hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Temporary Duty Suspension Process Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-260
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Tariffs
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Temporary Duty Suspension Process Act of 2015

 
 Directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to establish a process in which it will: (1) review each article in which a temporary duty suspension or reduction has been recommended at its own initiative or pursuant to a petition, and (2) submit a draft bill to the appropriate congressional committees containing each duty suspension or reduction that meets certain requirements.
 
Requires the USITC to report to Congress on: (1) recommendations with respect to sectors of the U.S. economy that could benefit from duty suspensions or reductions without causing harm to other domestic interests, and (2) the feasibility of suspending or reducing duties on a sectoral basis rather than on individual articles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.

Bill: 114-s-263
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 
Prohibits the Department of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm in any area open to the public (other than a federal facility) at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-264
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to: (1) commence and complete an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Reserve Banks within 12 months of enactment of this Act, and (2) report findings and conclusions to Congress within 90 days of completing the audit.
 
The bill also repeals certain limitations upon such an audit.
 
GAO shall audit and report on the review of loan files of homeowners in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010, required as part of the enforcement actions taken by the Board against supervised financial institutions.
 
Audit contents shall include: (1) the guidance given by the Board to independent consultants retained by the supervised financial institutions regarding procedures to be followed in conducting the file reviews; (2) the factors considered by independent consultants when evaluating loan files and the results obtained pursuant to those reviews; and (3) the determinations made by such consultants regarding the nature and extent of financial injury sustained by each homeowner, as well as the level and type of remediation offered. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Security Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-266
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Retirement Security Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prescribe final regulations to permit employers to participate in multiple employer pension benefit plans, (2) promulgate regulations or other guidance to simplify and clarify rules relating to the timing of participant notices required under tax-preferred pension plans and the automatic escalation rules, and (3) modify the 1040EZ tax return form to allow taxpayers to claim the tax credit for retirement savings (saver's credit) on such form.
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employer pension benefit plans, to: (1) allow employers to maintain a tax-exempt multiple employer pension benefit plan even if the employers sponsoring the plan share no common interest, (2) modify requirements for secure deferral arrangements with respect to nondiscrimination and employer matching contributions, and (3) allow employers with not more than 100 employees a business-related tax credit to cover increased matching contributions required by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-267
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military history
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Omar Bradley Foundation, Pennsylvania, to transfer, without consideration, to the child of General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Quayle Bradley, such items of the Omar Bradley estate under the control of the Foundation as the Secretary of the Army determines to be without historic value to the Army, provided a claim for such a transfer is submitted within 180 days after enactment of this Act.

action_date: 2015-08-04
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) Authorizes the Omar Bradley Foundation, Pennsylvania, to transfer, without consideration, to the child of General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Quayle Bradley, such items of the Omar Bradley estate under the control of the Foundation as the Secretary of the Army determines to be without historic value to the Army, provided a claim for such a transfer is submitted within 180 days after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6325)
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6325)
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6325)
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6325)
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-270
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2015

 
Revises the definition of &quot;surviving spouse&quot; for purposes of veterans benefits provisions to eliminate the requirement that the person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran's death be a person of the opposite sex. 
 
Considers an individual to be a &quot;spouse&quot; if the marriage of the individual is considered valid under the laws of any state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-182.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-271
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2015

 
Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more).
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S545; text of measure as introduced: CR S545-546)
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill: 114-s-273
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who willfully acts with the intent to injure, oppress, threaten, intimidate, or single out and subject to undue scrutiny for purposes of harassment any person or organization in any state: (1) based solely or primarily on the political, economic, or social positions held or expressed by such person or organization; or (2) because such person or organization has expressed a particular political, economic, or social position using any words or writing allowed by law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities.

Bill: 114-s-274
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political movements and philosophies
Public participation and lobbying
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption of political organizations, to revise the definition of "political organization" to mean a party, committee, association, fund, or other organization (whether or not incorporated) that: (1) is registered as a political committee with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); (2) has been determined to be a political committee in administrative or judicial proceedings; or (3) is organized and operated primarily to accept contributions or make expenditures to influence, or attempt to influence, the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to state or local public office, is not required to register with the FEC, and is required to register with the appropriate state agency as a political committee. 
 
