hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2317
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Nursing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: 

Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the qualifications required for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program.
 
It increases the maximum patient limit for a qualifying practitioner who meets certain requirements. The maximum patient limit is the maximum number of patients a qualifying practitioner can treat at one time.
 
The bill expands qualifying practitioners to include additional nonphysician practitioners: clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse midwives.
 
It makes permanent the authorization for certain nonphysician practitioners to become qualifying practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pension Stability Act

Bill: 115-s-2318
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: 

Pension Stability Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish user fees for qualified professional asset managers (QPAMs) who have been convicted of a crime and apply for an individual exemption (known as a QPAM waiver) to the prohibited transaction rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 
The fees: 
 
 
 apply to large regulated banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and federally registered investment advisors who are QPAMs; 
 
 must be at least $1 million per application for an individual exemption; and 
 
 increase based on the severity of the crime and the number of prior applications for individual exemptions. 
 
 
Labor must transfer the amounts collected from the user fees to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to assist in guaranteeing benefits under pension plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
ONSHORE Act

Bill: 115-s-2319
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Opportunities for the Nation and States to Harness Onshore Resources for Energy Act or the ONSHORE Act 

 
This bill addresses onshore oil and gas resources on federal land and non-federal surface estates.
 
The bill allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders. The bill provides a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state.
 
Certain oil and gas activities conducted on non-federal surface estates do not require a permit.
 
The Department of the Interior must defer to state regulations, guidance, and permit requirements for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S301)
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
BUILD Act

Bill: 115-s-2320
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Income tax exclusion
Motor carriers
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Building United States Infrastructure and Leveraging Development Act or the BUILD Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $15 billion to $20.8 billion the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S301-302)
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-2321
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

 
This bill expands ethics and disclosure requirements for presidential transition teams. Among other changes, the bill requires presidential candidates to develop and publicly release ethics plans for their transition teams, requires team members to sign an ethical code of conduct, requires teams to report to Congress regarding security clearances, and expands disclosure requirements for team members who are assigned to federal departments or agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
CURD Act

Bill: 115-s-2322
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act or the
 
CURD Act

 
This bills amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a definition for natural cheese.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1185 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 2322 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 230 - 162 (Roll no. 463).
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 230 - 162 (Roll no. 463).
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10440-10441; text: CR H10425)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2322.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10425-10427)
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7623)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2323
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 
This bill appropriates for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2018 are not in effect such sums as are necessary to administer and provide benefits and services to veterans, dependents, and survivors under specified veterans' benefits laws, including those concerning:
 
 
 compensation for service-connected disability or death, 
 
dependency and indemnity compensation for service-connected deaths, 
 
pension for non-service-connected disability or death or for service, 
 
benefits for children of certain veterans, 
 
specially adapted housing for disabled veterans, 
 
burial benefits,
 
certain educational assistance programs, 
 
training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and 
 
automobiles and adaptive equipment for certain disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces. 
 
 
 Such funds shall be available until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any such purpose, (2) enactment of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other bill without any appropriation for such purpose, or (3) January 1, 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Credit Availability Act

Bill: 115-s-2324
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Small Business Credit Availability Act

 
This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to reduce the required asset-coverage ratio applicable to a Business Development Company (BDC) from 200% to 150% if: (1) the BDC makes specified disclosures on its website and to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); and (2) the modified asset-coverage ratio is approved by the required majority of the BDC's directors, general partners, or shareholders (as applicable).
 
The SEC must allow BDCs to use securities offering and proxy rules that are available to other issuers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act

Bill: 115-s-2325
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Licensing and registrations
Northern Mariana Islands
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act

 
This bill extends by 10 years, through 2029, and revises the immigration transition program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Among other things, the bill requires employers to receive a temporary labor certification from the Department of Labor before petitioning for a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker permit and caps the number of permits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S2351-2354)
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S2351-2354)
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-04-23
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2349-2354)
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 354.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-214.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-214.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-501.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in Senate
PRENDA

Bill: 115-s-2326
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of
 
2018

 or PRENDA

 
This bill imposes criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly or knowingly attempts to: (1) perform an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought based on the sex or gender of the child, (2) use force or the threat of force to coerce a sex-selection abortion, (3) solicit or accept funds for the performance of such an abortion, or (4) transport a woman into the United States or across a state line for the purpose of obtaining such an abortion.
The bill authorizes civil actions by: (1) fathers, or maternal grandparents if the mother is an unemancipated minor, of unborn children who are the subject of a prohibited sex-selection abortion; or (2) women upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted with a knowing or attempted use of force or threat of force to coerce a sex-selection abortion. 
The bill also authorizes injunctive relief to prevent an abortion provider from performing or attempting further such abortions.
 
Violations of this bill are deemed to be prohibited discrimination under title VI (Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 
Medical and mental health professionals must report known or suspected violations to law enforcement authorities.
 
A woman having such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.
 
Courts must make such orders as necessary to protect the anonymity of any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted if she does not give her written consent to such disclosure. In the absence of such consent, any party, other than a public official, who brings an action must use a pseudonym.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in Senate
No Government No Pay Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2327
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

No Government No Pay Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown, beginning with the 116th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay Our Military Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2328
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Pay Our Military
 
 Act of 2018

 
This bill provides FY2018 appropriations for military pay and death benefits during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2018 are not in effect. 
 
In the event of a government shutdown, the bill provides continuing appropriations for:
 
 
pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service (including drill) during the period; 
 
payments of death benefits for individuals who die during the period; and 
 
pay and allowances to civilian personnel or contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to members of the Armed Forces and payments in connection with death benefits. 
 
 
The appropriations provided by this bill are available until the earlier of: (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) September 30, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2329
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2018-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Floods and storm protection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: 

Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program, including by designating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the sole administrator of the program, thus replacing the current joint administration of the program by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Earmark Elimination Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2330
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2018-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Legislative rules and procedure
Public contracts and procurement
Senate
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: 

Earmark Elimination Act of 2018 

 
This bill establishes a point of order in the Senate against considering legislation that includes an earmark. Under the bill, an &quot;earmark&quot; is a congressionally directed spending item, tax benefit, or tariff benefit targeted to a specific recipient or group of beneficiaries. The point of order may be waived by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn. If the point of order is successfully raised and sustained, the earmark shall be stricken from the legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the period during which vessels that are shorter than 79 feet in length and fishing vessels are not required to have a permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of the vessel.

Bill: 115-s-2331
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2018-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: 
This bill extends through March 23, 2018, the exemption for fishing vessels and other vessels that are shorter than 79 feet in length from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements for any discharge: (1)of effluent from properly functioning marine engines; (2) of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (3) that is incidental to the normal operation of the vessel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Kennedy-King Establishment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2332
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Indiana
Members of Congress
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
Senate
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: 

Kennedy-King Establishment Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes the Kennedy-King National Historic Site in Indiana as a unit of the National Park System for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the site of the speech given by Senator Robert F. Kennedy on April 4, 1968, that is associated with the Kennedy-King Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit assistance to the Government of Pakistan, and to require the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to transfer amounts to the Highway Trust Fund equivalent to historic levels of assistance to Pakistan.

Bill: 115-s-2333
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Asia
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
Pakistan
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: 
This bill prohibits Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funds from being made available as assistance to the government of Pakistan. 
 
The State Department and USAID shall transfer specified FY2018 funds, upon receipt, to the Highway Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate