hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2907
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill withdraws the federal lands and interests that are within the Chaco Cultural Heritage Withdrawal Area in New Mexico and any land or interest within such area which is acquired by the federal government after enactment of this bill from:
 
 
entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
 
location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and 
 
operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2908
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 
This bill requires electronic prescription programs to enable the secure transmittal of prior authorization requests for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Assessing Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-2909
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Medicaid
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Assessing Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on barriers to the provision of medication used to treat substance use disorders (e.g., buprenorphine) under Medicaid distribution models (e.g., provider purchasing, storage, and administration of medications). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
TeleCAST Act

Bill: 115-s-2910
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Telehealth for Children&rsquo;s Access to Services and Treatment Act or the TeleCAST Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on children's access to substance use disorder services under Medicaid. The report must include an analysis of: (1) state options to improve access, such as via telehealth services at school-based health centers in underserved areas; and (2) reimbursement rates for substance use disorder services. 
 
In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must report on ways to reduce barriers to the use of telehealth services for children with substance use disorders under Medicaid. The report must include an analysis of the differences between telehealth and in-person services with respect to specified metrics (e.g., costs and quality of care).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Patient Access to Non-Opioid Treatment Options

Bill: 115-s-2911
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative treatments
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Government information and archives
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Enhancing Patient Access to Non-Opioid Treatment Options

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop guidance for states on non-opioid treatments that may be provided under Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-2912
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish annually a report on the prevalence of substance use disorders and associated treatment within the Medicaid population in each state and U.S. territory. The report must include the number of substance use disorder diagnoses and the types of treatment received. The CMS must use specified data to compile the report and must make the data available to researchers and states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Better Military Housing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2913
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Better Military Housing Act of 2018 

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to revise requirements for the monitoring and oversight of, and reporting for, the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI). Specifically, the bill requires DOD to use consistent measures for assessing the financial condition of MHPI projects and to assess the future sustainability of such projects relative to the goal of providing quality housing to members of the Armed Forces.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a Comptroller General of the United States report on certain personnel matters in connection with Air Force remotely piloted aircraft.

Bill: 115-s-2914
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress a report setting forth an assessment of: (1) current plans of the U.S. Air Force to expand services for Air Force pilots and sensor operators of remotely piloted aircraft at Air Force installations for such aircraft, and (2) current plans of the Air Force to implement a combat-to-dwell ratio for Air Force pilots and sensor operators of such aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
POWER Act

Bill: 115-s-2915
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the nonimmigrant U-visa category (crime victims and their immediate family members) to include an alien who: 
 
 
has suffered substantial abuse or harm resulting from a workplace violation claim; 
is a victim of specified criminal activity or a workplace violation and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; 
has been helpful in a workplace violation investigation; or 
has filed, is a material witness in, or is likely to be helpful in the investigation of, a workplace claim and reasonably fears, or has been the victim of, employer retaliation. 
 
 
An alien who is a material witness in a workplace claim and who has been helpful in a related law enforcement action may remain and work temporarily in the United States.
 
In a Department of Homeland Security workplace enforcement action a detained alien: (1) who is necessary as a witness shall not be removed until the appropriate law enforcement agency is notified and has an opportunity to interview such individual, and (2) who is entitled to a stay or abeyance of removal shall not be removed. 
 
An alien in removal proceedings who is a witness in a workplace claim or who has filed for U-visa status shall be entitled to a stay or abeyance of removal and permitted to work until the claim's disposition unless the alien has been convicted of a felony or filed a bad faith claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Energizing American Shipbuilding Act

Bill: 115-s-2916
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Metals
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Energizing American Shipbuilding Act 

 
This bill amends (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to direct the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws.
 
DOE and the President may waive these requirements under specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay for Printing Act

Bill: 115-s-2917
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Pay for Printing Act

 
This bill requires the sponsor of a ceremonial or commemorative Senate resolution to reimburse the Government Publishing Office for the total costs of printing the resolution out of the sponsor's Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account.
 
