hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
EPA Pays Act

Bill: 114-hr-3655
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

EPA Pays Act

 
This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) by making the U.S. government liable for economic damages it caused, including damages that resulted while it was providing assistance in cleaning up hazardous substances.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reimburse the Department of the Treasury for the cost of CERCLA claims for money damages against the United States.
 
The EPA must make those reimbursements from the unobligated balance of amounts in the &quot;Environmental Programs and Management&quot; account. The EPA must first use amounts in that account that are for outreach. If sufficient amounts are not available from outreach funding, the EPA must use amounts made available for enforcement, and then amounts available for the clean air and climate program area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7193-7194)
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Tobacco to 21 Act

Bill: 114-hr-3656
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

Tobacco to 21 Act

 
This bill prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21.
 The Department of Health and Human Services must enforce this prohibition by taking necessary actions including, as appropriate, conducting undercover compliance checks, performing retailer inspections, initiating enforcement actions for noncompliance, and establishing requirements that retailers check identification.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Food Security Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3657
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Food assistance and relief
Guam
Hawaii
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

Food Security Improvement Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. 
 
The Department of Agriculture must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan using the diet described in the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion's publication entitled &quot;The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, 2007&quot; and adjustments specified in this bill. 
 
The bill revises the amounts of nutrition assistance block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa and requires the amounts to be modified based on adjustments to the low-cost food plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6718)
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
GEDI Act

Bill: 114-hr-3658
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

Gestational Diabetes Act of 2015 or the GEDI Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes, and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. 
 
The CDC must: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3659
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act of 2015

 
This bill allows undocumented aliens to obtain health care coverage by amending: (1) the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the restriction of the tax credit for health care insurance premium assistance to persons lawfully present in the United States; and (2) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate restrictions of benefits under such Act, including cost-sharing reduction, pre-existing condition coverage, and minimum essential health care coverage, to persons lawfully present in the United States. This expanded coverage is effective for taxable or plan years beginning after December 31, 2015. 
 
The bill also extends PPACA benefits to individuals who are granted deferral from removal under specified Department of Homeland Security deferred action plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-30
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: 2015-09-30
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: 2015-09-30
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: 2015-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6709-6710)
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Bill: 114-hr-3660
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
New England Fishermen Preservation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3661
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 

New England Fishermen Preservation Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from requiring sectors of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery to comply with the independent, third-party monitoring program, unless the program is fully funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The program monitors annual catch limits for fishing vessels in that sector. Currently, those sectors are required to develop and implement those programs, and are responsible for the program costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6821-6822)
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property.

Bill: 114-hr-3663
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Government liability
Industrial facilities
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Property tax
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 
This bill describes acts that unreasonably burden and discriminate against interstate commerce with respect to natural gas pipeline property. It prohibits states, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, (2) levying or collecting a tax on such an assessment, (3) levying or collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas pipeline property at a rate that exceeds the rate applicable to commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, or (4) imposing any other tax that discriminates against a natural gas pipeline providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
 
The bill grants jurisdiction to U.S. District Courts for claims involving discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property and provides for relief for such claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3664
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 

Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish for the federal government, the private sector, and any individual or organization a list of voluntary best practices for effective and usable cyber hygiene to help protect information systems or devices against cybersecurity threats that include unauthorized access, alteration of information or code running on such systems or devices, and unauthorized denials of service.
 
The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with NIST and the Federal Trade Commission, must: (1) assess cybersecurity threats relating to mobile devices and the effect of such threats on the cybersecurity of the federal government's information systems and networks, and (2) submit recommendations for addressing such threats. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To authorize appropriations for the university transportation centers program for fiscal years 2016 through 2021, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3665
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government trust funds
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Technology transfer and commercialization
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 
This bill authorizes FY2016-FY2021 appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the University Transportation Centers Program and requires the Federal Highway Administration to administer the program. 
 
The program provides grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education to establish and operate university transportation centers to advance transportation expertise and technology, provide a transportation knowledge base outside of the Department of Transportation, address critical workforce needs, and educate the next generation of transportation leaders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3666
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 

Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to establish the National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research. (Scleroderma and fibrosis are connective tissue conditions that cause hardening or scarring of skin and organs.)
 
The commission must develop a long-term, comprehensive plan for scleroderma and fibrosis research. The plan must: (1) prioritize research that has cross-cutting value and requires coordination across NIH, and (2) include specific steps for implementation of the research.
 
The commission must establish working groups to make research recommendations for the various organs and systems impacted by fibrotic illness.
 
The commission must be terminated not later than two years after establishment.
 The NIAMS must create the Scleroderma and Fibrosis Working Group to oversee and assist with implementation of the long-term plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
SAFE DRONE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3669
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Fires
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 

Safety for Airports and Firefighters by Ensuring Drones Refrain from Obstructing Necessary Equipment Act of 2015 or the SAFE DRONE Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly operate a drone in a restricted area. A "restricted area" is an area that is:
 
 
within a two-mile radius of a hub airport or an ongoing firefighting operation, or
 
subject to a temporary flight restriction issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. 
 
 
The prohibition does not apply to government operations in response to a fire or emergency.
 
Violators are subject to fines, up to one year in prison, or both. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3671
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Mammals
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 

Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the accelerated depreciation allowance for race horses to allow a three-year recovery period for any race horse. (Current law limits depreciation to race horses placed in service before January 1, 2015, and race horses that are more than two years old if placed in service after December 31, 2014.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Equine Tax Parity Act

Bill: 114-hr-3672
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Mammals
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 

Equine Tax Parity Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the preferential tax treatment of gains and losses from the sale of depreciable property used in a trade or business, to eliminate "horses" from the definition of "livestock" (thus making the 24-month holding period requirement for livestock inapplicable to horses and allowing horses to be treated as capital assets subject to the existing 1-year holding period requirement). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mail paper forms to any individual who filed a paper return for the preceding taxable year.

Bill: 114-hr-3673
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to mail paper income tax forms (and related instructions) to taxpayers who file paper returns not later than 31 days after the close of such taxpayer's next taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Introduced in House