hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Pay Down the Debt Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3775
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-20
text: 

Pay Down the Debt Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a legislative process to stabilize the debt using the prior year's ratio of debt held by the public to the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) as a target.
 
 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must report annually on whether the target will be exceeded in any of the five ensuing fiscal years. 
 
If the OMB reports that the target will be exceeded in any year between FY2017-FY2025, the President's budget for that year must include legislative recommendations to achieve the target. 
 
If the CBO reports that the target will be exceeded in any year between FY2017-FY2025: 
 
 
 the congressional budget resolution for that year must include reconciliation instructions directing congressional committees to recommend legislation to achieve the target, or 
 
any Member of Congress may introduce a bill to reach the target, to be considered using expedited legislative procedures if Congress has not agreed to a budget resolution by June 15th that meets the requirements. 
 
 
If debt stabilization legislation is required, Congress may not consider legislation increasing mandatory budget authority or decreasing revenues until the debt legislation has been agreed to and sent to the President. 
 
The requirements imposed by this bill are suspended if: (1) the Department of the Treasury estimates that real GDP for a year will grow by less than 1% compared to the prior year, or (2) a joint resolution is enacted stating that the debt stabilization legislation would cause or exacerbate an economic downturn. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-20
text: Introduced in House
End Government Shutdowns Act

Bill: 114-hr-3776
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

End Government Shutdowns Act 

 
This bill provides specified continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the beginning of the fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. The appropriations are provided to continue to fund programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
TIMBER Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3778
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Trees on the Interstate Means a Better Economy and Roads Act of 2015 or the TIMBER Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive certain Interstate Highway System vehicle weight limitations for covered logging vehicles.
 
The bill defines &quot;covered logging vehicle&quot; to mean a vehicle that:
 
 
is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; 
 
 has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 98,000 pounds; 
 
 has at least 6 axles; and 
 
 is operating on a segment of Interstate Route 39 in Wisconsin from mile marker 175.8 to mile marker 189. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government information and archives
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 
This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency head determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary.

action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 
 
Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency head determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary.
 
Departments and agencies must issue regulations within one year of this bill's enactment that specify the circumstances under which the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on mailed documents is necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5883)
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5883)
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3779.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5883-5885)
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 617.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-789.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-789.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3780
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate provider penalties for failure to comply with electronic health records (EHR) use requirements.
 
Under current law, certain hospitals, Medicare Advantage organizations, and professionals participating in Medicare are subject to negative payment adjustments if they fail to comply with established requirements for EHR use. The bill eliminates these penalties and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse such providers for payments that they would have received within a specified timeframe had such penalties not been applied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-21
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: 2015-10-21
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: 2015-10-21
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: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Family services
Indian social and development programs
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015

 
This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) (renamed by this Act Federal Payments for Foster Care and Permanency) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to give states the option of providing certain time-limited family services, including parenting and family skills training and counseling, to a child meeting certain criteria or the child's parents or kin caregivers.
 
SSAct title IV part B is also amended to:
 
 
eliminate the time-limit for family reunification services, 
increase the mandatory funding authorization for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, and 
extend funding for Family Connection Grants for one year. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3782
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, with respect to the detention of a juvenile status offender (a juvenile arrested for an offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult) who violates a valid court order, to require the court placing such juvenile in detention to issue a written order that: (1) identifies the valid court order that has been violated; (2) specifies the factual basis for determining that there is reasonable cause to believe that the juvenile has violated such order; (3) includes findings of fact to support a determination that there is no appropriate less restrictive alternative available to placing the juvenile in a secure detention or correctional facility, with due consideration to the best interest of the juvenile; (4) specifies the length of time, not to exceed three days, that the juvenile may remain in such facility and includes a plan for the juvenile's release; and (5) may not be renewed or extended. It provides that a juvenile status offender may only be detained once in any six-month period. The bill eliminates, not later than one year after the enactment of this Act, the use of valid court orders to provide secure lockup of juvenile status offenders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7169)
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Bill: 114-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should acknowledge and address social conditions such as poverty, homelessness, inadequate educational systems, and limited economic opportunities in developing a comprehensive gang violence reduction strategy. 
 
It amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to nonprofit community-based gang intervention agencies to provide services for reducing and stopping gang-related and gang-motivated violence and crime, (2) include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies in juvenile justice and delinquency prevention advisory groups established by state plans, and (3) include community-based gang intervention and prevention activities in state and local grant programs for delinquency prevention.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7169)
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act

Bill: 114-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act

 
This bill prohibits an executive agency from using the following terms in any rule, regulation, interpretation, publication, other document, display, or sign issued by the agency except to the extent that the term is used in quoting or reproducing text written by a source other than an officer or employee of the agency: 
 
 
 "alien" when used to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national, and 
 
"illegal alien" when used to refer to an individual who is unlawfully present in the United States or who lacks a lawful U.S. immigration status. 
 
 
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the term "foreign national" in federal law means any individual other than an individual who: (1) is a U.S. citizen; or (2) though not a U.S. citizen, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.
 
Any reference in any federal statute, rule, regulation, executive order, publication, or other U.S. document to the term: 
 
 
"alien" when used to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national is deemed to refer to the term "foreign national," and 
 
"illegal alien" when used to refer to an individual who is unlawfully present in the United States or who lacks a lawful U.S. immigration status is deemed to refer to the term "undocumented foreign national."
 
 
Conforming amendments are made to specified Acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Fair Prepayment Act

Bill: 114-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Student Loan Fair Prepayment Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require a student loan borrower's prepayment amount on a Federal Family Education Loan, Federal Direct Loan, or Federal Perkins Loan to be applied first toward outstanding fees and then, unless a borrower requests otherwise, in the following order: (1) toward the principle due on the loan with the highest interest rate, if multiple loans have different interest rates; and (2) toward the principle due on the loan with the highest balance, if multiple loans have the same interest rate.
 
Additionally, it amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a borrower's prepayment amount on a private education loan to be applied first toward outstanding fees and then, unless a borrower requests otherwise, in the following order: (1) toward the principle due on the loan with the highest interest rate, if multiple loans have different interest rates; and (2) toward the principle due on the loan with the highest balance, if multiple loans have the same interest rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

The Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires that projects, especially the highest performing projects, included in an adopted metropolitan area transportation plan be selected through a publicly available transparent process using criteria that directly support specified factors, national transportation goals, and applicable state transportation goals.
 
Projects included in the priority list for a metropolitan transportation improvement program (TIP) shall come from the highest performing category of projects identified in the transportation plan; and if a lower-categorized project is prioritized before a higher-categorized project, a public description explaining why must be included in the list.
 
These same requirements shall apply to a long-range statewide transportation plan as well as a statewide TIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
MOVE Act

Bill: 114-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Department of Transportation
Disability and paralysis
Minority employment
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Mobility, Opportunity, and Vocation Enabling Act or the MOVE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations necessary to establish performance measures relating to multimodal transportation connectivity and accessibility for states and metropolitan planning organizations to use to assess the connectivity and accessibility of roadways, public transit infrastructure, pedestrian and bikeway infrastructure, and other transportation infrastructure.
 
Such performance measures must include ones to assess specified transportation accessibility factors with respect to the general population as well as disadvantaged populations (low-income or minority populations and people with disabilities).
 
A metropolitan planning organization shall coordinate selection of multimodal transportation accessibility performance targets with the relevant state and public transportation providers to ensure consistency with the performance measures DOT shall require under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House