It excludes from such requirement a resolution sponsored by at least two-thirds of the Senators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Do No Harm Act

Bill: 115-s-2918
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crimes against women
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
First Amendment rights
Government liability
Health care coverage and access
Housing discrimination
Labor-management relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Do No Harm Act

 
This bill makes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) inapplicable to federal laws (or implementations of laws) that:
 
 
protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 (concerning equal employment opportunity), the Violence Against Women Act, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rules entitled "Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity"; 
 
require employers to provide wages, other compensation, or benefits, including leave; 
 
protect collective activity in the workplace; 
 
protect against child labor, abuse, or exploitation; or 
 
provide for access to, information about, referrals for, provision of, or coverage for, any health care item or service. 

 
Under current law, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means.
 
The bill makes RFRA inapplicable to: (1) terms requiring goods, services, functions, or activities to be performed or provided to beneficiaries of government contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or awards; or (2) denials of a person's full and equal enjoyment of a government-provided good, service, benefit, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation.
 
To assert a RFRA claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, the government must be a party to the proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-s-2919
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

 
This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
 
Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to do the following: 
 
 
issue subpoenas during investigations; and
 
order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2920
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act 
 
of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify outlier prescribers of opioids under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. Specifically, the CMS must: (1) establish an opioid-prescription threshold for determining whether a prescriber is an outlier compared to other prescribers, based on specialty and geographic area; (2) use National Provider Identifiers (unique provider identification numbers currently included on claims for covered drugs) to identify outlier prescribers; and (3) annually notify identified outlier prescribers of their status and provide them with resources on proper prescribing methods. The CMS may also identify and notify outlier prescribers based on co-prescriptions of covered drugs that have adverse effects when used in combination with opioids. Persistent outlier prescribers are subject to additional requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Flexibility to Treat Substance Use Disorders Act

Bill: 115-s-2921
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Securing Flexibility to Treat Substance Use Disorders Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for states to receive federal Medicaid payment for monthly capitation payments to managed care organizations for services provided in institutions for mental diseases to enrollees aged 21 to 64. Such services must be provided for no longer than 15 days per month and in lieu of other services covered under the state Medicaid program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Help for Moms and Babies Act

Bill: 115-s-2922
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Hospital care
Medicaid
Mental health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Help for Moms and Babies Act

 
This bill allows states to receive federal payment under Medicaid for outside services that are provided to pregnant and postpartum women who are substance use disorder patients at institutions for mental diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Building Capacity for Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-2923
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Building Capacity for Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants in order to support the development and evaluation of family-focused residential treatment programs (substance use disorder treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, as well as parents and guardians, which allow their children to remain with them during treatment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-2924
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop guidance for states on ways to support family-focused residential treatment programs (substance use disorder treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, as well as parents and guardians, which allow their children to remain with them during treatment). The guidance must include descriptions of funding opportunities under Medicaid and federal foster care and adoption assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to foreign countries.

Bill: 115-s-2925
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Intellectual property
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to transfer an F-35 aircraft or related intellectual property or technical data to a foreign country unless the Department of Defense certifies to Congress that such country is not: (1) degrading North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) interoperability or member country security or exposing NATO assets to hostile actors; (2) seeking to import or purchase defense articles from a U.S.-sanctioned foreign country; or (3) wrongfully or unlawfully detaining U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act

Bill: 115-s-2926
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act 

 
This bill provides resources for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate a family recovery and reunification program and determine whether the program should be replicated. HHS must use a model that is designed to help reunify families and protect children by working with parents or guardians with a substance use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2927
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Organic Farmer and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirements and procedures for imported organic agricultural products. 
 
The bill modifies requirements and procedures regarding: 
 
 
 exclusions from certification; 
 
 documentation, traceability, and data collection; 
 
 the accreditation program; 
 
 the investigation process; and 
 
 data organization and access. 
 
 
The bill also requires USDA and the Department of Homeland Security to jointly establish an interagency working group to facilitate coordination and information sharing regarding imports of organically produced agricultural products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate