hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1523
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: 

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to broaden the scope of the Act.
 
Under the Act, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) must study and report on the impact of federal mandates in legislation and estimate their direct costs to state, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector. This bill requires CBO's estimates to include: (1) costs to state, local, or tribal governments participating in a federal assistance program for carrying out changes in conditions of federal assistance that are proposed by legislation, upon the request of certain members of Congress; (2) indirect costs to the private sector, such as foregone profits and costs passed onto consumers and other entities; and (3) costs of rules issued by independent regulatory agencies, except the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Open Market Committee, or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 
 
In addition, Congress may raise a substantive point of order when considering legislation that would increase the direct cost of private sector mandates beyond certain limits. 
 
The bill amends the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, including by: (1) transferring certain responsibilities from the Office of Management and Budget to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, (2) establishing criteria to guide agencies in assessing the effects of federal regulatory actions, (3) revising requirements for agency statements accompanying significant regulatory actions, (4) requiring agencies to develop a process that allows impacted private sector parties to provide input on regulatory proposals containing significant federal mandates, and (5) requiring agencies to conduct a retrospective analysis of an existing regulation upon the request of certain members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Dignity Act

Bill: 115-s-1524
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child care and development
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Family services
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Telecommunication rates and fees
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act of 2017 or the Dignity Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish requirements for the treatment of prisoners.
 
It directs the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to place prisoners as close to their children as possible, provide videoconferencing free of charge, provide trauma-informed care to prisoners diagnosed with trauma, and make specified health products (e.g., tampons) available free of charge. 
 
Additionally, with respect to prisoners who are primary caretaker parents, the BOP must provide parenting classes, allow visitation from family members, and establish a pilot program to allow overnight visits from family members.
 
Finally, the bill allows a prisoner who is pregnant or a primary caretaker parent to participate in a residential substance abuse treatment program, even if the individual failed to disclose a substance abuse problem.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3922)
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Defending Educational Opportunities for West Virginia Students Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1525
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Defending Educational Opportunities for West Virginia Students Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to: (1) notify TRIO program applicants of any minor budgeting error in their applications, (2) permit the applicants to resubmit corrected applications no later than 30 days after being notified of the error, and (3) review and score the corrected applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Access to Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1526
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alabama
Appropriations
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Florida
Georgia
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Medical education
Michigan
Montana
New York City
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Veterans' medical care
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Veterans Access to Care Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes and appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, and (2) the veterans choice program.
 
The VA shall conduct a program to increase by up to 1,500 the number of graduate medical education residency positions at covered facilities. 
 
The bill expands: (1) eligibility for the VA family caregiver program to include members of the Armed Forces or veterans who were seriously injured or became ill on active duty prior to September 11, 2001; and (2) services to caregivers of veterans under such program to include child care, financial planning, and legal services. 
 
The support program for caregivers of covered veterans is terminated on October 1, 2022, except that any caregiver activities carried out on September 30, 2022, shall be continued. 
 
The VA may carry out specified major medical facility leases in Alabama, Colorado, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.
 
The VA may record as a U.S. government obligation amounts owed for hospital care or medical services furnished at non-VA facilities when a health care provider's payment claim is approved, rather than when the VA authorizes such care or services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access to Care for Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1527
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Protecting Access to Care for Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes and appropriates funds to be available without fiscal year limitation to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the sole purpose of providing veterans health care and medical services under the Veterans Choice Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

Bill: 115-s-1528
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing and advertising
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

 
This bill requires the market name of genetically engineered (commonly called &quot;genetically modified&quot; or &quot;GMO&quot;) salmon to include &quot;Genetically Engineered&quot; or &quot;GE&quot; in front of the existing market name.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must ensure that an independent scientific and technical advisory organization reports on: (1) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) environmental assessment of AquAdvantage Salmon, and (2) each FDA environmental assessment in support of approval of a new animal drug application for a genetically engineered finfish intended for human consumption. Upon receipt of a report from the independent organization, the FDA must conduct a second environmental assessment of the fish, taking into account the report's findings. The approval of a new animal drug application for a genetically engineered fish does not take effect until the second environmental assessment of the fish is completed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Addressing Affordability for More Americans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1529
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Addressing Affordability for More Americans Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the health care premium assistance refundable tax credit, to: (1) expand eligibility for the credit by defining an &quot;applicable taxpayer&quot; as a taxpayer whose household income for the year does not exceed 800% of the federal poverty line (currently 400%), (2) specify the applicable premium percentages for the credit for taxpayers with incomes that are from 400% to 800% of the federal poverty line, and (3) specify the dollar limitations for the recapture of excess advance payments of the credit from such taxpayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-1530
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2017-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: 

Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish an Advance Directive Certification Program. Under the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall grant accreditation to advance directive vendors that meet specified accreditation criteria.
 
