hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Emergency East Chicago Housing Relief Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6166
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Emergency East Chicago Housing Relief Act of 2016 

 
This bill provides an additional allocation of low-income housing tax credits for Indiana by increasing the state housing credit ceiling in 2017 and 2018. 
 
The bill requires the state housing credit ceiling for Indiana to be increased for 2017 and 2018 by the lesser of: (1) the aggregate housing credit dollar amount allocated for such calendar year by the state housing credit agency of Indiana to buildings located in Lake County, Indiana; or (2) the additional allocation amount calculated by multiplying $18 by the population of Lake County, Indiana. 
 
In the case of 2018, the additional allocation amount taken into account must be reduced by the amount of the increase in the state housing credit ceiling for 2017 that is required by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
FRAME Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6167
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2016 or the FRAME Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME Accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME Account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME Account in the first nine years after such account is established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Academic Success Centers and Education Networks for Dreamers (ASCEND) Act

Bill: 114-hr-6168
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Academic Success Centers and Education Networks for Dreamers (ASCEND) Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to not-for-profit institutions of higher education to develop programs that support Dreamer students in successfully completing postsecondary education.
 
A &quot;Dreamer student&quot; is an individual who is a beneficiary of, or eligible for, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act

Bill: 114-hr-6169
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a defendant to remove from a state court to the U.S. district court a civil action involving a claim of environmental contamination that impacts or threatens to impact waters of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to the consolidation of public water systems, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6170
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Pollution liability
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize states and the Environmental Protection Agency to require public water systems that have repeatedly failed to comply with drinking water standards to assess options for consolidation.
 
Public water systems are eligible for financial assistance to assist with undertaking consolidation activities. 
 
Additionally, the bill provides liability protection for compliant public water systems that consolidate with non-compliant systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a waiver from the work requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program on account of an area's high unemployment rate or limited employment availability for individuals who reside in the area.

Bill: 114-hr-6171
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to waive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) work requirements for individuals who reside in areas with an unemployment rate above 10% or an insufficient number of jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6172
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2016

 
 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions, in a collaborative partnership with a nonprofit organization or a public safety department (eligible entity), for: (1) initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs; and (2) increasing fire safety awareness among enrolled students. 
 
ED shall give priority to institutions that plan to use funds to initiate, expand, or improve fire safety education programs that include educational material specifically prepared for students with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. The bill sets forth provisions regarding grant periods and matching and other requirements. An eligible entity may not be awarded more than $250,000 per fiscal year under this bill.
 
An eligible entity shall use grant funds to initiate, expand, or improve a fire safety education program that: 
 
 
reaches all enrolled students (for an institution of higher education); 
 
ensures maximum exposure to, increases awareness of, and effectuates change in behavior regarding, fire safety by students through conducting outreach to students a minimum of twice per academic year and through measures that provide fire safety information to any student upon request; 
 
includes minimum instruction regarding fire behavior, fire injury and death, ignition scenarios, fire safety systems and equipment, the importance of means of egress, fire prevention techniques, and actions to be taken if a fire occurs to minimize the potential for death, injury, and property damage; and 
 
includes a mechanism for carrying out evaluations of program effectiveness. 
 
 
ED shall publish a report of best practices for initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Transit Tax Credit Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6173
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Transit Tax Credit Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for commuting mass transit costs. The credit is equal to 15% of the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the year for a transit pass that the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent uses for travel between the residence and place of employment of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent. The credit allowed for transit passes for any individual may not exceed $460 per year (adjusted for inflation after 2017). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

Bill: 114-hr-6174
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which currently requires drug manufacturers to discount orphan drugs (drugs for rare conditions) for certain entities covered by the program. The bill discounts orphan drugs that are not being used to treat rare conditions for all entities covered by the program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the removal of aliens identified in the terrorist screening database, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6175
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Judicial review and appeals
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make an alien, other than a lawful permanent resident, who is identified in the terrorist screening database inadmissible or deportable on terrorist grounds.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with the unanimous concurrence of the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of State, may grant an individual a national security waiver to enter the United States temporarily as a nonimmigrant.
 
