hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
PUPPERS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3197
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Mammals
Medical research
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2017 or the PUPPERS Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out research within the Veterans Health Administration, from purchasing, breeding, transporting, housing, feeding, maintaining, disposing of, or experimenting on dogs as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3199
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Judicial procedure and administration
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2017 

 
This bill addresses accessibility issues of students with disabilities in higher education.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer-Funded Pension Disclosure Act

Bill: 115-hr-3200
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee benefits and pensions
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Taxpayer-Funded Pension Disclosure Act
 
 
 This bill deems the pension record of an annuitant under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System a record for purposes of the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and requires its disclosure. A pension record does not include information regarding a medical condition of the annuitant or any information identifying a designated beneficiary. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018

Bill: 115-hr-3201
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Buy American requirements
Credit and credit markets
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Transportation
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Metals
Military education and training
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

 
This bill addresses several aspects of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), including
 
 
 eliminating the limitation on the number of contractors that can provide services as adjunct professors in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; 
 
authorizing MARAD to accept a qualified guarantee from a donor or donors for the completion of a major project for the benefit of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy;
 
 authorizing MARAD to pay all necessary expenses in connection with the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy;
 
 requiring MARAD to ensure that each cadet from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy who is participating in the Sea Year program is provided a functional satellite communication device; and 
 
authorizing MARAD to provide assistance to small shipyards for capital improvements and for maritime training programs to foster technical skills and operational productivity relating to shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated industries.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act

Bill: 115-hr-3202
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to provide a public report to Congress about the policies and procedures developed for coordinating disclosures about cyber vulnerabilities. The report may contain a classified portion about cyber vulnerability disclosures made in the past year and those outcomes.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H43)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H43)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3202.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H43-46)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Mr. Estes (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 203.
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-283.
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-283.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
On-the-Job Training Tax Credit Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3204
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

On-the-Job Training Tax Credit Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers who employ an average of not more than 500 full-time employees during the taxable year an on-the-job training tax credit equal to the lesser of: 50% of the job training program expenditures for a full-time employee participating in a qualified training program, or $5,000. 
 
A &quot;qualified training program&quot; is a written plan of study and training that is either: (1) an apprenticeship program registered and certified with the Department of Labor under the National Apprenticeship Act; (2) a program licensed, registered, or certified by the workforce investment board or apprenticeship agency or council of a state or administered in compliance with state apprenticeship laws; (3) a program conducted by a vocational or technical education school, community college, industrial or trade training organization, or labor organization; (4) a program that conforms to apprentice training programs developed or administered by an employer trade group or committee; or (5) an industry-sponsored or -administered program that is clearly identified and commonly recognized. 
 
The bill terminates such credit after 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3205
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill extends the authority for the Veteran's Advisory Committee on Education until December 31, 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Confidence Reports for Tomorrow Act

Bill: 115-hr-3206
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Materials
Metals
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Consumer Confidence Reports for Tomorrow Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise regulations about consumer confidence reports in order to increase their effectiveness and understandability. Currently, each community water system must mail their customers an annual consumer confidence report that provides information about local drinking water quality.
 
This bill directs the EPA to: (1) require quarterly consumer confidence reports for drinking water systems that include information about corrosion control efforts and exceedances of the maximum contaminant levels and violations of all kinds, and (2) issue a national consumer confidence report to Congress every two years.
 In addition, the EPA must maintain and keep current a searchable website providing access to consumer confidence reports, sortable by zip code and water system.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

Bill: 115-hr-3207
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
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: 

Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

 
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: 2017-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
ROAD Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3208
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Repair Our Aging Drives Act of 2017 or the ROAD Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to include as forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services under good neighbor agreements the construction, reconstruction, repair, or restoration of paved or permanent roads or parking areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Military Honor Act

Bill: 115-hr-3209
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
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: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3211
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Archaeology and anthropology
Cemeteries and funerals
Federal-Indian relations
Historical and cultural resources
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to double the maximum prison term (from 5 years to 10 years) for persons convicted of selling, purchasing, using for profit, or transporting for sale or profit the human remains of Native Americans or cultural items obtained in violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
 
The bill prohibits the export of Native American cultural items that were obtained in violation of the Act, Native American archaeological resources that were obtained in violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, or Native American objects of antiquity that were obtained in violation of the criminal code. Violators may be subject to fines, imprisonment, or both. 
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of State must each designate a liaison to facilitate and hold trainings and workshops on the voluntary return of human remains or cultural items.
 
Interior must refer individuals and organizations to Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations to facilitate the voluntary return of human remains or cultural items.
 
 In addition, Interior must convene a tribal working group consisting of representatives of tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to provide advice on issues concerning the return of, and illegal trade in, human remains or cultural items.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3212
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) through FY2021. SCAAP provides payments to state, local, and tribal governments to offset the costs of incarcerating certain undocumented criminal aliens.
 
It expands the definition of &ldquo;undocumented criminal alien&rdquo; to include an alien who has been charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
 
Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Justice to reimburse a state, local, or tribal government for incarceration costs and medical expenses of a criminal alien whose immigration status cannot be verified by the Department of Homeland Security. (Currently, a criminal alien with lawful immigration status does not meet the criteria for SCAAP reimbursement.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Pierre L'Enfant from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in the United States Capitol.

Bill: 115-hr-3213
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Regional and metropolitan planning
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to: (1) accept from the District of Columbia the donation of a statue depicting Pierre L'Enfant, subject to appropriate terms and conditions; and (2) place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S.Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Voter Suppression Act

Bill: 115-hr-3214
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Anti-Voter Suppression Act

 
This bill nullifies Executive Order 13799 (titled "Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity") and specifies that no funds shall be made available by any act of Congress to the commission described in the order or to any similar commission established for studying voter fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act

Bill: 115-hr-3215
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: 

Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Public Housing Capital Fund Program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 through FY2020.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall: (1) provide grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) for capital repairs that reduce health hazards in dwelling units, including mold hazards and lead-based paint hazards; and (2) make such grants to address the unmet capital needs of large, mid-size, and small PHAs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Introduced in House