hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

Bill: 114-hr-1822
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Social Security Administration
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

 
 Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1972 to extend the Supplemental Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2217)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Yachts Act

Bill: 114-hr-1823
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Yachts Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for interest paid on a mortgage for a second residence of a taxpayer if that residence is a boat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
SMART Act

Bill: 114-hr-1824
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act or the SMART Act

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the marginal income tax rates with a single rate of 17% on individual taxable income. 
 
Redefines "taxable income" to mean the amount by which wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation exceed the standard deduction. Increases the basic standard deduction and includes an additional standard deduction for dependents. Includes in taxable income the taxable income of each dependent child under the age of 14. 
Replaces the current tax on corporations with a tax on every person engaged in a business activity equal to 17% of the business taxable income of such person. Makes the person engaged in the business activity liable for the tax, whether or not such person is an individual, a partnership, or a corporation. 
Imposes a tax of 17% on the value of excludable compensation provided during the year by an employer for the benefit of employees. Makes the employer liable for the tax. 
Repeals pension plan rules relating to : (1) non-discrimination, (2) contribution limits, and (3) restrictions on distributions. Revises rules relating to transfers of excess pension assets. 
Repeals: (1) the alternative minimum tax; (2) all income tax credits; (3) estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; and (4) income tax provisions, except certain provisions relating to retirement distributions and tax-exempt organizations. 
 Declares it not in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate, unless waived or suspended by a three-fifths vote, to consider any legislation that increases or adds an income tax rate, reduces the standard deduction, or provides any exclusion, deduction, credit, or other benefit that reduces federal revenues.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Stop TSA Abuses Act

Bill: 114-hr-1825
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Law enforcement officers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Stop TSA Abuses Act

 
 Directs the Transportation Security Administration to prohibit any of the following employees who are not sworn law enforcement officers with arresting authority and who have not successfully completed federal, state, or local law enforcement training from using the title of "officer" or from wearing a metal badge resembling a police badge or a uniform resembling the uniform of a federal law enforcement officer:
 
 
checkpoint transportation security officer,
 
checked baggage transportation security officer, 
 
travel document checker,
 
behavior detection officer, or
 
transportation security specialist--explosives.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2346)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1827
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015

 
Reauthorizes appropriations for the grant program under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Includes the training of school personnel to recognize child sexual abuse among the uses of grants to states and subgrants to local educational agencies and partnerships under that program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
DHS Communication Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1829
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

DHS Communication Enhancement Act of 2015

 
Directs the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) assess the ability of each of its components to convey information to, collect information from, and serve individuals with limited English proficiency; and (2) report a plan to improve such ability.
 
Requires such assessment to:
 
 
identify the languages spoken fluently and read by individuals with limited English proficiency commonly encountered by personnel of the component, 
 
assess the extent to which the public materials of the component are available in such languages, and 
 
assess the ability of personnel of the component to communicate with and serve individuals with limited English proficiency. 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Water Rights Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-1830
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Water Rights Protection Act

 
 Prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from:
 
 
conditioning or withholding the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the limitation or encumbrance of any water right or the transfer of any water right to the United States or any other designee, or any other impairment of any water right under state law by federal or state action;
 
requiring any water user (including a federally recognized Indian tribe) to apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a permit;
 
asserting jurisdiction over groundwater withdrawals or impacts on groundwater resources, unless consistent with state groundwater resource laws, regulations, and policies; or
 
infringing on the rights and obligations of a state in evaluating, allocating, and adjudicating state waters originating on or under, or flowing from, land owned or managed by the federal government.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Innovation Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-1832
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Government trust funds
Intellectual property
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Innovation Protection Act

 
Establishes in the Treasury the United States Patent and Trademark Office Public Enterprise Fund (Public Enterprise Fund) to be used as a revolving fund by the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) without fiscal year limitation. 
 
Requires to be credited to or deposited in the Public Enterprise Fund: (1) appropriations for defraying the costs of USPTO activities; (2) fees collected under federal patent and trademark laws; and (3) any unobligated balances remaining in the Patent and Trademark Office Appropriation Account and in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund. (Thus, replaces the Patent and Trademark Office Appropriation Account, eliminates the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund, and provides a source of permanent funding for the USPTO.)
 
Requires fees collected by the Director to remain available to the Director until expended. 
 
Makes the Public Enterprise Fund available to cover: (1) ordinary and reasonable administrative, operating, and other expenses incurred by the Director for the continued operation of USPTO services, programs, activities, and duties relating to patents and trademarks; and (2) expenses incurred pursuant to obligations, representations, or other commitments of the USPTO. 
 
Requires the Director, on an annual basis, to: (1) report to Congress with operation and spending plans, including financial details and staff levels broken down by each major activity; (2) provide for an independent audit of USPTO financial statements; and (3) submit a budget to the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E524)
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
FAFSA for All Act

Bill: 114-hr-1833
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

FAFSA for All Act

 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to include on the same website that is used to provide students with the electronic version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) questions to determine, for title IV eligibility purposes, whether:
 
 
 a dependent student is a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States or is here for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent resident; and
 
the parents of a dependent student have a valid social security number.
 
 
Requires that website to also include:
 
 
detailed guidance on how dependent students who satisfy those immigration requirements but whose parents do not have a valid social security number may obtain student assistance under title IV, and
 
an online tool that allows those students to upload the documents they need to receive such assistance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
E-2 Visa Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1834
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

E-2 Visa Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit a nonimmigrant E-2 alien (treaty investor) who has been in the United States in such status for at least 10 years and has created full-time employment for at least 2 individuals to apply for immediate employment-based immigrant status.
 
Up to 10,000 such visas may be made available each fiscal year.
 
 Sons and daughters of E-2 aliens (or aliens seeking such status) can remain on their parent's visa as a child until age 26. Employment authorization may be granted at age 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Air Traffic Controller Reform and Employee Stock Ownership Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1835
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Air Traffic Controller Reform and Employee Stock Ownership Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to transfer Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control personnel and property to a private corporation. The corporation shall issue securities to such personnel giving them stock ownership in the corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Monuments Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-1836
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Monuments Protection Act
 
 
Directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to enter into an agreement with a state, the District of Columbia, a federally recognized Indian tribe, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision of such an entity that offers to assume activities to resume or continue operations and public access to any covered unit during any period when those activities would not otherwise be carried out because: (1) there is a lapse in available federal funds as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) there are insufficient federal funds to operate such unit as a result of a failure of the federal government to make sufficient funds available. 
 
Defines a &quot;covered unit&quot; to mean:
 
 
public lands,
 
units of the National Park System,
 
units of the National Wildlife Refuge System,
 
federally owned open air monuments and memorials,
 
units of the National Forest System, and 
 
federally owned roads and off ramps on all such lands. 
 
 
Requires Interior and USDA to reimburse such an entity once funds are made available for activities carried out by such entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House