CMS shall establish procedures for an eligible beneficiary to register the adoption of a certified advance directive under the program. Beneficiary registration in the program shall be optional, but each eligible beneficiary who adopts and registers a certified advance directive shall receive a one-time incentive payment.
 
CMS shall provide for related education and outreach.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Education Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1531
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Department of Education Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to report on the implementation status of outstanding recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office during the past 10 years.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
HELLPP Act

Bill: 115-s-1533
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or the HELLPP Act

 
This bill adds podiatrists as covered physicians under the Medicaid program. 
 
Documentation requirements related to Medicare coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes are revised.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier to a continuing levy for federal taxes owed by the provider or supplier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1534
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal preemption
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017

 

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to amend station antenna structure regulations to prohibit a private land use restriction from applying to amateur radio stations if the restriction:
 
 
precludes communications in an amateur radio service, 
 
fails to permit a licensee of amateur radio service to install and maintain an effective outdoor antenna on property under its exclusive use or control, or 
 
is not the minimum practicable restriction to accomplish the lawful purposes of a community association seeking to enforce the restriction. 

 
Before installing an outdoor antenna, however, an amateur radio licensee must obtain a community association's prior approval. A community association may: (1) prohibit installations on common property not under the exclusive control of the licensee, and (2) establish installation rules for amateur radio antennas and support structures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
FUTURE Act

Bill: 115-s-1535
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Furthering carbon capture, Utilization, Technology, Underground storage, and Reduced Emissions Act or the FUTURE Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill modifies the credit to apply it to carbon oxide sequestration. (Carbon oxide refers to any of the three oxides of carbon: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and carbon suboxide.)
 
The bill also: 
 
 
allows certain new industrial or direct air capture facilities to qualify for the credit if construction begins before January 1, 2024; 
 
 allows qualified projects to claim the credit for 12 years, beginning on the date the equipment was originally placed in service; 
 
 increases the separate credit amounts, with respect to projects placed in service upon or after the enactment of this bill, that apply to captured carbon oxide that is: (1) disposed of in secure geological storage, and (2) used as a tertiary injectant in an enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project and disposed of in secure geological storage; 
 
expands the purposes for which captured carbon oxide may be used; 
 
 establishes separate carbon oxide capture thresholds for electricity generating facilities, direct air capture facilities, and facilities used for other purposes; 
 
 specifies that the 75 million metric ton cap on the carbon dioxide that may qualify for the credit applies to carbon oxide and only to projects placed in service before the enactment of this bill; and 
 
 allows the credit to be transferred from the entity that owns and uses the capture equipment to the entity that disposes of or uses the carbon oxide. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act

Bill: 115-s-1537
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Government trust funds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-350.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-350.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1539
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to:
 
 
 state that the term &quot;intimate partner&quot; includes a dating partner and any other person subject to a protection order under state domestic or family violence law; and
 
 expand the term &quot;misdemeanor crime of domestic violence&quot; to include the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, by a current or former intimate partner.
 
 
The bill makes it a crime to knowingly sell or dispose of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. It also makes it a crime for such convicted stalker to receive or possess a firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Growing Small Businesses Act

Bill: 115-s-1540
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Small business
Sound recording
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Growing Small Businesses Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investments in a small business's first qualifying production facility. 
 
The credit is equal to 25% of the cost of property for an eligible employer's first qualifying production facility placed in service during the year. The credit applies to employers who: (1) have no more than 50 full-time equivalent employees, and (2) have not previously placed in service a dedicated facility for the production of goods for sale. 
 
A &quot;qualifying production facility&quot; must be used to produce any of the following products: 
 
 
 tangible personal property, 
 
 computer software, 
 
films and videotape, 
 
 sound recordings, or 
 
 food and beverages which are prepared by the taxpayer but not primarily for consumption at property owned by the taxpayer. 
 
 
Qualifying employers may elect to apply up to $250,000 of the credit against payroll taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the definition of an antique firearm.

Bill: 115-s-1541
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code to modify the date of manufacture used to determine whether a firearm is an &quot;antique firearm.&quot;
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Relief for James Doyle Act

Bill: 115-s-1542
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Provides for the relief of James Doyle, doing business as Rocky Mountain Ventures and Environmental Land Technologies, Ltd.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Military Honor Act

Bill: 115-s-1543
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Defense
Disability and paralysis
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Personnel records
Sex offenses
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Protecting Military Honor Act

 
This bill requires military departments to establish a confidential process, utilizing boards for the correction of military records, by which survivors of a sex-related offense during service in the Armed Forces may challenge the terms or characterization of their discharge or separation from the Armed Forces. Discharge review boards are authorized to refer certain applications for relief that involve, among other things, a sex-related offense to the physical disability board of review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate