hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
TAILOR Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3153
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2016-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: 

Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2016 or the TAILOR Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for any rule, regulation, or guidance, to: (1) consider the risk profile and business models of individual financial institutions and those of similar type that are subject to the regulatory action; and (2) tailor the action so that it limits the regulatory impact on an individual or type of institution as is appropriate for the risk profile and business model involved.
 
In carrying out such requirements, each such agency shall consider:
 
 
whether it is necessary to apply such regulatory action to accomplish policy objectives; 
 
the impact of such action on the ability of such institutions to flexibly serve their customers and local markets; 
 
the aggregate impact of all applicable regulatory actions on such ability; 
 
the potential impact of implementing the action upon efforts to tailor it; and 
 
the statutory provision authorizing the action, the congressional intent of such provision, and the policy objectives sought by the agency in implementing it. 

 
The bill requires: (1) each such agency to report on the specific actions taken to tailor its regulatory actions pursuant to this bill, and (2) the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to report on the extent to which each such agency differs in the treatment of similarly situated institutions.
 
Each agency shall: (1) conduct a review of all final regulations issued pursuant to statutes enacted between July 21, 2010, and the date of this bill's enactment, and (2) apply this bill's requirements to such regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
BRAVE Act

Bill: 114-s-3154
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2016-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: 

Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerors based on the percentage of the offeror's full-time employees who are veterans.
 
Any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees shall be debarred from contracting with the VA for at least five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
ALLOW Act

Bill: 114-s-3158
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Licensing and registrations
Military facilities and property
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Alternatives to Licensing that Lower Obstacles to Work Act of 2016 or the ALLOW Act

 
This bill declares, for purposes of establishing an individual's authorization to engage in an occupation on a military installation located on federally-owned land, that the federal government endorses occupational licenses and certifications granted by a state (including the District of Columbia [DC]), regardless of whether the installation is located in the issuing state or DC, provided that:
 
 
 the license or certification is not expired, revoked, or suspended by the issuing state; and
 
 there are no outstanding enforcement actions against the individual brought by the licensing board or certifying authority for that occupation in the issuing state.
 
 

District of Columbia Occupational Licensing Reform Act

 
The bill declares DC policy regarding occupational licensing laws.
 
The bill establishes an Office of Supervision of Occupational Boards in the office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, or another appropriate DC government agency, to be responsible for exercising active supervision over each occupational licensing board to ensure compliance with occupational licensing policy.
 
The bill prescribes procedures for the Office's review, approval, or rejection of occupational licensure actions before their adoption. 
 
The DC Council shall establish a legislative committee to analyze occupational regulations and review any proposed legislation to impose or modify an occupational regulation to ensure compliance.
 
An individual may engage in a lawful occupation without being subject to occupational regulations that are arbitrary or unnecessary and substantially burdensome.
 
The DC government and its boards may not require an occupational license, certification, or registration for a person, or impose any other occupational regulation that imposes a substantial burden on a person, unless:
 
 
 the government has an important interest in protecting against present and recognizable harm to public health, safety, or welfare; and
 
the regulation is substantially related to achievement of that interest.
 
 
Any person providing tour guide services for a fee at certain national parks and memorials shall not be required to obtain a license, certification, or permit to provide those services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3159
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. 
 
The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that: (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. 
 
The bill also expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for battery storage technology that: (1) is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and (2) has a capacity of at least three kilowatt hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing our Secrets Act

Bill: 114-s-3160
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Employee performance
Federal officials
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Securing our Secrets Act or the SOS Act

 
This bill requires Department of State employees engaging in work-related electronic communications to use only state.gov email accounts, telephonic systems owned and managed by the State Department, or other systems owned and managed by the State Department or another appropriate federal agency.
 
The State Department may temporarily waive these requirements for an employee, or a group of up to 10 employees, by certifying that: (1) the waiver is in the foreign policy or national security interest of the United States, and (2) all work-related written communications on nongovernmental systems will be appropriately archived. 
 
The State Department must report annually on: (1) every security violation, including unauthorized transfers of classified information into electronic systems, transmissions, or storage not certified for handling classified information; and (2) its justification for failing to terminate an employee who commits a violation after having committed previous security violations during the prior 10 years or to request a Federal Bureau of Investigation review of such a violation.
 
State Department employees holding security clearances are subject to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's quarterly collection of random samples of their emails to detect classified information spillage.
 
The State Department must submit a plan to train State Department employees to: (1) identify classified information in materials subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, (2) ensure that intelligence community officials have an opportunity to make classification determinations on information potentially originating with the intelligence community, and (3) certify annually that they have archived their emails and documents in accordance with federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3161
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Corporate finance and management
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Securing American Food Equity Act of 2016 or the SAFE Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and to require CFIUS to consider the national security-related effects on agricultural assets in reviewing transactions. 
 
(CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized under current law to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person in order to determine the effects of the transactions on national security.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
S.T.O.R.A.G.E. Act

Bill: 114-s-3162
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Storage Technology for Operational Readiness and Generating Energy Act or the
 
S.T.O.R.A.G.E. Act

 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add energy storage systems to the list of strategies states should consider when developing energy plans and using its utility ratemaking authority.
 
States are encouraged to analyze whether energy storage systems benefit their efforts to promote energy conservation and the greater use of domestic energy.
 
To further encourage the development of programs relating to energy storage, the Department of Energy (DOE) must streamline and coordinate efforts among various existing programs conducting energy storage research at DOE to maximize efficiency of its funds and expand vital research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5004)
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3163
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund.
 
The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3164
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016

 
 This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination against or regarding survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in:
 
 
the sale or rental of housing and related activities, 
 
residential real estate-related transactions, and 
 
the provision of real estate brokerage services.
 
 
This bill declares that nothing in the Act shall prohibit federal, state, or local government or other assistance or a preference program designed to assist or benefit domestic violence or sexual assault survivors in seeking, securing, or maintaining dwellings, shelters or any other form of housing.
 
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is amended to prohibit intimidation in fair housing tranactions regarding survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3165
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise requirements governing the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from offshore facilities into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Currently, responsible parties are liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. The bill: (1) removes the cap of $75 million on liability, and (2) makes the responsible parties liable for all covered damages. Covered damages includes damages for: (1) loss of natural resources, property, revenue, or profits; or (2) costs of providing increased public services during or after removal activities, such as fire protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3166
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access or whether another measure or designation would be more appropriate.
 
HHS must consider potential methodologies for designating surgical health professional shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3167
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Economic development
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Mining
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2016

 This bill establishes the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area to include specified counties in the states of Maryland and West Virginia. 
The bill designates the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., as the local coordinating entity for the area.
 
The bill also requires the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., to submit a management plan that provides for the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of cultural, natural, historical, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Stronger Together School Diversity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3168
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Stronger Together School Diversity Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish the Stronger Together Program, through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award competitive grants for the development or implementation of plans to improve diversity or eliminate socioeconomic or racial isolation in public schools and publicly funded early education programs. The grants are available to local educational agencies, a consortium of such agencies, educational service agencies, or other regional educational authorities that have significant achievement gaps and socioeconomic or racial segregation within or across the school districts served by the entity.
 
ED may give priority to an eligible entity that proposes to use funds to support a program that extends beyond one local educational agency.
 
Each recipient of an implementation grant shall implement a high-quality plan that includes:
 
 
a comprehensive set of strategies designed to improve academic outcomes by increasing diversity,
 
evidence of strong family and community support for these strategies,
 
ambitious but achievable goals to increase diversity over the grant period,
 
collection and analysis of data to provide transparency and support continuous improvement throughout the grant period, and
 
a rigorous evaluation of the proposed project's effectiveness.

 
ED shall establish performance measures to track the progress of each grant recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to support basic energy research and eliminate the wind production tax credit.

Bill: 114-s-3169
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Energy
Energy research
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax credits
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2019 the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate on January 1, 2017, the tax credit for electricity produced from wind.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5004-5006)
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
HEART Act

Bill: 114-s-3171
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Help End Assault Rifle Tragedies Act of 2016
 
or the HEART Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transfer, loan, or dispose of a machinegun or semiautomatic assault weapon to an individual who is known or reasonably believed to be less than 16 years of age.
 
It defines the term &quot;semiautomatic assault weapon.&quot; 
 
A violator is subject to a fine, up to 10 years in prison, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Act

Bill: 114-s-3172
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2016-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Act

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, whether or not a major disaster is declared, to provide hazard mitigation assistance in any area or related area affected by a fire for which fire management assistance was provided under such Act. The President may establish a minimum amount of hazard mitigation assistance to be provided for a wildfire or fire complex.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall submit an annual report on projects carried out, and funding provided, pursuant to this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate