hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
No Defense Contracts for Terror Profiteers Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5139
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Foreign property
Iran
Middle East
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

No Defense Contracts for Terror Profiteers Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2017 from being used to procure, or enter into a contract to procure, goods or services from any person that provides material support to a covered Iranian person during such fiscal year. 
 
 A &quot;covered Iranian person&quot; includes an Iranian person that is: (1) included on the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury for acting on behalf of, or being owned or controlled by, the government of Iran; or (2) owned or controlled by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
 
The bill requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to require a person with a prospective contract of more than $100,000 to certify that the person does not engage in prohibited conduct with a covered Iranian person.
 
DOD may, on a case-by-case basis, waive such prohibition for national security reasons but must provide Congress with notice before the waiver takes effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
VFD Repeal Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5140
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal and plant health
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Livestock
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

VFD Repeal Act of 2016

 This bill repeals the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) final rule regarding the Veterinary Feed Directive published on June 3, 2015, and prohibits the FDA from issuing any similar rule. (Veterinary Feed Directive regulations prohibit the use of medically important antibiotics for animal production purposes. Under these regulations, an animal producer may only use such antibiotics with the authorization of a veterinarian for the prevention, control, or treatment of a specifically identified disease. The rule repealed by this bill revised those regulations, including to require a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship for a veterinarian to authorize the use of antibiotics.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Central American Amnesty Termination Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5141
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Department of Homeland Security
El Salvador
Executive agency funding and structure
Guatemala
Honduras
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Central American Amnesty Termination Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits any funds, resources, or fees available to the Department of Homeland Security or any other federal agency, including Immigration Examinations Fee Account deposits, from being used for the Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program or any successor program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Jessie's Law

Bill: 114-hr-5142
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Jessie's Law

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit disclosure of patient records relating to substance abuse with the patient's oral consent or the consent of the patient's parent, legal guardian, or spouse. (Currently, disclosure is permitted only with the patient's written consent.)
 
Interchange of such records is permitted within accountable care organizations, health information exchanges, and integrated care arrangements for purposes of attaining interoperability, improving care coordination, reducing health care costs, and securing or providing patient safety.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must develop and disseminate standards for hospitals and physicians regarding displaying a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records with the patient's consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5144
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Jumpstart Housing Opportunities Utilizing Small Enterprises Act of 2016 or the Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016
 
This bill amends the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 to extend for an additional eight fiscal years the State Small Business Credit Initiative to assist participating states to give collateral support and other innovative credit access and guarantee initiatives for small businesses and manufacturers. 
 
The bill also prescribes allocations of federal funds to participating states. 
 
The Department of the Treasury may award, on a competitive basis, up to a total of $1 billion in two tranches, according to specified criteria, to participating states and consortiums of participating states for use: (1) for making federal contributions to, or for the account of, an approved state program; or (2) as collateral for a qualifying loan or swap funding facility. 
 
 Small businesses receiving funds from a participating state may use them to: 
 
develop, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, maintain, operate, or manage projects for affordable housing for low- or moderate-income households;
 
cover any contribution, matching amount, or non-federal share required in connection with any other federal grant or assistance program to provide such housing; or
 
purchase foreclosed properties and property being sold by a state or local government, but only for the use of such properties for such housing.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E633)
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to exclude abuse-deterrent formulations of prescription drugs from the Medicaid additional rebate requirement for new formulations of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5145
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exclude abuse-deterrent formulations of prescription drugs from the requirement that manufacturers of single-source or innovator drugs pay additional rebates to state Medicaid programs.
 
Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must use predictive modeling and other analytic technologies to identify improper Medicaid claims. The bill prohibits a state agency from using or disclosing such technologies except for purposes of administering a state Medicaid program or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). A state agency shall have in effect adequate data security and control policies to ensure that access to such information is restricted to authorized persons for authorized uses.
 
The bill places $5 million in the Medicaid Improvement Fund to be available beginning in FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
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: 2016-04-29
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: 2016-04-29
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: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Boosting America's Exports Act

Bill: 114-hr-5146
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Boosting America's Exports Act

 
This bill directs the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the Department of Commerce to assess the location of and services provided by U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEACs) in relation to the location of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that export U.S. products and services in order to identify:
 
 
those USEACs that should be closed or moved based on low productivity, and
 
those locations where a USEAC should be located based on need.
 
 
The ITA shall take necessary steps, through actions by the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce, to increase exports by SMEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2114)
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5148
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Transparency in Taypayer-Funded [
sic
] Discrimination Act

 
This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to publish, on its website, the names of institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request and IHEs that receive religious exemptions from title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.) 
 
Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an IHE that requests or receives a religious exemption from title IX to publish, on its website, certain information with respect to such exemption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the circumstances under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide reimbursement for emergency ambulance services.

Bill: 114-hr-5149
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services if: 
 
 
the ambulance request was made because of the sudden onset of a medical condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to the individual or could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in placing the individual in serious jeopardy, and 
 
the individual is transported to the closest and most appropriate medical facility capable of treating such emergency medical condition. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide an extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of certain deceased members of the uniformed services.

Bill: 114-hr-5151
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 
This bill extends the special survivor indemnity allowance of $310 a month through FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Career and Technical Education Equity Act

Bill: 114-hr-5152
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Career and Technical Education Equity Act

 
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise hold harmless requirements for the allotment of career and technical education assistance grants to states. A state is prohibited from receiving an allotment for a fiscal year that is less than 90% of the allotment the state received for the preceding fiscal year. (Currently, no state may receive an allotment less than the one it received for FY1998.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
FISA COURT Act

Bill: 114-hr-5153
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

FISA Court Oversight Underscoring Responsibility and Transparency Act or the FISA COURT Act 

 
This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court consist of 11 publicly designated district court judges, of whom: 
 
 
2 judges are designated by the President;
 
 1 judge is designated by a majority of the Supreme Court; and
 
2 judges each are designated, respectively, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate.
 
 
(Currently, the Chief Justice designates all 11 judges.)
 
A majority of the Supreme Court (currently, the Chief Justice alone) shall designate three judges from the U.S. district courts or courts of appeals who shall comprise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
F.A.I.R. Surveillance Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5154
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Fourth Amendment Integrity Restoration in Surveillance Act of 2016 or the F.A.I.R. Surveillance Act of 2016

 
This bill specifies that an agreement between a federal and state or local law enforcement agency regarding the acquisition or use of a cell simulator device must require such state or local law enforcement agency to use the device in compliance with the federal agency's guidance and policies. 
 
The term "cell simulator device" means a device that: (1) simulates a cell tower to provide an electronic communication service, or (2) functions as a cell tower to locate cellular devices or identify their unique identifiers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5155
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Coal
Employment and training programs
Mining
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to:
 
 
 identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States; 
 
 assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs; 
 
 identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and 
 
 provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment. 
 
 
A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House