hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense Installations Act

Bill: 114-hr-4537
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense Installations Act or the READI Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of a military installation to house any alien unlawfully present in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Empowerment and Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4540
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Food assistance and relief
Health programs administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

SNAP Empowerment and Accountability Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit states to use drug test results for determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants to states to treat individuals who test positive. 
 
The bill increases from $20 to $50 the amount of annual benefits received under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or a similar energy assistance program which qualifies a SNAP applicant to use a standard utility allowance to document heating and cooling costs for calculating benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
STAPLER Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4541
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Save Teachers of Adults from Paying out of Their Livelihood for Education Resources Act of 2016 or the STAPLER Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include individuals who provide adult education for at least 250 hours in a taxable year in the definition of "eligible educator" for purposes of the $250 tax deduction allowed to such educators for their education-related costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Low Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4542
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Low Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program that awards grants to at least 10 eligible entities for assisting low-income households maintain access to sanitation (water and sewer) services. In order to be eligible for grants, entities must be municipalities, or public entities that own or operate public water systems, that are affected by consent decrees related to compliance with standards under that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act

Bill: 114-hr-4543
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act 

 
This bill establishes the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission to study activities that may be carried out by the federal government to honor Frederick Douglass on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth, including: (1) the issuance of a postage stamp, (2) the convening of a joint meeting or joint session of Congress for ceremonies and activities relating to Frederick Douglass, (3) a rededication of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, and (4) the acquisition and preservation of related artifacts.
 
By December 1, 2017, the commission must recommend appropriate activities in a final report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E166)
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Energy Sovereignty Act

Bill: 114-hr-4544
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental health
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Energy Sovereignty Act

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring states to prevent or eliminate air pollution endangering public health or welfare in other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4545
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Tennessee
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2016
 

 This bill designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4546
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2016

 
 This bill requires the Social Security Administration to issue uniform standards for the method for: (1) truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to facilitate their protection from use in fraud or identity theft, and (2) encryption of (or another method of securing) those numbers transmitted by means of the Internet.
 
Such standards shall apply to the federal government whenever it: (1) displays a Social Security account number; and (2) transfers, records, or otherwise utilizes such a number.
 
No state, local government, or any officer, employee, or contractor of one may display to the general public on the Internet all or any portion of any Social Security account number, except in compliance with such truncation and encryption standards or if the number belongs to a deceased individual. The bill prescribes a civil monetary penalty of up to $5,000 per day for violation of this prohibition.
 
The Department of Justice shall award grants to state and local governments to carry out activities to remove, redact, or truncate, in accordance with the uniform standards, all Social Security account numbers on forms and records of their executive, legislative, and judicial agencies that would be displayed to the general public on the Internet in violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Build the Fence Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4547
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latin America
Mexico
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Build the Fence Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required southwest border fencing by December 31, 2017. 
 
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by the same date. 
 
Until such fencing is completed: 
 
 
DHS may not obligate or expend any amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to it for facilities construction or maintenance, vehicle purchases, or other non-essential purchases or acquisitions; and 
 
 no politically appointed DHS official or senior executive service employee may travel using government aircraft, receive any non-essential training, or receive any bonus pay salary increase.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to clarify that employees of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China are to be treated as covered employees for purposes of such Act.

Bill: 114-hr-4548
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Asia
China
Congressional officers and employees
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Europe
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human rights
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to specify that it covers employees of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the Helsinki Commission). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
PASS Act

Bill: 114-hr-4550
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Protect Against School Shootings Act or the
 
PASS Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit active and retired law enforcement officers and persons who arelegally allowed to carry a concealed firearm under state law to bring their firearms onto traditionally gun-free school grounds.
 
Additionally, the bill permits such persons to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Keeping our Promise to Seniors Act

Bill: 114-hr-4551
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Keeping Our Promise to Seniors Act

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Older Americans (CPI-OA) that:
 
 
measures changes over time in the cost of living for a population that consists solely of individuals living in the United States who are age 62 or older;
 
is specifically designed to reflect the geographic areas in which such individuals reside, the goods and services they purchase, and the typical prices for those goods and services; and
 
is not based on any other consumer price index published by the BLS. 
 
 
The bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to use this new CPI-OA in the computation of cost-of-living increases for OASDI benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Gas Pump Access Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4552
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Gas Pump Access Act of 2016

 
This bill declares that it shall be a prohibited form of discrimination against individuals with disabilities in a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for a gas station or convenience store to fail to clearly display at each self-service gas pump a decal that includes its telephone number and the words &quot;Call for Assistance.&quot;
 
A gas station or convenience store that is open for business to the public with at least two attendants on duty must provide gas pumping assistance to a qualified individual with a disability who makes a request for such assistance. But it shall not be considered discrimination for a gas station or convenience store with one attendant on duty to fail to provide such requested gas pumping assistance if such attendant notifies the individual that assistance cannot be provided because there is only one attendant on duty.
 
The Department of Transportation and the Department of Justice must promulgate regulations necessary to ensure compliance with this bill and make graphics for the decals publicly available on their websites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4553
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Critical Access and Rural Equity Act of 2016 or the CARE Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that, for purposes of determining Medicare payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient critical access hospital (CAH) services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall recognize as allowable costs those related to specified emergency, diagnostic, anesthetist, community health, and off-campus clinical services.
 
Furthermore, in determining payment and reasonable costs for both inpatient and outpatient CAH services, CMS shall not disallow payment to a CAH on the basis that such payment offsets the cost of a current permissible health care-related tax imposed on and paid by the CAH. CMS must make specified payment adjustments to account for such a tax. 
 
Generally, under current law, a facility must be located beyond a specified driving distance from another hospital or facility in order to be designated as a CAH. The bill specifies that this requirement does not apply with respect to a CAH's off-campus provider-based clinic.
 
Current law further requires a facility to provide certain 24-hour emergency care services as a condition of designation as a CAH. The bill allows CMS to waive this requirement with respect to a facility that coordinates with a nearby facility or hospital that provides such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House