hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act

Bill: 114-hr-647
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants for certain trauma centers and grants to states for trauma centers through FY2020. The categorization of certain trauma centers is revised.
 The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is given the authority to administer these grants.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants for certain trauma centers and grants to states for trauma centers through FY2020. The categorization of certain trauma centers is revised.
 (Sec. 3) The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is given the authority to administer these grants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 389 - 10 (Roll no. 113). (text: CR H1641)
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 389 - 10 (Roll no. 113).(text: CR H1641)
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1649-1650)
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 647.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1641-1642)
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 27.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-42.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-42.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 114-hr-649
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Student Loan Refinancing Act

 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a loan under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to modify the interest rate on such a loan so that its interest rate is equal to the interest rate it would bear if first disbursed at the time of modification.
 
Fixes that interest rate for the life of the loan, unless the borrower elects to modify it again.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA)

Bill: 114-hr-652
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA) 

 
 Revises and reauthorizes the state infrastructure bank program for FY2016-FY2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-654
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from modifying, terminating, abandoning, or transferring the lease with the government of Cuba by which the United States acquired 45 square miles of land and waters that currently contain Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless: (1) the President notifies Congress of the proposed lease change, and (2) afterwards Congress enacts a law authorizing the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
FCC "ABCs" Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-655
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

FCC &quot;ABCs&quot; Act of 2015

 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in the case of a proposed or final rule (including a proposed or final amendment to an existing rule) that may have an economically significant impact, to include in the notice a cost-benefit analysis demonstrating that the benefits outweigh the costs, recognizing that some benefits and costs are difficult to quantify.
 
Defines &quot;economically significant impact&quot; as an effect on the economy of at least $100 million annually or a material adverse effect on the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities.
 
Prohibits any appropriations for the express purpose of carrying out such analysis and notice requirements. 
 
Directs the FCC to presume, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, that: (1) forbearance requirements are met when determining whether to forbear from applying any regulation or provision under such Act to a telecommunications carrier, service, or class; and (2) regulations considered in each biennial regulatory review are no longer necessary in the public interest as the result of meaningful economic competition between providers of telecommunications service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Glendale, New York.

Bill: 114-hr-657
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 
Directs the U.S. Postal Service, not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to designate a single, unique ZIP code applicable to the area encompassing only Glendale, New York. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
VA Regional Office Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-658
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Performance measurement
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

VA Regional Office Accountability Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in a required annual report on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expenditures and activities a report on each VA regional office that failed to reach administrative goals concerning the timeliness and accuracy of veterans' claims adjudication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-659
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Birds
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2015

 
This bill removes the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and prohibits further treatment of the species as threatened or endangered before January 31, 2020.
 
Interior must monitor and submit an annual report on progress in the conservation of the lesser prairie chicken under:
 
 
the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,
 
all related Candidate Conservation Agreements (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species),
 
 Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species with assurances that additional measures will not be imposed if the species becomes listed in the future), 
 
 conservation programs administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA),
 
state conservation programs, and 
 
private conservation efforts. 
 
 
The lesser prairie chicken may not be treated as threatened or endangered beginning on January 31, 2020, unless Interior publishes a determination that conservation efforts under the Range-Wide Plan, agreements, programs, and efforts have not achieved the Plan's conservation goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to allow the President not to make an annual budget resolution until all appropriations for the preceding fiscal year are enacted.

Bill: 114-hr-660
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 
This bill permits the President to delay the submission of the budget for a fiscal year if appropriations or continuing appropriations for any of the annual bills have only been provided for part of the current fiscal year. The President is permitted to delay the submission of the budget beyond the existing first Monday in February deadline until all full-year appropriations for the current fiscal year have been enacted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
EDA Elimination Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-661
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

EDA Elimination Act of 2015

 
Terminates the Economic Development Administration (EDA).
 
Repeals the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take such actions as necessary and appropriate to conclude the outstanding affairs of the EDA, including dispositions of personnel, assets, and obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-662
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015

 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-663
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
 
 (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-664
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

 
This bill states that: 
 
 
the President may not prohibit or otherwise regulate travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions; 
 
any regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting or otherwise regulating such travel or transactions incident to such travel shall cease to have any force or effective; but 
 
the prohibitions and requirements of this Act shall not apply if the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

Bill: 114-hr-665
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee to advise HHS on how to: (1) ensure coordination with other federal agencies, private organizations, and constituency groups regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases; (2) ensure that a broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in public health policy decisions and that information disseminated to the public and physicians is balanced; and (3) advise relevant federal agencies on priorities related to tick-borne diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.

Bill: 114-hr-666
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal authority to restrict the export of: (1) coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks; and (2) supplies of materials or equipment necessary to maintain or further exploration, production, refining, or transportation of energy supplies, or for the construction or maintenance of energy facilities within the United States.
 
Prohibits any federal official from imposing or enforcing any restriction on the export of crude oil. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to study and make recommendations on the appropriate size, composition, and purpose of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Equal Access Act

Bill: 114-hr-667
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 

Veterans Equal Access Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize VA health care providers to: (1) provide veterans with recommendations and opinions regarding participation in their state's marijuana programs, and (2) complete forms reflecting such recommendations and opinions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E153)
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act

Bill: 114-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 

Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to state that provisions authorizing the appointment of special consultants or authorizing individual scientists to receive fellowships do not authorize the designation, appointment, or employment of any special consultant, fellow, or other employee by an agency outside of the Department of Health and Human Services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Landing Pass Extension Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-669
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Transportation employees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 
 
Landing Pass Extension Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend to up to 90 days the time period for which a conditional permit to land temporarily in the United States may be granted to an alien crewman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House