hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Community Bank Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-3287
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Community Bank Flexibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of small banks, to: (1) allow such banks to reorganize as either corporations or partnerships for tax purposes, (2) permit such banks to reorganize without incurring an additional tax for liquidation, and (3) impose a five-year recognition period of the built-in gains of such banks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3288
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Income tax credits
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to alter the method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments under the Medicare program. (DSH payments compensate hospitals for the higher operating costs they incur in treating a large share of low-income patients.) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must estimate the aggregate amount of payments to be made for each fiscal year; if the estimated amount exceeds $3.3 billion, then each DSH payment shall be made according to its ratio to that limit. 
 
CMS must make supplementary DSH payments to certain hospitals located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.
 
The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify provisions related to overpayments made to taxpayers for tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Under current law, if the advance payments to a taxpayer for premium tax credits under PPACA exceed the allowable credit, the tax imposed shall be increased by the amount of such excess, subject to certain income-based limitations. The bill eliminates these income-based limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-3289
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy revenues and royalties
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to direct the Department of the Interior to establish specified requirements for:
 
 
reducing and preventing the waste of natural gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from all oil and gas operations subject to mineral leasing law or the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; and 
 
measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws to allow for more accurate accounting of gas consumed or lost by venting and flaring, and of fugitive releases of such gas.
 
 
All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them.
 
 Royalties otherwise authorized or required to be paid for natural gas shall be assessed on all gas produced under the mineral leasing laws, including:
 
 
gas used or consumed within the area of a tract for the benefit of the lease (commonly referred to as &quot;beneficial use gas&quot;); and
 
all gas consumed or lost by venting, flaring, or fugitive releases through any equipment during upstream operations.
 
 
Exempted from assessment of these royalties is any natural gas:
 
 
 vented or flared in an acute emergency situation posing danger to human health that occurs for no more than 48 hours, or
 
injected into the ground on a lease tract.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1156)
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States whose visionary leadership secured passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Higher Education Act of 1965, and Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.

Bill: 114-hr-3290
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Libraries and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson in recognition of his contributions to the nation, including passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.
 
Requires such medal to be given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum following its award, where it will be available for display and research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1189)
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3291
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul D. [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015

 
This bill amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to establish a crosswalk between Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes and Medicaid Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) codes for similar hospital services. (A crosswalk shows users where to put data from one scheme into a different scheme.)
 
Specifically, CMS must develop HCPCS versions for MS-DRGs that is similar to the Internal Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) codes for such MS-DRGs such that, to the extent possible, the MS-DRG assignment shall be similar for a claim coded with the HCPCS version as an identical claim coded with an ICD-10-PCS code.
 
CMS must develop and publish a freely available HCPCS/MS-DRG definitions manual and software.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3292
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicare payment for indirect medical education (IME) costs in teaching hospitals. (Teaching hospitals receive IME payments to account for various factors that increase costs in such hospitals.) 
 
Under current law, the IME adjustment is calculated based on the ratio of the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) interns and residents to beds. The bill alters the calculation of IME payments such that they are equal to the product of a base amount (adjusted, after FY2019, by the market basket percentage increase applicable to discharges and to account for new teaching programs) and an allotment factor based on FTE resident count.
 
The bill also makes a technical amendment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3294
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Health and Human Services
Mammals
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to promulgate a final rule revising federal regulations regarding the importation of nonhuman primates (i.e. chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, macaques, and numerous other species) to expand the categories of uses for which nonhuman primates may be imported and distributed to include live nonhuman primates imported into the United States by a certified primate sanctuary for purposes of providing lifetime shelter and care.
 
Requires such rule to establish a process for the certification of facilities as primate sanctuaries for purposes of the importation, shelter, and care of nonhuman primates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Restore the Oath of Allegiance Act

Bill: 114-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Restore the Oath of Allegiance Act

 
This bill requires that the naturalization oath of allegiance be the same formulation, subject to the same potential omissions or alterations, as the formulation of the oath administered on July 20, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3298
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) modify market basket percentages for post-acute care (PAC) providers, and (2) establish a PAC value-based purchasing program under which PAC providers receive value-based incentive payments. PAC providers are skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, home health agencies, and long-term care hospitals.
 
A market basket is an index that reflects inflation and is used to update payments and cost limits. Under current law, market basket percentage increases for PAC providers are generally based on the application of a formula based on costs from the preceding fiscal year, but for FY2018 these increases are fixed at 1%. The bill repeals these fixed increases, leaving FY2018 increases to instead be determined according to the existing formula.
 
With respect to the PAC value-based purchasing program, the bill: (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to establish performance standards and scores by which to rank PAC providers; (2) specifies how CMS must calculate value-based incentive payments for each type of PAC provider in accordance with such ranking; (3) requires CMS to make specified annual adjustments to how incentive payments are calculated; and (4) establishes limits on administrative and judicial review.
 
Under current law, a value-based purchasing program for skilled nursing facilities has been established to begin in FY2019. The bill maintains this program but specifies that it must terminate in FY2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Bill: 114-hr-3301
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Family planning and birth control
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 
This bill prohibits federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America or its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or clinics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Congressional Oversight of Immigration Act

Bill: 114-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Ensuring Congressional Oversight of Immigration Act

 
This bill terminates the authority exercised by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) two years after enactment of this Act, unless extended by legislation. 
 
No funds, fees, or resources available to USCIS may be used to implement specified immigration-related memoranda from the President, DHS, USCIS, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
POWER Cuba Act

Bill: 114-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Oil and gas
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Promote Opportunities With Energy Resources for Cuba Act or the POWER Cuba Act

 
This bill declares that oil and gas export restrictions under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Natural Gas Act shall not apply to Cuba.
 
The President may permit any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to: (1) export energy resources, energy technologies, and related services to Cuba; (2) establish energy resource- and technology-related facilities there; (3) conduct related transactions; and (4) enter into and make and receive payments under a contract with any individual or entity in Cuba regarding the provision of energy resources and energy technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
School Lunch Affordability Act

Bill: 114-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

School Lunch Affordability Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act by repealing its paid lunch equity requirements (which generally require schools to charge students for paid meals at a price that is, on average, equal to to the difference between free meal reimbursement and paid meal reimbursement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act

Bill: 114-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5599-5600)
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act

Bill: 114-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce to obtain approval from the relevant fish and wildlife management agency of a state or territory before restricting fishing access to state or territorial marine waters that are within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, including coastal waters and estuaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House