hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2945
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority (i.e., the Secretary of Commerce, or any other officer of the United States to whom the responsibility for carrying out duties under such Act regarding countervailing and antidumping duties are transferred by law) to determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate for an exporter or producer, upon the request of such exporter or producer, if four or fewer exporters and producers are involved in the investigation or review.
 
The bill shall apply to any investigation or review initiated by such authority on or after March 1, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Incentivize Corporate America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2946
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Incentivize Corporate America Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the income tax rates on corporations to impose a single 20% rate on corporate taxable income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act

Bill: 114-hr-2949
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Genetics
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act

 
Excludes payments made under a state eugenics compensation program from classification as income or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any federal public benefit. Defines "state eugenics compensation program" as a state program for compensating individuals who were sterilized under the authority of the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Contracting Clarity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2950
Sponsor: Rep. Takai, Mark [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Economic development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Small Business Contracting Clarity Act of 2015

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the best interests of the United States to consistently promote and assist Native Hawaiian Organizations, which are deemed to be economically disadvantaged for purposes of Small Business Administration (SBA) procurement contract requirements.
 
 The Small Business Act is amended to designate these Organizations as HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses for purposes of SBA assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
JAWS Act

Bill: 114-hr-2951
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Fishes
Food industry and services
Foreign aid and international relief
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks Act or the JAWS Act

 
Prohibits federal assistance to a country that does not prohibit: (1) shark finning in its territorial waters; and (2) the importation, sale, or possession, of shark fins obtained by shark finning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Housing Assistance Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2953
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Housing Assistance Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase the number of public housing agencies (PHAs) authorized to participate in the Moving to Work demonstration program by adding to it up to 60 high-performing, high-capacity PHAs, for a total of up to 300,000 housing vouchers and public housing units, over five years, to test and evaluate innovative models for improving economic self-sufficiency, mobility, academic performance, and other outcomes for tenants assisted by HUD.
 
Selected PHAs may not receive more funding under low-income housing assistance, the Capital Fund, or the Operating Fund of the United States Housing Act of 1937 than they otherwise would have received without designation as a high performer under the public housing assessment system and the Section 8 (low-income housing assistance) management assessment program.
 
If a PHA participating in the program before enactment of this Act has complied with the terms of its Moving to Work agreement, then HUD:
 
 
must extend the PHA's agreement under the same terms in effect on the agreement's date of expiration, and
 
may not alter the formula allocation for the agency's funding.
 
 
There shall no longer be any limitation, under the Rental Assistance Demonstration specified in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (as amended), on the number of PHA and certain other multifamily housing units receiving Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds assistance or low-income moderate rehabilitation program assistance that may be converted to tenant-based or project-based rental assistance units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the "Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House".

Bill: 114-hr-2954
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arkansas
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 
 Designates the federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the &quot;Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House.&quot;

action_date: 2015-09-08
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
 Designates the federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the &quot;Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 54.
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-247.
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-247.
action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-2955
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Due process and equal protection
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government liability
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 
 
Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act 

 
This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to make the provision that prohibits law enforcement agencies from engaging in patterns or practices of conduct that violate constitutional rights related to the administration of juvenile justice applicable to adults as well as juveniles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Illegal Immigrants From Abusing Tax Welfare Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2956
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Preventing Illegal Immigrants From Abusing Tax Welfare Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny the earned income tax credit to any individual who is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States, and (2) require any taxpayer who is claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to provide the social security number of such taxpayer and of each qualifying child to whom a credit is allowed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Bill: 114-hr-2957
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Government trust funds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 
The bill revises and reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY2020. The cap on the amount that the Department of the Interior may expend from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund on administrative expenses is increased from 3% to 4%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Dine College Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2958
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Dine College Act of 2015

 
Authorizes Dine College to receive federal funding and resources for its operation, improvement, and growth, including to: 
 
 
provide higher education programs and vocational and technical education for citizens of the Navajo Nation and others;
 
preserve and protect the Navajo language, philosophy, and culture for citizens of the Navajo Nation and others; 
 
provide Navajo communities and people with employment and training opportunities;
 
provide economic development and community outreach for Navajo communities and people; and 
 
provide a safe learning, working, and living environment for students, employees, and the public.
 
