hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) Act

Bill: 113-hr-3732
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) Act - Prohibits the use of federal funds for: (1) the position of Public Advocate within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); (2) the position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach within ICE; or (3) any other position within ICE whose functions are substantially the same as those which as of March 26, 2013, were assigned to the position of Public Advocate within ICE, or as of the date of the enactment of this Act were assigned to the position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach within ICE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 14.
action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-03-04
text: Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Discharged.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Green 301 Act

Bill: 113-hr-3733
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
International law and treaties
Land use and conservation
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Trade and Environment Enforcement Act or Green 301 Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to take certain discretionary trade action against foreign countries that engage in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices that fail to enforce their environmental laws effectively. 
 
Directs the USTR to identify foreign country trade practices that affect negatively the environment of the United States, the foreign country, a third country, or internationally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1863)
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3734
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2013 or the America Can Code Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the importance of instruction in coding and computer programming to students' academic and vocational success, innovations in cyberspace, and our national security and economic competitiveness.
 
Amends the America COMPETES Act to include computer programming language that is critical to the national security and economic competitiveness of our country as a &quot;critical foreign language,&quot; the study of which is included in the teacher education programs and Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate programs funded under that Act.
 
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to provide for: (1) state plans to include coding and computer programming instruction within the career and technical programs of study for which states receive assistance under that Act, and (2) the inclusion of coding and computer programming instruction within the federally-assisted tech prep programs that prepare participants in a career field by providing them with at least two years of secondary education followed by at least two years of postsecondary education or participation in an apprenticeship program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to convene a task force to explore: (1) mechanisms for the development of draft curricula for elementary and secondary computer programming and coding education; (2) a mechanism to collect and share best elementary and secondary school computer programming and coding practices among educators; and (3) a national strategy to ensure competitiveness in emerging science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, such as computer programming and coding. Requires the task force to establish an information portal that directs users to coordinated and systematic information on promoting coding and computer programming in elementary and secondary schools.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Communities Investment Act

Bill: 113-hr-3735
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Manufacturing Communities Investment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the new markets tax credit, to: (1) increase to $5 billion and extend through 2016 the national limitation amount for such credit, and (2) allow an additional $1 billion allocation of such credit in 2014, 2015, and 2016, for a qualified community development entity only if a significant mission of such entity is providing investments and services to manufacturing businesses in communities that have suffered major manufacturing job losses or a major job loss event.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
PACES Act

Bill: 113-hr-3736
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency communications systems
Intellectual property
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Protect Advanced Communications for Emergency Services Act of 2013 or the PACES Act - Requires any patent infringement action against certain wireless carriers (excluding mobile satellite service operators) or IP-enabled voice service providers based on their use of technologies complying with requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide 9-1-1, enhanced 9-1-1, or other emergency communication services (such as the delivery of 9-1-1 calls with next generation text, picture, and video technologies capable of automatically identifying number and location information to emergency service personnel) to be filed in accordance with federal judicial code procedures under which a patent or copyright owner's remedy is by an action against the United States in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. (Thus, specifies that such 9-1-1 services are provided by or for the United States with authorization or consent of the United States.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare You Can Buy Into Act

Bill: 113-hr-3737
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Public Option Act or Medicare You Can Buy Into Act - Amends part A of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States to buy into Medicare.
 
Declares that such coverage satisfies the requirements of: (1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that an individual maintain minimum essential coverage (individual mandate), and (2) the Internal Revenue Code for premium assistance eligibility with respect to a qualified health plan offered in the individual market in the health care exchange where the individual resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act

Bill: 113-hr-3738
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states that make school attendance compulsory through age 17.
 
