hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
SAFE Act

Bill: 114-hr-2804
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Indian lands and resources rights
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Scientific communication
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act 

 
This bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group to adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, manage, and conserve fish, wildlife, and plants to maintain the inherent resilience and adaptability of fish, wildlife, and plants to withstand the ongoing and expected effects of extreme weather and climate change.
 
Each federal agency must integrate the elements of the strategy that relate to conservation, management, and protection of fish, wildlife, and plants into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.
 
The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the Working Groups and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. 
 
Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group on the state of the science regarding the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants and strategies and mechanisms for fish, wildlife, and plants adaptation. 
 
To be eligible to receive funding under the bill, the states (including the District of Columbia, Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) must submit to Interior and the Department of Commerce for review and approval a state fish, wildlife, and plant adaptation plan that details efforts to address the effects of climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants and coastal areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine on Government Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2807
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Sunshine on Government Act of 2015

 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to create a separate website with a distinct URL, apart from the OMB website, about the reports issued by each Office of Inspector General. Requires such website to include: (1) a general description of the role of the Office of Inspector General, (2) a description of the types of reports issued by the Office of Inspector General, (3) a list of each federal agency that has an Office of Inspector General, and (4) a link to a website containing Inspector General reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Taxpayers and Communities from Local Detention Quotas Act

Bill: 114-hr-2808
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Protecting Taxpayers and Communities from Local Detention Quotas Act

 
This bill prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from negotiating a contract with a private detention company that contains any provision relating to a guaranteed minimum number of immigration detention beds at any specific facility. 
 
This prohibition also applies to a contract extension or contract renegotiation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Water Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-2809
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Great Lakes Water Protection Act 

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) from discharging untreated or partially treated sewage into the Great Lakes or a tributary of the Great Lakes when the discharge is the result of the POTW intentionally diverting waste streams to bypass any portion of a treatment facility. A bypass is allowed if: (1) it is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage, there is no feasible alternative, and the treatment works provides notice; or (2) it does not cause effluent (waste) limitations to be exceeded and is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation of the treatment facility. 
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must work with relevant states to create requirements for providing immediate notice to the public about discharges.
 
The EPA must establish procedures to ensure that permits issued to POTWs under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System include requirements to comply with this bill. 
 
This bill establishes a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 per day for violations of the bill occurring on or after January 1, 2035. The penalties must be deposited into the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund, which is established by this bill. The Fund must be used for improving wastewater discharges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4448)
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2810
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act of 2015 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) review the extent to which federal agencies have reduced travel expenses by using video conferencing, and (2) develop a plan to reduce federal agency travel expenses by 50% below FY2015 levels or the greatest reduction OMB considers feasible by FY2019. Beginning in FY2019, OMB must implement the plan by rescinding from agency budgets the amounts proposed for reduction by the plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Save Oak Flat Act

Bill: 114-hr-2811
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Save Oak Flat Act

 
This bill repeals the provisions under the Carl Levin and Howard P. &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 providing for a land exchange between the Department of Agriculture and Resolution Copper Mining, LLC. Under the provisions of that Act, 2,422 acres of Forest Service land located in Pinal County, Arizona, are to be exchanged for various parcels of land owned by Resolution Copper. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Tax Free Health Insurance Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2812
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Tax Free Health Insurance Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a deduction from gross income of insurance premiums paid for the health care coverage of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. Makes such deduction available to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their deductions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Shelter Our Servicemembers Act

Bill: 114-hr-2813
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Shelter Our Servicemembers Act

 
 Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. 
 
Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property.
 
Makes eligible for such housing veterans of at least 55 years of age who: (1) have been continuously homeless for a year or more or, during the last three years, had at least four separate periods of living on the streets, in an emergency shelter, or a combination thereof; and (2) have a condition that limits their ability to work or perform activities of daily living. 
 
 Requires VA to provide case management for elderly veterans receiving such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Assuring Quality Outcomes in Higher Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2815
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

Assuring Quality Outcomes in Higher Education Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to conduct and publish an impact analysis prior to implementing any final rule or enforcing any existing regulation or framework that utilizes income- or employment-based metrics. The Government Accountability Office must review the impact analysis for accuracy and completeness. 
 
ED's impact analysis must include the effect of income- or employment-based metrics on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a title IV program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, the correlation between variables other than quality of education that could affect income and debt-to-income ratios or employment outcome, and the comparison of various income sources and debt data utilized under the regulation or performance framework. 
 
The requirement established by this Act terminates when a law is enacted that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act of 1965 for at least two fiscal years. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land in Blaine County, Idaho, to the city of Ketchum, Idaho, to be used to support recreation, educational, and public purposes, including river restoration, floodplain management, and municipal water storage, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2816
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Idaho
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, to convey to the city of Ketchum, Idaho, a total of approximately 374.5 acres of land in Blaine County, Idaho, as identified on the map &quot;Ketchum R&PPA Proposal North & South R&PP Parcels,&quot; dated February 2012, as the North R&PP Parcel and the South R&PP Parcel. 
 
The conveyed land shall be used to support recreation, educational, and public purposes, including river restoration, floodplain management, and municipal water storage. 
 
Such land shall not be used for residential or commercial purposes, except for public events and activities that are permitted by the city of Ketchum. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
National Historic Preservation Amendments Act

Bill: 114-hr-2817
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2015-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Government trust funds
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: 

National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015

 
This bill extends the Historic Preservation Fund through FY2025. 

action_date: 2016-09-12
text: 

National Historic Preservation Amendments Act

 (Sec. 2) This bill extends the Historic Preservation Fund through FY2023. 
The Department of the Interior may accept nominations by federal agencies for the inclusion of properties on the National Register of Historic Places only in accordance with the nomination requirements described by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 576.
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-740.
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-740.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Adoption Act

Bill: 114-hr-2818
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: 

Protecting Adoption Act

 
 Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry.
 
Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry.
 
Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties, including: (1) public and licensed private adoption or child placement agencies, (2) licensed attorneys representing a party in a planned or pending adoption or in the termination of rights of one or more possible fathers, (3) state agencies or entities responsible for the placement of children, and (4) state courts.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide campaign designed to inform possible fathers, unwed mothers, possible adoptive parents, and eligible parties of the National Registry, the advantages of possible fathers registering either in the National Registry or State Responsible Father Registries, or both, the rights and responsibilities of such parties with regard to a proceeding, and the role of such Registries in a proceeding.
 
Directs the Secretary to use all reasonable efforts to encourage states to enter into agreements to establish automated State Responsible Father Registries and centers that make registration forms easily accessible to possible fathers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a state to establish a State Registry or modify an existing one to meet the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Premium Reduction and Insurance Market Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2819
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: 

Premium Reduction and Insurance Market Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for private health insurance plans in a state with a federal health insurance exchange. Specifically, it exempts health plans from the requirement to cover preventive services without cost-sharing and the requirement to comply with annual out-of-pocket spending limits. It also exempts health plans in the individual and small group markets from the requirement to cover essential health benefits and the requirement to limit age-related premium variation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Introduced in House