hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
FIFA Act

Bill: 114-hr-5502
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Fairness in Financial Aid Act or the FIFA Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Internal Revenue Code to revise the Free Application for Federal Student Aid application process. Specifically, it allows a tax payer identification number to be used in place of a social security number in the application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
American Dream Promise Act

Bill: 114-hr-5503
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

American Dream Promise Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the eligibility requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) to participate in federal student aid programs.
 
Specifically, an IHE that participates in title IV federal student aid programs must not deny admission to a student on the basis of that student's immigration or naturalization status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5504
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a licensed gun dealer to notify the national instant criminal background check system (i.e., the NICS database) of an explosive materials sale and the purchaser's identity.
 
Additionally, it requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include in the NICS database information about an individual who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. A federal department or agency must submit to DOJ information about such individual. 
 
If a licensed gun dealer request a background check on a prospective gun buyer or provides notice of an explosive materials purchaser who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation, then the NICS database must notify the appropriate division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
GSE Review and Reform Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5505
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

GSE Review and Reform Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Department of the Treasury to make annual studies (currently, just one) of specified options for ending the conservatorship of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), while minimizing the cost to taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5506
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 or the Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). 
 
Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services, other than hospice care, under Medicare; (2) must include benefits for transition into palliative care; and (3) may cover prescription drug benefits. An organization must offer at least one open network model but may also offer one or more preferred network models.
 
An organization shall return savings achieved under the models to program-eligible beneficiaries.
 
A beneficiary shall have the opportunity to: (1) opt out of the program, (2) make an assignment change into an open network model offered by a different organization, or (3) elect a preferred network model.
 
The bill establishes requirements regarding: (1) benefits for program-eligible beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, (2) program quality and reporting, (2) ESRD integrated care strategy, (3) program operation and scope, (4) beneficiary notification, and (5) payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-06-16
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: 2016-06-16
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: 2016-06-16
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: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Top 1% Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-5507
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Top 1% Accountability Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit an individual from itemizing deductions for a year if: (1) the sum of the taxpayer's itemized deductions equals or exceeds $150,000, and (2) the taxpayer (and the taxpayer's spouse for a joint return) fails to submit proof of a clean drug test with the return. The drug test must show that the taxpayer (and the taxpayer's spouse for a joint return) did not test positive for any controlled substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
JOBS Act

Bill: 114-hr-5508
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Job Opportunity and Business Services Act or the JOBS Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require the reports to the Department of Labor each state, local board, and any other recipient of funds under the Act is required to make to include information regarding programs and activities carried out under the Act pertaining to the advertising budget, and a description of the advertising, for which the funds received were used.
 
The bill also exempts from the prohibition against using funds received under the Act for lobbying purposes, and from specified other restrictions, the use of such funds for public relations and advertising costs for program outreach or activities otherwise related to carrying out the Act's purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to Banking Act

Bill: 114-hr-5511
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Charitable contributions
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Equal Access to Banking Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to issue regulations: (1) easing the restrictive impact of regulations issued pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act relating to the factors to be considered for deposit insurance on non-profit community development financial institution banks, and (2) easing restrictions on the operation of such banks insured by the FDIC.
 
 The FDIC shall ensure that such regulations issued under this bill: (1) will not provide an opportunity for individuals or for-profit financial institutions to avoid taxation or other requirements related to deposit insurance, and (2) allow charitable contributions and grants to such banks.
 
The FDIC shall terminate the deposit insurance of such a bank if the bank loses its certification as a community development financial institution.
 
The bill defines a &quot;non-profit community development financial institution bank&quot; as a non-profit depository institution that: (1) is certified as a community development financial institution by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and (2) serves low-income and moderate-income customers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5512
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teenage pregnancy
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to include gender-responsive services in the grant program for juvenile delinquency prevention.The bill defines &quot;gender-responsive services&quot; as practices and evidence-based services, including trauma-informed services and trauma-specific interventions, that comprehensively address the unique challenges that girls face in the juvenile justice system.
 
The bill adds, as requirements for delinquency prevention grant eligibility, that a unit of general local government provide statements of how funds will increase the effectiveness of plans and activities to be carried out under them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
PROVE IT Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5513
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic performance and conditions
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Providing Retrospective Observations Validating Economics and Increasing Transparency Act of 2016 or the PROVE IT Act of 2016

 
This bill requires a federal agency that publishes a final major rule in the Federal Register to publish, biannually while the rule remains in effect, a report on the benefits and costs of such rule to regulated entities. The report shall:
 
 
assess the impacts of the rule on such entities,
 
include a determination about how the actual benefits and costs of the rule have varied from those anticipated when the rule was issued,
 
assess the effectiveness and benefits of the rule in producing its regulatory objectives, and 
 
be reviewed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) when required under executive order. 

 
The agency shall: (1) within 90 days after determining that the cost of a rule to regulated entities has exceeded the cost anticipated, report to Congress on the effectiveness and necessity of, and lower-cost alternatives to, the rule; and (2) reopen the public docket to receive additional comments and consider modifications or alternatives that reduce costs and increase benefits to regulated entities.
 
The bill defines "major rule" as any rule that OIRA finds has resulted in or is likely to result in:
 
 
an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; 
 
a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or 
 
significant adverse effects on competition, employment investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Deliver for Our Nation At Times of Emergency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5514
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Deliver for Our Nation At Times of Emergency Act of 2016

 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for increased flexibility in blood donor screening, while maintaining a safe blood donor pool, during times of national or local need.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
EPIC Act

Bill: 114-hr-5515
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
Political parties and affiliation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Election Protection & Integrity Certification Act or the EPIC Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an organization applying for tax-exempt status to certify that it will not: (1) use foreign funds to make certain expenditures in connection with an election, a political party, or an electioneering communication; or (2) solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation from a foreign national for an election or a political party. 
 
A tax-exempt organization must certify in its annual tax return that it has not violated the requirements described above. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study the political activities of corporations to determine whether foreign money is being used in U.S elections. 
 
The bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require tax-exempt organizations filing certain reports regarding disbursements for independent expenditures or electioneering communications to certify that foreign funds were not used for the disbursements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Local Education Freedom Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5517
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Local Education Freedom Act of 2016

 
This bill requires a state to carry out an education voucher program as a condition of receiving federal funds for elementary and secondary education. 
 
Through the program, a parent of an eligible child may enter into an agreement with a state educational agency (SEA) if the child's school receives federal funds on the condition of implementing a federal mandate with which the parent disagrees. An SEA shall: (1) provide an education savings account to each eligible child whose parent enters into such an agreement, and (2) disburse to each account an amount equal to the state's average per-pupil expenditure.
 
The funds in an education savings account may be used only for:
 
 
tuition and fees for a qualifying provider;
 
textbooks, supplemental materials, and supplies;
 
specified examination fees;
 
transportation;
 
a contribution to a qualified tuition program or specified education savings account; and
 
other education expenses approved by the SEA.

 
A "qualifying provider" is an SEA-approved entity that complies with specified requirements and is: (1) a public or nonpublic school; (2) a home school, provided that the eligible child was enrolled in a public school during the previous academic year; (3) a tutoring facility; (4) a provider of distance learning or specialized instructional support services; or (5) an institution of higher education.
 
In general, a qualified provider may not discriminate against program participants or applicants on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. However, the prohibition on sex discrimination shall not apply to religiously affiliated providers to the extent that such application is inconsistent with the provider's religious tenets or beliefs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House