 
 Authorizes appropriations to Dine College to pay for its operation and maintenance. Allows such funds to be treated as non-federal, private funds for purposes of any provision of federal law that requires that non-federal or private funds of the College be used in a project for a specific purpose. Directs the Department of the Interior to fund the operation and maintenance of the College separately from tribal colleges and universities recognized and funded by the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978.
 
Directs: (1) an inventory prepared by the College identifying repairs, alterations, and renovations to facilities required to meet health and safety standards and other factors to be submitted to Interior by January 31, 2016; (2) Interior to conduct a detailed survey of all capital projects and facility needs of the College and to report to specified congressional committees by October 31, 2016; and (3) Interior to use the College's inventory as baseline data to inform the survey. Authorizes the College to use funds provided under this Act to undertake any renovations and repairs to the infrastructure of the College identified in the survey.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2959
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act

 
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude third party contributions from qualified state expenditures used in determining whether a state maintains a certain level of historic state expenditures or else faces an associated penalty with a reduction in the state TANF grant.
 
The formula for determining the amount of the exclusion graduates from:
 
 
the amount (if any) for FY2016 by which the value of all goods and services provided by a source other than the state or a local government during the fiscal year exceeds the value of all goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2015, and
 
the amount (if any) for FY2017 by which such third party contributions exceed 50% of the value of all such goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2015, to 
 
the value of all such third party contributions during any fiscal year after FY2017.
 
 
Qualified state expenditures shall not include any amount expended for medical services.

action_date: 2016-06-28
text: 

TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set a limit on nongovernmental third-party contributions counted as qualified state expenditures used in determining whether a state maintains a certain level of historic state expenditures or else faces an associated penalty with a reduction in the state TANF grant.
 
Qualified state expenditures shall exclude:
 
 
the amount (if any) by which the value of all goods and services provided by a source other than the state or a local government during the fiscal year exceeds the value of all goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2016, and
 
any amount expended for medical services.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-644.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-644.
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.

Bill: 114-hr-2961
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Oil and gas
Research and development
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%.
 
The program must: (1) support first-of-a-kind engineering and detailed gas turbine design for megawatt-scale and utility-scale electric power generation; (2) include technology demonstration through component testing, subscale testing, and full scale testing in existing fleets; (3) include field demonstrations of the developed technology elements to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility; and (4) assess overall combined cycle and simple cycle system performance.
 
The goals of the multiphase program must be:
 
 
 in phase I, to develop the conceptual design of, and to develop and demonstrate the technology required for, advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62% combined cycle efficiency or 47% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and 
 
in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65% combined cycle efficiency or 50% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis. 
 
 
In selecting program proposals, DOE must emphasize the extent to which the proposal will stimulate the creation or increased retention of jobs in the United States and promote and enhance U.S. technology leadership. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in House
America's College Promise Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2962
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Minority education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

America's College Promise Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and Indian tribes to waive tuition and fees at community colleges. To receive a grant, states and Indian tribes must agree to waive tuition and fees at all their community colleges and for all eligible students. 
 
An eligible student is a first-time student who: (1) qualifies for resident tuition; (2) enrolls at least half-time; (3) maintains satisfactory academic progress; and (4) enrolls in an academic program with credits that are fully transferable to any public institution of higher education in the state or enrolls in a training program that leads to credentials in an in-demand industry. 
 
The bill appropriates $1.4 billion in FY2016 and $79.7 billion over FY2016-FY2025 to make grants under this community college program. 
 
This bill also authorizes ED to award grants to four-year historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to waive or reduce tuition and fees for up to 60 credits for low-income students. 
 
HBCUs and MSIs that participate must: (1) enroll a student body that contains at least 35% low-income students; (2) maintain or adopt reforms and practices to improve completion rates and student outcomes; (3) set performance goals; and (4) execute an articulation agreement with community colleges, if accepting transfer students. 
 
It appropriates $55 million for FY2016 and $10.1 billion over FY2016-FY2025 to make grants under this HBCU/MSI program.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Bring Jobs Home Act

Bill: 114-hr-2963
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

Bring Jobs Home Act 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House