An identified alien shall be ineligible for asylum, withholding or cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, adjustment of status, or acquisition of legal permanent residency through the registry provisions.
 
DHS shall revise specified regulations implementing the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to: (1) exclude identified aliens from the protection of such regulations, and (2) make such aliens ineligible for withholding or deferral of removal under INA.
 
The bill provides that, with respect to an alien who has not been granted a waiver under this bill and who either is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or has been granted conditional resident status: (1) DHS shall determine inadmissibility or deportability and issue an order of removal for an identified alien; and (2) in the case of an alien not issued an order of removal, DHS may determine inadmissibility or deportability and issue an order of removal based upon terrorist activity. Such expedited proceedings shall include specified protections for the alien in removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Export Control Reform Act

Bill: 114-hr-6176
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Export Control Reform Act

 
This bill requires all of the following items that are on the United States Munitions List and the import or export of which is controlled by the President under the Arms Export Control Act on the date of this bill's enactment to be transferred to the Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations:
 
 
non-automatic and semi-automatic firearms, including all rifles, carbines, pistols, revolvers, and shotguns;
 
non-automatic and non-semi-automatic rifles, carbines, revolvers, or pistols of a caliber greater than .50 inches (12.7 mm) up to and including .72 inches (18.0 mm);
 
ammunition for such firearms excluding caseless ammunition;
 
silencers, mufflers, and sound and flash suppressors;
 
rifle scopes;
 
barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames), or complete breech mechanisms; and 
 
related components, parts, accessories, attachments, tooling, and equipment.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6178
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2016

 
This bill revises the methodology for apportioning federal highway funds among states. Specifically, the bill adjusts each state's apportionment based not only on certain tax payments attributable to highway users in the state, but also on other federal taxes collected in the state. The bill also caps the apportionment that each state may receive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6179
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike. 
 
&quot;First-use nuclear strike&quot; means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Funding Local Schools Act

Bill: 114-hr-6180
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Funding Local Schools Act

 
This bill allows the state of Utah to select lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior and identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah County, as amended by the Pony Express Plan Amendment (November 1997), in fulfillment of certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state, including for the establishment of certain state institutions, including certain local schools, under the Act of July 16, 1894, without further land use planning action by the BLM. 
 
The criteria listed in Decision 3 of the Lands Program of the resource management plan shall not apply to any lands selected by Utah pursuant to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Program

Bill: 114-hr-6181
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Department of Transportation
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Program

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that states give preference, under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, to eligible projects located in areas that are undergoing extensive repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways, other federally owned roads open for public travel, passenger rail, and public transportation for the purpose of providing transportation alternatives related to the closure of transportation infrastructure in such areas.
 
DOT shall: (1) carry out a competitive grant program to support community efforts to invest in transportation alternatives; and (2) give grant preference to projects located in such areas. Entities eligible for grants include state and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and rural planning organizations.
 
Grants may be used to plan for, facilitate, and provide initial support for: 
 
 
transportation demand management programs;
 
carpool or telecommuting projects; and 
 
planning, design, acquisition of rights-of-way, construction, improvement, and management of streets, pathways, and public transportation facilities to facilitate expanded bicycle and pedestrian mobility and access.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Water Quality Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6182
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2016-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: 

Water Quality Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an integrated planning and permitting process for municipal wastewater and stormwater management that:
 
 
enables municipalities to identify the most cost-effective and protective approaches to comply with the Act's requirements;
 
helps them prioritize their investments in addressing the requirements; and 
 
is comprehensive and flexible.
 
 
The EPA must provide technical assistance to the municipalities or states for developing an integrated plan upon request.
 
The EPA must: (1) update its financial capability assessment guidance entitled, &quot;Combined Sewer Overflows--Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development,&quot; and dated February 1997; and (2) ensure that the guidance may be used for assessing the financial capability of municipalities to implement effluent limitations and other pollution control measures.
 
During the next 5 years, the EPA must work with at least 15 municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans and permits to meet the requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Introduced in House