) has been in existence for less than 7 years as of the date of the investment, (5) has more than 50% of its employees performing substantially all of their services in the United States, and (6) is engaged in a high technology trade or business. Limits the allowable amount of such credit to $250,000 in any taxable year and imposes an overall limitation on such credit of $500 million for each of calendar years 2013 through 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
HALOS Act

Bill: 113-s-2498
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act or the HALOS Act - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend Regulation D (governing the limited offer and sale of securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933) to make the prohibition against general solicitation or general advertising inapplicable to events with specified kinds of sponsors (including angel investor groups not connected to broker-dealers or investment advisers) where:
 
 
presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer,
 
the advertising does not refer to any specific offering of securities by the issuer,
 
the sponsor does not engage in certain activities (such as offering investment recommendations or advice to attendees), and
 
no specific information regarding a securities offering is communicated (other than that the issuer is in the process of offering or planning to offer securities, including the type and amount of securities being offered).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2500
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordinating standards and guidelines under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act with agencies and offices operating or exercising control of national security systems (including the National Security Agency [NSA]), to assure that such agencies or offices do not intentionally weaken, circumvent, undermine, or create any mechanism through which a federal agency may bypass the privacy, security, or encryption protections included in any standard or guideline.
 
Prohibits agencies and offices that consult with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on information security policies from undermining such protective mechanisms.
 
Prohibits federal agencies from intercepting shipments of computer or electronic products for the purpose of intentionally introducing into the products a mechanism or device that would allow a federal agency to circumvent a product's privacy, security, or encryption protections.
 
Bars elements of the intelligence community from requiring, or contracting with, a manufacturer or developer of such products to place such a mechanism or device into its products.
 
Exempts from such mechanism placement prohibitions certain lawful surveillance activities pursuant to a court order under specified provisions of the federal criminal code or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (except with respect to procedures for targeting persons outside the United States other than U.S. persons).
 
Permits persons (including certain associations and corporations, but excluding foreign powers) who suffer an injury relating to a mechanism placed into product to bring a civil action against the United States to recover money damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2501
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining a hospital's excess readmission ratio for purposes of making payments for discharges starting in FY2016, to risk adjust readmissions to account for patient socioeconomic status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Development Lab Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2502
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Research administration and funding
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Global Development Lab Act of 2014 - Establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) the United States Global Development Lab whose responsibilities should include: 
 
 
increasing the application of science, technology, innovation and partnerships to develop and scale solutions to end extreme poverty; 
 
discovering, testing, and scaling development innovations to increase cost effectiveness and support U.S. foreign policy and development goals; 
 
leveraging the expertise and resources of businesses, nongovernmental organizations, science and research organizations, and universities to increase program impact; 
 
utilizing innovation-driven competitions to expand solutions to development challenges; and 
 
supporting USAID Missions and Bureaus in applying science, technology, innovation, and partnership approaches to decision making, procurement, and program design.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3864)
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2503
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement between the Hualapai Tribe, the Department of of the Interior, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and the Freeport Minerals Corporation. 
 
 Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement between the Tribe, the United States as trustee for the Tribe, and Freeport Minerals Corporation. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Interior to execute both agreements. 
 
 
Sets forth provisions regarding the waiver, release, and retention of specified water rights claims. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-419.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3864)
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2504
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2014-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical research
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: 
Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force.
 
 Reauthorizes the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program through FY2019. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report on the effectiveness of the program in reducing prescription drug abuse and any corresponding increase or decrease in the use of heroin.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program through FY2019.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to:
 
 
revise the 2011 Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan to reassess the approach to addressing prescription drug abuse in light of an increase in heroin use and to outline actions or programs to reduce and prevent such abuse, and
 
ensure that ONDCP takes into account a specified GAO report concerning program coordination and identifies opportunities to enhance interagency coordination as part of the Plan. 
 
 
Requires the Secretary to advance the education and awareness of providers, patients, and stakeholders regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioid drugs if such products are not taken as prescribed. 
Directs ONDCP to establish a national drug awareness campaign that: 
 
takes into account the association between prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and
 
emphasizes the similarities between heroin and prescription opioids and the effects of these on the human body. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate