hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Budget Integrity Act

Bill: 114-hr-2498
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Budget Integrity Act 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare long-term cost estimates for reported legislation with a gross budgetary impact of at least 0.25% of gross domestic product in either of the next two 10-year periods. 
 
The bill also creates a point of order against considering legislation in the House or the Senate that would cause a net increase in on-budget deficits above $5 billion in either of the two periods. 
 
The CBO and the Office of Management and Budget must issue long-term budget projections that cover 40 years. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effects of long-term debt. 
 
The bill amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to deem the House to have passed any necessary changes to the statutory debt limit upon adoption of the budget resolution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Protection Program Act

Bill: 114-hr-2500
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Voluntary Protection Program Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) voluntary protection program, under which management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Citizens' Districts Preservation Act

Bill: 114-hr-2501
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
California
Congressional districts and representation
Hawaii
Idaho
New Jersey
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Citizens' Districts Preservation Act 

 
Requires each of the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, New Jersey, and Washington to retain the congressional redistricting plan in effect in such state as of the first day of the 114th Congress until such state carries out a redistricting plan in response to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from the regular decennial census conducted in 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2502
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for bundled payments for integrated care furnished by a qualified entity, during an episode of care for applicable conditions involving a hospitalization, to an individual entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and enrolled for benefits under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), but not enrolled under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice Program) or in a PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-21
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: 2015-05-21
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: 2015-05-21
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: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act

Bill: 114-hr-2503
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act

 
 Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the state agency charged with administering a state's unemployment compensation law to seek from the Commissioner of Social Security, and through additional appropriate means, information necessary to carry out any provision of that law which renders ineligible for regular compensation, because he or she is unable to satisfy work requirements, any individual confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility for conviction of a criminal offense.
 Directs the Department of Labor to notify any state whose unemployment compensation agency fails to comply substantially with such requirements that further payments (for unemployment benefits) will not be made to the state until there is no longer any such failure.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2504
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015 

 
 Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit from receiving benefits under those titles any individual who is the subject of: (1) an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony, or (2) an outstanding arrest warrant for violating a condition of prohibition or parole imposed under federal or state law. 
 
Directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to furnish any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, upon written request, with the current address, Social Security number, and photograph of any recipient of title VIII benefits if the officer furnishes the SSA with the individual's name and other identifying information as reasonably required to establish the individual's unique identity, and notifies the SSA that: (1) the individual is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, or the individual is violating a condition of probation or parole; and (2) the location or apprehension of such individual is within the officer's official duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-2508
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Grain
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing any regulation that would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium contained in federally reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks sold in schools below specified July 2014 maximum levels allowed in school breakfasts for school year 2014-2015.
 With respect to grain contents, USDA shall only require that half of all grains in such food items are whole grain-rich. School food authorities must comply with the applicable grain component or standard with respect to the school lunch or school breakfast program in effect before July 1, 2014.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act

Bill: 114-hr-2509
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act 

 
 Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, with respect to grants to states by the Department of Labor for reemployment demonstration projects, to allow grants to up to 10 states per year instead of a maximum of 10 states altogether.
 
Allows a designee of a state governor, instead of only the governor, to apply for such a grant.
 
Extends the allowable project period through December 31, 2019.
 
Allows direct disbursements under a project to employers who hire individuals receiving unemployment compensation to include disbursements promoting retention.
 
Requires the Department to approve completed grant applications in the order of receipt.
 
Revises requirements for termination of a project to require the Department to: 
 
 
 notify a state in writing with sufficient detail describing any violation of the substantive terms or conditions of a project justifying its termination, and 
 
 determine that the state has not taken action to correct the violation within 90 days after notification.
 
 
Directs the Department to evaluate the impact of each demonstration project, using existing data sources and methodology appropriate to determine project effects, including the effect on individual skill levels, earnings, and employment retention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
School Attendance Improves Lives Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2511
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

School Attendance Improves Lives Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to condition SSI benefits for disabled children aged 16 or 17 on school attendance, except where the Social Security Administration determines that the individual has good medical cause to not attend school for part or all of a month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act

Bill: 114-hr-2512
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Furloughed Federal Employee Double Dip Elimination Act 

 
 Requires regulations pertaining to the compensation of a federal employee who receives back pay for a period in which such employee was furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations to ensure that such back pay be treated in the same way as federal wages attributable to such employee and that the period to which such back pay relates be treated in the same way as a period of federal service attributable to such employee (thereby disqualifying such employee for receipt of state unemployment compensation).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Access, Competition, and Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Promoting Access, Competition, and Equity Act of 2015 or the PACE Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to ease application criteria and procedures for physician-owned hospitals to expand their facilities. Under current law, expansion of physician-owned hospitals is subject to certain limitations, such as those regarding the extent and frequency of expansion and requiring community output. The bill suspends these limitations with respect to applications for expansion filed before October 1, 2019. 
 
Following the end of this suspension period, hospitals with consistently high quality ratings are included among those hospitals that may apply to expand their facilities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may not alter the methodology for computing a hospital's quality rating before October 1, 2019. 
 
With respect to hospitals under development as of March 23, 2010, the bill extends to May 1, 2015, the date by which a hospital may qualify for an exception to the ownership or investment prohibition on physician self-referrals.
 
The bill also: (1) exempts physician-owned hospitals from specified documentation and coding adjustments, and (2) extends reductions in certain inflationary increases associated with Medicare payments for inpatient hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-21
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: 2015-05-21
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: 2015-05-21
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: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Helping Veterans Save for Health Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2514
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Helping Veterans Save for Health Care Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a veteran receiving hospital care or medical services for a service-connected disabililty is not disqualified from participating in or contributing to a tax-preferred health savings account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
VETS Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 or VETS Act of 2015

 
Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is a licensed, nationally registered, or certified professional to practice at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether such professional or patient is located in a facility owned by the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Powering American Jobs Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2517
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Powering American Jobs Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016: (1) the tax credit for nonbusiness energy efficiency improvements, (2) excise tax credits and payments for alternative fuels and biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel mixtures, (3) the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures, and (4) the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable fuels. Equalizes the excise tax rate for liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. Modifies energy efficiency standards for windows, doors, skylights, roofing, water heaters, biomass stoves, and furnaces or hot water boilers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2518
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
Student aid and college costs
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2015 
 
 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify reporting requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in title IV federal financial aid programs. Currently, to retain title IV eligibility, IHEs must report data to the Department of Education (ED) through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). 
 
This bill requires IHEs to submit additional student enrollment data to ED to enable coding and reporting on students' level of academic preparation. It also requires ED to calculate additional outcome measures by institution and program, including: 
 
 
 the percentage of students who receive federal, state, or institutional grants or loans;
 
the average amount of federal loan debt upon graduation;
 
the average amount of total federal loan debt of students who do not complete a program of study;
 
student transfer rates;
 
rates of continuation to higher levels of education; and
 
the percentage of students who receive the degree they initially sought. 
 
 
ED must report additional outcome measures established by this Act, as well as all existing student data in IPEDS, based on these student types:
 
 
 receipt or non-receipt of federal Pell Grants,
 
receipt or non-receipt of Stafford Loans, 
 
participation in the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program, 
 
enrollment status, and
 
enrollment intensity.
 
 
ED must also, in cooperation with the Social Security Administration, make publicly available data on employment metrics and median annual earnings 2 years, 6 years, and 15 years after program completion. ED must report the data by:
 
 
 education program, 

 
credential received, 

 
institution, and 

 
state of employment.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House