hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Family Coverage Act

Bill: 113-s-2434
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Family Coverage Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury have the administrative authority, within their respective jurisdictions, to apply the affordability provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so as to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage for working families without further legislation. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the affordability requirement for the tax credit for health care premium assistance to provide that an employee is eligible for premium assistance if his or her required contribution to an employer-sponsored health care plan does not exceed 9.5% of family household income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-2435
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act - Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Empower Employees Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2436
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Empower Employees Act of 2014 - Prohibits federal agencies, including executive, legislative, and judicial agencies, the United States Postal Service (USPO), the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), and the government of the District of Columbia, from deducting labor organization fees from the salaries of their employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3476-3477)
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity in Law Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2441
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Equity in Law Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) expand the definition of "public service officer," for purposes of provisions concerning public safety officer death benefits, to include a law enforcement officer serving a private institution of higher education in an official capacity, or a rail police officer employed by a rail carrier, who is sworn, licensed, or certified under the laws of a state for the purposes of law enforcement (applicable to a personal injury sustained in the line of duty by a public safety officer on or after April 15, 2013); (2) authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to such institutions and carriers for the purchase of armor vests for such officers; and (3) include such institutions and carriers among entities eligible for contracts or subawards under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3477)
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

Bill: 113-s-2443
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against women
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Law enforcement administration and funding
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states that have in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the court shall grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape.
 
Limits such a grant to: (1) an amount that is not greater than 10% of the average of the total funding of the 3 most recent awards a state received under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program and the Sexual Assault Services Program; and (2) a 1-year term, subject to renewal for not more than 3 additional years.
 
Requires a state that receives such a grant to use: (1) 25% of grant funds for permissible uses under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, and (2) 75% of funds for permissible uses under the Sexual Assault Services Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Pause for Safety Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2445
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Pause for Safety Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to to assist states in carrying out state legislation that: (1) authorizes family members or close associates of an individual to apply for, and state courts or magistrates to issue, gun violence prevention orders (prohibiting a named individual from owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms because such individual poses a significant threat of personal injury to the individual or others) and gun violence prevention warrants (directing a law enforcement officer to temporarily seize any firearm in the possession of such individual); and (2) requires each law enforcement agency of the state to comply with a procedure that requires a law enforcement officer, in conjunction with performing a wellness check (a visit to an individual's residence to assess whether the individual poses a danger to the individual or others due to a mental, behavioral, or physical condition), to check whether the individual is listed on any of the firearm and ammunition databases of the state or jurisdiction in which the individual resides. 
 
Requires: (1) a court issuing such an order and warrant to hold a hearing within 14 days to determine whether the individual who is the subject of the order may own, purchase, possess, or receive firearms and whether any seized firearms should be returned; (2) the state or petitioner to establish probable cause that the individual poses a significant risk of personal injury to the individual or others by owning or possessing the firearm; (3) the individual to be prohibited from possessing a firearm for up to one year if he or she is found to pose a significant threat; and (4) the firearm to be returned if the court finds that the state has not met the required standard of proof. Authorizes a law enforcement agency to seek renewal of an order if it has probable cause to believe the individual continues to pose a threat. 
 
Amends the federal criminal court to prohibit: (1) the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to anyone subject to such an order; and (2) any person subject to such an order from owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving any firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth in Obamacare Accounting Act

Bill: 113-s-2446
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Comprehensive health care
Economic performance and conditions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Truth in Obamacare Accounting Act - Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide regular estimates of the net effect that enactment and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 had on direct spending, revenue, and the deficit. Requires CBO to include the estimates in each annual and revised report on the budget and economic outlook prepared pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify the use of credentials by enrolled agents.

Bill: 113-s-2447
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2014-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Permits any enrolled agent properly licensed to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use the credentials or designation of &quot;enrolled agent,&quot; &quot;EA,&quot; or &quot;E.A.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2453
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disability assistance
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 - Reinstates the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to the collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset. (This former statute of limitations was repealed effective May 22, 2008.)
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disabillity Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to overpayments under OASDI or SSA title XVI (Supplementary Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI), to prevent the recovery of any such overpayments made to or on behalf of individuals under age 18 by shielding such individuals from liability for the repayment of such amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2454
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)

action_date: 2014-06-26
text: 
Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)
 
Expands the local service area for cable retransmissions of low power television stations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3546)
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3546)
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act

Bill: 113-s-2455
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax rates
Railroads
Self-employed
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to entitle divorced spouses to OASDI benefits after 5 (currently 10) years of marriage. Makes the monthly divorced spouse's benefits equal to one-half of the former spouse's primary insurance amount, reduced 10% for each year less than 10 the individual was married to the former spouse.
 
