hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2895
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment Act of 2015

 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that, to ensure the future of community cancer care, Medicare reimbursement should be equal for the same service provided to a cancer patient regardless of whether the service is delivered in the hospital outpatient department (OPD) or physician's office.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for OPD services to require that the payment amount under PPS and physician fee schedules for covered OPD cancer services be a budget neutral combination of the amount otherwise payable under the PPS and the amount otherwise payable under the physician fee schedule for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-25
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: 2015-06-25
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: 2015-06-25
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: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2897
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and other related diseases. The report should provide the information necessary to guide future health policy to evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning such diseases and address the threat of such diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Act

Bill: 114-hr-2900
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Act

 
 Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington.
 
Directs the Department of the Interior to designate a willing local unit of government or a nonprofit organization to serve as the coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, which shall prepare and submit a management plan for it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2902
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from, school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects their education.
 
LEAs shall also provide: (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their discipline policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level.
 
The Department of Education must conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics shall collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA discipline policies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the use of a towaway trailer transportation combination, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2904
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 
This bill revises federal vehicle length limitations to prohibit states from prescribing or enforcing a regulation that imposes an overall length limitation of less than 82 feet on a towaway trailer transporter combination operating on any segment of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and qualifying federal-aid primary system highways.
 
The bill defines &quot;trailer transporter towing unit&quot; as a power unit not used to carry property when operating in a towaway trailer transporter combination.
 
The bill defines &quot;towaway trailer transporter combination&quot; as a combination of vehicles consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and two trailers or semitrailers:
 
 
with a total weight not exceeding 26,000 pounds; and
 
which carry no property and constitute inventory property of a manufacturer, distributor or dealer of such trailers or semitrailers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
SCOTUScare Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2905
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

SCOTUScare Act of 2015

 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to limit the health plans the federal government may make available to Supreme Court Justices and Supreme Court employees to those that are created under PPACA or offered through a health insurance exchange.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 114-hr-2906
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Athletes
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Higher education
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
School athletics
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

50th Anniversary of the Texas Western College Men's Basketball Championship Commemorative Coin Act

 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of basketball.
 
Requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame to help finance renovations of existing National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame facilities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Estate Tax Act

Bill: 114-hr-2907
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Inflation and prices
Land use and conservation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Responsible Estate Tax Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, to: (1) revise estate tax rates to impose an increased tax for estates over $3.5 million and a maximum tax rate of 55% for estates over $50 million, (2) impose a 10% surtax on estates over $500 million, (3) reduce the basic estate tax exclusion amount to $3.5 million, (4) increase to $3 million the reduction in valuations of farmland for estate tax purposes and adjust such increased amount for inflation after 2014, and (5) increase to $2 million the maximum estate tax exclusion for contributions of conservation easements.
 
Requires that the value of the basis in any property acquired from a decedent or by gift be consistent with the basis as determined for estate and gift tax purposes. Requires executors of estates and donors of gifts required to file a gift tax return to disclose to the Department of the Treasury, and to recipients of any interest in an estate or a gift, information identifying the value of each interest received.
 
Sets forth estate valuation rules for certain transfers of nonbusiness assets and limits estate tax discounts for certain individuals with minority interests in a business acquired from a decedent.
 
Expands rules for valuing assets in grantor retained annuity trusts to require that: (1) the right to receive fixed amounts from an annuity last for a term of not less than 10 years and that such fixed amounts not decrease during the first 10 years of the annuity term, and (2) the remainder interest have a value greater than 10% when transferred.
 
Sets forth rules for the application of transfer taxes to a grantor trust (a trust in which the grantor retains control over the trust assets and has the right to receive income from the trust). Eliminates the generation-skipping transfer tax exemption for any trust whose termination date is not greater than 50 years after its creation.
 
Modifies the annual gift tax exclusion (currently, $14,000 per donee) to limit the aggregate annual amount of such exclusion to twice the current exclusion amount for certain types of transfers, specifically a transfer in trust, a transfer of an interest in a pass through entity, a transfer of an interest subject to a prohibition on sale, and any other transfer of property that cannot be immediately liquidated by the donee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-2910
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arizona
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental regulatory procedures
Mammals
New Mexico
Texas
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill nullifies: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination to list the Mexican wolf (
Canis lupus baileyi
) as an endangered subspecies under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; and (2) the rule entitled, &quot;Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision to the Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Build a Better VA Act

Bill: 114-hr-2914
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Build a Better VA Act

 
This bill prohibits funds from being appropriated for any fiscal year for a major medical facility lease unless the House and Senate Veterans Committees adopt resolutions approving the lease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

Bill: 114-hr-2916
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

 
 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for: (1) anyone whose federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, or whose license renewal application has been denied, to transfer business inventory firearms into a personal collection or to an employee of such person or to receive a firearm that was a business inventory firearm as of the date of a revocation or renewal denial notice; and (2) anyone who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice to transfer to any other person a firearm that was a business inventory firearm. 
 
The bill imposes a fine and/or prison term of not more than one year for violations of this Act (five years for willful violations). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2918
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2015

 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to repeal provisions that prohibit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from estimating subsidized risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage on: (1) residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual, and (2) any business property. Qualifies those properties for such rates.
 
Requires FEMA, when developing guidance and rate tables necessary to implement this Act, to consult with Write Your Own companies, which are participating property and casualty insurance companies that write and service standard flood insurance policies in cooperation with FEMA.
 
Directs Write Your Own companies to implement the changes required by the final guidance and rate tables within six to eight months after their issuance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.

Bill: 114-hr-2919
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Colorado
Federal district courts
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 
 Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional district judges for the district of Colorado. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-2920
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Mammals
Service animals
Smuggling and trafficking
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Captive Primate Safety Act

 
This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species.
 
The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing direct contact between any member of the public and a live bear, tiger, lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or loris. 
 
The Lacey Act prohibition applies to state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Patients First Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2921
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Medical ethics
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Patients First Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, provided that the techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this Act.
 
HHS must issue guidelines to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this Act: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this Act, if conducted using human cells; and (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients.
 
HHS must report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Adoptive Family Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-2922
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Immigration status and procedures
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Adoptive Family Relief Act
 
 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that if an immigrant visa was issued on or after March 27, 2013, for a child who has been lawfully adopted, or who is coming to the United States to be adopted, by a U.S. citizen, any statutory immigrant visa fees relating to a renewal or replacement of such visa may be waived or refunded if: 
 
 
the child was unable to use the original immigrant visa during the period of its validity as a direct result of extraordinary circumstances, including the denial of an exit permit; and 
 
such inability was attributable to factors beyond the control of the adopting parent or parents.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in House