hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-748
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Medical education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay up to nine months of additional Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a veteran who has used all of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to which he or she was entitled and who: (1) is enrolled in a postsecondary education program that requires more than the standard 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours for completion in a specified science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field; or (2) has earned a postsecondary degree in one of those fields and is enrolled in a teaching certification program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Family Care Savings Act

Bill: 114-hr-750
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Family Care Savings Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance to $10,000 in a taxable year and to provide for an inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Bringing Terrorists to Justice Act

Bill: 114-hr-751
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Evidence and witnesses
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Bringing Terrorists to Justice Act

 
Directs the Department of State, in accordance with the Rewards for Justice program authorized under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, to offer a reward to any individual who furnishes information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual for committing, conspiring or attempting to commit, or aiding or abetting in the commission of the kidnapping and murder of James Foley, Peter Kassig, or Steven Sotloff or the kidnapping and murder of any other U.S. citizen by a foreign terrorist organization. Limits to $5 million the total amount of rewards offered in connection with the kidnapping and murder of any one such individual.
 
Prohibits such Department from offering a reward under this Act in connection with the kidnapping and murder of any U.S. citizen determined to have been affiliated with or supportive of a foreign terrorist organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act

Bill: 114-hr-752
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act

 
 Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, except for such a device lawfully possessed within the United States on or before the date of this Act's enactment; and (2) the importation or bringing into the United States of such a device.
 
Exempts: (1) the transfer or possession of such a device by a federal, state, or local agency or law enforcement officer; (2) certain transfers to licensees under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; (3) possession of such a device transferred to an individual upon retirement from a law enforcement agency if such individual is not otherwise prohibited from receiving ammunition; and (4) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of such a device by a licensed manufacturer or importer for authorized testing or experimentation purposes.
 
Sets penalties for violations.
 
Requires a large capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after this Act's enactment to be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured after such enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-753
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2015 

 
 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) issue regulations to ensure that a covered aircraft is equipped with technology that provides for the continuous tracking of information regarding the aircraft during flight and the timely and cost effective recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder in the event of a crash or other serious incident; (2) investigate automatic dependent surveillance, automatic deployable flight recorders, emergency locator transmitters, and satellite navigation and communications; and (3) work collaboratively with the International Civil Aviation Organization and other relevant stakeholders to develop and implement international standards that improve the tracking of aircraft in flight.
 
Defines &quot;covered aircraft&quot; to mean a passenger aircraft: (1) able to carry at least 120 passengers, (2) ordered on or after January 1, 2016, and (3) providing scheduled passenger air transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
ACE Act

Bill: 114-hr-754
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act

 
Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the share of targeted grant funds and education finance incentive grant funds a local educational agency (LEA) receives.
 
Alters the formula so that LEAs that have a high percentage of impoverished students, but a comparatively low number of such students, receive a higher allocation of such funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-755
Sponsor: Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2015

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the Secretary of Education from attempting to influence, incentivize, or coerce a state to participate in a voluntary partnership with another state to develop and implement academic content and achievement standards and assessments.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from conditioning the approval of a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or Indian tribe's request for a waiver of ESEA statutory or regulatory requirements on such an entity: (1) including in, or deleting from, such request, specific academic standards; (2) using specific academic assessment instruments or items; or (3) including in, or deleting from, such waiver request any criteria used to establish, implement, or improve state academic standards, academic assessments, state accountability systems, or teacher and school leader evaluation systems.
 
Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, or controlling a state's, LEA's, or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction, including through the placement of conditions on financial support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Corrections Renaming Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-760
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Bureau of Corrections Renaming Act of 2015

 
 Renames the Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice as the Bureau of Corrections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act

Bill: 114-hr-761
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act

 
 Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to consist of federal land and interests in federal land within Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, and Yolo Counties in California. 
 
 
Continues to provide historical and adequate access to private inholdings within the exterior boundaries of the Monument. 
 
Requires a comprehensive plan for the protection and management of the federal lands included within the Monument. Requires such plan to: (1) include a weed management component, (2) include a native fish passage and habitat quality improvement component, and (3) include a component that deals with public safety and environmental clean-up issues associated with illegal marijuana production. 
 
Permits grazing in the Conservation Area: (1) to continue, if established before this Act's enactment; (2) if not established before enactment, only to the extent that it is consistent with the purposes for which the Monument was established; or (3) through issuing annual targeted permits for the control of noxious weeds, fire suppression, or to provide other ecological benefits. 
 
Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Advisory Council to advise with respect to the preparation and implementation of the management plan for the Monument. Requires the appointment of one Council member to represent Native American tribes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-762
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the small employer health care insurance tax credit, to: (1) revise the definition of "eligible small employer" to mean an employer with not more than 50 (currently, 25) full-time employees; (2) modify the phaseout formula for such credit to base such phaseout on number of employees and average annual wages; (3) extend from two to three consecutive taxable years the period during which an employer may claim such credit; and (4) eliminate the requirement that employers contribute the same percentage of cost of each employee's health insurance and the cap limiting eligible employer contributions to average premiums paid to a state health insurance exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and medical services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-763
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
New Jersey
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a two-year pilot program under which: (1) eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, and (2) the Secretary shall reimburse such facilities for the cost of such care and services.
 
Defines an "eligible veteran" as a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system, and (2) resides in a geographic area selected by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to select: (1) one geographic area within each Veterans Integrated Service Network, and (2) NJ-2 as the geographic area for participation in the pilot program for Veterans Integrated Service Network 4.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue a unique identification card to each eligible veteran who elects to receive hospital care and medical services at non-VA facilities under the pilot program, and (2) take steps to ensure that such veterans receive such care and services at such non-VA facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-764
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2015 

 
 Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement with a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained that country's reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty, and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the duty modification until the President certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the country's reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice.
 
Requires the withdrawal of such a modification in specified circumstances determined by the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center until the President makes such a certification to Congress.
 
Requires the U.S. International Trade Commission , with respect to any proposed trade agreement that seeks a modification that would reduce or eliminate an existing duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement with a foreign country, to investigate the possible market access opportunities for similar U.S. exports to that country if such barriers and policies are modified or eliminated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-765
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. 

action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Ac
t 
of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-306.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-306.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 12.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Fair BEER Act

Bill: 114-hr-767
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 

Fair Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act or the Fair BEER Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the excise tax on beer brewed or produced, and removed for consumption or sale, within the United States or imported into the United States. The revised tax ranges from $0 for an amount not exceeding 7,143 barrels to $18 per barrel on an amount exceeding 2 million barrels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-768
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Right of privacy
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: 
 
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to include provisions for: (1) testing of inmates upon intake and counseling; (2) HIV/AIDS prevention education; (3) HIV testing of prisoners annually upon request or upon exposure to HIV; (4) HIV testing of pregnant inmates; (5) comprehensive medical treatment of inmates who test positive for HIV and confidential counseling on managing their medical condition and preventing its transmission to other persons; (6) protection of confidentiality; (7) testing, counseling, and referral prior to reentry into the community; (8) allowing inmates the right to refuse routine HIV testing; (9) excluding as "routine" the testing of an inmate who may have transmitted HIV to any U.S. officer or employee or to any person lawfully present but not incarcerated in a correctional facility; and (10) timely notification of test results.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require HIV testing for all federal prison inmates upon intake regardless of length of sentence or risk factors, (2) allow inmates to decline testing prior to release from incarceration, and (3) make HIV testing part of the routine health screening conducted at intake.
 
Requires the Bureau to report on: (1) testing, treatment, and prevention education programs for hepatitis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use; and (2) the incidence among prison inmates of diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Introduced in House