hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Cranial Prosthetic Medicaid Coverage Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-4989
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

Cranial Prosthetic Medicaid Coverage Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to alter coverage requirements under a state plan for medical assistance. Specifically, a state plan that provides medical assistance for an individual's inpatient hospital services shall also provide biennial medical assistance to the individual for one cranial prosthesis, as specified by the bill. (A cranial prosthesis is a custom-made wig designed for a patient who has suffered hair loss as a result of a medical condition or treatment.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Charities Through Transparency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4990
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crimes against property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

Strengthening Charities Through Transparency Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations to file their returns in electronic form. The Internal Revenue Service must make the returns available to the public in a machine readable format as soon as practicable. 
 
Upon the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ), states must make available information on charities or charity management officials who have been convicted of fraud, theft, or a financial offense. DOJ must: (1) establish a database that lists each such charity or charity management official, and (2) provide the information to state attorneys general for regulatory and law enforcement purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Act

Bill: 114-hr-4991
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Mental health
Military command and structure
Military law
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

Prevent Retaliation and Open up Transparency to Expand Care for Troops Act of 2016 or the PROTECT Act

 
This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to establish the offense of retaliation. Retaliation provisions require that any person subject to the code who, with the intent to retaliate against any person for reporting or planning to report a criminal offense, or with the intent to discourage any person from reporting a criminal offense, wrongfully takes or threatens to take an adverse personnel action against any person, or wrongfully withholds or threatens to withhold a favorable personnel action with respect to any person, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
 
The Department of Defense (DOD) shall prescribe uniform standards for conduct of each of the following functions at all stages of the military justice system, including pretrial, trial, post-trial, and appellate processes: 
 
 
collection and analysis of data concerning substantive offenses and procedural matters in a manner that facilitates case management and decision making and enhances the quality of periodic reviews;
 
case processing and management; 
 
timely and accurate production and distribution of trial records; and 
 
facilitation of access to docket information, filings, and records.
 
 
Each military department shall ensure that any individual investigating an allegation of retaliation against a person who has made a protected communication must have training in the definition and characteristics of retaliation. If the investigation involves alleged retaliation in response to a communication regarding rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct, the training shall include specific instruction regarding such violations. 
 
It is the sense of Congress that DOD should ensure that its medical and mental health providers are adequately trained to meet the needs of male survivors of military sexual trauma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Homeowner Information Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4993
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2016-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: 

Homeowner Information Privacy Protection Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study whether the data required to be published, made available, or disclosed under the final rule of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), entitled &quot;Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C),&quot; in connection with other publicly available data sources, could allow for or increase the probability of:
 
 
exposure of the identity of mortgage applicants or mortgagors through reverse engineering;
 
exposure of mortgage applicants or mortgagors to identity theft or the loss of sensitive personal financial information;
 
the marketing or sale of unfair, deceptive, or abusive products to mortgage applicants or mortgagors based on such data;
 
personal financial loss or emotional distress resulting from the exposure of mortgage applicants or mortgagors to identity theft or the loss of sensitive personal financial information; and
 
the potential legal liability facing the CFPB.
 
 
The prior rule, also entitled &quot;Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C),&quot; was issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) transferred authority over Regulation C from the Federal Reserve Board to the CFPB. The new final rule, issued by the CFPB, adds several new home mortgage reporting requirements and revises several existing ones, and also modifies Regulation C's institutional and transactional coverage.
 
Depository institutions shall not be required to publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to the public, pursuant to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975, any data that was not so required on the day before the enactment of Dodd-Frank.
 
The CFPB and the Financial Institutions Examination Council shall not publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to the public any such information from a depository institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4994
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2016-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Civil actions and liability
Health care costs and insurance
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: 

Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill exempts the following payments from annual income determinations with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of veterans: (1) reimbursements, including insurance settlement payments, for medical expenses related to an accident, theft, loss, or casualty, up to the costs of medical care provided to the victim of such event; and (2) payments for pain and suffering, including insurance settlement payments and general damages awarded by a court related to an accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss up to an amount determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs on a case-by-case basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Iran's Access to United States Dollars Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4995
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Currency
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Iran
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: 

Preventing Iran's Access to United States Dollars Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the President from issuing a license that permits a person to: 
 
 
conduct an offshore U.S. dollar clearing system for transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person, or 
 
provide U.S. dollars for any offshore U.S. dollar clearing system conducted by a foreign government or a foreign financial institution for transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury shall report to Congress:
 
 
a list of financial institutions operating or participating in an offshore U.S. dollar clearing system that conducts transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person, and 
 
an assessment of Treasury efforts to prevent such transactions. 
 
 
The President shall block and prohibit all transactions in property and property interests of any listed institution if the property and interests: (1) are in the United States, (2) come within the United States, or (3) are or come within the possession or control of a U.S. person. The President may impose additional sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
 
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 is amended to subject to sanctions: (1) u-turn transactions (fund transfers from a foreign bank that pass through a U.S. financial institution and are then transferred to a second foreign bank), and (2) book transfers (fund transfers for the benefit of an Iranian financial institution made between accounts of the same financial institution).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4996
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the estate and gift taxes. For the estate tax, the bill increases the rates and decreases the amount that is excluded from the tax. For the gift tax, the bill establishes a separate lifetime exclusion amount. (Under current law, the estate and gift taxes share a unified exclusion amount.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act

Bill: 114-hr-4997
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act

 
This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to exempt from maintenance of mortgage loan records and disclosure requirements depository institutions that have originated in each of the two preceding calendar years:
 
 
fewer than 100 closed-end mortgage loans, and
 
fewer than 200 open-end lines of credit.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4998
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Public participation and lobbying
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensee to submit to the NRC a post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) regarding the shutdown of a nuclear facility. 
 
In the state where the nuclear facility is located, the NRC is required to: (1) solicit public comments on a proposed PSDAR; (2) conduct at least two public hearings; and (3) invite the state to file a statement of support, nonsupport, or conditional support for the proposed PSDAR with specific recommendations that could lead to support.
 
The bill prescribes the criteria for determining whether a proposed PSDAR is permissible if a host state files a statement of conditional support. 
 
The NRC must determine the adequacy or inadequacy of a proposed PSDAR and issue a decision document accordingly.
 
The NRC must not approve a proposed PSDAR unless the proposed PSDAR requires compliance with applicable state law relating to air, water, soil quality, or radiological standards if the state law is more restrictive than its federal counterpart.
 
The NRC must notify: (1) each licensee of the opportunity to develop a revised PSDAR for any facility for which a PSDAR has been submitted but for which decontamination and dismantling activities have either not been commenced, or have been commenced for less than one year; and (2) each state within 50 miles of such facility that they have the opportunity to consult with the licensee who submitted the PSDAR.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Value Based Defense Procurement Act

Bill: 114-hr-4999
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Defense
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Promoting Value Based Defense Procurement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to use Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection criteria for new solicitations only in situations in which: 
 
 
DOD is able to clearly describe the minimum requirements expressed in terms of performance objectives, measures, and standards that will be used to determine offer acceptability; 
 
DOD would realize no, or minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding minimum technical or performance requirements; 
 
the proposed technical approaches will require no, or minimal, subjective judgment of competing proposals; 
 
a review of technical proposals other than the lowest bidder's would result in no, or minimal, benefit to DOD; and 
 
the contracting officer has included a justification for the use of LPTA evaluation methodology if the contract is predominately for the acquisition of information technology services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, or other knowledge-based professional services.
 
 
LPTA source selection criteria shall be avoided when the procurement is predominately for the acquisition of information technology services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, audit or audit readiness services, or other knowledge-based professional services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act

Bill: 114-hr-5001
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, with respect to electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentive programs under Medicare and Medicaid, to continue through 2016 to allow the use of quarterly reporting without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-20
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: 2016-04-20
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: 2016-04-20
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: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Steel Industry Preservation Act

Bill: 114-hr-5002
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business expenses
Coal
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Metals
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Steel Industry Preservation Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the production tax credit for steel industry fuel. 
 
(Under current law, steel industry fuel is a fuel which is: (1) produced through a process of liquefying coal waste sludge and distributing it on coal, and (2) used as a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.) 
 
The bill modifies the tax credit for steel industry fuel to: 
 
 
 extend the credit period and the placed-in-service date, 
 
 revise the definition of &quot;steel industry fuel&quot; to allow blends of coal and petroleum coke or other coke feedstock in the fuel, 
 
 set forth ownership requirements, and 
 
specify requirements for treating an owner as producing and selling steel industry fuel. 
 
 
A taxpayer that produces steel industry fuel may elect to accept an increased tax credit in lieu of certain deductions for expenses in connection with the production of steel industry fuel. 
 
The bill specifies the treatment of the credit for the purpose of the alternative minimum tax. It also exempts transactions related to steel industry fuel from rules that restrict deductions and other tax benefits for activities that are not engaged in for profit or that do not have economic substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Stop Animal Fat Tax Credits Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5004
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Stop Animal Fat Tax Credits Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make fuels derived from animal fats ineligible for the tax credits for: (1) biodiesel and renewable diesel, and (2) alternative fuels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in House