hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5872
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue to: (1) allow taxpayers an election to make annual payments of 1% of their adjusted gross income for a minimum seven-year period in lieu of existing estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) allow a step-up in basis for estate property of a taxpayer making an election under this Act. Sets forth requirements for the filing of an estate tax return for taxpayers who have made an election under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1807-1808)
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5873
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Gas Tax Replacement Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels; (2) add a carbon dioxide equivalent rate to the tax on crude oil and petroleum products; and (3) impose an new excise tax on the carbon content of methanol, ethanol, and biodiesel produced in the United States and entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to send to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and make public a report on the total life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide for gasoline, diesel fuel, biofuel, and other regulated fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5874
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Tim Fagan's Law or Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for a drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented. Requires a manufacturer of a drug to notify the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within 48 hours after first receiving or becoming aware of information that reasonably suggests that such a violation may have occurred. 
 
Deems a drug to be misbranded if it is not manufactured using technologies that HHS determines are technically feasible and assist in preventing such violations.
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, examinations, and investigations.
 
Requires HHS to educate the public and health care professionals on counterfeit drugs.
 
Directs HHS, upon a finding that a drug intended for human use may constitute a threat to the public health, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to cease distribution of the drug and to notify and instruct health professionals to cease administering, distributing, selling, or prescribing the drug. Requires HHS, after providing the person with an opportunity for an informal hearing, to amend the order to include a recall, if appropriate.
 
Requires HHS and the Attorney General to establish a procedure through which the FDA is authorized to issue subpoenas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Skies Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5876
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Outdoor recreation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Responsible Skies Act of 2014 - Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prohibit the operator of an unmanned recreational aircraft (drone) from flying it:
 
 
above 400 feet and within 5 miles of the perimeter of a commercial airport, or
 
where it may be seen from the airport's perimeter.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act

Bill: 113-hr-5879
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Marriage and family status
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act or the HELP Separated Children Act - Sets forth apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement-related activities engaged in by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and cooperating entities,
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) require DHS detention facilities to implement procedures to ensure that child custody and family interests can be considered in any immigration detention action, (2) develop memoranda of understanding with child welfare agencies and community organizations that protect the best interests of children of detained individuals, and (3) provide DHS personnel with appropriate training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-5880
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any state or territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by state or territorial law.
 
(Preempts contrary state or territorial law to allow the execution or application of agreements requiring union membership.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Securing American Families Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act

Bill: 113-hr-5881
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Securing American Families Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on: (1) the extent of adoption disruption and dissolution in the United States and efforts by state and local governments and private child welfare agencies to prevent the disruption and dissolution; and (2) set forth legislative options to require such agencies to track and report on disrupted or dissolved adoptions, and to prepare prospective adoptive parents and support them after an adoption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Flat Tax Rate Act

Bill: 113-hr-5882
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Tax reform and tax simplification
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Flat Tax Rate Act - Imposes a federal income tax rate of 15% on all income of all U.S. citizens, regardless of annual income or current economic standing. Allows exemptions for single and joint tax return filers and for each child of a taxpayer up to the age of 18. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Fair Tax for Repatriation Act

Bill: 113-hr-5883
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax rates
Tax reform and tax simplification
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Fair Tax for Repatriation Act - Declares that the federal tax on U.S. corporations earning profits abroad shall be a flat 5%. Makes the Department of the Treasury responsible for administering and enforcing such tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5885
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Endangered and threatened species
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2014 - Amends the Fur Seal Act of 1966 to revise requirements for the disposal of federal property on the Pribilof Islands (a group of five islands off the coast of mainland Alaska named Saint Paul, Saint George, Walrus, Otter, and Sea Lion Rock), including by: (1) authorizing the Department of Commerce to transfer or exchange specified land on the Islands to the village corporations of Saint Paul and Saint George Islands, and (2) giving those village corporations the first priority right to acquire that land on their respective islands.
 
Requires Commerce to publish promptly and submit to the Senate notice of certification that Alaska has confirmed that no further corrective action is required at sites and operable units covered by the Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration Agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Alaska.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5886
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Africa
Art, artists, authorship
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hunting and fishing
International law and treaties
Law enforcement officers
Mammals
Materials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2019. 
 
Authorizes ivory to be imported or exported under the AECA and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) if: (1) the raw ivory or worked ivory is solely for a museum; (2) it was lawfully importable into the United States on February 24, 2014, regardless of when it was acquired; or (3) the worked ivory was previously lawfully possessed in the United States.
 
Authorizes the Department of the Interior to station one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officer in the primary U.S. diplomatic or consular post in each African country that has a significant population of African elephants to assist local wildlife rangers in protecting the elephants and facilitating the apprehension of individuals who illegally kill them or assist in killing them.
 
Requires Interior to certify a finding that a county is a significant transit or destination point for illegal ivory trade and report the certification to the President for the purposes of the Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967. (The Pelly Amendment authorizes the President to embargo wildlife products when the Interior certifies that a country is engaging in trade or certain actions that diminish the effectiveness of an international agreement for the conservation of endangered or threatened species.)
 
Authorizes under the AECA and ESA: (1) the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipment, or transportation of African elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported or crafted in the United States, and (2) the importation of a sport-hunted African elephant trophy if the country in which the elephant was taken has elephants that are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at the time the trophy is imported.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the provisions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, which amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish separate contribution limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts.

Bill: 113-hr-5887
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2014-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political committees to political committees of a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate. Specifies those contributions used to defray expenses for:
 
 
a presidential nominating convention;
 
the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of party headquarters buildings; and
 
the preparation for and the conduct of election recounts, contests, and other legal proceedings.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Westport Road in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Nutterville Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-5888
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2014-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Westport Road in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Nutterville Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Justifiable Homicide Accuracy in Reporting Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5889
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: 
Justifiable Homicide Accuracy in Reporting Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to revise the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information pertaining to law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Introduced in House
No Missing Planes Act

Bill: 113-hr-5890
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: 
No Missing Planes Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study the feasibility of technology to: (1) improve communications between commercial aircraft and air traffic control towers when an aircraft leaves its flight plan or experiences dangerous conditions, (2) pinpoint the location of missing aircraft within 30 minutes by disseminating the information globally in less than hour to rescue and recovery agencies, and (3) accomplish specified related tasks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Introduced in House
Michelle Obama Nutritional Act

Bill: 113-hr-5891
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2015-01-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: 
Michelle Obama Nutritional Act - Requires the nutrition and calorie standards for food purchased under the National School Lunch Program to be the same as the nutrition and calorie standards for food purchased under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program
 
(SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-02
text: Introduced in House