hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act

Bill: 114-hr-6069
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to submit a determination regarding whether the government of Pakistan, including any of its agents or instrumentalities, committed, conspired to commit, attempted, aided, or abetted: (1) any of specified acts constituting an act of or support for international terrorism, or (2) any other act that constitutes an act of international terrorism. 
 
Within 30 days of such submission, the State Department shall: (1) determine if any such act constitutes support for international terrorism, and (2) issue a follow-up report containing either a determination that Pakistan is a state sponsor of terrorism or a detailed justification as to why Pakistan's conduct does not meet the legal criteria for such designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act

Bill: 114-hr-6070
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Housing discrimination
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to authorize a local, state, or federal government body to:
 
 
 limit the number of residential recovery facilities within a particular area zoned for residential housing, provided that the limitation is necessary to preserve the residential character of the area, allows for a reasonable number of such facilities to be located within such area, and does not place an overall cap on their number within a municipality or state; and
 
require a facility to obtain an operating license or use permit or satisfy a set of consumer protection standards.
 
 
A residential recovery facility is a residence that provides housing to individuals in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction with the promise of providing a clean and sober environment in return for direct or indirect payment to an owner, operator, or compensated staff person.
 
Facilities receiving payments from a federal health care program, or via private insurance purchased on a federal exchange or federally subsidized, for either housing, recovery services, or testing or monitoring for drugs or alcohol, shall ensure that residents be provided a safe living environment completely free from illicit drugs, alcohol, firearms, harassment, abuse, or harm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6071
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 
This bill provides continuing FY2017 appropriations to most federal agencies until the earlier of December 9, 2016, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation.
 
 It prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when FY2017 begins on October 1, 2016, because the FY2017 appropriations bills that fund the federal government have not been enacted. The bill specifies the rates of operations for security and nonsecurity programs for the duration of the continuing appropriations. 
 
The bill enacts, by reference, the provisions of the conference report for H.R. 2577 (Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 and Zika Response and Preparedness Act). 
 

American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 or the American SAFE Act of 2015 

 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence must take specified actions to ensure that certain aliens from Iraq or Syria receive thorough background investigations and are certified not to be a security threat prior to being admitted to the United States as refugees. 
 

Protecting Internet Freedom Act 

 
The Department of Commerce may not allow the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's responsibility for Internet domain name system functions to cease unless a federal statute enacted after enactment of this bill expressly grants Commerce the authority. 
 
Commerce must certify to Congress that the United States: (1) secured sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, and (2) entered into a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that provides the U.S. government with exclusive control and use of those domains in perpetuity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Stop Taxpayer Obamacare Payouts "STOP" Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6074
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Stop Taxpayer Obamacare Payouts &quot;STOP&quot; Act of 2016 

 
This bill prohibits the Judgment Fund from being used to make payments for any claim pertaining to the risk corridor program established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropriation to pay judgments against the United States, including awards, compromise settlements, and related interest and costs. The risk corridor program is a mechanism that adjusts payments to health plans based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6075
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 
This bill states that Congress finds that the United States did not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to submerged lands in Nantucket Sound (near the coast of Massachusetts) or the waters above those submerged lands as a result of the taking described in the civil action, 
United States v. 3,000 Acres of Land
 (D. Mass. 1944). That taking involved land that is now part of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide a Federal share for disaster assistance provided to the State of Louisiana in connection with the major disaster declaration declared on March 13, 2016, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6077
Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 
This bill sets the federal share of major disaster assistance provided to Louisiana under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in connection with the major disaster declaration (DR-4263) declared on March 13, 2016, at: (1) 90% of the eligible costs for the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged public facilities; and (2) 100% of the eligible costs for assistance essential to meeting immediate threats to life and property and for debris removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
VA Accountability for Location of Records Act

Bill: 114-hr-6078
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

VA Accountability for Location of Records Act or the VALOR Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish, within 14 days after receiving a request, any record in its custody pertaining to a claim, or relating to the military service or medical records of a veteran, that the VA is otherwise authorized to furnish to the requester.
 
If the VA is unable to furnish a record by such time, it shall inform the requester within 10 days after receiving the request of the reason for the delay and the estimated date on which the record will be furnished.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6079
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of 2016

 
This bill removes the authority of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue semipostal stamps (stamps sold at a premium to raise funds for causes of national public interest) except as provided by an Act of Congress. (Currently, the USPS issues semipostals using its own discretion to determine the causes it considers to be in the national public interest.)
 
The bill also makes entities (currently, only agencies) eligible to receive amounts that become available from the sale of semipostals. Congress must determine the appropriate agencies or entities that receive such amounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Firearm Technology Act

Bill: 114-hr-6080
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Modernizing Firearm Technology Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require licensed firearms dealers to prominently display and offer for sale personalized handguns. A personalized handgun gun incorporates a firing restriction into its design so that only an authorized user may fire the gun. An authorized user is the lawful owner of the handgun and any individual authorized by the owner to use the handgun who is allowed to own, carry, or use a firearm in the state where the firearm is being used. 
 
The bill takes effect on the date the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) certifies that at least two different models of personalized handguns are available commercially in sufficient quantities to enable licensed dealers to sell the gun. NIJ may not certify a model of a personalized handgun if it does not fire at least as reliably as the average nonpersonalized handgun.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 114-hr-6081
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act

 
This bill requires that 25,977 acres in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation be held in trust for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and made part of the tribe's reservation. Gaming is restricted on this land.
 
Eighty-eight acres owned by the tribe must be held in trust for the benefit of the tribe and made part of the tribe's reservation.
 
The tribe must provide access to the land described in this bill to federal and state officials for wildlife habitat management and to individuals licensed to harvest wildlife (e.g., hunters).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Oil Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6082
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Energy
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Know Your Oil Act of 2016 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE)to issue regulations thatrequire companies that extract or refine oil to disclose oil data, including the amounts and sourcesof greenhouse gas emitted during the oilextraction, refining, and combustion process.
 
DOE must consult with federal agencies and state and tribal governments to carry out this bill.Additionally, DOE must publicly disclose and maintain thedata it collects on greenhouse gas emissions and oil field resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6083
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Allied health services
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid programs to provide medical assistance for patient navigator services. ("Patient navigators" are individuals who are trained to facilitate the care of other individuals and who have direct knowledge of the communities they serve.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6084
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medicare
Nursing
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish Medicare coverage with respect to comprehensive treatment education services for cancer patients.
 
In addition, the bill requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate research on cancer symptom management improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-09-20
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: 2016-09-20
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: 2016-09-20
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: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.

Bill: 114-hr-6085
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Motor carriers
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $15 billion to $20.8 billion the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Religious Expression Against Censorship and Harassment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6086
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

Protecting Religious Expression Against Censorship and Harassment Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that churches, their integrated auxiliaries, and conventions or associations of churches may not be denied treatment as an entity organized and operated exclusively for a religious purpose or be deemed to have participated in or intervened in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office because of the content, preparation, or presentation of any homily, sermon, teaching, dialectic, or other presentation made during religious services or gatherings.
 
The bill also: (1) repeals the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to seek an injunction related to flagrant political expenditures of section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, (2) specifies that a member or leader of a religious organization may express personal views on political matters or elections for public office during a regular religious service as long as the views are not disseminated beyond the members and guests assembled together at the service, and (3) specifies that it does not permit any disbursements for electioneering communications or expenditures prohibited by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
IDENT Fingerprint Digitization Completion Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6087
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: 

IDENT Fingerprint Digitization Completion Act of 2016

 
This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, within 90 days after this bill's enactment, to complete the digitization of all remaining paper-based fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Introduced in House