Revises the widow's or widower's insurance benefit for any month to equal the greater of: (1) the primary insurance amount of a deceased individual (as under current law); or (2) in the case of a fully-insured widow or surviving divorced spouse, 75% of the sum of any old-age or disability insurance benefit to which the widow, widower, or surviving divorced spouse is entitled plus the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual.
 
Reduces a widow's or widower's insurance benefits for any month if that individual is also entitled to an old age or disability insurance benefit greater than the widow's or widower's insurance benefit. Sets the benefit in such a case at the level of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual.
 
Amends SSA title II and the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend benefits for full-time students up to age 23 (currently age 19) who are enrolled at an educational institution.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an OASDI surtax of: (1) 2% on an employee's income over $400,000 and 2% on the employer, and (2) 4% on an individual's self-employment income over $400,000. Adjusts the $400,0000 threshold each year according to a specified indexing formula.
 
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to apply a similar 2% additional tier 1 tax on railroad employees earning over $400,000 as well as 2% on their railroad employers. Imposes a 4% additional tier 1 tax on representatives of railroad employees earning over $400,000. Specifies a formula to index the $400,000 annually after 2015.
 
Amends SSA title II to: (1) include 2% of the individual's surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in OASDI primary insurance amounts; and (2) prescribe a formula for computing an individual's surplus AIME that accounts for the total of the individual's additional wages paid in and additional self-employment income credited to the benefit computation year, up to $500,000, indexed after 2015 according to a specified formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3546-3547)
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide protections for active duty military consumers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2456
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to an item of adverse information about an active duty military consumer.
 
Declares that, if the action or inaction that gave rise to the item occurred while the consumer was an active duty military consumer, then: (1) the consumer may provide appropriate proof, including official orders, to a consumer reporting agency that the consumer was an active duty military consumer at the time the action or inaction occurred; and (2) any consumer report made by the agency including that item of information shall clearly and conspicuously disclose that the consumer was an active duty military consumer when the action or inaction that gave rise to the item occurred.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to notify promptly an active duty military consumer whenever it receives an item of adverse information about him or her, along with a description of the item and the method by which the consumer may dispute the validity of the item.
 
Requires an agency also to use any contact information an active duty military consumer has given it for all communications while the individual is an active duty military consumer.
 
Declares the sense of Congress that any person making use of a consumer report containing an item of adverse information that occurred while the consumer was an active duty military consumer should take that fact into account when evaluating the consumer's creditworthiness.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency, with respect to an item of information under dispute by an active duty military consumer, to include in the consumer's file that he or she was an active duty military consumer at the time the action or inaction that gave rise to the disputed item occurred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Highway Runoff Management Act

Bill: 113-s-2457
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Hydrology and hydrography
Roads and highways
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
Highway Runoff Management Act - Requires each state to develop for approval a state highway stormwater management program consisting of management measures to prevent, reduce, or control highway runoff from federal-aid highway projects.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to publish guidance to assist states in the establishment of such measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3549-3550)
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3548-3549)
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2458
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2459
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2014-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: 
Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide pre-loan counseling at or prior to the first disbursement of a new loan to a student borrower under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program. (Currently, such counseling is limited to students who are first-time borrowers of such loans.)
 
Adds to the information to be provided to students as part of such counseling:
 
 
an estimate of their projected loan debt-to-income ratio upon graduation and their estimated total student loan debt, calculated for their particular program of study;
 
a statement that they should borrow the minimum amount necessary to cover expenses;
 
information about the default risk of having a projected loan debt-to-income ratio greater than 12%;
 
options for reducing borrowing through scholarships, reduced expenses, work-study, or other work opportunities; and 
 
an explanation of the importance of graduating on time and of how adding an additional year of study impacts total indebtedness.
 
 
Requires each IHE, prior to certifying a Federal Direct Loan for disbursement to a student borrower, to ensure that the student manually enters, either in writing or through electronic means, the exact dollar amount of such loan that the student desires to borrow.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3596-3597)
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate