hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
SALTS Act

Bill: 115-s-207
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
 

Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances Act of 2017 or the SALTS Act

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to set forth factors that may be considered as evidence to determine whether a controlled substance analogue is intended for human consumption. (Under current law, a controlled substance analogue that is intended for human consumption is treated as a schedule I controlled substance. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.) 

action_date: 2018-06-19
text: 

Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances Act of 2017 or the SALTS Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to set forth factors that may be considered as evidence to determine whether a controlled substance analogue is intended for human consumption. (Under current law, a controlled substance analogue that is intended for human consumption is treated as a schedule I controlled substance. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
PACE Act

Bill: 115-s-208
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit), to: (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. 
 
The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Bill: 115-s-209
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Idaho
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Bill: 115-s-210
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Health promotion and preventive care
International organizations and cooperation
Public participation and lobbying
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

 
 This bill states that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for U.S. international development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Such organizations also shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
State Refugee Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-211
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

State Refugee Security Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Office of Refugee Resettlement to notify the state agency responsible for coordinating the placement or resettlement of an alien refugee not later than 21 days before the alien's arrival in the state. 
 
No alien refugee shall be placed or resettled in a state if the governor certifies to the Office of Refugee Resettlement that it has failed, in the sole determination of the governor, to provide adequate assurance that such person does not present a security risk to the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-212
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017 or the MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017.

 This bill amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to make it a key U.S. objective to achieve human exploration of Mars, including the establishment of a capability to extend human presence to the surface of Mars. 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall report a strategy to achieve such objective through a series of successive, sustainable, free-standing, but complementary missions making robust use of cislunar space and employing the Space Launch System, Orion crew capsule, and other capabilities provided under specified titles of the Act. 
 
NASA shall arrange with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review and comment on each interim report on the strategy and identify matters the NAS agrees with and matters raising NAS concerns, as well as any NAS recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S448-449)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-213
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act of 2017

 

This bill designates approximately 2.6 million acres of National Wilderness Preservation System land in the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska as the &quot;Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area.&quot;

action_date: 2017-06-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act of 2017

 

(Sec. 2) This bill designates approximately 2.6 million acres of National Wilderness Preservation System land in the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska as the &quot;Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-108.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-108.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.

Bill: 115-s-214
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
This bill authorizes the licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Kodiak Island, Alaska, to occupy not more than 20 acres of federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act or from the Department of the Interior.

action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec.1)This bill authorizes the licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Kodiak Island, Alaska, to occupy not more than 20 acres of federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act or from the Department of the Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-105.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-105.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Denali National Park Improvement Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the natural gas pipeline authorized in the Denali National Park and Preserve.

Bill: 115-s-217
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
This bill amends the Denali National Park Improvement Act to expand the nonwilderness areas of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska where the National Park Service may issue right-of-way permits to construct a natural gas pipeline.
 
Additionally, the pipeline shallnot be subject to agency approval under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

action_date: 2017-06-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec.1)This bill amends the Denali National Park Improvement Act to expand the nonwilderness areas of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska where the National Park Service may issue right-of-way permits to construct a natural gas pipeline.
 
Additionally, the pipeline shallnot be subject to agency approval under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-109.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-109.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-218
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government information and archives
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency head determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary.
 
Departments and agencies must issue regulations within one year of this bill's enactment that specify the circumstances under which the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on mailed documents is necessary.

action_date: 2017-05-15
text: 

Social Security Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits federal departments and agencies from including the Social Security account number of any individual on any document sent by mail unless the department or agency head determines that inclusion of that Social Security number on the document is necessary.
 
Departments and agencies must issue regulations within one year of this bill's enactment that specify the circumstances under which the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on mailed documents is necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.
action_date: 2017-05-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-62.
action_date: 2017-05-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-62.
action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act

Bill: 115-s-219
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Birds
Department of the Interior
Hunting and fishing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act

 
This bill provides the force and effect of law for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double-crested cormorants (birds) that eat fish at aquaculture facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-220
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term &quot;born alive&quot; means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut.
 
Also, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements must immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency. 
 
An individual who violates the provisions of this bill is subject to a criminal fine, up to five years in prison, or both. 
 
An individual who commits an overt act that kills a child born alive is subject to criminal prosecution for murder.
 
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate these provisions, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony. 
 
A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A PLUS Act

Bill: 115-s-221
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act
 
 
This bill allows each state to receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and manage the funds to advance the educational policy of the state. 
 
A declaration of intent must be formulated by a combination of specified state officials or by referendum and must list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. States may use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but must make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged, and use federal funds to supplement rather than supplant state funding. 
 
Each declaration state shall: (1) inform the public about its student achievement assessment system, (2) report annually on student progress toward the state's proficiency standards by specified student groups, and (3) provide for the equitable participation of private school children and teachers in the same manner as provided for under current law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S449)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior$afe Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-223
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Aging
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Senior$afe Act of 2017

 
This bill extends immunity from liability to certain individuals who, in good faith and with reasonable care, disclose the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen to a regulatory or law-enforcement agency. Specifically, this immunity shall apply to certain credit-union, depository-institution, investment-adviser, broker-dealer, insurance-company, and insurance-agency employees who have received specified training related to identifying and reporting the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen. Similarly, the employing financial institution shall not be liable with respect to disclosures made by such employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S449-450)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Bill: 115-s-224
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Health personnel
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transport a minor to another state to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a minor whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or condition.
 
This bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion. 
 
Additionally, this bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first complying with parental notification requirements, subject to specified exceptions.
 
A physician violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate