hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-192
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Free trade and trade barriers
Japan
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Oil and gas
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text:  
Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to deem consistent with the public interest an expedited application and approval process without modification or delay for the exportation of natural gas to a foreign country that is: (1) a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas (as under existing law); (2) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (3) Japan, as long as the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan remains in effect; and (4) any other foreign country if the Secretary of State determines that such exportation promotes U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-193
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Research and development
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, partnership, or S corporation if the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $5 million and such entity did not have gross receipts for any period preceding the 5-year period ending with such taxable year. Limits the amount of the payroll tax credit portion to $250,000 in any taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S439-440)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-194
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to tax pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco products, and large cigars at the same level as cigarettes. Revises the definition of "tobacco products" to include any other product containing tobacco that is intended or expected to be consumed.
 
Makes smokeless tobacco products sold in discrete single-use units subject to an excise tax of $50.33 per thousand.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S466)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S440-441)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-195
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. Requires a comprehensive school mental health program funded under this Act to assist children in dealing with trauma and violence. Makes only a partnership between a local educational agency and at least one community program or agency that is involved in mental health eligible for such funding. 
 
 Sets forth assurances required for eligibility, including that: (1) the local education agency will enter into a memorandum of understanding with at least one relevant community-based entity that clearly states the responsibilities of each partner; (2) the program will include training of all school personnel, family members of children with mental health disorders, and concerned members of the community; and (3) the program will demonstrate the measures to be taken to sustain the program after funding terminates.
 
Requires grantees to comply with the health information privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
 
Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop a fiscally appropriate process for evaluating grant program activities, including: (1) the development of guidelines for the submission of program data by recipients; and (2) the development of measures of outcomes to be applied by recipients in evaluating programs, to include student and family measures and local educational measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-894.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-870.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Assuring Contracting Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-196
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Economic development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Assuring Contracting Equity Act of 2013 - Increases from: (1) 23% to 25% the government-wide small business procurement contract goal, and (2) 5% to 10% the government-wide procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses and women-owned businesses. Limits the number of categories for which a small business may qualify under such goals. Requires, for purposes of such goals, the total value of all prime contracts for a fiscal year to include the value of each contract awarded, regardless of whether it was awarded as the result of unrestricted competition or any determination by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) with respect to the potential for a small business to perform the contract or a subcontract.
 
Directs the Administrator to consult with the heads of other federal agencies to develop and implement standards for procurement officers to take into consideration the past compliance of potential contractors with small business subcontracting goals when making contract awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-197
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Floods and storm protection
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2013 - Modifies the project for flood damage reduction, American and Sacramento Rivers, California, to authorize the Chief of Engineers to construct improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to those rivers in the vicinity of Sacramento, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled &quot;American River Watershed (Common Features) Project, Natomas Basin, Sacramento and Sutter Counties, California,&quot; dated December 30, 2010, at a specified cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S442)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S441-442)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Boko Haram Terrorist Designation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-198
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Nigeria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Boko Haram Terrorist Designation Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on whether the Nigerian organization People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad (Boko Haram) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that Boko Haram meets such criteria and should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization. 
 
States that nothing in this Act may be construed to infringe upon Nigeria's sovereignty to combat militant or terrorist groups operating inside its boundaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Alaska Adjacent Zone Safe Oil Transport and Revenue Sharing Act

Bill: 113-s-199
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Budget deficits and national debt
Energy revenues and royalties
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Alaska Adjacent Zone Safe Oil Transport and Revenue Sharing Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) require oil produced from federal leases in certain Arctic waters, except in preproduction phases (including explorations), to be transported by pipeline to onshore facilities; and (2) provide for, and issue appropriate permits for, the transportation of oil from such leases in preproduction phases (including exploration) by means other than pipeline. 
 
Requires that the state of Alaska receive 37.5% of all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids and other sums payable to the United States from energy development in any area of the Alaska Adjacent Zone, including from all sources of renewable energy leased, developed, or produced in such Zone.
 
Sets forth an allocation scheme under which the Secretary of the Interior is directed to pay: (1) 25% of any allocable state share directly to coastal political subdivisions, (2) 25% of any allocable state share to certain Regional Corporations, and (3) 10% of any allocable state share directly to Indian tribes.
 
Instructs the Secretary to distribute: (1) 15% of certain federal royalty revenues into a specified land and water conservation fund to provide financial assistance to states, and (2) 7.5% of certain federal royalty revenues into direct federal deficit reduction.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on bitumen transported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S442-443)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S442)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the interment in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of individuals who served in combat support of the Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Laos between February 28, 1961, and May 15, 1975, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-200
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Makes eligible for interment in a national cemetery any individual who: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines served in combat support of the Armed Forces in Laos during the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 15, 1975; and (2) at the time of death was a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted alien.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt.

Bill: 113-s-201
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Prohibits the U.S. government from licensing, approving, facilitating, or otherwise allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or other specified defense articles or services to Egypt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-s-203
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5-gold coins, 400,000 $1-silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of professional football. 
 
 Requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the Pro Football Hall of Fame to help finance the construction of a new building and the renovation of existing Pro Football Hall of Fame facilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6078-6079)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 113-s-204
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 11.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-205
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013 - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) to replace the position of Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with a five-member Commission whose members are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 
Prohibits the Chair of the Commission from making requests for estimates related to appropriations without the prior approval of the Commission.
 
Revises procedures for funding the CFPB. Eliminates the Consumer Financial Protection Fund and the requirement that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System transfer funds to the CFPB from the combined earnings of the Federal Reserve System. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2014.
 
Directs the CFPB, in prescribing a rule under the federal consumer financial laws, to consider the rule's impact on the financial safety or soundness of an insured depository institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6079-6080)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-206
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Economic development
Military facilities and property
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to include as a base closure area for purposes of the HUBZONE (historically underutilized business zone) program of the Small Business Administration (SBA) a military installation's municipality, county, census tract, or contiguous census tract having a total population of no more than 50,000, as determined by the most recent census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S444-445)
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to restrict the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt.

Bill: 113-s-207
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Protection of officials
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: 
Prohibits the U.S. government from allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to Egypt until the President certifies to Congress that Egypt has agreed to: (1) continue to uphold its Camp David Peace Accords commitments, (2) provide proper security at U.S. embassies and consulates, and (3) end its systematic exclusion and silencing of all official minority political opposition parties and engage in dialogue for a power-sharing government with such parties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-208
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
California
Department of Transportation
Noise pollution
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations for helicopter operations in Los Angeles County, California, that include requirements for helicopter flight paths and altitudes to reduce helicopter noise pollution in residential areas, increase safety, and minimize scheduled commercial aircraft delays.
 
Requires the Administrator to exempt from such requirements helicopter operations related to emergency, law enforcement, or military activities.
 
Directs the Administrator to make reasonable efforts to consult with local communities and local helicopter operators to develop regulations that meet the needs of local communities, helicopter operators, and the FAA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S471)
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S470-471)
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate