hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act

Bill: 113-hr-4383
Sponsor: Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to direct the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish a Small Business Advisory Board to: (1) advise and consult with the Bureau in the exercise of the Bureau's functions under the federal consumer financial laws applicable to eligible financial products or services; and (2) provide information on emerging practices of small businesses that provide eligible financial products or services, including regional trends, concerns, and other relevant information. 
 
Requires the Director to appoint at least 12 members to such Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) 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: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

Bill: 113-hr-4385
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medical education
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review such designations at least annually.
 
Requires the Secretary to collect and publish data on health care professional shortage areas based on professional category of maternal health professionals providing full scope maternity health care by provider type as well as geographic region.
 
Includes, in the criteria for designation of health professional shortage areas, consideration of health professionals other than physicians who provide full scope maternity care and are eligible for National Health Service Corps loan repayment.
 
Defines &quot;maternity care health professional shortage area&quot; to mean: (1) an area determined to have a shortage of providers of full scope maternity care health services or of hospital or birth center labor and delivery units, or (2) a population group determined to have a shortage of such providers or facilities.
 
Defines &quot;full scope maternity care health services&quot; to include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-4387
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congressional oversight
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
National Credit Union Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to repeal the nonapplicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (thus applying FACA to the Council).
 
Declares the Council an agency for purposes of the &quot;Government in the Sunshine Act&quot; (and its open meeting requirements).
 
 Revises the voting profile of Council members to single out the following member agencies as each having collectively one vote: (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), (3) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), (4) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and (5) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board.
 
Directs such member agencies to: (1) determine their Council vote by using the voting process normally applicable to votes by their members, and (2) cast the one collective Council vote by the agency head. 
 
Permits any Council member to select to have one or more individuals on the member's staff attend a meeting of the Council, including any meeting of representatives of the member agencies other than the members themselves.
 
Requires all Council meetings to be open to attendance and participation by members of specified congressional committees, including any meeting of representatives of the member agencies other than the members themselves. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4388
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2014 - Establishes the American Indian Trust Review Commission to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the unique trust relationship between the United States and federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) report to Congress within two years of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires the study to analyze: 
 
 
 the attributes of that relationship; 
 
 the policies, practices, structure, and effectiveness of the federal agencies that have trust responsibilities toward Indian tribes; 
 
 the feasibility of authorizing willing Indian tribes to assume duties currently performed by the federal government; 
 
 the data necessary for the Commission to get a better understanding of tribal needs; 
 
 the feasibility of creating high-level federal positions to increase tribal participation in policy formation and program development;
 
 the viability of a mechanism to ensure the continuation of critical programs for Indian tribes; 
 
 the appropriate role of state and local governments in federal activities affecting Indian tribes; and
 
 modifications to laws, procedures, regulations, policies, and practices that might further the federal government's trust relationship with Indian tribes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Equal Protection for American Workers Act

Bill: 113-hr-4389
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Equal Protection for American Workers Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4390
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to: (1) prohibit the state from terminating (but allow it to suspend) enrollment under the state plan for medical assistance for an eligible juvenile because he or she is an inmate of a public institution; (2) require the state to restore enrollment automatically to such an individual upon his or her release, and take all steps necessary to ensure the enrollment is effective immediately upon release, unless the individual no longer meets eligibility requirements; and (3) require the state to process any application for medical assistance submitted by, or on behalf of, a juvenile inmate notwithstanding that he or she is an inmate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Energize Emerging Opportunities Act

Bill: 113-hr-4392
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Energize Emerging Opportunities Act - Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to amend regulations regarding criteria qualifying certain registered commodity pool operators for exemption from requirements for specified risk disclosures, performance disclosures, periodic reporting, annual reporting, and recordkeeping.
 
Alters one criterion for qualification for such exemptions currently granted to: (1) registered commodity pool operators who sell participations in a pool solely to qualified eligible persons in an offering which qualifies for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (2) certain banks registered as commodity pool operators in connection with a pool that is a collective trust fund whose securities are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
 
Repeals the current additional criterion for such banks that the securities must be offered or sold, without marketing to the public, solely to qualified eligible persons. Replaces such criterion with one stating simply that the securities must be sold solely to qualified eligible persons. (Thus, eliminates the requirement that such securities be offered or sold without marketing to the public, and so allows such marketing.)
 
Repeals the current prerequisite for exemption of interests in a commodity pool from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 that such interests be offered and sold without marketing to the public in the United States. Requires such interests, instead, simply to be offered and sold pursuant to specified requirements for exempted transactions. (Thus, also eliminates the requirement that such interests be offered and sold without marketing to the public in the United States, and so allows such marketing.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E512)
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.

Bill: 113-hr-4393
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Livestock
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Prohibits any federal agency or official from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-04-03
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: 2014-04-03
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: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Serve Our Heroes Now Act

Bill: 113-hr-4394
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Serve Our Heroes Now Act - Prohibits awarding a contract to any contractor whose past performance resulted in the completion of a construction project at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility more than 24 months after the original agreed-upon completion date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Action for Dental Health Act 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4395
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Dental care
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Action for Dental Health Act 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to obtain portable or mobile dental equipment and to pay for appropriate operational costs for the provision of free dental services to underserved populations that are delivered in a manner consistent with state licensing laws.
 
Directs the Secretary to award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to collaborate with state, county, or local public officials and other stakeholders in order to develop and implement initiatives to: (1) improve oral health education and dental disease prevention; (2) reduce barriers in a manner that increases dental provider participation in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); (3) make the health care delivery system providing dental services under Medicaid or CHIP more accessible and efficient by taking actions necessary to facilitate the establishment of dental homes; (4) address geographic, language, cultural, and similar barriers in the provision of dental services; and (5) reduce the use of emergency departments for dental services more appropriately delivered in a dental primary care setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4396
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
 Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing or enforcing any provision of the final rule published on July 2, 2013, related to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any amendment to such rule or subsequent rule insofar as such provision, amendment, or subsequent rule requires any individual or entity to provide coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services to which the individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief.
 
Amends PPACA to declare that a health plan shall not be considered to have failed to provide essential health benefits, to fail to be a qualified health plan, or to fail to fulfill any other requirements on the basis that the plan does not provide or pay for coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services because: (1) providing or paying for such coverage is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering the plan; or (2) such coverage, in the case of individual coverage, is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the purchaser or beneficiary of the coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require all political committees to notify the Federal Election Commission within 48 hours of receiving cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more from any contributor during a calendar year, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4397
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the requirement of a 48-hour notification of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or more to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and certain other officials by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for federal office.
 
Applies this requirement, with certain additions, but for reporting exclusively to the FEC, to any political committee regarding cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more from any contributor during a calendar year.
 
(Currently, a candidate's principal campaign committee is required to give a written 48-hour notification to the Secretary of the Senate or the FEC, and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, after the receipt of any contribution of $1,000 or more by any authorized committee of such candidate after the 20th day, but more than 48 hours before, any election.)
 
Treats any amount transferred by a joint fundraising committee established by a candidate's authorized committee to any other authorized committee of that candidate as a contribution by the joint fundraising committee to such authorized committee (and thus subject to the 48-hour notification requirement). 
Requires Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports directly with the FEC (instead of via the Secretary of the Senate, as currently required).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in House
GIF Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4398
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2014-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: 
Global Internet Freedom Act of 2014 or the GIF Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, including: (1) coordination of the assignment of technical Internet protocol parameters, (2) performance of administrative functions associated with Internet domain name system root zone management, and (3) allocation of Internet numbering resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Introduced in House