hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
DISASTER Act

Bill: 114-hr-385
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Disclosing Aid Spent to Ensure Relief Act or the DISASTER Act 

 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit an annual report to Congress on all disaster-related assistance provided by the federal government. Requires the report to include all federal obligations related to disaster response, recovery, mitigation efforts, and administrative costs associated with these activities for specified agencies and programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-386
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2015

 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

Bill: 114-hr-388
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

 
Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available for the lifetime of the passholder without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available to any veteran with a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Taxation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-389
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Fairness in Taxation Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase individual income tax rates for taxpayers whose taxable income exceeds $1 million, and (2) provide for an adjustment in the capital gains tax of taxpayers whose taxable income is subject to the 45% tax bracket. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Moving Obstructed Trains In-between Openings Now (MOTION) Act

Bill: 114-hr-390
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor standards
Motor vehicles
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Moving Obstructed Trains In-between Openings Now (MOTION) Act

 
Allows railroad employees to remain or go on duty for a period in excess of the limitations established under hours-of-service requirements to the extent necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Muhammad Ali Legacy Act

Bill: 114-hr-391
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Athletes
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Education programs funding
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Muhammad Ali Legacy Act

 
Directs the Secretary of State to award grants to one or more eligible organizations that: (1) are established to promote global respect, understanding, and communication and to encourage character and leadership development world-wide; and (2) demonstrate a commitment to preserving the legacy of Muhammad Ali.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program.

Bill: 114-hr-392
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 
Vests title to real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program in the grant recipient in accordance with the compensation provisions in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish.

Bill: 114-hr-393
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of food that contains genetically-engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that it contains genetically-engineered fish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act

Bill: 114-hr-394
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act 

 
This bill prohibits a person from: 
 
 
shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish, or a food product containing those fish, in commerce; 
 
having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce; 
 
engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish; 
 
releasing those fish into a natural environment; or 
 
having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment. 
 
 
 Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this Act are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this Act, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.
 
Each federal agency must promptly notify NOAA when an action involving those fish or food products is first identified by the agency.
 
The Department of Commerce may enforce penalties for violations of this Act under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-395
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health Service. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available in the first fiscal year after the budget year. The bill requires the President's budget and the supporting documents submitted to Congress to include detailed estimates related to the advance appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.

Bill: 114-hr-396
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez.

Bill: 114-hr-397
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Provides for the relief of Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-402
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: 

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is carrying a valid, government-issued identification document containing that person's photograph and a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state, and who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, to possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine gun or destructive device) in another state in accordance with the restrictions of that state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Combination Drug Development Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-406
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Combination Drug Development Incentive Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide a five-year marketing exclusivity period to a new drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is a novel combination of active ingredients. The application for the combination drug must contain reports of new clinical investigations that are essential to approval and were conducted or sponsored by the applicant. Currently, a new drug that includes an active ingredient that has already been approved is provided a three-year marketing exclusivity period.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

Bill: 114-hr-407
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 
Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)
 
Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
SMART Act

Bill: 114-hr-408
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act or the SMART Act

 
Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and administer state academic content and achievement standards and assessments of student progress toward those standards.
 
Requires each state to use such grant to:
 
 
develop and administer such assessments and further align them with the state's academic content standards,
 
ensure that students with limited English proficiency and disabled students are provided with appropriate accommodations to improve their inclusion in the assessments,
 
develop state assessment systems aligned to content standards that support systems of continuous improvement,
 
support local educational agencies (LEAs) in identifying uses of assessment data, and
 
carry out certain other activities to improve the quality and use of state assessments.
 
 
Revises the program awarding competitive grants to states to enhance assessment instruments.
 
Requires each grantee that has not yet received a grant under such program to use the grant to:
 
 
carry out audits of the state assessment system and ensure that LEAs carry out audits of local assessments;
 
prepare and carry out a state plan, in coordination with LEAs, to improve and streamline state and local assessment systems; and
 
award subgrants to LEAs to improve the quality and use of local assessments and their alignment with state academic content standards.
 
 
Requires a state that has previously received such a grant to use a new grant to:
 
 
carry out a state plan, in coordination with LEAs, to improve and streamline state and local assessment systems; and
 
award subgrants to LEAs to improve the quality and use of local assessments and their alignment with state academic content standards.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to states to improve their understanding of existing flexibility in the design and implementation of high-quality, streamlined state assessment systems to measure student progress toward state academic achievement standards.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the revised subpart 1 grant programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Stop Punishing Innocent Americans Act

Bill: 114-hr-409
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Stop Punishing Innocent Americans Act 

 
 Reinstates the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to the collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset. (This former statute of limitations was repealed effective May 22, 2008.)
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), with respect to overpayments under OASDI or SSAct title XVI (Supplementary Security Income) (SSI), to prevent the recovery of any such overpayments made to or on behalf of individuals under age 18 by shielding such individuals from liability for the repayment of such amounts.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any tax refund offset of Social Security overpayments made to or on behalf of a minor (under age 18).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House