hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Stop Foreclosures Due to Congressional Dysfunction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4255
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Stop Foreclosures Due to Congressional Dysfunction Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to prohibit mortgagees of certain eligible mortgages from initiating a foreclosure during a specified six-month moratorium with respect to any of those mortgages owned, held, securitized, or guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Tolls the term of such mortgages during the moratorium, and requires deferral of any principal and interest payments due.
 
Qualifies for this mortatorium only Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages on a 1- to 4-family residence that is the principal residence of a mortgagor who: (1) was current on principal, interest, tax, and insurance payments at the start of the moratorium; (2) has received unemployment compensation during a certain period but exhausted all rights to it; and (3) as of the beginning of the moratorium has a ratio of debt to income on the mortgage greater than 40%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4256
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in counting the number of a species in a state for the purposes of determining whether a species is an endangered or threatened species and whether a species has recovered, to count all of the species without regard to whether it is found on state, private, or tribal lands as determined by the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)

Bill: 113-hr-4257
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act) - Limits full-time positions in the Department of Defense (DOD), in each of FY2021-FY2025, subject to specified adjustments to be made by the DOD Secretary, to a number not greater than 85% of the number of such positions at DOD as of September 30, 2015. Permits not more than 1,000 of such positions to be career appointees within the Senior Executive Service. Authorizes the DOD Secretary to offer voluntary separation incentive payments and voluntary early retirement payments to achieve the reductions required by this Act, but requires the Secretary to use involuntary measures, including reductions in force, beginning on October 1, 2015, to achieve required reductions in personnel levels if voluntary measures are inadequate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
SECURE Water Amendments Act

Bill: 113-hr-4258
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Hawaii
Natural disasters
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperative agreements for water management improvement, (2) include Hawaii among the states in which eligible grant and agreement applicants may be located, (3) authorize appropriations for such grants and agreements for FY2015-FY2023, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program grants for FY2014-FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
E-BOOK Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4259
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge Act of 2014 or the E-BOOK Act of 2014 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to up to 10 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to conduct pilot programs to reduce the cost of attendance for undergraduate students by expanding their access to digital course materials.
 
Directs the Secretary to give a preference to applications that demonstrate a commitment to serving disadvantaged students.
 
Requires grantees to make digital course materials available to undergraduate students in at least two different academic departments.
 
Allows the IHEs to use the grant funds to:
 
 
purchase and maintain the electronic equipment or software their pilot programs need;
 
purchase and maintain the digital and online content that instructors or students will use;
 
hire staff to administer their pilot programs, with priority given to hiring enrolled undergraduate students;
 
build or acquire extra storage space for pilot program equipment; and
 
revise and adapt academic curricula as needed to implement their pilot programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Ryan White Patient Equity and Choice Act

Bill: 113-hr-4260
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Ryan White Patient Equity and Choice Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on whether the allocation of funding under the HIV Health Care Services Program enables areas where the HIV epidemic is growing to meet the need for medical services.
 
Restricts approval of a waiver allowing use of less than 75% of emergency relief, care grant, and early intervention funds for core medical services unless approval of the waiver will positively contribute to all eligible individuals being identified and retained in care.
 
Includes as core medical services HIV care continuum services consisting of early intervention HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing, referral, and case management services.
 
Requires HHS to ensure that: (1) individuals receiving such core medical services have an identified medical home that includes a primary care team led by an experienced HIV medical provider, and (2) those receiving HIV primary care and case management services obtain the care and coordination through the medical home approach.
 
Includes testing for other sexually transmitted diseases among early intervention services. Expands early intervention linkage-to-care services to include the following:
 
 
education of those with HIV/AIDS at the time of diagnosis about the benefits of HIV care,
 
ensuring attendance at first doctor visits,
 
coordination with medical case managers,
 
assistance to re-engage for those who have dropped out of care, and
 
ensuring the identification of a medical home.
 
 
Requires states providing drug assistance to offer pharmaceutical services through extensive pharmacy networks, including specialty pharmacies and pharmacies that focus on the HIV population.
 
Adds as a criterion for award of grants for HIV care the degree to which funding will promote the incorporation of principles of patient-centered care into providing support services. Describes &quot;patient-centered care&quot; as care adhering to principles of customization to reflect patient needs, values, and choices; patient safety; transparency; patient control; and caregiver cooperation. Provides guidelines for funding patient-centered model of care projects, to be carried out through individual savings accounts known as Ryan White Savings Accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-4262
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to make the Federal Advisory Committee Act applicable to each advisory committee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a lease involving the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to facilitate the improvement of the laboratory to support cooperative State and Federal agricultural research.

Bill: 113-hr-4264
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Educational facilities and institutions
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Intergovernmental relations
Nebraska
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to lease the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to allow the Board to undertake capital improvements in order to conduct a cooperative state and federal agricultural research program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary and the Attorney General to promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4265
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General to take all necessary or appropriate steps to: (1) execute and implement on behalf of the United States the settlement agreement approved in principle by the city of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians (California), dated April 23, 2012; and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in Sacramento County, California.

Bill: 113-hr-4266
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in Sacramento County, California. 
 
Requires the project to consist of three phases, the first of which shall include the planning, design, and construction of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of land in southern Sacramento County.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Commodity Delivery Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-4267
Sponsor: Rep. McAllister, Vance M. [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commodities markets
Contracts and agency

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Commodity Delivery Relief Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to revise the exclusion from the definition of &quot;swap&quot; of any sale of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled.
 
Excludes from the meaning of &quot;swap&quot; also: (1) any purchase of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled; and (2) any stand-alone or embedded option for which exercise results in a physical delivery obligation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States Route 78 in Mississippi, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4268
Sponsor: Rep. Nunnelee, Alan [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Mississippi
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile marker 113 that is designated as a route on the Interstate System. Prohibits federal weight limitation requirements from applying to those trucks that could operate legally on such segment before that designation.

action_date: 2014-05-19
text: 

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

 
Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile marker 113 that is designated as a route on the Interstate System. Prohibits federal weight limitation requirements from applying to those trucks that could operate legally on such segment before that designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4439)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4439)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4268.
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4439-4440)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Mr. Petri moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that funding for the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 113-hr-4270
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of:
 
 
the standard setting body designated by the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) (which establishes accounting principles &quot;generally accepted&quot; for securities laws),
 
the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, or 
 
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act

Bill: 113-hr-4271
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, subject to appropriations, to use up to 3% of the Bank's surplus, for each of the 5 fiscal years following enactment of this Act, to cover its administrative expenses.
 
Requires the Bank to use at least one-third of that 3% of surplus to expand or establish Bank regional offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Forest Access in Rural Communities Act

Bill: 113-hr-4272
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: 
Forest Access in Rural Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to cease all implementation and enforcement of the travel management rule for units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain to the extent that it will, or can reasonably be expected to, alter public access to such lands.
 
Requires the Secretary, as a condition on the preparation of an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for a proposed access travel management action, to consult with affected counties for the purpose of incorporating their needs, uses, and input. 
 
Bars the Secretary from implementing an access travel management action unless and until the Secretary: (1) complies with the consultation requirement imposed by this Act, and (2) obtains the concurrence of each affected county for the implementation of such action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House