hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
POST Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4101
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers Act of 2015 or the POST Act of 2015
 
 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to modify requirements for a proprietary (i.e., for-profit) institution of higher education (IHE) to participate in title IV (Student Assistance) federal student aid programs. 
 
Current law requires a proprietary IHE to derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than title IV federal student aid. This legislation requires a proprietary IHE to derive at least 15% of its revenue from sources other than federal funds (i.e., it replaces the so-called 90/10 rule with an 85/15 rule). It defines federal funds to mean title IV federal student aid, as well as education benefits for military personnel and veterans. 
 
Additionally, the bill limits what a proprietary institution may treat as revenue to the school in calculating whether it derives at least 15% of its revenue from sources other than federal funds. 
 
Finally, the bill moves the 85/15 rule from title IV to title I (General Provisions) of the HEA, making compliance a condition of institutional eligibility to participate in title IV federal student aid programs (i.e., failure to comply results in immediate loss of institutional eligibility). Currently, a proprietary IHE must violate the rule for two consecutive years before losing eligibility for title IV programs. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1657)
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4102
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Student Loan Relief Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to establish a temporary three-year program to facilitate federal student loan refinancing into the private market, at no cost to the federal government, to ensure payment of lower interest rates on student loans. Private lenders under such refinancing program shall be eligible to receive a federal government guarantee of 95% of loans.
 
Treasury shall, in consultation with the Department of Education, begin a national awareness campaign to alert student loan borrowers about such refinancing program with a disclosure that a private loan that results from such refinancing is not eligible for income driven repayment or loan forgivingness.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for the payment of an employer, either to an employee or a lender, of any indebtedness of an employee under a qualified education refinance loan or any interest relating to such a loan. The term &quot;qualified education refinance loan&quot; means any indebtedness used solely to refinance a qualified education loan with respect to which the lender offers the borrower protection in the event of unemployment or financial hardship. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
CAHV Act

Bill: 114-hr-4103
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Critical Access Hospitals for Veterans Act or the CAHV Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide eligible requesting veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system with hospital care and medical services at critical access hospitals pursuant to an agreement between the VA and the Department of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Bike to Work Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4104
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Bike to Work Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a bicycle sharing system as a mass transit facility for purposes of the tax exclusion of employer-paid commuting expenses. The bill defines "bicycle sharing system" as a public transportation system: (1) consisting of a network of stations at which bicycles are made available to customers for commuting and short-term, point-to-point use within the network's service area; and (2) that is operated or authorized by a government agency or public-private partnership. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4105
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Mammals
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Public-private cooperation
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.)
 
The Department of Agriculture must establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act.
 
The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds for the provision of assistance to Syrian opposition groups and individuals.

Bill: 114-hr-4108
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Conflicts and wars
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military operations and strategy
Syria

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, any other U.S. agency or entity involved in intelligence activities, or the National Security Council to provide assistance (including training, equipment, supplies, stipends, construction of training and associated facilities, and sustainment) to any element of the Syrian opposition or to any other Syrian group or individual seeking to overthrow the government of the Syrian Arab Republic unless the funds are specifically authorized to be appropriated and appropriated for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and 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: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and 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: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 114-hr-4109
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to prohibit an institution of higher education (IHE) or postsecondary educational institution from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities.
 
Federal educational assistance funds include federal student aid under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, education benefits for military personnel and veterans, and grants for workforce development programs.
 
An IHE or postsecondary educational institution must annually certify compliance with this requirement to retain eligibility to participate in title IV federal student aid programs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study the feasibility of modifying the 5-month waiting period for certain individuals entitled to disability insurance benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4110
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the feasibility of modifying the five-month waiting period for certain individuals entitled to disability insurance benefits by:
 
 
shortening the waiting period for individuals with more severe disabilities or lower annual household income, and
 
shortening or eliminating the waiting period for individuals with a terminal illness.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4111
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2015

 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to include skilled nursing facilities among the types of health care providers who may request from a telecommunications carrier under the Universal Service Fund the necessary telecommunications and information services to serve persons who reside in rural areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas.

action_date: 2016-05-23
text: 

Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of
 
2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to include skilled nursing facilities among the types of health care providers who may request from a telecommunications carrier under the Universal Service Fund the necessary telecommunications and information services to serve persons who reside in rural areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-582.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-582.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4112
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4113
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act

Bill: 114-hr-4114
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount that may be withdrawn, without penalty, from a qualified retirement plan for purposes of assisting a first-time homebuyer in purchasing a principal residence. This increased distribution amount shall be adjusted annually for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4115
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Social Security Administration to increase the monthly benefit amount to which each individual is otherwise entitled under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act by the percentage determined by the President for the locality pay area in which the individual resides at the time of the increase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4116
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the prohibition declaring that an insured depository institution that is not well-capitalized may not accept funds obtained, directly or indirectly, by or through any deposit broker for deposit into one or more deposit accounts.
 
Reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution, however, shall not be considered to be prohibited broker deposits if:
 
 
the composite condition of the institution at its most recent examination was adjudged either good or outstanding, or
 
total reciprocal deposits of the institution do not exceed either $10 billion or 20% of its total liabilities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
TRUST Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4117
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 

Tracking Reputations Upgrades Societal Trust Act of 2015 or the TRUST Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey statistics on the level of trust between law enforcement agencies and the residents they serve. 
 
Additionally, DOJ must submit an annual report to Congress that includes recommendations to improve levels of trust that it determines to be problematically low. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in House