hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
WORK Act

Bill: 115-s-1081
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act 

 
 This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish a program that may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training to encourage new and existing state programs to foster employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Employee Ownership Bank Act

Bill: 115-s-1082
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Labor-management relations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

United States Employee Ownership Bank Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the U.S. Employee Ownership Bank, which shall be authorized to provide, in accordance with specified terms, conditions, and other requirements, financial assistance to increase employee ownership of a company.
 
In addition, the bill amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to specify that, in general, if an employer orders the closing of a plant or facility, the employer must offer its employees an opportunity to purchase the plant or facility though an employee stock-ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1084
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to allow a correctional officer at a federal prison or correctional institution to: (1) store firearms on BOP premises in a secure storage area outside the security perimeter of the institution or in a vehicle lockbox, and (2) carry a concealed firearm on BOP premises outside the security perimeter of the institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Thin Blue Line Act

Bill: 115-s-1085
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Thin Blue Line Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 115-s-1086
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 
This bill removes the prohibition on TRICARE Standard eligibility for members of the Selected Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in the federal health benefits program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

Bill: 115-s-1087
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

 
This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless enacted by Congress.
 
Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy.
 
Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.

Bill: 115-s-1089
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to update its report on the energy and environmental benefits of re-refining used lubricating oil and submit to Congress a strategic plan to increase the beneficial reuse of lubricating oil. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1090
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Farmland
Financial services and investments
Land transfers
Securities
Tax-exempt organizations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status, but requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company. 
 
The bill also establishes a rule regarding the organizational governance of mutual ditch or irrigation companies. Where state law provides that such a company may be organized in a manner that permits voting on a basis that is pro rata to share ownership on corporate governance matters, an organization's qualification as a mutual ditch or irrigation company must be determined without taking into account whether its member shareholders have one vote on corporate governance matters per share held in the corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Interstate Transport Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-1092
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Legal fees and court costs
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 
 

Interstate Transport Act of 2017

 
This bill permits an individual to transport a knife for any lawful purpose between two places (e.g., states) where it is legal to possess and carry such knife. The individual must comply with specified requirements. 
 
The bill prohibits the arrest or detention of an individual for a knife violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with specified requirements. An individual may assert compliance with this bill's requirements as a claim or defense in any civil or criminal action or proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7448-7449; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7448)
action_date: 2018-08-27
text: An errata sheet on written report No. 115-327 was printed.
action_date: 2018-08-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
action_date: 2018-08-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-327.
action_date: 2018-08-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-327.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Pediatric Device Development Act

Bill: 115-s-1093
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Pediatric Device Development Act

 
This bill revises requirements for the Food and Drug Administration regarding (1) the annual report on the pediatric use of medical devices, and (2) application procedures for pediatric medical devices.
 
The bill also extends the authorizations for (1)the humanitarian device exemption, and (2)demonstration grants for improving pediatric device availability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Interior collaborates fully with State and local authorities and certain nonprofit entities in managing the Corolla Wild Horse population on Federal land.

Bill: 115-s-1095
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 
This bill instructs the Department of the Interior to allow for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming wild horses from the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina as necessary to ensure the genetic diversity of the wild horse population in and around Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, consistent with the laws applicable to the refuge and seashore and the December 2014 Wild Horse Management Agreement. 
 
Interior may enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to provide for the cost-effective management of the horses in and around the refuge while ensuring that its natural resources are not adversely impacted. Such agreement shall require the fund to pay the costs associated with: 
 
 
conducting a periodic census, and inspecting the health, of the horses;
 
maintaining records of the horses living in the wild and in confinement;
 
conducting the removal and placement of horses and monitoring horses removed from the Currituck County Outer Banks; and 
 
administering a viable population control plan for the horses. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018

Bill: 115-s-1096
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Buy American requirements
Credit and credit markets
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Transportation
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Metals
Military education and training
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-136.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-136.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Armed Forces Reserve and National Guard Dual-Status Review and Modernization Act

Bill: 115-s-1097
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Armed Forces Reserve and National Guard Dual-Status Review and Modernization Act

 
This bill postpones the deadline for conversion of at least 20% of all military technician (dual status) positions to positions of civilian employment in the federal government until 180 days after the Department of Defense transmits to Congress the report of the Working Group on Full Time Support of the Reserve Components, established by this bill.
 
The working group shall undertake a comprehensive review of full-time support of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, including:
 
 
an identification of the missions, purposes, and objectives of military technicians (dual status) in support of an operational reserve force;
 
a review of the posture of such positions and their role in meeting such objectives;
 
an analysis of potential workforce restructuring to fully align such positions with objectives for full-time support of the reserve components;
 
an identification of such positions the conversion of which to federal civilian positions would best ensure the achievement of such objectives;
 
an assessment of the impact of such conversion on the readiness of the National Guard for domestic operations; and
 
an assessment of costs and potential savings associated with such conversion. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2918; text of measure as introduced: CR S2917-2918)
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1098
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from: (1) hiring or transferring to any VA position a person who has been convicted of a state or federal criminal offense that substantially relates to the position and for which the minimum prison term is more than one year; or (2) employing a person in a VA position who, after enactment of this bill, is convicted of such a criminal offense.
 
Such prohibition shall not apply: 
 
 
to a conviction of a state or federal criminal offense if the records of such conviction have been expunged, 
 
to a conviction of a state or federal criminal offense if during the 10-year period beginning on the date of such conviction the person has not been convicted of any other criminal offense for which the minimum prison term is more than one year, or 
 
if the person is being hired or transferred as part of a program to help veterans who have been convicted of a state or federal criminal offense for which the minimum prison term is more than one year. 
 
 
The VA: (1) may not employ, transfer, or hire an individual for specified medical positions who has had a related license or credential revoked or suspended; and (2) shall begin the process of terminating current employees who have had such licenses or credentials revoked or suspended.
 
The Merit Systems Protection Board shall issue a decision on an appeal for termination review within 30 days of an employee's notification of termination.
 
The VA shall provide information about an individual's disciplinary action to the appropriate state medical licensing boards and to the National Practitioner Databank.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Shipyards and Maritime Communities Act

Bill: 115-s-1100
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Metals
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

Small Shipyards and Maritime Communities Act

 
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2020 the small shipyards program to provide assistance (1) to small shipyards for capital improvements and (2) for maritime training programs to foster technical skills and operational productivity relating to shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated industries. 
 
In providing assistance under the program, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) must take into account the economic circumstances and conditions of maritime communities.
 
Grants may be used for a project only if the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used for the project are produced in the United States, except where MARAD waives such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate