hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 114-hr-184
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Lumbee Recognition Act

 
 Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. 
 
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
 
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act

Bill: 114-hr-186
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act

 
Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 114-hr-187
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

No Budget, No Pay Act

 
Prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
TIME Act

Bill: 114-hr-188
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act 
or the
 TIME Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing to any new profit or non-profit or governmental entity special wage certificates (which permit individuals with disabilities, including individuals employed in agriculture, to be paid at lower than minimum wages).
 
Prescribes requirements for a three-year phase-out of all certificates.
 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal authority and requirements for the issuance of such certificates three years after enactment of this Act. Requires revocation of any certificates remaining at that time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-189
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

 
Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2016 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.) 
 
Revives, effective January 1, 2017 (currently, January 1, 2016), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.

action_date: 2015-12-01
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through 2016 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.) 
 
 Effective January 1, 2017 (currently, January 1, 2016), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act is restored.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-356.
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-356.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Making Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Permanent Act

Bill: 114-hr-190
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Making Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Permanent Act

 
Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to make permanent the extended one-year period after a servicemember's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the servicemember prior to such military service; and (2) the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property is invalid without a court order or agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
SHUT Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-192
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Stop Handouts to Unauthorized Taxpayers Act of 2015 or the SHUT Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals unless they include their social security number on their tax return or otherwise demonstrate that they are authorized to be employed in the United States. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury or any delegate of the Secretary employed by the Department of the Treasury from issuing an individual taxpayer identification number unless supporting documentary evidence is submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E26)
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Mississippi
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act 

 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Medgar Wiley Evers, in recognition of his contributions and sacrifice in the fight for racial equality in the United States. Requires the medal, following its award, to be given to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, where it is to be available for display or temporary loan to be displayed elsewhere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Election Assistance Commission Termination Act

Bill: 114-hr-195
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Election Assistance Commission Termination Act

 
 Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to terminate the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the EAC Standards Board, and the EAC Board of Advisors. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to perform EAC functions with respect to certain existing contracts and agreements during the transition period for winding up EAC affairs.
 
Transfers specified election administration functions of the EAC to the Federal Election Commission.
 
Terminates the Technical Guidelines Development Committee.

action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Election Assistance Commission Termination Act

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to terminate the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the EAC Standards Board, and the EAC Board of Advisors. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to perform EAC functions with respect to certain existing contracts and agreements during the transition period for winding up EAC affairs.
 
Transfers specified election administration functions of the EAC to the Federal Election Commission.
 
Terminates the Technical Guidelines Development Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 275.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-361.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-361.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2015

 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that prohibit broadband providers, in transmitting network traffic over the broadband Internet access service of an end user, from: (1) entering an agreement with an edge provider (a provider of Internet content, applications, services, or access devices) to give preferential treatment or priority to the traffic of such edge provider in exchange for consideration (commonly referred to as &quot;paid prioritization&quot;); and (2) giving preferential treatment or priority to content, applications, services, or devices that are provided or operated by such broadband provider or an affiliate of such broadband provider.
 
Prohibits this Act from superseding any obligation or authorization of a broadband provider to address the needs of emergency communications, law enforcement, public safety, or national security authorities.
 
Sets forth enforcement authority under the Communications Act of 1934, with modified forfeiture standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Respect for Marriage Act

Bill: 114-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Respect for Marriage Act

 
Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage.
 
Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of &quot;marriage&quot; and &quot;spouse&quot; to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
MOVE Freight Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Multimodal Opportunities Via Enhanced Freight Act of 2015 
or
 MOVE Freight Act of 2015

 
 Defines the &quot;national freight network&quot; as a network composed of highways, railways, navigable waterways, seaports, airports, freight intermodal connectors, and aerotropolis transportation systems most critical to the multimodal movement of freight.
 
Revises requirements for establishment and designation of a national freight network.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national freight network for efficient movement of freight on highways (as currently), railways, and navigable waterways, as well as into and out of inland ports, seaports, and airports.
 
Recharacterizes the primary freight network as multimodal, including critical rail corridors, critical intermodal connections, and critical inland port, seaport, and airport infrastructure.
 
Directs the Secretary to require (currently, encourage) states to develop state freight plans for immediate and long-range planning activities and investments with respect to freight. Requires states to coordinate with neighboring states to ensure multistate network continuity and connectivity.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program for capital investment projects that improve the efficiency of the national transportation system to move freight.
 
Limits the federal share of project net capital costs to 80%. 
 
Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $500 million or more, or (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $100 million or more. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public participation and lobbying
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2015

 
 Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program to make loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities to carry out bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects.
 
Prescribes project eligibility requirements.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that at least 25% of funds provided under this Act are used to support projects in low-income communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Commute Less Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-200
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commuting
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee benefits and pensions
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Commute Less Act of 2015

 
 Requires metropolitan planning organization (MPO) transportation plans to include, among other things, employer and transportation management organization outreach activities and strategies to help create and expand employer-based commuter programs.
 
Defines &quot;employer-based commuter program&quot; to mean a program implemented by employers to provide their employees with alternatives to driving to and from work in a vehicle occupied by a single individual.
 
Requires each MPO to establish an employer advisory council consisting of representatives of employers in the transportation management area. Requires each council to develop and maintain a commuter trip reduction plan that identifies area goals for the reduction of vehicle miles traveled during peak commuting hours.
 
Requires MPO transportation improvement programs to include, among other things, a list of projects identified in a commuter trip reduction plan that help achieve such reduction goals.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant to a national nonprofit organization or other entity engaged in efforts relating to employer-based commuter programs to establish and operate an information clearinghouse for employer investment in transportation and employer-based commuter programs.
 
Requires recipients of federal assistance for the construction of federal-aid highway projects costing $75 million or more, or that will reduce traffic flow for more than 120 days, to prepare congestion mitigation plans that include funding for projects to reduce vehicle miles traveled during peak commuting hours along impacted corridors.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a plan to expand and promote employer-based commuter programs; and (2) report to Congress recommendations on how to better integrate such programs into disaster emergency planning, preparedness, and response activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site of the park.

Bill: 114-hr-202
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Historic sites and heritage areas
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 
Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename the John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center, part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, as the &quot;John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers National Museum.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House