hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Safe Streets Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2071
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 
 
Safe Streets Act of 2015

 
 Requires each state to have in effect within two years a law, or each state department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) an explicit policy statement, that requires all federally-funded transportation projects, with certain exceptions, to accommodate the safety and convenience of all users in accordance with certain complete streets principles.
 
Defines &quot;complete streets principles&quot; as federal, state, local, or regional level transportation laws, policies, or principles which ensure that the safety and convenience of all users of a transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit users, children, older individuals, motorists, freight vehicles, and individuals with disabilities, are accommodated in all phases of project planning and development. 
 
Allows such law or policy to make project-specific exemptions from such principles only if: (1) affected roadways prohibit specified users by law from using them, the cost of a compliance project would be excessively disproportionate to the need, or the population, employment densities, traffic volumes, or level of transit service around a roadway is so low that the expected roadway users will not include pedestrians, public transportation, freight vehicles, or bicyclists; and (2) all such exemptions are properly approved.
 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a method for evaluating compliance by state departments of transportation and MPOs with complete streets principles. 
 
Requires the Access Board to issue final standards for accessibility of new construction and alterations of pedestrian facilities for public rights-of-way.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct research regarding complete streets to: (1) assist states, MPOs, and local jurisdictions in developing and implementing complete streets-compliant plans, projects, procedures, policies, and training programs; and (2) establish benchmarks for, and provide technical guidance on, implementing complete streets policies and principles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act

Bill: 114-hr-2072
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Metals
Mining
Minnesota
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act

 
Withdraws federal lands within the Rainy River Drainage Basin in Minnesota from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and mineral material laws. 
 
Deems the approval of any lease or permit for activities relating to mining on federal lands in the Basin to be a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Requires an environmental impact statement conducted for such an action to include consideration of any potential impacts to units of the National Park System (NPS) or land in the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) located in the Basin. Conditions the issuance or renewal of any such lease or permit on a requirement that the permittee or lessee seasonally monitor water quality on such lands throughout the Basin. Requires all mining activities to be suspended if any mining related contamination is detected in any NPS unit or NWPS land in the Basin until all contamination has been remediated. 
 
Bars a federal agency from approving any mining related activities on federal lands in the Basin until the entity holding a lease or permit for that activity has submitted: (1) an acceptable contamination remediation plan, and (2) a full reclamation and performance bond sufficient to return the affected area to its original condition and treat any potential contamination for 50 years following the conclusion of any mining activities. 
 
Exempts sand, gravel, and granite operations that exist on the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2075
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
First Amendment rights
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Public participation and lobbying
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2015

 
Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites. 
 
Directs the Commission to examine: (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on free speech, the right to petition the government, other constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E596-597)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from increasing minimum financial responsibility requirements established by Congress for motor carriers of passengers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2077
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) may not increase minimum levels of financial responsibility for commercial motor carriers of passengers.
 
DOT shall study and report to Congress on current federal minimum financial responsibility requirements for such carriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Social Security Solvent Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2078
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

Keeping Social Security Solvent Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxes on employment and self-employment compensation, to repeal the limit on the amount of compensation subject to such taxes (i.e., the contribution and benefit base, currently $118,500 in 2015). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2079
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015

 
This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE). 
The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forbid an IHE that participates in federal student aid programs, including work-study programs, from requiring a student to agree to any restriction on the student's ability to pursue a claim, individually or with others, against it in court.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2479)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam.

Bill: 114-hr-2080
Sponsor: Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Montana
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 
This bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12429 (Clark Canyon Dam, Montana), to reinstate the license and extend for three years after enactment of this Act the time period during which the licensee is required to commence the construction of project works.

action_date: 2016-03-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request, to reinstate the construction license granted to Clark Canyon Hydro Company for the Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project located on the Beaverhead River in Beaverhead County, Montana.
 
Clark Canyon Hydro Company is required to commence construction on the project within three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-15
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 392.
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1308)
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1308)
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2080.
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1308-1309)
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: Mr. Whitfield moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in House
STEM K to Career Act

Bill: 114-hr-2082
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

STEM K to Career Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require the Department of Education to forgive student loan obligations of borrowers employed as full-time teachers of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) in elementary or secondary schools in which the number of low-income children exceeds a certain percentage.
 
Portions of the student loan debt, including interest, will be forgiven on the basis of years of service, with 100% forgiven for five years of teacher service.
 
 The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an increased tax deduction for expenses by elementary and secondary school teachers for STEM education supplies; (2) a tax credit for the employment of STEM interns; and (3) a tax credit for employment of individuals who participated in an apprenticeship program in a STEM field, with the amount determined according to the degree of completion of a program.
 
 Beginning with FY2016, an institution of higher education must use at least 7% of federal work-study funds granted under HEA to compensate students employed in STEM fields. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-04-29
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: 2015-04-29
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: 2015-04-29
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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2083
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital.
 
Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements.
 
Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement such plan.
 
Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act.
 
Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Identity Theft Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2084
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Taxpayer Identity Theft Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to include certain felony violations under the Internal Revenue Code as aggravated identity theft, including the following offenses when committed in connection with the filing of a tax return: (1) conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims; (2) false, fictitious or fraudulent claims; and (3) conspiracy to commit any offense against, or to defraud, the United States.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations with interested local water and power providers for the transfer of ownership, control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2085
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Directs the Department of the Interior to: (1) enter into negotiations for the transfer of ownership, control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project to interested local water and power providers within California; (2) report to specified congressional committees every six months on such negotiations, on actions Interior recommends the United States take to finalize an agreement for such transfer, and on the terms of any agreement reached; and (3) transfer such Unit in accordance with such an agreement.
 
Defines: (1) the &quot;New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project&quot; to mean all federal reclamation projects located within or diverting water from or to the watershed of the Stanislaus and San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries; and (2) &quot;interested local water and power providers&quot; to include the Calaveras County Water District, Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District, Modesto Irrigation District, Oakdale Irrigation District, Stockton East Water District, South San Joaquin Irrigation District, Tuolumne Utilities District, Turlock Irrigation District, and Union Public Utilities District.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House