Requires states to use their grant to improve their secondary school programs, such as by: 
 
 
 establishing or expanding work-based programs that integrate academic and career-based skills; 
 
 implementing an early warning system that helps high schools and their feeder middle schools identify and assist struggling students; 
 
 establishing grade and school transition programs and supports; 
 
personalizing the school experience and increasing student engagement through service-learning and experiential, work-based, and other learning opportunities; 
 
 providing extended-learning opportunities by the school day, week, or year; and 
 
 increasing student supports through activities such as student advisories, counseling, and one-to-one mentoring.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3739
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $245, with a cost-of-living adjustment to such increased amount after 2013, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Child CARE Act

Bill: 113-hr-3740
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Child Care Access and Refundability Expansion Act or the Child CARE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for dependent care expenses, to: (1) make such credit refundable, (2) deny such credit to nonresident aliens, and (3) allow an annual cost-of-living adjustment after 2013 to the amounts used to determine an income-based reduction in the amount of such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3741
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Espionage and treason
Firearms and explosives
Military law
Organized crime
Pornography
Sex offenses
Subversive activities
Terrorism
Violent crime
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2013 - Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of homicide-related offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes relating to aircraft hijacking, espionage and treason, and offenses punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
 
Prohibits the sentencing to death or execution of any person for any violation of federal law after the enactment of this Act. Commutes death penalties imposed prior to the enactment of this Act to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3742
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve the use of an antibacterial or antifungal drug that is intended for treatment of a serious or life-threatening disease or condition to treat a limited population of patients for which there is an unmet medical need.
 
Requires the labeling of such drugs to prominently include in the prescribing information the statement that the drug is indicated for use in a limited and specific population of patients.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to license those antibacterial or antifungal drugs as biological products.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) monitor the use of antibacterial and antifungal drugs, (2) monitor changes in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs, and (3) make the information derived from such monitoring available to the public.
 
Amends the FFDCA to direct the Secretary: (1) to identify upon approval, and subsequently update, susceptibility test interpretive criteria for antibacterial drugs by relying upon preclinical and clinical data, Bayesian and pharmacometric statistical methodologies, and such other confirmatory evidence the Secretary deems necessary; (2) on a quarterly basis, to evaluate new or updated criteria published by a nationally or internationally recognized standard development organization; and (3) to publish on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) website a notice adopting, declining to adopt, or partially adopting such new or updated criteria.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
HAVEN Act

Bill: 113-hr-3743
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013 or HAVEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. Requires such grants to be used to rehabilitate and modify the primary residence of disabled or low-income veterans (at a specified limited or no cost to such veterans). Limits grant amounts to $1 million per organization. Requires the Secretary to direct the oversight of grant fund use. Requires a minimum of 50% matching funds by participating organizations.
 
Requires the Inspector General of HUD to review and report to the Chairmen of specified congressional committees on: (1) the use of appropriated funds by HUD and by grantees under the pilot program, and (2) oversight and accountability of such grantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Pay Restoration Act

Bill: 113-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Federal Employee Pay Restoration Act - Requires federal employees who were furloughed as a result of the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such furlough.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Coverage Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Coverage Protection Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in the case of an individual who enrolls in a qualified health plan offered through a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) before February 1, 2014, to require the issuer of the plan to treat such individual as enrolled as of December 23, 2013, if the individual:
 
 
attests, not later than January 31, 2014, to making reasonable, good-faith attempts to successfully enroll in such a plan through an exchange before December 23, 2013, or was initially determined through an exchange to be eligible to enroll in a Medicaid plan but is not eligible to so enroll in such a plan and, because of the incorrect eligibility determination, was subsequently unable to enroll in a qualified plan before December 23, 2013; and
 
pays, not later than January 31, 2014, the monthly premiums for the plan in which such individual enrolls for January and February 2014, taking into account the amount of any premium assistance made available under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
 
Counts coverage provided under a qualified plan for January and February 2014 under this Act as coverage under such a plan by or through an exchange for such months for all purposes, including premium assistance, PPACA cost-sharing reductions, and the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage. 
Directs the Secretary to require a health insurance issuer that offers a qualified plan through an exchange to: 
 
allow in-network providers in the plan to treat a receipt of payment of premiums by an individual enrolled for January or February 2014 who has not received a health insurance card from the issuer in the same manner as if such receipt were such a health insurance card issued for services furnished during such month; and
 
notify such in-network providers of that policy. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.50 an hour on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $10.00 an hour after one year; (3) $11.00 an hour after two years; and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) after three years, and annually thereafter.
 
Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the wage increase to ensure that it remains equal to 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees.
 
Directs the Secretary, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House