hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
American Worker Mobility Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2755
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Transportation costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

American Worker Mobility Act of 2015

 
 Authorizes the Department of Labor to grant a relocation subsidy of up to $10,000 to an individual who: 
 
 
 has been totally unemployed for at least 26 consecutive weeks; 
 
 has exhausted all rights to state or federal unemployment compensation; 
 
 has not received a relocation subsidy for the two-year period preceding the subsidy application; and 
 
 is able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work.
 
 
Prescribes subsidy program requirements.
 
Directs the Department to issue regulations to prevent program fraud or abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any United Nations agency.

Bill: 114-hr-2757
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 
 Prohibits funds made available to any federal agency for FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years from being used to make U.S. voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any U.N. agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas issued under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2758
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a returning H-2B alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) who has already been counted toward the applicable numerical limitation during one of the three preceding fiscal years: (1) shall not again be counted toward such limitation during a fiscal year, but (2) shall be considered a returning worker.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2759
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), particularly those provided in rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, and in hospice programs.
 
Amends Medicare part E (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
 
Authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2760
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

American Indian Trust Responsibility Review Act of 2015

 
 Establishes the American Indian Trust Review Commission to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the unique trust relationship between the United States and federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) report to Congress within two years of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires the study to analyze: 
 
 
 the attributes of that relationship; 
 
 the policies, practices, structure, and effectiveness of the federal agencies that have trust responsibilities toward Indian tribes; 
 
 the feasibility of authorizing willing Indian tribes to assume duties currently performed by the federal government; 
 
 the data necessary for the Commission to get a better understanding of tribal needs; 
 
 the feasibility of creating high-level federal positions to increase tribal participation in policy formation and program development;
 
 the viability of a mechanism to ensure the continuation of critical programs for Indian tribes; 
 
 the appropriate role of state and local governments in federal activities affecting Indian tribes; and
 
 modifications to laws, procedures, regulations, policies, and practices that might further the federal government's trust relationship with Indian tribes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Sanctity of Life Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2761
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

Sanctity of Life Act of 2015

 
Declares that: (1) human life is deemed to exist from fertilization, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency; and (2) &quot;person&quot; includes all such human life.
 
Recognizes that each state has a compelling interest in protecting the lives of those within the state's jurisdiction whom the state rationally regards as human beings. 
Amends the federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure on the grounds that such measure: (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
GIRLS STEM Act

Bill: 114-hr-2762
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

Getting Involved in Researching, Learning, and Studying of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Act or the GIRLS STEM Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to: (1) encourage the interest of female students in careers requiring science, mathematics, engineering, or technology (STEM) skills; and (2) prepare female students to pursue credentials needed to pursue a career in a STEM field. The Department of Education may provide grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to enable elementary and secondary schools to implement the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Act

Bill: 114-hr-2763
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the Nation Act or the GREEN Act 

 
 Authorizes the Department of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), postsecondary institutions, and clean and renewable energy industry representatives to develop programs of study focused on emerging careers and jobs in the fields of clean and renewable energy. 
 
Requires a priority be given to grant applications that: 
 
 
 use online learning or other innovative methods to deliver a program of study to individuals outside the partnership, and 
 
 focus on low-performing students and special populations.
 
 
Authorizes the Department to award competitive grants to LEAs and postsecondary institutions to promote development of career and technical educational facilities that are energy efficient and use renewable energy practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2764
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against children
Department of Labor
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2015 or the CARE Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to define &quot;oppressive child labor,&quot; for purposes of the Act's child labor prohibitions, as the employment of any employee who is: 
 
 
 16 or 17 in any occupation found by the Department of Labor to be particularly hazardous for their employment or detrimental to their health or well-being; 
 
 14 or 15, unless the employment is confined to periods which do not interfere with the employee's schooling, health, or well-being; or 
 
 under 14.
 
 
Revises the Act's exemptions to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to the following:
 
 
 employment in agriculture of an employee under age 18 by his or her parent, or by a person standing in the place of the parent, on a farm owned by the parent or person (current law uses an age- and consent-based scheme); and 
 
 employment of an employee under age 16 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, other than in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or any other employment the Department finds to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children age 16 or 17 or detrimental to their health or well-being. (Current law applies the child labor restrictions to particularly hazardous agricultural employment, except where the child is employed by a parent or a person standing in place of the parent on a farm owned or operated by such person). 
 
 
Eliminates any waiver of such prohibitions for hand-harvesting of certain crops.
 
Increases civil and establishes criminal penalties for child labor violations.
 
Directs the Department to revise federal child labor regulations to prohibit the employment of children under age 18 in duties involving the handling of pesticides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E979-980)
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the National Science Foundation from obligating amounts for the Polar Learning and Responding Climate Change Educational Partnership.

Bill: 114-hr-2765
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Executive agency funding and structure
National Science Foundation
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 
This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation from obligating any amounts for the Polar Learning and Responding Climate Change Educational Partnership. (The Partnership uses novel educational approaches to engage adult learners and inform public understanding and response to climate change.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2766
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2015-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Philippines
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: 

Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2015

 
Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining eligibility under this Act, to take into account any relevant service documentation, including documentation other than the Missouri List (the list of all discharged and deceased veterans from the 20th century).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Airport Security Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2767
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Firearms and explosives
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: 

Airport Security Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a program to prohibit all but specified authorized individuals from possessing a firearm at a covered airport, including any individual who enters the airport, or exits public transportation at it, for air travel, meeting another individual, picking up cargo, or employment.
 
Directs TSA to require airport operators to: 
 
 
 display conspicuous notices summarizing the program at each airport entrance, and 
 
 require law enforcement personnel to monitor the airport to prevent violations and escort air travelers who are authorized to carry a firearm.
 
 
Prescribes criminal penalties for nonauthorized individuals who knowingly possess a firearm at a covered airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2015-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4350)
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2771
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: 

Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limit on the amount of employer-provided group term life insurance that an employee may exclude from his or her gross income for income tax purposes. Currently, an employee may exclude from gross income up to $50,000 of the cost of such insurance plus any amount paid by the employee for the purchase of such insurance. The bill increases the $50,000 limit to $375,000, and adjusts such increased limit for inflation in taxable years beginning after 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act

Bill: 114-hr-2773
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: 

21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
 
 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage the ongoing development of programs and curricula for girls and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and prepare those students to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers in such fields.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E895)
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act

Bill: 114-hr-2774
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2015-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Debt collection
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: 

Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to overpayments to prohibit the recovery of overpayments through tax refund offsets or by any other means with respect to any overpayment to a person who had not attained the age of 18 at the time the payment was made.
 
Reduction in Social Security benefits under the earnings test may not apply to the earnings of an individual in any month in which he or she is entitled to a child's insurance benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Carry-On Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2776
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: 

Carry-On Freedom Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue regulations to prohibit a air carrier charging passengers a fee for checked baggage from using a size standard for carry-on baggage that reduces the size standard used by the carrier on June 8, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4388)
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Introduced in House