Defines "promotion of social welfare," for purposes of the tax-exemption for social welfare organizations, to include: (1) any political activity in furtherance of American democracy, provided that such activities do not exceed 50% of the organization's total activities; (2) any activities for educating individuals on issues of public importance and on the behavior of public officials, including participation in ballot initiatives and referenda; and (3) certain activities described in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 as not being expenditures for political purposes. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-275
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Nursing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes, and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to avoid the filing of duplicative or otherwise improper claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-276
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH research on Tourette syndrome.
 
Requires the NIH to develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information, primary data, and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families.
 
 Requires the NIH to award grants and contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to support four to six Collaborative Research Centers for Tourette Syndrome in different regions to conduct basic and clinical research on Tourette syndrome. 
 
 Requires the NIH to award grants for research on the full range of symptoms within the Tourette syndrome clinical spectrum and the efficacy of treatment options for particular patient subpopulations.
 
Requires the NIH to designate a portion of the amounts made available to carry out NIH programs and activities for a fiscal year to carry out programs and activities with respect to Tourette syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

Bill: 114-s-277
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

 
 Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to revise the mission statement for the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to ensure access to, and opportunities for, adult education and literacy activities.
 
Revises the composition of presidential appointees to the National Board for Education Sciences to include adult educators.
 
Revises the mission statement for the Institute's National Center for Education Research (Research Center) to include improving the literacy and numeracy skills of individuals who need adult education. 
 
Revises also the Research Center's duties to include research on successful state and local adult education and literacy activities that:
 
 
 result in increased literacy, numeracy, and educational attainment for adult learners, or
 
prepare students for postsecondary education or employment.
 
 
Directs the Research Commissioner to support, through national research and development centers or through other means, research on adult education and digital literacy skills.
 
Revises duties of the National Center for Education Statistics to require it to include in the statistical data on education in the United States it collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on access to, and opportunity for, adult education and literacy activities.
 
Requires the National Center for Education and Regional Assistance to disseminate widely certain educational information with respect to educational practices that improve digital literacy skills.
 
Amends the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to revise the composition of regional advisory committees to include representatives of local or regional adult education providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Citizen Empowerment Act

Bill: 114-s-278
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Citizen Empowerment Act
 
 
Requires any executive agency employee who is conducting a covered interaction with an individual to allow the individual to make an audio recording of such interaction at the individual's expense and with the individual's equipment. Defines "covered interaction" as an in-person or telephonic official interaction relating to a possible violation of a federal statute or regulation that could result in the imposition of a fine or penalty against, the forfeiture of property by, or the collection of an unpaid tax, fine, or penalty from, the individual or a business owned or operated by the individual. 
 
Permits the employee conducting a covered interaction to record it if the employee: (1) informs the individual prior to or at the initiation of the interaction, and (2) provides the individual with a transcript or copy of the recording upon request and with the individual's reimbursement.
 
Requires the employee, before or at an initial covered interaction, to provide to the individual a verbal or written notice of such individual's rights under this Act.
 
Exempts any such interaction that is likely to include the discussion of: (1) classified material; or (2) information that, if released publicly, would endanger public safety or an ongoing criminal investigation. 
 
Subjects any executive agency employee who violates this Act to disciplinary action. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Bill: 114-s-279
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-281
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2015 

 
Requires each communication funded by a federal agency for advertising or educational purposes to clearly state: (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is printed and published at taxpayer expense; and (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through radio, television, or the Internet, that the communication is produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense. 
 
Requires any such printed communication, including e-mails, to be of sufficient size to be clearly readable, to be set apart from the other contents of the communication, and to be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. Exempts from such requirements: (1) information in or relating to a solicitation for offers for a federal contract or applications or submissions of a bid or proposal for a federal grant or other means of funding under a federal program; and (2) advertisements for employment opportunities, not including advertising materials developed for use in recruiting and retaining personnel for the Armed Forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate