hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2379
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act of 2013 - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 with respect to the prohibition against an individual's engaging in the business of a loan originator without first obtaining (and maintaining annually) a registration as a registered loan originator or a license and registration as a state-licensed loan originator, as well as obtaining a unique identifier.
 
Authorizes certain individuals who are qualified registered loan originators under the Truth in Lending Act to act as a loan originator, during a 90-day period following submission of background check materials, under the supervision of a state-licensed firm that engages in loan origination. Terminates the individual's authority to act as a loan originator upon the end of such 90-day period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate the MAP Act

Bill: 113-hr-2380
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural trade
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Eliminate the MAP Act - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the Market Access Program (MAP) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (MAP is a program that uses funds from the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation to aid in the creation, expansion, and maintenance of foreign markets for U.S. agricultural products.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Youth Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2381
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education of the disadvantaged
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Youth Jobs Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Youth Jobs Fund, with an initial appropriation of $3 billion for FY2014.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.
 
Requires the Secretary to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.
 
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E8E892-893)
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-2382
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in processing veterans claims for compensation, to provide priority over other claimants to: (1) veterans who have attained age 70, (2) veterans who are terminally ill, and (3) veterans who have life-threatening illnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Food Security Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2384
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Food assistance and relief
Guam
Hawaii
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Food Security Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan. Sets forth required adjustments.
 
Authorizes SNAP appropriations through FY2015.
 
Revises funding provisions for consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa.
 
Extends the availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance program through FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-2386
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement officers
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act - Authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (public safety officer) working in such jurisdiction who dies while serving in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-2387
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Human rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and human rights throughout the world.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E886)
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
No Detention without Charge Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2390
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Government liability
Military law
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
No Detention without Charge Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit an authorization for the use of military force, a declaration of war, or any similar Act pertaining to the authority of the President over the use of the U.S. Armed Forces from: (1) authorizing the apprehension or detention of any person except to the extent that the Constitution, the law of war, and otherwise applicable human rights law permits such apprehension or detention; or (2) authorizing the detention without charge of any person apprehended or detained in the United States or a U.S. territory or possession, except as expressly provided by an Act of Congress. Declares that the Authorization for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) shall not constitute such an Act of Congress.
 
Allows a person to assert a violation of this Act as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain appropriate relief against a government. Provides that standing to assert a claim or defense shall be governed by the general rules of standing under Article III of the Constitution.
 
Repeals provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 that require U.S. Armed Forces to hold in military custody pending disposition under the law of war a person who is: (1) captured in the course of hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and (2) determined to be a member or part of al Qaeda or an associated force who participated in planning or carrying out an attack against the United States or its coalition partners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 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: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 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: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 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: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Bill: 113-hr-2392
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Provides for the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
American Growth & Tax Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2393
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: 
American Growth & Tax Reform Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and submit to Congress a legislative proposal to establish a consumption tax that is broad-based and progressive in nature. Requires such proposal to: (1) set forth the details of such a consumption tax and the rates required to eliminate the total public debt in 10, 20, or 30 years; and (2) include an analysis of the feasibility of such a tax and a comparative analysis of the function and character of consumption taxes in other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Local Education Authority Returns Now Act

Bill: 113-hr-2394
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: 
Local Education Authority Returns Now Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make an annual determination of states that have chosen to opt-out of K-12 education grant programs.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to determine credits due to states as opt-out state education amounts.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers in states that opt-out a refundable tax credit for a share of the opt-out amount creditable to such states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-17
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: 2013-06-17
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: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at projects authorized under the Commemorative Works Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2395
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Monuments and memorials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of General Services (GSA), as applicable, to permit a sponsor authorized to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to acknowledge donor contributions at such work.
 
Requires the Secretary to approve such plan if it: (1) allows only short, discrete, and unobtrusive acknowledgments or credits; (2) does not permit any advertising slogans or company logos; and (3) conforms to applicable National Park Service guidelines for indoor recognition.
 
Requires the sponsor to: (1) bear all display expenses; and (2) submit a display plan to the Secretary for approval before the display.
 
Allows resubmission of a revised plan if the original plan is not approved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
True Cost of Coal Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2396
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Coal
Environmental technology
Government trust funds
Income tax deductions
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Noise pollution
Railroads
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: 
True Cost of Coal Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a $10 per ton excise tax on the extraction of coal; (2) establish in the Treasury the Coal Mitigation Trust Fund to hold revenues from such tax; and (3) extend to 50 years the recovery period, for depreciation purposes, for specified coal port property used for the export of coal. 
 
Allows expenditures from the Coal Mitigation Trust Fund to assist states in mitigating noise, vibration, traffic delays, pollution and other threats to public health, and emergencies in connection with the transportation of coal by rail, and to provide worker adjustment assistance. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to require all rail cars transporting coal to be covered or to incorporate a suitable alternative technology to ensure that coal and coal dust do not escape during transportation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E901)
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Organic Standards Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-2400
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural practices and innovations
Business records
Department of Agriculture
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: 
Amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to require all persons, including producers, handlers, and certifying agents, required to report information to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) under such Act to maintain all contracts, agreements, receipts, and other records associated with the organic certification program for 5 years (10 years for a certifying agent).
 
Authorizes investigative and enforcement actions for violations of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Good Neighbor Forestry Act

Bill: 113-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Insects
Intergovernmental relations
Pest management
State and local government operations
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: 
Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services that include: (1) activities to treat insect infected forests; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; (3) activities involving commercial harvesting or other mechanical vegetation treatments; or (4) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat. 
 
Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration, management, and protection services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2402
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-17 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: 2013-06-17
text: 
Consumer Financial Protection Commission 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 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 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 prior Commission approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Introduced in House