hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Wi-Fi Innovation Act

Bill: 114-hr-821
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Wi-Fi Innovation Act

 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5850-5925 megahertz band under technical rules suitable for the widespread commercial development of unlicensed operations. 
 
Provides for such technical rules to permit outdoor unlicensed operations without requiring devices to dynamically detect signals from other systems. 
 
Directs the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology to seek public comments on proposals for interference-mitigation techniques and potential rechannelization that would accommodate both incumbent licensees and widespread commercial unlicensed operations in such band. 
 
Sets forth a process for the FCC to test mitigation measures and methods of sharing spectrum with unlicensed devices within such band in a manner that would not cause harmful interference to incumbent licensees.
 
Directs the FCC, if it determines that existing licensees would not be harmed by interference, to modify regulations to adopt technical rules for widespread commercial deployment of unlicensed operations for such band. Prohibits modification of such regulations if the FCC determines that mitigation, rechannelization, or sharing would not prevent harmful interference. Requires the FCC to notify Congress, the Department of Transportation, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of a harmful interference determination.
 
Requires the FCC to modify regulations relating to Intelligent Transportation Systems radio service and dedicated short-range communications service on-board units if such modification would maximize utility of such band while protecting existing licensees. 
 
Directs the FCC to make recommendations to Congress regarding the availability of broadband Internet access using unlicensed spectrum and wireless networks in low income neighborhoods. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-822
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business records
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to air ambulance services furnished during 2017 or any subsequent year, to reduce the mandatory percentage increase (inflation adjustment) for payments under the fee schedule by 2.0% for any supplier or provider that fails to submit to the Secretary specified data.
 
The Secretary is required to select at least two quality measures with respect to which such providers and suppliers may voluntarily submit such data.
 
The Government Accountability Office is required to report to Congress on all such data, together with a recommendation on the adequate amount of Medicare reimbursement to providers and suppliers that would reflect their operational costs and preserve access to critical air medical services.
 
The Secretary is required, in the case of air ambulance services furnished during calendar 2016 through 2019 to make a percentage increase in the base rate of the fee schedule: (1) by 20% during 2016, and (2) by 5% during 2017-2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-10
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: 2015-02-10
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: 2015-02-10
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: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Educating Tomorrow's Engineers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-823
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Educating Tomorrow's Engineers Act of 2015

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to incorporate engineering design skills and practices into their academic content standards and academic achievement standards and assessments in science.
 
Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to use grants and subgrants under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program to develop and provide professional development and instructional materials for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subject areas, including computer science and engineering.
 
 Changes current references to the mathematics and science partnerships program to references to the STEM partnerships program, which provides funding to states, institutions of higher education, and high-need LEAs to recruit and train STEM teachers and improve STEM curricula.
 
Amends the 21st century community learning centers program to include STEM activities (currently, mathematics and science activities) within the before- and after-school activities funded under that program.
 
Amends the rural and low-income school program to include professional development in engineering education among the uses of the funds provided to rural LEAs.
 
Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Education to support research on engineering education and use that research to provide information to the public, and technical assistance to states, on best practices and promising innovations in kindergarten through grade 12 engineering education.
 
 Requires the National Center for Education Research to sponsor and conduct research geared toward improving STEM, rather than just mathematics and science, teaching and learning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
State Marriage Defense Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-824
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

State Marriage Defense Act of 2015

 
Prohibits, in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies as applied with respect to individuals domiciled in a state or in any other territory or possession of the United States: (1) the term "marriage" from including any relationship that the state, territory, or possession does not recognize as a marriage; and (2) the term "spouse" from including an individual who is a party to a relationship that is not recognized as a marriage by that state, territory, or possession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-826
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Medical research
Mental health
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2015

 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine (or, if the Institute declines to enter into such an arrangement, another appropriate entity) to conduct a comprehensive study on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.
 
Requires the study to include consideration of: (1) gaps in mental health treatment services for adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness, (2) barriers to receiving mental health services that result in high rates of untreated mental illness, and (3) the availability of interventions such as assisted outpatient treatment designed to reach individuals with untreated severe mental illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Robo COP Act

Bill: 114-hr-827
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Political advertising
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act

 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. 
 
