hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2829
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of
 
2018

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity.
 
The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SIREN Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2830
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Act of 2018 or the SIREN Act of 2018

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 and revises the Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2628)
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act

Bill: 115-s-2831
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Railroads
U.S. history
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act

 
This bill redesignates the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah as the Golden Spike National Historical Park, and requires the National Park Service to establish the Transcontinental Railroad Network. The park shall become a part of the network. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 655.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-368.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-368.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
DATA Act

Bill: 115-s-2832
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Accountability and Transparency Act or the DATA Act

 
This bill requires law enforcement officials (i.e., officers or agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or certain state or local officials carrying out the functions of an immigration officer) who initiate a patrol stop or who detain any individual beyond a brief and limited inquiry, such as a primary inspection at a checkpoint, to record certain data, including (1) the date, time, location, and duration of the contact; (2) the basis for the contact and if it was race-related; (3) a description of any items seized during any search; (4) whether a body-worn camera recorded the stop or detention; and (5) whether force was used by the law enforcement official.
 
The bill also requires the CBP to collect data on the number of permanent and temporary checkpoints used by its officers, the location and a description of each checkpoint, and the dates on which a temporary checkpoint was used. The Department of Homeland Security must compile the data collected by ICE and the CBP and consider it in making policy and program decisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve the calculation of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments.

Bill: 115-s-2833
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use certain data to calculate payments for county coverage under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program (ARC). (ARC provides revenue loss coverage by issuing payments to farmers when the actual county crop revenue of a covered commodity is below a specified amount.) 
 
In the case of country coverage, USDA must calculate payments using county data of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. If this data is unavailable, USDA must use comparable county data, as determined by the applicable state office of the Farm Service Agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Wetland Delineation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2834
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2018-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Department of Agriculture
Farmland
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Wetland Delineation Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies wetland conservation requirements that deny various Department of Agriculture (USDA) program benefits to agricultural producers who plant crops on certain converted wetlands. 
 
The bill requires USDA to (1) determine that an exemption permitted under current law does not apply to a producer before determining that a producer is ineligible for benefits, and (2) publish categorical minimal effect exemptions within 180 days of the enactment of this bill. 
 
The bill also authorizes additional funding for the wetland mitigation banking program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
PRINT Act

Bill: 115-s-2835
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2018-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Government studies and investigations
News media and reporting
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: 

Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018 or the PRINT Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to conduct a study of, and to report to Congress regarding, the economic well-being, health, and vitality of the newsprint industry and the local newspaper publishing industry in the United States, including an assessment of:
 
 
the trends in demand for newsprint and traditional printed newspapers, in demand for digital or online consumption of news, and in the U.S. pulp and paper industry and the effect of declining demand for newsprint on the health of such industry;
 
measures undertaken by printers and newspaper publishers to reduce costs in response to increased costs for newsprint in the United States, and whether such measures have harmed local news coverage or reduced employment in the newspaper and publishing industries;
 
whether measures undertaken by publishers and printers to reduce costs have harmed local businesses that advertise in local newspapers; and
 
the global production capacity for newsprint in light of the declining demand for newsprint.
 
 
 Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission may not give effect to an affirmative determination in an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation relating to imports of uncoated groundwood paper until the President certifies that he has received the report and has concluded that giving effect to the determination is in the economic interest of the United States.
 
Until such time as the President issues the certification, the administering authority shall order a rate of zero for deposits posted in such an investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2644-2645)
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2836
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2018-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
First responders and emergency personnel
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
Motor vehicles
Protection of officials
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: 

Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to authorize their personnel to act to mitigate the threat that unmanned aircraft (i.e., drones) poses to the safety or security of facilities or assets, through a risk-based assessment. 
 
DHS may take actions to:
 
 
detect, identify, monitor, and track the drone, without prior consent;
 
warn the drone's operator;
 
disrupt control of the drone, without prior consent;
 
seize or exercise control of the drone;
 
 confiscate the drone; or
 
use reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy the drone.
 
 
 Any drone seized by DHS or DOJ is subject to forfeiture to the United States.
 
DHS shall: (1) evaluate the threat from drones to U.S. critical infrastructure and to domestic large hub airports; and (2) assess the threat of vehicular terrorism and its activities to support emergency response providers and the private sector to prevent, mitigate, and respond to vehicular terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-332.
action_date: 2018-09-04
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-332.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-476.
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Drug Diversion Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2837
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: 

Preventing Drug Diversion Act of 2018
 
 
This bill establishes a new requirement intended to help drug manufacturers and distributors identify and prevent suspicious orders of opioids and reduce rates of diversion.
 
Specifically, the Drug Enforcement Administration must use its automated data system&#8212;the Automated Reports and Consolidated Ordering System&#8212;to inform drug manufacturers and distributors about the quantity and type of opioids that are distributed to pharmacies and practitioners.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes new requirements for reporting, collecting, and sharing information about suspicious orders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2838
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a new requirement intended to help drug manufacturers and distributors identify and prevent suspicious orders of opioids and reduce rates of diversion.
 
Specifically, the Drug Enforcement Administration must to use its automated data system&#8212;the Automated Reports and Consolidated Ordering System&#8212;to inform drug manufacturers and distributors about the quantity and type of opioids that are distributed to pharmacies and practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 476.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2680-2681)
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2839
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. 
 
(The program provides funding to assist socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in participating in USDA programs and in owning and operating farms and ranches.) 
 
The bill includes provisions that: 
 
 
 authorize multiyear grants, contracts, and agreements for terms of up to three years; 
 
 require USDA to establish an external peer review process to use in making grants and entering into contracts and agreements; and 
 
 modify reporting requirements. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Training Ranges Strategic Planning Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2840
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Department of Defense Training Ranges Strategic Planning Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to identify and address deficits in the capabilities of DOD training ranges to support current and anticipated readiness requirements to execute the National Defense Strategy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Gambling Addiction Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-2841
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Gambling Addiction Prevention Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) incorporate medical screening questions specific to gambling disorder into the Annual Periodic Health Assessment conducted by DOD for members of the Armed Forces; (2) incorporate into ongoing DOD research efforts questions on gambling disorder; and (3) develop and implement policies and programs on prevention, education, and treatment of gambling disorder and integrate gambling disorder into existing mental health and substance use disorder programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2842
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits deceptive representation regarding the cost, price, efficacy, performance, benefit, risk, or safety of opioid treatment programs or products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-285.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-285.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Workforce Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2843
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Opioid Workforce Act of 2018

 
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain management programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
STB Information Security Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-2844
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

STB Information Security Improvement Act 

 
This bill requires the Surface Transportation Board to develop a timeline and plan to implement the recommendations of the Department of Transportation in Report No. FI2018002 concerning information security.
 

 

action_date: 2018-08-16
text: 

STB Information Security Improvement Act 

 
This bill requires the Surface Transportation Board to develop a timeline and plan to implement the recommendations of the Department of Transportation in Report No. FI2018002 concerning information security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 556.
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-322.
action_date: 2018-08-16
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-322.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate