hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Transit Tax Parity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1046
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Public transit
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 

Transit Tax Parity Act of 2015

 
This bill makes the tax exclusion for employer-provided mass transit benefits equal to the amount of the exclusion for parking benefits (i.e., $175) and makes such exclusion permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E238-239)
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Housing Assistance Efficiency Act

Bill: 114-hr-1047
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 

Housing Assistance Efficiency Act

 
 Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.

action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Housing Assistance Efficiency Act

 
 (Sec. 2) Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.
 
(Sec. 3) Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5132)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5132)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1047.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5132-5134)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that funding for the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 114-hr-1048
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 
Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the standard setting body designated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish accounting principles &quot;generally accepted&quot; for securities laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that funding for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 114-hr-1049
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 
Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 114-hr-1050
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 
Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1051
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Aviation and airports
California
Customs enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 
This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Bill: 114-hr-1052
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 

Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

 
 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Renames the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Wychus Creek. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
TRUST Act

Bill: 114-hr-1054
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: 

Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act
 
 
Denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to a Member of Congress who is convicted of any crime committed after the enactment of this Act that is a felony under federal or state law (currently, limited to specified felonies under federal law). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-24
text: Introduced in House
PARTS Act

Bill: 114-hr-1057
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2015 or the PARTS Act 

 
Declares that it is not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer to sell within, or import into, the United States any article of manufacture that is similar or the same in appearance to the component part claimed in such design patent if the purpose of such article is for the repair of a motor vehicle to restore its appearance as originally manufactured; or (2) use or sell within the United States any such same or similar articles for such restorations more than 30 months after the claimed component part is first offered for public sale as part of a motor vehicle in any country. 
 
Defines: (1) "component part" as a component part of the exterior of a motor vehicle only (such as a hood, fender, tail light, side mirror, or quarter panel), excluding an inflatable restraint system or other component part located in the interior of a motor vehicle; and (2) "offer to sell" to include marketing or pre-sale distribution.
 
Applies this Act to any patent issued, or application filed, before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act

Bill: 114-hr-1059
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Political movements and philosophies
Religion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act

 
Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from asking any taxpayer any question regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any exceptions to such prohibition should identify the specific questions authorized, the class of taxpayers to whom such questions may be asked, and the circumstances under which such questions may be asked; and (2) if the IRS Commissioner determines that asking such questions would aid in the efficient administration of the tax laws, the Commissioner should submit a report to Congress that includes such questions in verbatim form and describes such class of taxpayers and the circumstances under which such questions would be asked. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Farm to School Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1061
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Nutrition and diet
Public contracts and procurement
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

Farm to School Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm to School Program through FY2021 and modify the program. The program currently provides grants and technical assistance to schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers, and nonprofit entities to improve access to local foods in schools. 
 
The bill makes schools participating in the Summer Food Service Program for children, the early care and afterschool portions of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the School Breakfast Program eligible to participate in the program. It also permits USDA to provide land-grant colleges and universities with grants, research, and technical assistance under the program. 
 
The purposes for grants awarded under the program are expanded to include agricultural literacy and nutrition education. The bill requires USDA to provide technical assistance, research, and information to increase awareness of and participation in farm to school programs among agricultural producers.
 
In awarding grants, USDA must improve local food procurement and distribution options for agricultural producers and eligible schools. USDA is permitted to fund projects that include innovative approaches to aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution. 
 
The bill establishes new limitations on the amount and duration of grants.
 
The bill also establishes reporting requirements and limits funds that may be used for administrative costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Elimination of Tariffs on Education for Children's Act

Bill: 114-hr-1063
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

Elimination of Tariffs on Education for Children's Act or the ETEACH Act

 
 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to electronic educational devices designed or intended primarily for children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Access to Education and Training Act

Bill: 114-hr-1064
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

Access to Education and Training Act

 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of Education to award a student two Pell Grants during a single award year if the student is enrolled in an associate or baccalaureate degree or certificate program at an institution of higher education on at least a half-time basis for the equivalent of more than one academic year or more than two semesters during the Pell Grant award year.
 
Permits the total amount of Pell Grants awarded to such a student for the award year to exceed the maximum basic grant level specified in the appropriate appropriations Act for that award year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
POST Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1065
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

POST Act of 2015

 
Directs states receiving funds under specified Bureau of Justice Assistance grant programs (whether characterized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, or otherwise), after a specified compliance period, to require all individuals enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency of the state and all law enforcement officers of the state to fulfill a training session on sensitivity each fiscal year, including training on ethnic and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the disabled, mentally ill, and new immigrants. Requires an eight-hour session for individuals attending an academy and a four-hour session for all other law enforcement officers.
 
Subjects any state that fails to comply with such requirement to a reduction of up to 20% of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to such state for a fiscal year for such grant programs, at the discretion of the Attorney General. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Clinical Trials Modernization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1066
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

Clinical Trials Modernization Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow sponsors of applications for new drugs, biological products, and medical devices to propose incorporation of alternative statistical methods, including adaptive trial design and Bayesian methods, into clinical trial protocols and marketing applications.
 
The FDA is required to issue guidance that establishes or clarifies standards for using alternative statistical methods in clinical trials.
 The FDA must establish a process under which a post-approval study or clinical trial required by the FDA is periodically evaluated to determine whether the trial or study is no longer scientifically warranted or whether the design should be renegotiated because of changes in medical practice or the standard of care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Reform Act

Bill: 114-hr-1067
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges
Judicial review and appeals
Life, casualty, property insurance
Specialized courts
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: 

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Reform Act

 
 This bill extends the temporary expansion of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
 
 Specified recall provisions for retired Court judges are amended, including changing the recall period from 90 days in a calendar year to 90 days.
 
 A regular service judge and a retired judge shall be treated as an employee for government life insurance purposes.
 
 Regular service judges, retired recall eligible judges, and certain retired but not recall-eligible judges may purchase up to an additional year of service credit for each year of federal judicial service completed.
 
The salary of Court judges is set at the rate applicable to federal appellate court judges. (Currently, their salary is set at the rate applicable to federal district court judges.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-25
text: Introduced in House