Defines a "politically-oriented recorded message telephone call" as an outbound telephone call that plays a recorded message that: (1) promotes, advertises, campaigns, or solicits donations for or against a political candidate or regarding a political issue; or (2) uses a political candidate's name.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify the use of credentials by enrolled agents.

Bill: 114-hr-828
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 
Permits any enrolled agent properly licensed to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service to use the credentials or designation of &quot;enrolled agent,&quot; &quot;EA,&quot; or &quot;E.A.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program.

Bill: 114-hr-830
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program for FY2016-FY2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E188-189)
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Afterschool STEM Act

Bill: 114-hr-831
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Supporting Afterschool STEM Act

 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an afterschool STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant program awarding competitive grants to afterschool or STEM networks to:
 
 
develop quality standards for STEM programming in afterschool programs and provide those programs with technical assistance in implementing such standards,
 
work with state education stakeholders to define and promote appropriate measurable outcomes for afterschool programs that include STEM content,
 
provide technical assistance to afterschool programs to start or grow their afterschool STEM efforts and define appropriate learning outcomes for such efforts,
 
coordinate professional development for afterschool program educators,
 
help afterschool program providers form strategic partnerships to advance STEM learning in afterschool programs,
 
create and disseminate tool kits to afterschool programs wanting to form partnerships and incorporate STEM professionals as mentors and role models, and 
 
provide technical assistance to federally funded STEM researchers and professionals who wish to engage with afterschool programs.
 
 
Requires the Director to reserve 20% of the funds appropriated for such grant program to develop and support new afterschool or STEM networks in states or areas where they do not exist.
 
Defines: (1) an &quot;afterschool program&quot; as a structured program offered for elementary, middle, or secondary school students when school is not in session, such as before or after school, during recess, on the weekend, or during the summer; and (2) an &quot;afterschool or STEM network&quot; as a coalition that fosters partnerships and provides support to afterschool program providers and STEM education providers.
 
Includes as goals of the grant program: (1) to support the development and delivery of high-quality STEM education to populations underrepresented in STEM fields, and (2) to provide hands-on learning and exposure to STEM research facilities and businesses through in-person or virtual distance-learning experiences. 
 
Requires the Director to provide each recipient of a STEM research grant who is under the Director's authority with information on opportunities to engage with students in out-of-school-time programs, such as through mentorships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Employment and Training Service Longitudinal Study Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-832
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Veterans Employment and Training Service Longitudinal Study Act of 2015

 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with a non-governmental entity to conduct a longitudinal study of a statistically valid sample of each of the following groups of individuals over a period of at least five years: (1) veterans who have received intensive job counseling, training, and placement services; (2) veterans who did not receive intensive services but who otherwise received services; and (3) veterans who did not seek or receive services.
 
Requires the study to include the collection of specified information for each individual who participates in the study, including:
 
 
the average number of months served on active duty,
 
the distribution of disability ratings,
 
unemployment benefits received,
 
the average number of months employed and average individual and household annual income,
 
employment status,
 
whether the individual believes that any service received helped the individual to become employed,
 
use of educational assistance,
 
participation in a vocational rehabilitation program,
 
conditions of discharge or release from the Armed Forces, and
 
demographic information.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports on the outcomes of the study that include any information the Secretary determines is necessary to determine long-term outcomes of the individuals in such groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-833
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Minority education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2015

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or nonprofits, educational service agencies, institutions of higher education, or states that enter into partnerships with such LEAs to: (1) recruit individuals from underrepresented groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers, and (2) provide training and retention incentives to public elementary and secondary school teachers.
 
Prohibits grants to applicants that do not serve schools that have difficulty recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as teachers.
 
Gives priority to applicants that serve the most high-need schools and those that serve schools with high concentrations of poor, minority, disabled, or limited English proficient students.
 
Requires the Secretary to evaluate the success of the grantees and compile a database of best practices for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act

Bill: 114-hr-834
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act

 
Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to include in their annual state report cards, by the 2015-2016 school year, information on: (1) the number of their military-connected students, and (2) how those students performed in comparison to all their other students on the assessments of student progress toward state academic achievement standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-835
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Family services
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services.
 
Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide:
 
 
foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management; and
 
biological parents, kinship caregivers, and foster care parents with specialized training and consultation in the management of children with mental illness, trauma, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, the impact of trauma on child and caregiver, and specific additional training on the needs of each child provided such services.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in House