hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Empowerment Act

Bill: 115-hr-3472
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Caribbean area
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Empowerment Act

 
This bill modifies foreign civil aircraft regulation with respect to air cargo in Puerto Rico. Current law prohibits foreign civil aircraft from exchanging cargo in the United States unless the aircraft is specifically authorized to do so or the exchange occurs in Alaska. This bill applies air cargo regulation to Puerto Rico in the same way that it applies to Alaska. Thus, the bill allows foreign civil aircraft to stop in Puerto Rico and exchange cargo with other air carriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3473
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require a state or state-designated entity receiving support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for development and implementation of a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy to agree to collaborate with each of the state's federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations regarding the strategy.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit certain vehicles to continue to operate on an Interstate System route in the State of Kentucky.

Bill: 115-hr-3475
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Kentucky
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 
This bill adds the William H. Natcher Parkway to a list of Kentucky highways designated as Interstate Highway System routes where vehicles that violate certain vehicle weight restrictions may still operate on the route.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the cover-over of rum excise tax revenue.

Bill: 115-hr-3476
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Caribbean area
Intergovernmental relations
Puerto Rico
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision that requires revenue from excise taxes on rum imported into the United States to be covered (paid) into the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act

Bill: 115-hr-3477
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act

 
This bill makes January 21, 2020, the compliance date for the amended energy conservation standards for ceiling fan light kits, which is also the compliance date for ceiling fan standards. Currently, the compliance date for the ceiling fan light kits is January 7, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3478
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Licensing and registrations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to amend the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule to eliminate the UHF discount by increasing from 50% to 100% the number of attributed television households in an ultrahigh frequency (UHF) television station's designated market area. 

(The number of attributed television households in a UHF television station's designated area is used to calculate the total number of television households an entity with a cognizable interest in more than one television station reaches nationally. A broadcast license cannot be granted or transferred if such license would result in the total number of television households reached nationally by an entity exceeds 39%.) 
 
This change in the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule does not apply to an entity that had a national television audience exceeding 39% prior to September 26, 2013, if such an entity exceeds the limit only because of the increased number of television households attributed to the entity's UHF television stations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Secure Miles with All Resources and Technology Act

Bill: 115-hr-3479
Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Canada
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Emergency communications systems
Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Pest management
Telephone and wireless communication
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Secure Miles with All Resources and Technology Act

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deploy the most practical and effective technology available (such as radar, tunnel detection technology, unmanned aerial vehicles, and sensors) to achieve situational awareness and operational control along the U.S. border.
 
DHS shall submit to Congress a comprehensive southern border strategy, which shall include: (1) a list of known physical barriers, technologies, tools, and other devices to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the border and their related cost estimates; and (2) information from federal, state, local, and private sources.
 
DHS shall begin eradicating the carrizo cane plant and salt cedar along the Rio Grande River. 
 
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended to establish Operation Stonegarden in DHS to provide border security grants to law enforcement agencies: (1) in a state bordering Canada or Mexico or a maritime border state or territory, and (2) involved in an ongoing U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation coordinated through a sector office.
 
DHS shall establish a two-year grant program to improve emergency communications in the southern border region for individuals who: (1) reside or work in a southern border state, and (2) are at greater risk of violence due to border proximity and a lack of residential or business cellular and LTE network service. Such grants may be used to purchase satellite telephone communications systems and services that provide access to 9-1-1 service and that are equipped with Global Positioning System receivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Furthering Oversight in Expired Federal Grants Act

Bill: 115-hr-3480
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Furthering Oversight in Expired Federal Grants Act

 
This bill amends the Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act to require the Office of Management and Budget to instruct each agency to submit the report required by such Act on the status of grant awards for calendar years 2018 through 2022.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Transparency in Federal Audits Act

Bill: 115-hr-3481
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Increasing Transparency in Federal Audits Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require the Office of Management and Budget's searchable website on federal awards to allow the public to search for and download the results of audits performed on non-federal entities that expend such awards. 
 
The Department of the Treasury shall coordinate the transfer of the results of any such audit.
 
The Government Accountability Office must submit either a certification that this bill's requirements have been fully implemented or, if it has not been fully implemented, the status of such implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Evidence-Based Telehealth Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3482
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Evidence-Based Telehealth Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive certain requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare (e.g., originating site requirements) if certain conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
EITC Eligibility Verification Act

Bill: 115-hr-3483
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

EITC Eligibility Verification Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to specify that the taxpayer identification number required to be included on the tax returns of eligible individuals is a Social Security number issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration, but only if the number is issued to: (1) a U.S. citizen, or (2) a noncitizen who is permitted to engage in employment in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Tick Identification Pilot Program Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3484
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insects
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Tick Identification Pilot Program Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to states to implement a tick identification program.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Campaign Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-3485
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Campaign Transparency Act

 
This bill eliminates the contribution amount threshold for reporting the identity of a person who contributes to political committees for federal elections. Currently, a person who contributes $200 or less per calendar year (or election cycle for authorized candidate committees) does not have to be identified by the committee in certain required reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Ending the Sanctuary Capitol Policy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3486
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Ending the Sanctuary Capitol Policy Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes U.S. Capitol Police officers, in the performance of official duties, to make arrests and otherwise enforce immigration laws within the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that the requirement for diversity of citizenship jurisdiction is met if any one party to the case is diverse in citizenship from any one adverse party in the case.

Bill: 115-hr-3487
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to specify that U.S. district courts have jurisdiction on the basis of diversity of citizenship if at least one adverse party does not share the same citizenship as another adverse party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Reducing the Demand for Human Trafficking Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Reducing the Demand for Human Trafficking Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to add a provision that directs the Department of Justice, with respect to trafficking victim services grants, to give preference to applicants who use the grant funds to investigate and prosecute individuals who solicit or purchase commercial sex. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Presidential Pardon Transparency Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice, not later than three days after the President grants any reprieve or pardon for an offense against the United States, to publish in the Federal Register and on the President's official website the name of the person pardoned, the full text of the reprieve or pardon, and the date it was issued.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3490
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for mental health services for children who are adopted or placed in legal guardianship.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Adopted Children Act

Bill: 115-hr-3491
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Family services
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Protecting Adopted Children Act

 
This bill expands the requirements that states must meet in order to receive adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments. Specifically, states must establish minimum training requirements for prospective adoptive parents and guardians. In addition, states must provide pre- and post-adoption services to families adopting, or obtaining legal guardianship of, children in foster care. Those services must address the specific mental health needs of adopted children, children to be adopted, and their families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House