hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6779
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-6780
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-381.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-381.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9357)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9357)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9357)
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-381
Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-6781
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act

 
This bill excludes certain mental health telehealth services from specified requirements under Medicare, including originating site requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-09-12
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: 2018-09-12
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: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Water Supplies Act

Bill: 115-hr-6782
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Public contracts and procurement
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Sustainable Water Supplies Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with nonfederal entities to provide water supplies for:
 
 
contractors for the Central Valley Project, California;
 
units of the National Wildlife Refuge System; 
 
state wildlife areas; 
 
and private wetland areas.
 
 
Interior shall report on the long-term feasibility of these agreements to augment the federal water supply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Asset Seizure Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6783
Sponsor: Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Foreign property
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Terrorist Asset Seizure Reform Act of 2018 

 
This bill requires a financial institution to transfer to the Department of the Treasury (1) interest paid on certain bank accounts that are frozen as a result of sanctions; and (2) after providing notice and an opportunity for the owner to challenge, frozen or otherwise blocked assets affiliated with specified terrorist activity. Assets and interest confiscated under the bill must be deposited into a fund made available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for grants related to terrorism prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Economic Development Act for Distressed Zones of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6785
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Economic Development Act for Distressed Zones of 2018

 
This bill provides various tax credits related to economically distressed zones, including a tax credit based on the amount of wages paid by an employer to employees in such a zone. The bill also establishes a procedure for state and local governments to apply for designation as an economically distressed zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities in class action lawsuits by federally funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility.

Bill: 115-hr-6786
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and paralysis
Health facilities and institutions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 
This bill establishes certain protections for residents of an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities in class action lawsuits, or other actions, involving such residents. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Reforming Government Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6787
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Reforming Government Act of 2018

 
This bill expands the authority of the President to reorganize federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6788
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for the use by a federal officer or employee of his or her public office for private gain. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term, or both. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Open Banking Study Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6789
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Open Banking Study Act of 2018 

 
This bill directs the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration to report on their respective regulated entities' processes for third-party access to consumer-authorized financial data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Monetary Metals Tax Neutrality Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6790
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Currency
Income tax exclusion
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Monetary Metals Tax Neutrality Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt gains or losses from the sale or exchange of certain coins or bullion from recognition for income tax purposes. The exemption applies to gains or losses from the sale or exchange of: (1) gold, silver, platinum, or palladium coins minted and issued by the Department of the Treasury; or (2) refined gold or silver bullion, coins, bars, rounds, or ingots which are valued primarily based on their metal content and not their form. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Cyber Ready Workforce Act

Bill: 115-hr-6791
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Minority employment
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Women's employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Cyber Ready Workforce Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to workforce intermediaries (entities that facilitate the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs and that may partner with a business or community-based organization, or specified other partners) to support the creation, implementation, and expansion of such programs in cybersecurity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6792
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to award grants to states for specified activities designed to eliminate blight and promote neighborhood revitalization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act

Bill: 115-hr-6793
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2018-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Illinois
Indiana
Land transfers
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: 

Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act

 
This bill amends the Act of April 12, 1941 (creating the White County Bridge Commission) to transfer a bridge over the Wabash River to the states of Illinois and Indiana without the condition of tolls.

action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 

Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the White County Bridge Commission to convey, without consideration, to the New Harmony Bridge Bi-State Commission, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the bridge and the approaches thereto across the Wabash River at or near New Harmony, Indiana, under the jurisdiction of the commission.
 
The Act of April 12, 1941 (creating the commission) is repealed effective on the date that the commission completes such conveyance.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9655-9656)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9655-9656)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9655-9656)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Mr. Mast asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Immigration Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6794
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2018-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: 

Immigration Innovation Act of 2018

 
This bill makes various changes related to employment-based visas, including by (1) providing statutory authority for extending employment authorization to the alien spouse of an H-1B visa holder, subject to prevailing wage-level requirements; (2) allowing an H-1B visa holder, under certain circumstances, to change jobs without amending the H-1B petition; and (3) increasing the issuance of employment-based visas based on the number of visas that went unissued in previous years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-hr-6795
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2018-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
Historical and cultural resources
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
Space flight and exploration
U.S. history
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: 

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of: 
 
 
one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician;
 
one Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, in recognition of her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer;
 
two Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race; and 
 
one Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all of the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from the 1930s to the 1970s. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1249)
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Introduced in House