hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Aviation Cost and Expenses Sharing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3593
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 

Aviation Cost and Expenses Sharing Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to issue or revise regulations to ensure that persons who hold a private pilot certificate may communicate with the public in cases where operating expenses of the flight are shared between the pilot and passengers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Qualified Providers Clarification Act

Bill: 114-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health personnel
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 

Medicaid Qualified Providers Clarification Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify requirements regarding a state plan for medical assistance. Under current law, a state plan for medical assistance must provide that any individual eligible for medical assistance may obtain required services from any institution, agency, or person qualified to perform them. The bill specifies that a state may determine whether a provider is qualified to perform such services. To do so, a state may establish qualification criteria, which may include criteria designed to evaluate: (1) the provider's ability to perform the needed medical services in a professionally competent, safe, and legal manner; and (2) any other qualification deemed necessary by the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

Bill: 114-hr-3599
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Floods and storm protection
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 

Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

 
This bill takes specified lands and easements in Monroe County, Tennessee, into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. These lands include the Sequoyah Museum, the Chota Memorial, the Tanasi Memorial, and land to provide support for these properties and cultural programs.
 
With the agreement of the Department of the Interior and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the United States must take into trust for the benefit of the tribe certain additional TVA lands and easements that are identified by the tribe as being of significant historical and cultural importance.
 
The TVA maintains its right to carry out river control and development on these lands, including temporarily and intermittently flooding certain lands. The bill specifies the structures that may be constructed with the TVA's consent on certain lands subject to flooding.
 
The TVA must be compensated for lost hydropower capacity from future development of these lands.
 Gaming on these lands is prohibited.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the instances in which official time may be granted to employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
This bill denies the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) authority to grant official time to:
 
 
any IRS employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement, or
 
any employee in an appropriate unit represented by such an exclusive representative.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.

Bill: 114-hr-3603
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: General Native American affairs matters
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Grants a federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3604
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes through FY2021 a competitive grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that: (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of other grades in the school.
 
The federal share of such a grant shall not exceed 80% of the costs of carrying out these activities. Grant funds received under the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant other federal early childhood education funds in the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1352)
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Protect Family Values at the Border Act

Bill: 114-hr-3605
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Human rights
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 

Protect Family Values at the Border Act 

 
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) consider safety and family concerns in any action related to the repatriation or prosecution of individuals apprehended for immigration violations, and (2) provide related training for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and cooperating entity personnel. 
 
Directs DHS, with certain exceptions, to submit to Congress every 180 days written certification that DHS has deported or otherwise removed an apprehended individual from the United States through an entry or exit point on the southern border only during daylight hours. 
 
Directs DHS to promulgate regulations establishing short-term custody standards providing for basic minimums of care at all CBP facilities holding individuals in CBP custody.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3607
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Guam
Judges
Northern Mariana Islands
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 

U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill increases from 10 years to 15 years the term of office for judges of the district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt amounts paid for aircraft management services from the excise taxes imposed on transportation by air.

Bill: 114-hr-3608
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on transportation of persons by air amounts paid by an aircraft owner or lessee for aircraft management services related to maintenance and support of the aircraft or flights on such aircraft. 

action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on transportation of persons and property by air amounts paid by an aircraft owner or lessee for aircraft management services related to maintenance and support of the aircraft or flights on such aircraft. 
 
Aircraft management services include assisting an aircraft owner with administrative and support services; obtaining insurance; maintenance, storage and fueling of aircraft; hiring, training, and provision of pilots and crew; establishing and complying with safety standards; or other services necessary to support flights operated by an aircraft owner.
 
In the case of an aircraft owner that is wholly-owned by another person, amounts paid by the other person on behalf of the aircraft owner must be treated as having been paid directly by the aircraft owner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 618.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-793.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-793.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify requirements for payment under the Medicare program for ambulance services furnished by critical access hospitals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3609
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify requirements for payment under the Medicare program for ambulance services furnished by critical access hospitals (CAHs), which are rural community hospitals that meet specified criteria and receive special payment.
 
Under current law, ambulance services furnished either by a CAH or by an entity owned or operated by a CAH are paid at a rate of 101% of reasonable costs incurred in furnishing those services, as long as the CAH or entity is the only provider of ambulance services that is located within a 35-mile drive of the CAH. The bill maintains this requirement but further requires that the CAH or entity furnishing the ambulance services be licensed or otherwise authorized to furnish services in the state in which the CAH is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Investor Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3610
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Caribbean area
Financial services and investments
Puerto Rico
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 

Puerto Rico Investor Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to repeal the exemption from coverage by the Act that is granted to investment companies created under the laws of a U.S. possession, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Making emergency appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to address needs of the Federal judiciary serving the border region between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3612
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Federal district courts
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 
This bill provides $135 million in FY2016 emergency appropriations for the construction of a new courthouse for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The bill designates the funds as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from limits on discretionary spending and other budget enforcement rules. 
 
The construction of the courthouse must include a real property exchange between the city of San Antonio, Texas, and the General Services Administration (GSA) involving: (1) federally owned land including the Wood Courthouse and Spears Judicial Training Center, and (2) city-owned land commonly known as the San Antonio Police Headquarters Site. 
 
Within six months of enactment of this bill, the GSA must provide a progress report to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Transit Bus Procurement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3613
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 

Transit Bus Procurement Act
 
 
This bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide access to GSA sources of supply (schedules) for buses to recipients or subrecipients of federal public transportation grant assistance to purchase buses for public transportation.
 
The Department of Transportation shall restrict schedule access to recipients or subrecipients in areas with a population of:
 
 
 less than 200,000, and
 
200,000 or more with 100 or fewer buses in fixed route service during peak service hours.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Great Bay Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3615
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
New Hampshire
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 

Great Bay Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to postpone for five years establishing water quality standards or effluent limitations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) if those standards or limitations reduce nitrogen discharges into the Great Bay Estuary. That estuary extends from the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor, in the vicinity of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the head-of-tide for the eight rivers (including the tributaries of those rivers) that flow into Great Bay, Little Bay, and the Piscataqua River.
 
During that five-year period, the EPA may not require a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to commence construction on any upgrade of a facility for the purpose of enforcing those standards or limitations if the POTW contributes nitrogen loadings in that estuary.
 
The EPA must study eelgrass levels and the causes of any loss of eelgrass habitat in the Great Bay Estuary, and allow public participation in the development of the study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House