hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2020
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Espionage and treason
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to include an organization that the Department of State has designated as a foreign terrorist organization as an enemy of the United States for purposes of the crime of treason.
 
Amends the Passport Act of 1926 to: (1) prohibit, with a discretionary exception for emergency or humanitarian reasons, the Department of State from issuing a passport or passport card to an individual who is a member of, or affiliated with, a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) require the Department to revoke a passport or passport card previously issued to any such individual. Authorizes the Department, before revocation, to: (1) limit a previously issued passport or passport card to only return travel to the United States, or (2) issue a limited passport or passport card that permits only return travel to the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to Amtrak.

Bill: 114-hr-2021
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 
This bill prohibits the availability of federal funds to Amtrak.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

Bill: 114-hr-2022
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to implement a demonstration project providing competitive, 4-year grants to at least 10 secondary schools that have a 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 60% or lower, for the provision of additional school counselors and counselor resources.
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that grantees should provide one additional counselor for every 250 students at risk.
 
The additional school counselors must serve primarily students identified as being at risk of not graduating in four years.
 
Grantees that demonstrate progress in improving their graduation rates are eligible for subsequent grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Hold Congress Accountable Act

Bill: 114-hr-2023
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Hold Congress Accountable Act

 
 Requires a reduction in the annual rate of pay of a Member of Congress during a government shutdown equal to the product of 1 day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. Makes such reduction applicable to days occurring after the date of the general election for federal office held in November 2016. 
 
Requires any amount of pay of a Member of Congress in the 114th Congress that is reduced due to a government shutdown to be held in escrow until the last day of the 114th Congress and released for payment to Members at that time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Smartphone Theft Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2024
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Crimes against property
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Smartphone Theft Prevention Act of 2015

 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require commercial mobile service providers to make available on smartphones, in coordination with smartphone manufacturers and operating system providers, a function that an account holder may use remotely to: (1) delete or render inaccessible all information on the smartphone relating to the account holder, (2) render the smartphone inoperable on the global networks of such service providers, (3) prevent reactivation or reprogramming without a passcode or similar authorization after the smartphone has been rendered inoperable or has been subject to an unauthorized factory reset, and (4) restore personal information from the smartphone onto a compatible or interoperable device.
 
Requires service providers to ensure that smartphones: (1) prompt the account holder to enable such functions during the initial setup process, and (2) allow only the account holder to opt out. 
 
Prohibits a smartphone from being manufactured in the United States or imported into the United States for sale or resale to the public, unless the smartphone is configured in such a manner that a service provider may comply with such functionality requirements.
 
Prohibits service providers from charging a fee for making available such functions, the initial prompt, and the ability to opt out.
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a common national framework for smartphone anti-theft measures to protect consumers.
 
Requires the FCC to determine whether this Act should apply to tablets with commercial mobile services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2025
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015

 
 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.
 
Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.
 
Waives the nine-month marriage requirement to make eligible for widow or widower benefits certain widows or widowers whose marriage to a deceased individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the deceased individual as a result of such a marriage.
 
Waives the one-year marriage requirement to make eligible for husband's or wife's OASDI benefits certain husbands and wives whose marriage to an individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the individual as a result of such a marriage.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a comprehensive and effective three-year outreach campaign to encourage benefit applications by individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits as a result of changes in law relating to same-sex marriage and occurring on or after June 26, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
SUPPORT Act

Bill: 114-hr-2026
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health information and medical records
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Military education and training
Military law
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Support Uniformed Patriots; Prevent Offenses and Restore Trust Act or the SUPPORT Act

 
This bill directs the Secretary of a military department to ensure that: 
 
 
the commander of each unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps or Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and all professors of military science, senior military instructors, and civilian employees assigned or employed as administrators and instructors of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps receive sexual assault prevention and response training and education; and 
 
information regarding legal assistance and the services of the Department of Defense (DOD) sexual assault prevention and response program is made available to such Reserve Officers' Training Corps personnel.
 
 
The Secretary of DOD (Secretary) shall establish a strategy to prevent retaliation by members of the Armed Forces against other members who report or otherwise intervene on behalf of sexual assault victims.
 
The Secretary or the Secretary of a military department may permit a DOD civilian employee who is a victim of a sex-related offense to obtain the services of a Special Victims' Counsel.
 
The Secretary is directed to improve the Special Victims' Counsel program regarding: (1) criminal justice experience for judge advocates, (2) counsel training, (3) program performance standards, and (4) increased counsel-client communication.
 
The Secretary shall: 
 
 
provide for revised sexual assault prevention and response training to address the incidence of male service members being sexually assaulted, and appropriate DOD mental and medical care (including improved provider guidelines) for male victims;
 
ensure that mental health records are neither sought from a medical treatment facility by investigators or military justice practitioners nor acknowledged or released by medical treatment facility personnel until their production has been ordered by a military judge or Article 32 hearing officer; and 
 
examine DOD and interagency review process for implementing statutory changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and explore streamlining options.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Boko Haram Disarmament and Northeast Nigeria Recovery Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2027
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Cameroon
Chad
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Niger
Nigeria
Performance measurement
Reconstruction and stabilization
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Boko Haram Disarmament and Northeast Nigeria Recovery Act of 2015

 
Directs the President to develop and submit to Congress a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to: (1) eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability from Boko Haram, and (2) enforce the rule of law and ensure full humanitarian access in Boko Haram-affected areas.
 
States that such strategy should include a plan to work with Nigeria and other international partners to liberate Boko Haram's kidnapping victims. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the populations in Boko Haram-affected areas. Makes funds available for such assistance pursuant to final judgment of a specified legal case.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should support efforts by the people of Boko Haram-affected areas and the governments of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger to: 
 
 
assist internally displaced people and returnees; 
 
enhance the administrative competency of state and local governance institutions and public agencies in northeast Nigeria; 
 
provide all children with a quality basic education while ensuring student and faculty safety; 
 
strengthen the operational capacity of the civilian police in Nigeria, and strengthen measures to prevent corruption; and 
 
promote programs to address physical harm and psychosocial trauma. 
 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: 
 
 
the Secretary of State and Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development should work with Congress to increase future assistance to support reconstruction activities if Nigeria demonstrates a commitment to transparent reconstruction in Boko Haram-affected areas of Nigeria, and 
 
the Secretary should withhold assistance if Nigeria is not committed to transparent reconstruction and reconciliation in the Boko Haram-affected areas of Nigeria.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
READ Act

Bill: 114-hr-2030
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Trade restrictions
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database Act of 2015 or the READ Act

 
This bill amends the Asbestos Information Act of 1988 to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and maintain a database of asbestos-containing products. The database must be accessible through EPA's website, publicly available, and searchable. An asbestos-containing product is any product to which asbestos is deliberately or knowingly added or in which asbestos is deliberately used or knowingly present in any concentration.
 
Any person who manufactured, processed, distributed, sold, imported, transported, or stored an asbestos-containing product must report to the EPA each year to identify the characteristics and location of the asbestos-containing products. 
 
Civil penalties are imposed upon any person who knowingly: (1) manufactured, processed, distributed, sold, imported, transported, or stored an asbestos-containing product and who did not submit a report; or (2) provides false or inaccurate information in a report or fails to provide required information.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the utility of the database. The report must contain recommendations for measures to increase use of the database by consumers and further reduce the harm caused by exposure to asbestos.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Swatting Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2031
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Anti-Swatting Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for the transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to trigger a response by a law enforcement agency.
 
Directs the court to order a defendant who has been convicted of such an offense to reimburse any law enforcement agencies or any government agencies or private not-for-profit organizations that provide fire, rescue, or emergency medical services for expenses incurred in responding to such conduct. Treats such an order of reimbursement as a civil judgment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in House